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The MCMA welcomes it’s newest board members:
Kurt Krezanski
Kerry Kingsland
Karen Neufeld
Tom Koroluk
The MCMA will be holding our Annual Meeting of the General Membership December 9th starting at 7:30pm. All active MCMA members are welcome to attend.
When:
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
December 9, 2010
Where:
Canad Inns Windsor Park Restaurant (back room)
1034 Elizabeth Road
If you are planning on attending the meeting please email mcma_admin@mts.net so that we can inform the site as to how many seats are required.
David St. Germain – CD Release Party
The son of Canadian Country Music Hall of Famer Ray St. Germain, David will be performing his much anticipated 1st full length record.
One of the hottest new bands around!! You will want to be there for this once in a lifetime event!
Each ticket includes a coupon for $5 off the CD the night of the release party!!
Available at
Encore Musicical Instruments – 1349 Portage Ave.
Mon – Thurs: 10:30 – 19:00
Fri: 10:30 – 18:00
Sat: 10:00 – 18:00
204-788-0967
Also Available at
RockBar – 1931 Pembina Hwy
M-F 10AM-4PM OR TH-SA 8PM-1AM
204-338-7625
or message any band member for tickets!
Featuring David St. Germain and –
Joey Landreth – Guitar
Chris Sutherland – Drums
Meg Dolovich – Bass
Murray Pulver – Guitar
David St. Germain Debut CD – Produced by Chris Sutherland and Howard Klopak.
Desiree Dorion’s release, Soul Back Jack, earned her the Best Country Album honour at this year’s Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards . Dorion was also up for Best Female Artist. Desiree picked up an Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Award nomination earlier this year in the Best Country CD category.
Brad Moggie rounded out the Manitoba winners, taking home the Best Fiddle Album award for his release, All Fired Up.
Crystal Shawanda Christmas Benefit with the Foster Martin Band
Friday, December 10th, 7:30 pm
Gaffers in Lockport
Tickets $20.00 with proceeds to North Red Christmas Hamper Drive.
Tickets are available at gaffers or 366 Main Street in Selkirk at the Pure Country Office, (Selkirk town Plaza)
Orders can be delivered (COD) call (204) 785-8305 option 2.
Canadian Country Music Association Announces Saskatoon As Home To Country Music Week And The 2012 CCMA Awards
The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) announced today that Saskatoon, Saskatchewan has been selected to host Country Music Week and the Canadian Country Music Awards in 2012. This will mark the first time that Saskatoon has ever hosted country music’s biggest week in Canada.
Doc Walker was awarded Country Recording of the Year, for their album ‘Go’, at this years Western Canadian Music Awards held in Kelowna on October 24.
The 2nd Annual Country for Cancer event was an incredible success with hours of great entertainment. The MCMA would like to thank everyone that volunteered at the event selling tickets and helping with the prizes and draws. We had an amazing team of volunteers that helped keep the event running smoothly. We would like to thank Mainstage backline for working the stage, and all the performers that gave their time to support such a worthwhile cause – Hurricane Jenny (previously known as Steel City), Day After Nashville, Hard Miles Band, Roundup Band, Chris Bigford, KK and the Dirty Scotch Boys, Cindi Cane and the Foster Martin Band. Thank you to Grant Goss of Goss Productions and his team for recording the event. Special thanks to all the sponsors for their generous donations. Thank you to Qualico, All Weather Windows, Itech, Goss Transport, Currie Accounting Services Ltd., Galaxy Printing, Red River Yamaha, National Energy Equipment Ltd., Cowboys, Canad Inns, CKMD, Houseworks, South Beach Casino, and the Winnipeg Police Association. Thank you to all the MCMA board members for their time in arranging and coordinating this event. Together we were able to raise $ 6577.62 to help aid in the fight against cancer.
MCMA’s Noel Martin presenting our Country for Cancer cheque to Heidi at CCS
Auction Prizes
1. IPod by Apple & Philips Dock System
2. Ipad by Apple
3. Yamaha Acoutic Guitar $600 Value
4. 50” Samsung Plasma TV
5. Asus Netbook
6. South Beach “Romance Package”
7. 19” Flatscreen TV & Shaw HDPVR
8. Xbox & Reach Game
9. GPS Navigation System plus Hoodie, T-Shirt & Jacket
A dozen Manitoba roots acts are travelling east to showcase at the 2010 Ontario Council of Folk Festivals Conference in Ottawa…
Five killed in horrific collision
Noted aboriginal musician only survivor of fiery crash
By: Kevin Rollason and Aldo Santin
Aboriginal music legend Errol Ranville is the lone survivor of a head-on collision near The Pas that killed five people, including his wife, Marcie.
