2020 Saskatchewan Country Music Association Award Winners

The 2020 Saskatchewan Country Music Awards went virtual on Saturday! Included in the three hour show was 18 virtual performances and 32 virtual award presentations! Congratulations to the SCMA for adapting to the online format and to all of the nominees and winners! Here are some of the artistic award highlights:

Fans Choice Entertainer of the Year - Hunter Brothers

Female Artist - Tenille Arts

Male Artist - Chris Henderson

Group Of The Year - Hunter Brothers

Single Of The Year - Hunter Brothers "Lost"

Songwriter Of the Year - "Somebody Like That" Composers: Tenille Arts, Alex Kline & Allison Veltz (Performed by Tenille Arts)

Album Of the Year - Hunter Brothers "State of Mind"

Video Of the Year - "Some People" J.J. Voss (Director: Joel Stewart and Pre-Historic Productions)

Emerging Artist Of the Year - Jordyn Pollard

Interactive Artist or Group Of the Year - Lisa Moen

Roots Artist Of the Year - J.J. Voss

Full list of the awards 

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Featured Career Tracks Mentor: Adrienne LaBelle

Adrienne LaBelle is the Project Coordinator at Mint Records and a musician based out of Vancouver, BC. She has been involved in the Vancouver music community since 2007 as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, recording artist, and performer. She has played in several projects over the years, including Aunts & Uncles, Movieland, Cult Babies, Supermoon, Energy Slime, Jay Arner and most recently, Garbage Dreams.

Adrienne joins the Career Tracks program to provide consultation and assistance with questions concerning:  grant writing, tour booking, A&R, radio tracking, event organizing, PR, and all the many other things that may come up in the span of a day at a small but busy label. 

Career Tracks offers confidential, one-on-one assistance to artists and music professionals. SaskMusic members can meet with our team to discuss career plans, marketing strategies, touring, songwriting and copyright, funding and grant applications, demo critiques/reviews, industry trends, or other relevant music topics.

To book a consult with Adrienne or to read more about our mentors, click HERE

The monthly Songwriters groups are currently meeting online via Zoom. Please check out their Facebook groups for more information about the next meeting.

Saskatoon group info: https://www.facebook.com/saskatoonsongwriters/

Regina group info: https://www.facebook.com/groups/258208420940008/

The call for artists to apply for M POUR MONTRÉAL/M FOR MONTREAL has been extended until June 1! M for Montreal takes place from Nov. 18 - 21, 2020. It's an opportunity to perform in front of more than 200 music industry professionals from around the world, eager to make discoveries and new connections.

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