99 Nominees have been selected from the over 400 submissions to the 2015 Hamilton Music Awards.
Most of the 19 categories have five or six nominees. The New Country Recording of the Year category has two nominees, and the Rap/Hip Hop Recording of the Year category has four.
This year's Hamilton Music Awards has a later date. The event was shifted from November 2014 to the May 2015 time slot. As a result, additional nomination packages were received resulting in the biggest pool of artist submissions ever.
The deadline for submission of nomination packages was Friday, February 13, 2015. From the nomination package: "Submissions are screened by a screening committee of music industry experts who determine a final list of a maximum of five nominees per category. The screening committee reserves the right to include more than 5 nominations per category at their sole discretion. The screening committee also reserves the right to re-categorize any submission and to submit nominations. The final nominees are then judged by a panel of judges. Ballots are then collected and tabulated and winners are announced... Individuals or groups are encouraged to make nomination submissions on behalf of themselves."
A fee of $20 is collected for each nomination submission.
This year will be the 11th Hamilton Music Awards. It is the outgrowth of an annual event called Hamilton Music Scene which began back in 1995 when the JUNOs first came to Hamilton. Its purpose was to give local musicians the opportunity to gain some recognition and create some buzz around their work.
Today the Hamilton Music Awards continues to be a great opportunity for local artists to perfect their public relations "game" and to garner some new fans and new performance opportunities.
The HMA gala awards show is on Sunday, May 24 at the Dofasco Centre for the Arts' Irving Zucker Theatre (home of Theatre Aquarius).
1. Female Artist of the Year
Bianca Bernardi - Bianca Bernardi
Katie Bulley - Sun Wolf
Laura Cole - Dirty Cheat
Diana Panton - Red
Mimi Shaw - Niagara
Ginger St. James - Diesel and Peas
2. Male Artist of the Year
Jeremy Fisher - The Lemon Squeeze
Hachey the MouthPEACE – Out of Line
Harrison Kennedy - This Is From Here
Jacob Moon - Fascination
Bud Roach - Arias By Sances From 1636
Steve Strongman - Let Me Prove It To You
3. Local Group of the Year by the Peoples Choice –Determined by online vote at www.hamiltonmusicawards.com
4. New Artist/Group of the Year
Ash & Bloom - Let The Storm Come
Laura Cole - Dirty Cheat
Dirty Jeans - Dirty Jeans
Mississippi Bends - Mississippi Bends
Tongue Fu - Tongue Fu
5. Jazz Recording of the Year
Brenda Brown - Brenda Brown
Diana Panton - Red
Haolin Munk – HMEP
The Out of Towners – Dirty. Organ. Jazz
Karen Thornton - Rain Down On Me
6. Roots Recording of the Year (Group)
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings - South
Elliott Brood - Work and Love
The Folk Sinners - Move That Rock
Tim Gibbons and the Swampbusters - Swamp Tooth Comb
Harlan Pepper - Take Out A Twenty And Live Life To The Fullest
7. Roots Recording of the Year (Solo)
Katie Bulley - Sun Wolf
Fred Eaglesmith - Tambourine
Low Country Hill - Low Country Hill
Mark McNeil - Flashbacks
Peter Tigchelaar - Better Things
8. Alternative/Indie Rock Recording of the Year
Beautiful Nothing - Beautiful Nothing
The Dirty Nil - Smite
Pet Sun - Feel Like I'm Going Away
Dave Rave and the Governors – Ashtray Makeup
Thought Beneath Film – Cartographers
The Zilis – Sketches II
9. Folk/Traditional Recording of the Year
Ash & Bloom - Let The Storm Come
John and Sheila Ludgate - Northern Soul
Scott Orr - A Long Life
Matt Paxton - Mountain Eyes
Alfie Smith & Nicole Christian - Come On In My Kitchen
The Vaudevillian - Salty Dog
10. Industry Lifetime Achievement Award
11. Rock Recording of the Year
Arkells - High Noon
Bob Bryden - Yorkville Days
Live How You Live - Live How You Live
Social Animals - Innominate
Sons of Revelry - Fractal
12. Loud/Metal Recording of the Year
Dred - ...They Do Exist
Jamsquid - 3.0
Sarasin - Sarasin
Sumo Cyco - Lost in Cyco City
Varga - Enter The Metal
13. Punk Recording of the Year
Born Wrong - Art District
Dirty Jeans - Dirty Jeans
The Responsibles - Still Rolling
Simply Saucer - Baby Nova
Tongue Fu - Tongue Fu
14. Adult Alternative Recording of the Year
Laura Cole - Dirty Cheat
Justin Dunlop - Black Bay Nocturnes
The DoneFors - Lush Life Below The Poverty Line
Jeremy Fisher - The Lemon Squeeze
Jacob Moon - Fascination
Whitehorse (Translations by Pierre Marchard) - Éphémère Sans Repère
15. Blues Recording of the Year
Jack de Keyzer - Voodoo Boogie
Joel Johnson - Blues Joose Volume II
Harrison Kennedy - This Is From Here
Shawn O’Halloran - Jumpin' The Gun On Mardi Gras
Steve Strongman - Let Me Prove It To You
16. Alt/Country Recording of the Year
Rae Billing And The Unpayables – Walls and Fences
The Dinner Belles - The River And The Willow
Mississippi Bends - Mississippi Bends
Mimi Shaw - Niagara
Ginger St. James - Diesel and Peas
17. New Country Recording of the Year
Ty Baynton - Good Ol' Boy
Billy J White – Damn Fool Thing
18. Rap/Hip Hop Recording of the Year
B-Flix - Everything Changed
Canadian Winter - The Snowball Effect
Cha Cha AKA Jim James - Mr. Personalities
Hachey the MouthPEACE – Out Of Line
19. Pop Recording of the Year
Allotrope – Allotropic
Among Millions – Among Millions
Bianca Bernardi - Bianca Bernardi
Kojo "Easy" Damptey - Daylight Robbery
Jordan Haller - Drifting
Hello Harvard - EP
20. Artist Lifetime Achievement Award
21. Songwriter of the Year
Arkells - High Noon
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – South
Laura Cole - Dirty Cheat
The Dinner Belles - The River and the Willow
Elliott Brood - Work And Love
Jeremy Fisher - The Lemon Squeez
22. Record of the Year
Arkells - High Noon
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – South
Caribou – Our Love
Laura Cole - Dirty Cheat
Elliott Brood - Work And Love
Jeremy Fisher - The Lemon Squeeze
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