Best Saskatchewan Albums: Public Voting Ends Friday

VOTING UNDERWAY ON THE LONG LIST

VOTING CLOSES MIDNIGHT, FRIDAY DECEMBER 13/2019

It’s been another fantastic year for Saskatchewan music! From outstanding singles, EPs, and albums, to international concert stages, Saskatchewan artists are making their presence known at home and well beyond our borders. From the albums released in the past year, SaskMusic juries have assembled our Long List of 40 diverse albums and now we need the public's help to determine the BEST ones of 2019. We encourage music fans to listen to as many albums as possible before voting, of course.

The Top 10 Saskatchewan Albums of 2019 will be announced online the week of December 16.
Only one vote per IP address will be recorded for the duration of the voting period. Voting closes at midnight, Friday, December 13, 2019 CST (extended)

www.bestsaskatchewanalbums.com

This project is to promote and celebrate Saskatchewan music. We seek to raise more awareness of our province's music and celebrate our artists’ many successes over the past year. The top album as determined by this poll will receive the Saskatchewan Music Award for "Album of the Year."

THE LONG LIST

Alex Bent + the Emptiness, Baby (Saskatoon)
Amy Nelson, Good Intentions (Regina)
Arcana Kings, Lions As Ravens (Regina)
Autopilot, Afterglow (Saskatoon)
Brian Sklar, Brian (Regina)
Chris Henderson, Point Of View (Wilcox)
Christopher Sleightholm, Last Year's Winter (Regina)
Close Talker, How Do We Stay Here? (Saskatoon)
Dayda Banks, We Should Go to Japan (Saskatoon)
The Dead South, Sugar & Joy (Regina)
Despite The Reverence, Plethora (Saskatoon)
Eekwol and T-Rhyme, For Women, By Women (Saskatoon)
Ellen Froese, Fightin' Words (Saskatoon)
Ev Thompson, God Save The Crown (Saskatoon)
Foxwarren, Foxwarren (Regina)
Hattie, Séance (Saskatoon)
Herb & the Humans, Fractured Stars in Empty Bars (Regina)
Hoodoo Mafia, G-Swamp (Regina)
Hunter Brothers, State of Mind (Shaunavon)
James Gates, Plans (Regina)
Jen & John (Jen Lane & John Antoniuk), II (Saskatoon) (note: "two")
Kacy & Clayton, Carrying On (Fir Mountain/Glentworth)
Kalem Moses, Gift of Desperation (Moose Jaw)
Kearstin Pfeifer, The Road Untold (Weyburn)
Kirkland Woods, Both Sides (Saskatoon)
Patient Hands, Stoic (Saskatoon)
Patrick Moon Bird, Useless. (Prince Albert)
Ponteix, Bastion (St Denis / Saskatoon)
Poor Nameless Boy, Wake Up Call (Regina)
Reignwolf, Hear Me Out (Saskatoon)
Ritual Rabbits, Somehow Never Again (Saskatoon)
Robot Hive, Prophylaxis (Regina)
Samurai Champs, Cabernet Sauvignon (Regina / Saskatoon)
Shooting Guns, Sports Drink EP (Saskatoon)
Sylvia Chave, Shine (Delisle)
Too Soon Monsoon, Waves: We Provide What We Absorb, We Absorb What We Provide (Saskatoon)
Ugly Again, Power Nap (Regina)
The Whiskey Jerks, Baba Was A Bootlegger (Saskatoon)
The Won'ts, Weird Weekend (Regina)
Ygretz, Mel Wide (Regina)

For more information please contact Lorena Kelly, Communications & Operations Manager, SaskMusic; lorenakelly@saskmusic.org or 1-800-347-0676.

SaskMusic is a non-profit association that stimulates growth and development in the commercial music industry of Saskatchewan through leadership, promotion, training, advocacy and partnership. We offer programming including artist consultations, workshops, marketing, artist listings, export assistance, networking opportunities and much more. We represent the four components of our industry: creative, interpretive, technical and administrative. Our artists and music professionals hail from across our province, and work in pretty much every genre you can imagine. We are a source of information and resources for both the public, and the music industry. Please visit www.saskmusic.org for more information.