Ranville’s brother, Stirling, said on Friday the 57-year-old Errol was flown to Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre after the collision…
Country rock trio Doc Walker premiered its CMT music special, Doc Walker’s Dock Party: Live in Kelowna, on October 16. Recorded at a free outdoor concert in Kelowna last summer, encore airings of the special are scheduled for November 2 and December 27. The four-time CCMA Group of the Year will also release the show to DVD this November 2.
-originally published on ManitobaMusic.com
MANITOBA ACTS LAND 11 CANADIAN ABORIGINAL MUSIC AWARD NODS
Five Manitoba recording artists have netted 11 nominations at the 2010 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards (CAMA). The 12th annual awards are held in conjunction with the Canadian Aboriginal Festival, which runs November 26-28, 2010 in Hamilton, Ontario. The hardware will be handed out at a gala event on November 26 at the Hamilton Place Theatre.
Rock outfit Eagle & Hawk has landed an impressive five nods for its latest release, The Great Unknown. The band is up for Best Album of the Year, Best Group or Duo, Best Rock Album, Best Songwriter, and Best Producer Engineer. The Great Unknown has racked up 15 award nods this year, including the CAMAs, Western Canadian Music Awards, Native American Music Awards, Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards, and Canadian Folk Music awards, and a win in the Contemporary Modern Instrumental category at the Indian Summer Music Awards.
Country chanteuse Desiree Dorion is a double nominee this year, picking up nods for Best Female Artist and Best Country Album for her new album, Soul Back Jack. Dorion is also up for the upcoming Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards in the Best Country CD category.
Another double nominee, hip hop act Skelpa Squad, is up for Best Rap or Hip Hop Album for its new release, The Thief & Council, and Best Rap or Hip Hop Music Video for the album’s title track. Skelpa Squad also picked up an APCMA nod for Best Rap / Hip Hop CD.
Other nominees include Al Desjarlais and his album Winds of Change Best Country Album and Brad Moggie for Best Fiddle Album for his release, All Fired Up.
For a complete list of nominees, please visit www.canab.com
Jess Reimer’s first solo effort, Sweet Darling Sorrow, was produced by Grant Siemens and features musical guests Keri Latimer, Grant Siemens, Dwayne Dueck, Gil Dudgeon, Linda Hiebert, Doug Reimer, and Jeremy Hamm.
Desiree Dorion CD Release Party
Who: Desiree Dorion with special guest Arun Chaturvedi
What: Desiree Dorion CD Release Party
Where: The Park Theatre – 698 Osborne Street
When: October 28, 2010
Doc Walker returned home to Manitoba with their third CCMA award for Group or Duo of the Year. Band members Steve Broadurst won CCMA All-Star Band honours for Drums and Murray Pulver won for guitar. Meanwhile the producer of their videos for If I Fall and I’m Gonna Make You Love Me, Stephano Barberis, won Video Director of the Year. Their website tied with Gord Bamford’s for Website of the Year. Congratulations to all the CCMA winners. Doc Walker are also up for two WCMA awards in Kelowna, BC October 24th
courtesty of Country Music News
The Manitoba Country Music Association welcomes our newest board members:
Former Manitoba Radio Personality Eileen-Marie, Songwriter Janice Starodub, and Kris Stevenson – Pure Country Radio’s General Manager, Sales & Promotions Director.
The Manitoba Music Experience presents Country Music Day. Featuring performances by Chris Bigford, Cindi Cain, Bill & Sue-On Hillman, a songwriter’s circle with Ray Martin, Harvey Levy and much much more. August 7, 12 pm until 4 pm.
The Manitoba Museum is located at 190 Rupert.
It is widely known that Manitoba has a long and rich history with the arts, music in particular. The immediate goal of The Manitoba Music Experience is to remind everyone how wonderful that musical history is and bring new appreciation to the music makers of the past and the present, music that in many cases is recognized around the world.
Visit the The Manitoba Music Experience
The Manitoba Music Experience presents Country Music Day. Featuring performances by Chris Bigford, Cindi Cain, Bill & Sue-On Hillman, a songwriter’s circle with Ray Martin, Harvey Levy and much much more. August 7, 12 pm until 4 pm.
The Manitoba Museum is located at 190 Rupert.
It is widely known that Manitoba has a long and rich history with the arts, music in particular. The immediate goal of The Manitoba Music Experience is to remind everyone how wonderful that musical history is and bring new appreciation to the music makers of the past and the present, music that in many cases is recognized around the world.
