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2012 WESTERN CANADIAN MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES

Aboriginal Recording of the Year
Jerry Sereda – Turn The Country On – MB
Murray Porter – Songs Lived & Life Played – BC
Rellik – Mighty Mouth – AB
Tanya Tagaq – Anuraaqtuq – MB
Vince Fontaine’s Indian City – Supernation – MB

Blues Recording of the Year
Brandon Isaak – Bluesman’s Plea – YT
David Gogo – Soul Bender - BC
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne – An Old Rock On A Roll – BC
Murray Porter – Songs Lived & Life Played – BC
The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer – Checkered Past – BC

Children’s Recording of the Year
Bubba B – Wish My Teacher Was Bubba B – MB
Bill Perison – Fun With Friends – BC
Denise Gagne – Primary Dances and Singing Games – AB
Loren Ish Bagelman – Never Say Never – BC
Sylvia Chave – The Orange Album – SK

Classical Composition of the Year
Allan Gilliland – Kalla – AB
Jeffrey Ryan – Symphony No. 1: Fugitive Colours – BC
Jordan Nobles – Simulacrum – BC
Kenneth Norman Johnson – Starlight Theme – BC
Owen Underhill – Trombone Quintet – BC

Classical Recording of the Year
The New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia – O Music – AB
Emily Carr String Quartet – Hidden Treasure – BC
Michael Jarvis & Paul Luchkow – Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin/Viola, Op. 5 – BC
François Houle, Jeremy Berkman, Quator Bozzini – Still Image – BC
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – Fugitive Colours – BC

Contemporary Christian / Gospel Recording of the Year
GB Roots – The Key – BC
Joal Kamps – Sojourner – AB
Jon Bauer – Forevermore – AB
Rule of Nines – Just A Moment Ago – AB
The Blue Warblers – Pretty Good – YT

Country Recording of the Year
Doc Walker – 16&1 – MB
Jake Mathews – Red Tail Lights – AB
Keith and Renee – Best Day – MB
Sean Hogan – Phoenix – BC
Tenille – Real – AB

Francophone Recording of the Year
Daniel ROA – Hyperbole – MB
Marijosée – Rebondir – MB
Michel Lalonde – L’Amour Fou – SK
Mireille Moquin – Aurevoir Princesse – AB
Thank-you, merci! – Thank-you, merci. Un hommage à la chanson franco-manitobaine – MB

Independent Album of the Year
Dan Mangan – Oh Fortune – BC
Foam Lake – Force and Matter – SK
John K Samson – Provincial – MB
Said The Whale – Little Mountain – BC
The Deep Dark Woods – The Place I Left Behind – SK

Instrumental Recording of the Year
Jim McLennan – Six String Gumbo – AB
Scott Benson Band – Scott Benson Band – SK
The Fretless – Waterbound – - BC
The Rakish Angles – Cottonwood Moon – BC
The Ramblin’ Ambassadors – Ramble On – AB

Jazz Recording of the Year
Chris Andrew – Strange Days – AB
Curtis Macdonald – Community Immunity – AB
Jeff McLeod – Double Entendre – SK
Jill Barber – Mischievous Moon - BC
Ralf Buschmeyer – Jazz Speak – AB

Pop Recording of the Year
Adaline – Modern Romantics – BC
Carly Rae Jepsen – Curiosity – BC
Library Voices – Summer of Lust – SK
Marianas Trench – Ever After – BC
The Magnetic North – Constellations – AB

Rap/Hip Hop Recording of the Year
Animal Nation – The Basement Tapes Vol.1 – BC
Cityreal & Wes Mackey – Good Morning Blues – BC
Evil Ebenezer – The Birds – BC
Swollen Members – Dagger Mouth – BC
ZZBRA – The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – BC

Rock Recording of the Year
Dan Mangan – Oh Fortune – BC
Double Fuzz – Double Fuzz – AB
KEN mode – Venerable – MB
Said The Whale – Little Mountain – BC
The British Columbians – Made For Darker Things – BC

Roots Solo Recording of the Year
Cam Penner – Gypsy Summer – AB
Jay Semko – Sending Love – SK
Sarah MacDougall – The Greatest Ones Alive – YT
Scott Nolan – Montgomery Eldorado – MB
Zaac Pick – Whitewater EP – BC

Roots Duo/Group Recording of the Year
100 Mile House – Hollow Ponds – AB
Current Swell – Long Time Ago – BC
Fish & Bird – Every Whisper is a Shout Across the Void – BC
Oh My Darling – Sweet Nostalgia – MB
The Deep Dark Woods – The Place I Left Behind – SK

Songwriter(s) of the Year
Dan Mangan – Dan Mangan, “Post-War Blues” – BC
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit – Harry Manx & Kevin Breit, “Carry My Tears Away” – BC
Jason Plumb – Jason Plumb and The Willing, “Sweet Misery” – SK
Ryan Boldt – The Deep Dark Woods, “The Place I Left Behind” – SK
Sarah MacDougall – Sarah MacDougall, “Sometimes You Lose, Sometimes You Win” – YT

Urban Recording of the Year
Flo – Pieces Of Me – MB
Georgia Murray – Just a Dream – BC
Johanna Sillanpaa – Make of Me – AB
Krystle Dos Santos – Fame Fatale – BC
Warren Dean Flandez – Vintage Love – BC

World Recording of the Year
La Luna De Santiago – Puede Ser – AB
Locarno – Una Mas Y Ya Nos Vamos – BC
Marco Castillo – Trip To Brazil – MB
Qristina and Quinn Bachand – Family – BC
Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson – New Journeys – BC