2018 Saskatchewan Music Awards (November 25, 2018)

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2018 Awards Show details

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Alternative Artist of the Year

sponsored by Prairie Dog and Planet S

• WINNER: Close Talker

• Nominees: Bears in Hazenmore, Megan Nash, Nick Faye & The Deputies, The Garrys

 

Avant-Garde/Experimental Artist of the Year
sponsored by CFCR and CJTR

• WINNER: respectfulchild

• Nominees: Factor Eight, Jesse Brown, Marie-Véronique Bourque, Steve Leidal, Wolf Willow

 

Country Artist of the Year

sponsored by 620 CKRM

• WINNER: Jess Moskaluke

• Nominees: Blake Berglund, Jay Semko, Justin LaBrash, Tenille Arts

 

Electronic Artist of the Year
sponsored by SaskInteractive

• WINNER: Natural Sympathies

• Nominees: Economics, LOA, Sölus-Sun, VBRTR

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Indigenous Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Joey Stylez

• Nominees: BrownCanShine, Dale Mac, Marentin Fehr, Yellowsky

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Hip Hop Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Factor Chandelier

• Nominees: Def3, Pimpton, Samurai Champs, Shawn Jobin

 

Metal/Loud Artist of the Year

• WINNERS (TIE): Altars of Grief, and Shooting Guns

• Nominees: Blue Youth, Hell Hounds, Soul Mates

 

Rock/Pop Artist of the Year
sponsored by Sawchyn Guitars

• WINNER: The Sheepdogs

• Nominees: Bombargo, One Bad Son, Surf Dads, The Pistolwhips

 

Roots/Folk Artist of the Year
sponsored by the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC)

• WINNER: Kacy & Clayton

• Nominees: Colter Wall, Ellen Froese, Jeffery Straker, Rosie & the Riveters

 

Single of the Year
sponsored by Creative Saskatchewan

• WINNER: Hunter Brothers, Born and Raised   

• Nominees: Hunter Brothers, Those Were The Nights; Colter Wall, Kate McGannon; Jess Moskaluke, Camouflage; Jess Moskaluke, Past the Past; vbnd, Thoughts of You; Tenille Arts, Cold Feet; Tenille Arts, Moment of Weakness; The Sheepdogs, I've Got a Hole Where My Heart Should Be; The Sheepdogs, Nobody   

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Breaking Borders Award
presented by the Derek Bachman Foundation

• WINNER: Megan Nash

• There are no nominees announced in this category.

 

Venue of the Year
sponsored by Big Dog 92-7

• WINNERS (TIE): Ness Creek Music Festival, Big River; and The Broadway Theatre, Saskatoon

• Nominees: Blenders Music Series at the Lyric Theatre, Swift Current; Capitol Music Club, Saskatoon; The Exchange, Regina

 

Producer of the Year
sponsored by the Recording Arts Institute of Saskatoon

• WINNER: Bart McKay

• Nominees: Factor Chandelier, Jason Plumb, Jonathan Cruz and Leonard Chan of VBRTR, Ryan Andersen

 

Industry Achievement Award
sponsored by the Government of Saskatchewan - Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport

• WINNERS (TIE): 91.3FM CJTR, Regina Community Radio; and Shann Gowan

• Nominees: Lucy James - Jam Street Music Sessions; Susan Busse; The Broadway Theatre; Trifecta

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The Best Saskatchewan Albums of 2018

The winner of this category is the Album of the Year.

• WINNER: Belle Plaine, Malice, Mercy, Grief and Wrath

• TOP 10 (includes ties): Jack Semple, Can't Stop This Love; Colter Wall, Songs of The Plains; Hook & Nail, Ghosts of Taylorton; Rosie & The Riveters, Ms. Behave; Marie-Véronique Bourque, une porte s'ouvre; Alex Bent + the Emptiness, Vanilla Blue; Bears In Hazenmore, Atlas; LOA, Tide EP; Untimely Demise, No Promise of Tomorrow; Into Eternity, The Sirens; Dayda Banks & Filth the Enabler, Emulator; Altars of Grief, Iris

• Additional long list albums: Abscission, Palimpsest; Anna Haverstock, Coasting In Dreams; Autopilot, Afterglow; Black Hell Oil, Choke on This; Blue Youth, Dead Forever; Brian Baggett, Bookmarks; Conrad Bigknife, A Tribute to Country Legends; Dagan Harding Band, I Learned How; Dayda Banks, Vagabonds; Del Suelo, The Musician's Compass: A 12 Step Program; Eli Barsi & Doris Daley, One Upon the West; Etienne Fletcher, Side A / Face A; Factor Chandelier, Wisdom Teeth; Hell Hounds, Paint the World; HYV, Times Are Tough; Jay Semko, Never Sent; Jesse Brown, Sadness; Joey Stylez, The Star Chief; LTP, Zenith; Nick Faye & The Deputies, Stumbling Distance; Pimpton, The Pimpton LP; The Sheepdogs, Changing Colours; Shooting Guns, Another WolfCop OST; Sleepwreck, Hypersigil Megaprayer; Snake River, Tread on to the Unknown You; Toria Summerfield, Planet X; West of Mabou, The Bridge; The Wolfe, Strange Words; Yellowsky, Mixed Medicine

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2019 Saskatchewan Music Awards (November 28, 2019)

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2019 Awards Show details

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Alternative Artist of the Year
sponsored by CFCR and CJTR

• WINNER: Foxwarren 

• Nominees: Bears in Hazenmore, Close Talker, Ponteix, Reignwolf

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Country Artist of the Year

• WINNERS (TIE): Hunter Brothers, and Tenille Arts 

• Nominees: Amy Nelson, Chris Henderson, Justin LaBrash

 