Visit the The Manitoba Music Experience
2010 MANITOBA STAR ATTRACTION TALENT SHOWCASE WINNERS
ALI FONTAINE – from Sagkeeng, Manitoba, 15 years old
FRANNIE KLEIN – from Eddystone, Manitoba, 17 years old
LARRY GUIMOND – from Sagkeeng, Manitoba
RHEANNE – from Winnipeg, Manitoba
YOU BE THE ANCHOR – from Winnipeg, Manitoba, a duo comprising of 20 yr old Ryan Giesbrecht & 21 yr old Wouter Gorter
Doc Walker Picks Up 11 Canadian Country Music Award Nominations
Doc Walker continues to dominate Canada’s country music world this year, landing nominations for five artistic and six industry awards at the 2010 Canadian Country Music Awards.
Doc Walker will compete for its third consecutive Group of the Year title. The band is also up for the Fan’s Choice Award, Single of the Year, Songwriters of the Year, and Album of the Year. Three members of Doc Walker are also up for the All-Star Band Award, including guitarist Murray Pulver, bassist Brent Pearen, and drummer Steve Broadhurst. Doc Walker’s team picked up industry nods for Website of the Year, Album Design of the Year, and Video Director of the Year.
Canada’s longest running country music festival kicks off in Dauphin on July 1, offering music fans some of the best in country music as well as a variety of other genres. Dauphin’s Countryfest, now celebrating its 21st year, hits the north side of Riding Mountain National Park, 10 km south of Dauphin, and runs for four days of local, national, and international entertainment on three separate stages.
This year’s festival features a strong group of Manitoba performers, including country singer/songwriter Bryce Pallister, all-female bluegrass quartet Oh My Darling, fiddlers the D’Aoust Brothers, bluegrass monsters The D.Rangers, blues/roots guitarist extraordinaire Chris Carmichael, and indie rock outfit Take With Audio.
Other headliners include Keith Urban, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Kellie Pickler, Aaron Pritchett, Shane Yellowbird, Terri Clarke, and The Higgins.
Ray St. Germain will be inducted to the Canadian Country Music Hall of Honour in a special induction ceremony on Friday, September 10th in Edmonton. The announcement was made by the Canadian Country Music Association on June 8 in Toronto.
“We felt it suitable that in 2010 we would honour ten artists who were pioneers and ground-breakers in our rich country music history as there were so many deserving of this induction – and what a list it is!” said Jill Snell-de Cartier, Chair of the Hall of Honour Electors Committee.“These visionaries are all legends and treasured Canadians – each carved their own path and helped pave the road for the incredible talent we see growing in this flourishing market each year. We look forward to seeing these talented recipients and their families in Edmonton this year at the Hall of Honour ceremony, sure to be this year’s most moving CCMA highlight. Congratulations to one and all on this remarkable achievement.”
Donna & Leroy Anderson, Willie P. Bennett, Marie Bottrell, Eddie Eastman, Don Harron, Fred McKenna, Wayne Rostad, Joyce Smith and Hal & Ginger Willis will also be inducted on September 10th.
Ray is an award winning recording artist and stage show performer/producer. He recently wrote his autobiography “I Wanted to be Elvis, so What was I doing in Moose Jaw?” Ray has plans to release a new album this year, entitled “We All Make Mistakes Sometimes.”
Ray has been seen nationally on CBC, Global, APTN and CKY as a performer, television producer/singer/host. Ray was also the radio host/program manager at NCI FM.
Visit www.raystgermainmusic.com for more information about Ray.
It’s a “country meets kids” mash-up at the next Bluebird North songwriters’ showcase at Winnipeg’s Park Theatre & Café on June 8.
On the card for the next Bluebird North concert event are some of Manitoba’s biggest icons, packing huge musical muscles, incredible vocal chops and formidable talent.
Bluebird North: Where Writers Sing and Tell is a songwriters’ showcase presented by the Songwriters Association of Canada (S.A.C.). Every show features a different line-up of talented Canadian songwriters, who take turns sharing songs and stories in an informal, acoustic atmosphere. In Winnipeg, Bluebird North is produced by Chris Burke-Gaffney for the S.A.C.
The June 8 event features Doc Walker frontman Chris Thorsteinson, country singer/songwriter Bryce Pallister, legendary children’s performer Fred Penner, and Phil Deschambault with Ash Koley. QX104 FM radio personality Troy Westwood, aka singer/songwriter Little Hawk, will host the event.
courtesy of ManitobaMusic.com
The C-Weed Band is celebrating 35 years of music with the release of their greatest hits albumn Magic in the Music.
Magic in the Music can be found at CD Plus stores across Canada at the end of May, at Ma & Pa stores across the prairies, and online at http://www.cweedband.com
