Arkells, Caribou and Ginger St. James take home HMA Awards
The 11th annual HMA Industry Awards took place Saturday night at the Dofasco Centre for the Arts. There were plenty of awards to go around, here's a list of all of the nominees (with winners in bold) in case you missed out.
Canadian Recording of the Year
Arkells – High Noon
Lights – Little Machines
Michael Buble – To Be Loved
Tanay Tagaq – Animism
Hedley – Wild Life
Musical Event of the Year
Burly Calling
CanJam For Cancer
Festival of Friends
Sound of Music
Supercrawl
Electronic Recording of the Year
Caribou – Our Love
Electric Youth – Innerworld
Daniel Lanois – Flesh and Machine
ttwwrrss – ttwwrrss_2
Female Vocalist of the Year
Laura Cole – Dirty Cheat
Terra Lightfoot – Dinner Belles – The River and the Willow
Melissa McClelland – Whitehorse
Diana Panton – Red
Ginger St. James – Diesel and Peas
Male Vocalist of the Year
Justin Dunlop – Black Bay Nocturnes
Harrison Kennedy – This Is From Here
Max Kerman – Arkells – High Noon
Bud Roach – Arias By Sances From 1636
Tom Wilson – Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – South
Dance Recording of the Year
The Byran Sorensen Groove Trio – Stealing from the DJ
Buckeye Red – INB4 404
Classical Recording of the Year
Strat Andriotis – Liars Incorporated
Danielle Lennon – String Theory
Emma Rush – Folklorica
Bud Roach – Arias By Sances From 1636
Ethnic Recording of the Year
Kenny C – Live Life
Steel City Rovers – The Second Thrumming
Instrumental Record of the Year
Strat Andriotis - Liars Incorporated
Danielle Lennon – String Theory
Emma Rush – Folklorica
Bud Roach – Arias By Sances From 1636
Daniel Lanois – Flesh and Machine
Classical Composition of the Year
Strat Andriotis – Liars Incorporated
Danielle Lennon – String Theory
Bassist of the Year
Carrie Ashworth– Mississippi Bends
Justin Bozzo – the Zilis
Ken Corke – Sumo Cyco
Justin Dunlop – Justin Dunlop
Justine Fischer – Fred Eaglesmith
Joe Varga – Varga
Drummer of the Year
Nick Burson – Rae Billing
Dan Fila – Varga
Dave King – Steve Strongman
Paul Panchezak – Mark McNeil
Robin Pirson – Mississippi Bends
Tone Valcic – Mimi Shaw
Guitarist of the Year
Strat Andriotis - Strat Andriotis
Jack de Keyzer - Jack de Keyzer
Brian Griffith – Harrison Kennedy, Mimi Shaw
Daniel Lanois – Daniel Lanois
Jacob Moon - Jacob Moon
Bud Roach - Bud Roach
Steve Strongman - Steve Strongman
Special Instrumentalist of the Year
Brandon Bliss – Dinner Belles - Banjo
Hachey the MouthPEACE – Beatbox
Ed Roth – Rae Billling – Accordion
Melanie Pothier – Dinner Belles - Mandolin
Mark Sasso – Elliott Brood - Banjo
Piano/Keyboard Player of the Year
Greg Brisco - The Dinner Belles
Chris Bruder - Kojo Easy Damptey
Ron Cole - Laura Cole
Jeremy Fisher – Jeremy Fisher
Jesse O'Brien – Harrison Kennedy, Steve Strongman
Producer of the Year
Giuliano Baglioni – Drea
Steve Bigas – Laura Cole
Michael J Birthelmer – Rae Billing, the Folk Sinners
Nick Blagona – Allotrope
Daniel Lanois and Alex Krispin – Daniel Lanois
Trevor Titian - Mimi Shaw
Publicist of the Year
Jen Cymek/Listen Harder – Monster Truck
Lisa Millar – Dave Rave, Dave Pomfret
Dave Young – Sonic Unyon
James Tennant – Steve Sinnicks
Event Photographer of the Year
Alex Bromke
Ted Buck
David McEachern
MISHAFOTOS
Kyle Weir
Sound and Lighting Company of the Year
Freeman Audio Visual
Bates Audio
Creative Artists Group
Lou's Music
Soundbox Productions
Live Sound Engineer of the Year
Anthony Cascella – The Casbah
Stephen Foster – Studio at Hamilton Place
Steve Haines – Absinthe
Rich Hagan – Deric Ruttan, LIGHTS(Monitors), Sam Roberts Band
Adam Neumann – the Casbah
Shaun Shuell – LIGHTS(FOH), Hedley, Billy Talent
Doug Smith – This Ain't Hollywood
Michael Stewart – Hamilton Place
Tour Manager of the Year
Joe Cacioppo - Buffy Sainte Marie, Dora The Explorer / Walk Off The Earth
Brad Ferguson - Arkells
Duke Foster - Blue Rodeo
Rich Hagan – Deric Ruttan, LIGHTS, Sam Roberts Band
John Morely – Hey Ocean! / Walk Off The Earth / Toopy & Binoo / The Strain
Booking Agent of the Year
Live Tour Artists
Paquin Entertainment
S.L. Feldman and Associates
Spherical Productions
The Agency Group
Talent Buyer of the Year
Adam Carter – Homegrown Hamilton
Ken Inyoue – Various Venues
Marko Lubardo/Ben Rispin/Billy Pozeg - Absinthe
Lou Molinaro - This Ain't Hollywood
Scott Warren – First Ontario Centre
Brodie Schwendiman – The Casbah
Grant Winestock – Baltimore House
