2008 Awards
Artistic Awards
Outstanding Aboriginal Recording
Winner: Tracy Bone – No Lies
Nominated: Fara Palmer – Phoenix, McKinley Matters – The Seventh Day, Ry Moran – Groundwater, Sandy Scofield – Nikawiy Askiy (Mother Earth)
Outstanding Blues Recording
Winner: Little Miss Higgins – Junction City
Nominated: John Lee Sanders – Doc Goes Hollywood, Kenny “Blues Boss Wayne” – Can’t Stop Now, Mud Dog – River of my Soul, The Perpetrators – Tow Truck
Outstanding Children’s Recording
Winner: TIE – Googol Power – Crazy 4 Math, The Kerplunks – The Kerplunks
Nominated: Art Napoleon – Mocikan: Songs for Learning Cree, Bob King – It’s All About Attitude,
Fred Penner – Where In The World
Outstanding Christian/Gospel Recording
Winner: Steve Bell – The Symphony Sessions
Nominated: Fresh I.E. – LockJaw, Jon Bauer – Surround, Jon Buller – the Hymn Project, Tripmeter – Wide World Crashing
Outstanding Classical Composition
Winner: Elizabeth Raum – Dark Thoughts (How Bodies Make Ecstatic Marks)
Nominees: Anthony Genge – String Quartet (Anthony Genge), Claude Kenneson – Flight (Dreamscape), Michael Horwood – Three Interludes (Masterworks of the New Era Vol. 10), Vincent Ho – String Quartet No. 1 (Vincent Ho)
Outstanding Classical Recording
Winner: Jasper Wood – A Child’s Cry from Izieu
Nominees: David Harding, Phillip Bush & Jonathan Crow – Brahms, Michael Horwood – Suite and Serious, Shauna Rolston – Dreamscape, Tiresias – Delicate Fires
Outstanding Country Recording
Winner: Paul Brandt – Risk
Nominees: Aaron Lines – Moments that Matter, Gord Bamford – Honkytonks and Heartaches, Hey Romeo – Hey Romeo, Jo Hikk – Ride
Album francophone de l’année / Outstanding Francophone Recording
Winner: Ariane Mahryke Lemire – Double Entendre
Nominees: Coulée – La belle tremblière, Josée Allard – La Sirene, Kraink – Après la grande guerre, Les Cireux d’Semelles – Le bel accent
Outstanding Instrumental Recording
Winner: Bob Evans – 4 on 6
Nominees: Inhabitants – The Furniture Moves Underneath, Jaime RT – SPARK, Jin Zhang – Tracing, Rabnett 5 – Leopardism
Outstanding Jazz Recording
Winner: Altered Laws – Metaphora
Nominees: Greg Lowe – Guitar and Bass Sessions, Hutchinson Andrew Trio – Music Box,
Ian McDougall Big Band – No Passport Required, Saul Berson Quartet – Intricacy
Outstanding Pop Recording
Winner: The Liptonians – The Liptonians
Nominees: Elise Estrada – Elise Estrada, James Murdoch Band – In Transit, Jason Plumb and the Willing – Beauty In This World, Laurell – Fears Aside
Outstanding Rock Recording
Winner: State of Shock – Life, Love & Lies
Nominees: Maybe Smith – Animals & Architects, Social Code – Social Code, The Evaporators – Gassy Jack and Other Tales, The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour
Outstanding Roots Recording ~ Duo/Group
Winner: Twilight Hotel – Highway Prayer
Nominees: Compadres – Buddy, Where You Been?, Outlaw Social – Dry Bones, The Deep Dark Woods – Hang Me, Oh Hang Me, The Sojourners – Hold On
Outstanding Roots Recording ~ Solo
Winner: Corb Lund – Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!
Nominees: Cara Luft – The Light Fantastic, Carolyn Mark – Nothing Is Free, Mark Berube and the Patriotic Few – What the river gave the boat, Wyckham Porteus – 3AM
Outstanding Urban Recording
Winner: Souljah Fyah – Truth Will Reveal
Nominees: GreenTaRA – Global Baby, Moka Only – Vermillion, Moka Only & Def 3 – Dog River, Touch & Nato – Intelligent Design
Outstanding World Recording of the Year
Winner: Alex Cuba – Agua Del Pozo
Nominees: Celso Machado – Jogo da Vida, Mariam Matossian – In the Light, Niel Golden – It’s a Journey, Rumba Calzada – 2007 Raphael Geronimo’s Rumba Calzada Album 4
Outstanding Independent Album Award
Winner: The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour
Nominees: Corb Lund – Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!, Immaculate Machine – Immaculate Machine’s Fables, Jeremy Fisher – Goodbye Blue Monday, The Perpetrators – Tow Truck
Songwriter(s) of the Year
Winner: The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour
Nominees: Aaron Lines – Moments that Matter, Corb Lund – Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!, Jeremy Fisher – Goodbye Blue Monday, Social Code – Social Code
Video of the Year
Winner: Civil Twilight – The Weakerthans
Nominees: I Wanna Be In The Calvary – Corb Lund, Transportation – James Murdoch Band, Cigarette – Jeremy Fisher, Viva la Vinyl – Twilight Hotel
Hall of Fame Inductees
Senator Tommy Banks
Spirit of the West
Industry Awards
Agency of the Year
Winner: Paquin Entertainment
Nominees: Graffitti Music, Magnum Opus Management, PM Gigs Inc., S.L. Feldman & Assoc.
Best Album Design
Winner: Nick Perreault (In Transit – James Murdoch)
Nominees: Glen Erickson (Township – The Wheat Pool), Jeff Sylvester (Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! – Corb Lund), Jeff Sylvester (When We Were Spies – Ann Vriend), Michael Dangelmaier (The Gift, A Tribute to Ian Tyson
Engineer of the Year
Winner: Mike Fraser
Nominees: Bart McKay, Dan Canfield, Johnny Gasparic, Shawn Pierce
Independent Record Label of the Year
Winner: Nettwerk Music Group
Nominees: Black Hen Music, Boompa Records, Mint Records, Rockstar Music Corp., Stony Plain Records
Live Music Venue of the Year
Winner: The Commodore Ballroom
Nominees: Amigos Cantina, Starlite Room, The Yale Hotel, West End Cultural Centre
Manager of the Year
Winner: Allen Moy
Nominees: Bruce Allen, Chris Burke-Gaffney, Gilles Paquin, Louis O’Reilly, Terry McBride
Producer of the Year
Winner: Steve Dawson
Nominees: Brandon Friesen, Danny Patton, David J. Taylor, Jack Shapira, Vince Ditrich
Talent Buyer of the Year
Winner: Ian Low, Live Nation Canada
Nominees: Dominic Lloyd – West End Cultural Centre, Erik Hoffman, Gilles Paquin – Paquin Entertainment, Nhaelan McMillan – The Union, Pat McGannon – PM Gigs
Industry Builder Award Recipient
Gary McGowan