SaskMusic

SaskMusic congratulates the Saskatchewan nominees for the 2013 Western Canadian Music Awards. We are pleased to see a diverse range of genres and categories recognized, with both first-time nominees and returning nominees. Multiple-award nominees include The Sheepdogs, Rah Rah, and Jason Cullimore.

Breakout West and the Western Canadian Music Awards will be held October 3-6 in Calgary, Alberta, and promise to be an exciting event of national and international significance. The Music Awards will be presented on Sunday, October 6 and the Industry Awards will be presented on Saturday, October 5.

The four-day event encompasses a three-day music conference, a multi-genre music festival, and two award shows (the Western Canadian Music Industry Awards Brunch and the Western Canadian Music Awards Gala). The final jury and membership voting will begin soon, with members of the six western music industry associations eligible to vote: SaskMusic, MusicBC, Alberta Music, Manitoba Music, Music NWT and Music Yukon.

SaskMusic congratulates all of the nominees and is looking forward to a great event in Calgary. The complete list of 2013 nominees is available at www.breakoutwest.ca.

2013 SASKATCHEWAN WCMA NOMINEES:

ABORIGINAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Donny Parenteau – Bring It On
George Leach – Surrender

BLUES RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Jack Semple – In The Blue Light

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
Jason Cullimore – The Sparrow and the Hawk

CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Jason Cullimore – Cinematic Symphony and Gamescores

COUNTRY RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Jess Moskaluke - Catch Me If You Can (The EP)

FRANCOPHONE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Alexis Normand – MIRADOR

INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Rah Rah – The Poet’s Dead

INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Jason Cullimore – Cinematic Symphony and Gamescores

ROCK RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Rah Rah – The Poet’s Dead
The Sheepdogs – The Sheepdogs

SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR
Ewan Currie - The Sheepdogs, “Feeling Good”

SPIRITUAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Cities Under Fire – Bright Lights

ALBUM DESIGN OF THE YEAR
Jared Robinson – LunarTheory, An Unforeseen Impossible Outcome

LIVE MUSIC VENUE OF THE YEAR
Creative City Centre

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Andy Shauf

TALENT BUYER OF THE YEAR
Derek Bachman – Rawk Entertainment

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Andrei Feheregyhazi (Sask.) for Woodpigeon’s “Robin Song”
Tony Hrynchuk/Fahrenheit Films (Sask.) and WYATT Music (Daniel Fortier, Scott Patrick, Bray Hudson, Cam Ewart) (Sask.) for WYATT’s “Jesse James”

Also shout-outs to former Saskatchewanites Jennifer Jade Kerr (nominated for “Permission to be Broken” – Spiritual Recording of the Year) and Johnny Gasparic (nominated for Engineer of the Year.)