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Saturday, April 30, 2016

2016 Hamilton Music Award Nominees

1. Female Artist of the Year
Terra Lightfoot - Every Time My Mind Runs Wild
NLX - Luxury Of Failure
Diana Panton - I Believe In Little Things
Annie Sumi - Reflections
Lori Yates - Sweetheart Of The Valley
Caroline Wiles - Lovers Lane

2. Male Artist of the Year
Ben Caplan - Birds With Broken Wings
Frank Koren - Red Chair
Lee Harvey Osmond - Beautiful Scars
Jace Martin - Mighty
Lee Reed – The Butcher, The Banker, The Bitumen Tanker
Duane Rutter - Crazy Things

4. New Artist/Group of the Year
Jennifer Budd - Lip Service
Island People - These Days EP
Pet Sun - Shade Driver EP
The Retroaction - Little Strange EP
Benjamin Dakota Rogers - Strong Man's Address To The Circus Crowd

5. Jazz Recording of the Year
Brad Cheeseman Group - Brad Cheeseman Group
Haolin Monk - HMEP2
Diana Panton - I Believe In Little Things
Avery Raquel - Life Lessons
Skirt Check - Skirt Check

6. Roots Recording of the Year
The Hell Bent Rockers - The Hell Bent Rockers
Lee Harvey Osmond - Beautiful Scars
Leonard, Burns and Dell - Perfect Strangers
Duane Rutter - Crazy Things
Lori Yates - Sweetheart Of The Valley

7. Alternative/Indie Rock Recording of the Year
The Dirty Nil - Higher Power
BA Johnston - Shit Stinks
Pet Sun - Shade Driver EP
Twin Within - Horizontal Lines
Young Rival - Interior Light

8. Folk/Traditional Recording of the Year
Ben Caplan - Birds With Broken Wings
James Hoffman – Fault Lines
Benjamin Dakota Rogers - Strong Man's Address To The Circus Crowd
Steel City Rovers – Grand Misadventures
The Vaudevillian - Barton Street Blues

10. Rock Recording of the Year
The Bryan Sorensen Groove Trio – Electronic Love
Diego Deville – Crack Shack Bottle Service
Finger Eleven - Five Crooked Lines
Flamingo Bay – Steak n’ Eggs
Monster Truck - Sittin' Heavy
Satisfied Customers - Satisfied Customers

11. Loud/Metal Recording of the Year
Anniversary - Anniversary
Astral Witch - Bang-over
Ritual - Ritual
Voltang - Hermaphrodite
Zero Fire – Zero Fire

12. Punk Recording of the Year
Artificial Dissemination – Take Us To Your Leader
Dead Tired - Dead Tired
Flesh Rag – Flesh Rag
Get Off The Cop - Get Off The Cop
TV Freaks – Good Luck Charms
Silverstein - I Am Alive In Everything I Touch

13. Adult Alternative Recording of the Year
The Heavy Dream - Hold
Frank Koren - Red Chair
Terra Lightfoot - Every Time My Mind Runs Wild
NLX - Luxury Of Failure
Whitehorse - Leave No Bridge Unburned
Tony Aquino - Back By Popular Demand

14. Contemporary Folk Recording of the Year
Benjamin - The Bear And The Barn Owl
Will Gillespie - Chasing Shadows
Shawn O’Halloran - Songbird
Annie Sumi - Reflections
Caroline Wiles - Lovers Lane
Leaping Laszlo - Songs from the Iroquois Bar

15. Blues Recording of the Year
Ian Andrews and the Smokin’ Scoundrels - Foreplay
André Bisson - Left With The Blues
Jerry Johnson – Listen To That Howlin’ Wind
AK Mcleod - Spiritual Fire

16. Rap/Hip Hop Recording of the Year
Good Apollo – Apollo’s Children
L-Spex – Youth Program
Lee Reed – The Butcher, The Banker, The Bitumen Tanker
Mother Tareka – Imagine Something Different
Traverse – Modern Museum

17. Pop Recording of the Year
James-Alphonse - James-Alphonse
Jennifer Budd - Lip Service
Jace Martin – Mighty
Kyle Pacey – So Close
Walk Off The Earth - Sing It All Away

19. Songwriter of the Year
Lee Harvey Osmond - Beautiful Scars
Terra Lightfoot - Every Time My Mind Runs Wild
Duane Rutter - Crazy Things
Walk Off The Earth - SIng It All Away
Whitehorse - Sing It All Away
Lori Yates - Sweetheart of the Valley

20. Group of the Year
The Dirty Nil - Higher Power
Finger Eleven - Five Crooked Lines
Junior Boys - Big Black Coat
Monster Truck- Sittin' Heavy
Walk off the Earth - Sing It All Away
Whitehorse - Leave No Bridge Unburned

21. Album of the Year
The Dirty Nil - Higher Power
Junior Boys - Big Black Coat
Lee Harvey Osmond - Beautiful Scars
Terra Lightfoot - Every Time My Mind Runs Wild
Monster Truck - Sittin' Heavy
Walk Off The Earth - Sing It All Away
Whitehorse - Leave No Bridge Unburned
Lori Yates - Sweetheart of the Valley

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