Theatre of the Year
Hamilton Place
Dofasco Centre for the Arts
McIntyre Performing Arts Centre
Molson Canadian Studio at Hamilton Place
The Pearl Company
The Staircase Theatre
Live Club of the Year
Baltimore House
Club Absinthe
The Corktown Pub
Homegrown Hamilton
Stonewalls
The Casbah
This Ain't Hollywood
Major Concert Venue of the Year
Ancaster Fairgrounds
Christie Conservation Area
First Ontario Centre
Gage Park
Spencer Smith Park
Media Person of the Year
Kristin Archer – ihearthamilton.com, CFMU
Lou Molinaro – CFMU
Graham Rockingham – The Hamilton Spectator
Ric Taylor – CFMU, View Magazine
James Tennant – CFMU, Hamilton Magazine
Adam Carter – CBC Hamilton
Radio Show of the Year
Freewheelin Folk Show – CFMU
Indie Show – Y108
Lou's Control – CFMU
Lullabies in Razorland – CFMU
Watermelon Throwdown – CFMU
Print Publication of the Year
Hamilton Magazine
Urbanicity
View Magazine
The Hamilton Spectator
Music Director (Radio) of the Year
Chuck Evans – Y108
Sara Heres – The HAWK
Mark Munroe - K-Lite
Ben Robinson – CFMU
Music Retailer of the Year
Cheapies
Dr. Disc
Hammer City Records
Picks And Sticks
The Beat Goes On
Record Label of the Year
Maisonneuve Music – ttwwrrss
Other Songs Music Co. – Scott Orr, Matt Paxton
Schizophrenic Records - Born Wrong
Six Shooter Records – Whitehorse, Harlan Pepper
Sonic Unyon Recording Company – Dinner Belles
Best Album Artwork
Katie Bulley – Sun Wolf
Jeremy Fisher – The Lemon Squeeze
Harlan Pepper – Take Out A $20
Mark McNeil – Flashbacks
Jacob Moon – Fascination
Sumo Cyco – Lost in Cyco City
Video of the Year
Ash and Bloom –This Town
Katie Bulley – Up & In
Yitka Karlik – Wonderbus #2
Mike McCurlie & Laura Cole – You Can't Toboggan In The Hammer Anymore
Sumo Cyco – The Ugly
Tommy Gunn - Hounds of Hamilton
Tongue Fu – James Street North
Artist Website of the Year
www.arkells.ca
www.blackieandtherodeokings.com
www.elliottbrood.com
www.jeremyfishermusic.com
www.dianapanton.com
www.whitehorsemusic.ca
Website/Online Publication of the Year
www.cutfromsteel.com
www.blueshamilton.blogspot.ca
www.ihearthamilton.ca
www.southernsouls.ca
www.urbanheromagazine.com
Recording Studio of the Year
Catherine North – Joel Johnson, Of Gentlemen and Cowards
Grant Avenue Studio – Riotnrrd, Strat Andriotis
Jukasa Studio – Harrison Kennedy, Varga
Pine Street Studios – Rae Billing, the Folk Sinners
Porcelain Records – Laura Cole, Tongue Fu, Jamsquid, Mississippi Bends
Studio 410 Sound Productions - the Zilis, Hachey the MouthPEACE, Tongue Fu
Studio Engineer of the Year
Nick Blagona – Mississippi Bends, Allotrope, Harrison Kennedy, Jamsquid, Tongue Fu, Gruve
Bob Doidge – Riotnrrd, Strat Andriotis
Daniel Lanois & Alex Krispin – Daniel Lanois
Darren Magierowski – Harrison Kennedy, Beautiful Nothing, VARGA
Roman Marcone – Laura Cole
moon:and:6 – Jacob Moon, Royal Wood, Sarah McLachlan
Scott Peacock – Canadian Winter, Elliott Brood, The Glorious Sons
Instrument Retailer of the Year
Absolute Music
Crash Landing
Long & McQuade
Mountain Music
Picks and Sticks
Artist Manager of the Year
Elliott Brood – Elliott Brood
Shauna de Cartier/Helen Britton – Whitehorse
Allen Moy – Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
Tricia Ricciuto – Monster Truck
Tom Sarig/Kari Dexter/Christine Carson - ECM Management - Arkells
Madeline Wilson - Lee Harvey Osmond, Harlan Pepper, The Vaudevillian, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
Music Teacher of the Year (independent school) by People's Choice
Emma Rush
Kate Quigley
Steve McRae
Peter Melkert – Socrates 62
Jennifer Spleit-Landry – Bell Canto Strings
Music Teacher of the Year (post-secondary school) by People's Choice
Emma Rush - Mohawk College
Jamshed Turel - Mohawk College
Kevin Dempsey - Mohawk College
Lance Elbeck - McMaster University
Pat Feely - McMaster University
Music Teacher of the Year (secondary school) by People's Choice
Brian Jones - St Mary's Roman Catholic Secondary School
Jonathan Abel - Westdale Secondary School
Mark Reese - Sir Allan MacNab Secondary School
Melanie Parkinson - St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School
Mr Young - Orchard Park Secondary School
Music Teacher of the Year (elementary school) by People's Choice
Kate Quigley – Dundas Valley Montessori School
Dawn Martens – Buchanan Park
Dave Theiry – Ryerson Middle School
Luc Bertran – St Pius X
Nany Minotti – Cathy Weaver Elementary