Let the bitching begin! We've officially entered the season
of "
Juno-ary" with today's announcement of the nominees for 2007. Taking place on
April 1
st, this year's
Juno Awards will be hosted by
Nelly Furtado,
who incidentally, is up for a few awards herself.
Won't it be awkward if she doesn't
win anything? Every year the Junos come under fire for favouring commerce
over critical acclaim, but there's always hope right? Scattered in amongst the
many nominees are a number of the artists you're likely to hear on
Radio 3
including
K-os,
Sarah Harmer,
Ron Sexsmith,
Classified,
Matt Mays,
Chad
VanGaalen,
Islands,
Malajube,
Shout Out Out Out Out,
Sam Roberts,
Sloan,
Champion,
The Be Good Tanyas,
The Duhks,
The Wailin' Jennys Sound Bluntz,
Arabesque, and
Tiga.
Read on for a select list of nominees:
Alternative Album of the Year:
Skelliconnection,
Chad VanGaalen;
Sometimes,
City and Colour;
Return To The Sea,
Islands;
Trompe-l'Oeil,
Malajube;
Not Saying/Just Saying,
Shout Out Out Out Out.
Adult Alternative Album of the Year:
The Light That Guides You Home,
Jim Cuddy;
When
The Angels Make Contact,
Matt Mays;
Living With War,
Neil Young;
Time
Being,
Ron Sexsmith;
I'm A Mountain,
Sarah Harmer.
Single of the Year:
"Devil In A Midnight Mass"
Billy Talent; "All I Can Do"
Chantal Kreviazuk; "Pull Me Through"
Jim Cuddy; "Sunday Morning"
k-os; "Promiscuous"
feat. Timbaland
Nelly Furtado
Album of the Year:
Billy Talent II Billy Talent;
I Think of You Gregory Charles;
Hedley Hedley;
Loose Nelly Furtado;
ONE-X Three Days Grace
Artist of the Year:
Diana Krall;
Gregory Charles;
Loreena McKennitt;
Nelly Furtado;
Pierre Lapointe
Group of the Year:Alexisonfire;
Billy Talent;
The Tragically Hip;
Three Days Grace
New Artist of the Year:Eva Avila;
Melissa O'Neil;
Neverending White Lights;
Patrick
Watson;
Tomi Swick
New Group of the Year:
Evans Blue;
Idle Sons;
Jets Overhead;
Mobile; Stabilo
Songwriter of the Year:Gordie Sampson;
k-os;
Nickelback;
Ron Sexsmith;
Sarah Harmer
Country Recording of the Year:
Big Wheel
Aaron Pritchett; Love & Negotiation
Carolyn
Dawn Johnson; Doc Walker
Doc Walker; Countrified
Emerson Drive; Somebody Wrote Love
George Canyon
Rap Recording of the Year:
The Frenzy Of Renown
Arabesque; Hitch Hikin' Music
Classified; Organic Music For A Digital World
DL Incognito; The Answer
Rich
London; Black Magic
Swollen Members
Pop Album of the Year:
Ghost Stories, Chantal Kreviazuk;
Atlantis:
Hymns For Disco,
k-os;
Loose,
Nelly Furtado;
Wintersong,
Sarah McLachlan;
Stalled Out In The Doorway,
Tomi Swick
Rock Album of the Year:
Billy Talent II,
Billy Talent;
Tomorrow Starts
Today,
Mobile;
Chemical City,
Sam Roberts;
Never Hear The End Of It,
Sloan;
World Container,
The
Tragically Hip
Francophone Album of the Year:
Il était une fois dans l'est Antoine Gratton;
Le coeur dans
la tête Ariane Moffatt;
Trompe-l'Oeil Malajube;
La forêt des mal-aimés
Pierre Lapointe;
Compter les corpes Vulgaires Machins
R&B / Soul Recording of the Year:
Life Less Ordinary,
Deesha;
Believe,
George;
mySOUL,
jacksoul;
Face Behind The Face,
Karl Wolf;
Been
Gone,
Keshia Chanté
Aboriginal Recording of the Year:
Seeds Digging Roots;
Burn Jason
Burnstick;
Sedzé Leela Gilday; Stay
Red Northern Cree;
Blood
Red Earth Susan Aglukark
Reggae Recording of the Year:
Hard To See Humble;
Xrated Korexion;
Kulcha Connection
Kulcha Connection;
Survival Kwesi Selassie;
In The Streets Trinity Chris feat.
Blessed
Roots/traditional, Solo Album of the Year:
Milly's Café Fred J. Eaglesmith;
When We Get
There Lennie Gallant;
An Ancient Muse Loreena McKennitt;
Yellowjacket Stephen Fearing;
We Belong To The Gold Coast Steve Dawson.
Roots/traditional, Group Album of the Year:
Let's Frolic Blackie and the Rodeo Kings;
Hello
Love The Be Good Tanyas;
Migrations The Duhks;
Bloom
The McDades;
Firecracker The Wailin' Jennys
Blues Album of the Year:
Colin James & The Little Big Band 3 Colin
James;
Easin' Back To Tennessee
Colin Linden;
Acoustic David Gogo;
House Of Refuge Jim
Byrnes;
The Way It Feels Roxanne Potvin
