2011 Awards
Congratulations to the
2011 Western Canadian Music Award Winners
The awards were handed out Sunday the 23rd of October at the awards gala at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse; and the winners are!
ARTISTIC AWARDS
INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING – Five Alarm Funk
WORLD RECORDING OF THE YEAR – Trio Bembe
ROOTS SOLO RECORDING – Del Barber
ROOTS DUO/GROUP RECORDING The Wailin’ Jennys
BLUES RECORDING – Little Miss Higgins
JAZZ RECORDING – Night Crawlers with the Big Band Sound
CHILDRENS RECORDING – The Kerplunks
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN / GOSPEL RECORDING – Sojourners
INDEPENDENT ALBUM – Del Barber
FRANCOPHONE DE L’ANNEE – Raphael Freynet
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION – Marcus Goddard
CLASSICAL RECORDING – Peter Hannan
ABORIGINAL RECORDING – Don Amero
POP RECORDING – Imaginary Cities
URBAN RECORDING – Souljah Fyah
RAP / HIP HOP RECORDING – Sweatshop Union
ROCK RECORDING – The Sheepdogs
COUNTRY RECORDING – Ridley Bent
SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR – Romi Mayes
HALL OF FAME – 54-40
INDUSTRY AWARDS
MULTI-MEDIA AWARD – Christine Fellows
AGENCY OF THE YEAR – Paquin Entertainment
BEST ALBUM DESIGN OF THE YEAR – Jolene Higgins
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR – Cameron Loeppky
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Arun Chaturvedi
HERITAGE AWARD – Caribou Records
INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR – Head In The Sand
LIVE MUSIC VENUE OF THE YEAR – West End Cultural Centre
MANAGER OF THE YEAR – Gilles Paquin
TALENT BUYER OF THE YEAR -Chris Frayer