Electronic Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Rumpus

• Nominees: Carson Shmyr, Duchess of Dub, Patrick Moon Bird, VBRTR

 

Experimental or Contemporary Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Patient Hands 

• Nominees: Del Suelo, Jesse Brown, Sylvia Chave (Singing with Sylvia), Wolf Willow

 

Hip Hop Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Samurai Champs 

• Nominees: Alex Bent + the Emptiness, Eekwol and T-Rhyme, Pimpton, UNLTD

 

Metal/Loud Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Untimely Demise

• Nominees: Arcana Kings, Blue Youth, Man Meat, Shooting Guns, The Jump Off

 

Rock/Pop Artist of the Year

sponsored by Nimbus School of Recording & Media

• WINNER: Reignwolf 

• Nominees: Autopilot, Bombargo, Close Talker, Ponteix

 

Roots/Folk Artist of the Year

• WINNERS (TIE): Kacy & Clayton, and The Dead South

• Nominees: Belle Plaine, Gunner & Smith , Poor Nameless Boy, Twin Fiddles

 

Indigenous Artist of the Year

sponsored by Shift Development

• WINNER: Eekwol and T-Rhyme 

• Nominees: Conrad Bigknife, Donny Parenteau, Duchess of Dub, Patrick Moon Bird

 

Single of the Year

• Winner: Hunter Brothers, Lost

• Nominees: Bombargo, Oxygen; Foxwarren, Sunset Canyon; Foxwarren, Everything Apart; Hunter Brothers, Northern Lights; Reignwolf, Black and Red; Reignwolf, Over & Over; Samara Yung, Swerve; Tenille Arts, Call You Names; Tenille Arts, I Hate This; The Dead South, Diamond Ring; W3apons, Off the Top of My Heart

 

Industry Achievement Award

sponsored by the Organization Of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC)

• WINNER: The Broadway Theatre  

• Nominees: Eliza Doyle; Grind Central Records; Jay Semko; Susan Busse; Trifecta Sound Co

 

Producer of the Year

sponsored by SOCAN

• WINNER: Mario Lepage

• Nominees: Bart McKay, Brad Prosko, Close Talker, SJ Kardash

 

Venue of the Year

sponsored by Entandem

• WINNER: The Broadway Theatre 

• Nominees: Blenders Events, The Happy Nun Café, Saskatchewan Jazz Festival - TD Mainstage, The Exchange

 

Music Video of the Year

• WINNER: Dylan Hryciuk, Versa Films for Petite Fleur, artist Ponteix

• Nominees: Amy Mantyka, Play Creative Media for El Fin Del Mundo ft. Ramon Fernandez, artist Def3 & Late Night Radio;
  Crushed Rockets (Sherona Sinclair, Director/Editor; Aaron Sinclair, Producer) for Seeker, artist Megan Nash;
  Dustin Wilson and Zach Wilson, Two Brothers Films for Diamond Ring, artist The Dead South;
  Dylan Hryciuk, Versa Films for Faux Pas, artist Ponteix

 

Breaking Borders Award
presented by The Derek Bachman Foundation

• WINNERS (two): Reignwolf, and respectfulchild

• There are no nominees announced in this category.

 

The Best Saskatchewan Albums of the Year
The winner of this category is the Album of the Year.

• WINNER: The Dead South, Sugar & Joy

• TOP 10 (includes ties): Amy Nelson, Good Intentions; Robot Hive, Prophylaxis; Hunter Brothers, State of Mind; Reignwolf, Hear Me Out; Close Talker, How Do We Stay Here?; Foxwarren, Foxwarren; Kacy & Clayton, Carrying On; Despite The Reverence, Plethora; Alex Bent + the Emptiness, Baby; Dayda Banks, We Should Go to Japan; Ellen Froese, Fightin' Words; Eekwol and T-Rhyme, For Women, By Women; Too Soon Monsoon, Waves: We Provide What We Absorb, We Absorb What We Provide; Chris Henderson, Point Of View

• Additional Long List Albums: Arcana Kings, Lions As Ravens; Autopilot, Afterglow; Brian Sklar, Brian; Christopher Sleightholm, Last Year's Winter; Ev Thompson, God Save The Crown; Hattie, Séance; Herb & the Humans, Fractured Stars in Empty Bars; Hoodoo Mafia, G-Swamp; James Gates, Plans; Jen & John (Jen Lane & John Antoniuk), II; Kalem Moses, Gift of Desperation; Kearstin Pfeifer, The Road Untold; Kirkland Woods, Both Sides; Patient Hands, Stoic; Patrick Moon Bird, Useless.; Ponteix, Bastion; Poor Nameless Boy, Wake Up Call; Ritual Rabbits, Somehow Never Again; Samurai Champs, Cabernet Sauvignon; Shooting Guns, Sports Drink EP; Sylvia Chave, Shine; The Whiskey Jerks, Baba Was A Bootlegger; The Won'ts, Weird Weekend; Ugly Again, Power Nap; Ygretz, Mel Wide

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2020 Saskatchewan Music Awards (January 24, 2021)

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2020 Awards Show details

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Alternative Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Close Talker

• Nominees: Ava Wild, Natural Sympathies, The Garrys, W3APONS

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Country Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Tenille Arts

• Nominees: Hunter Brothers, Jordyn Pollard, Justin LaBrash, Samara Yung, Shantaia

 

Electronic Artist of the Year

• WINNER: RUMPUS

• Nominees: Natural Sympathies, Origin of Spin, Parab Poet, Patient Hands, Patrick Moon Bird

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Experimental/Contemporary Artist of the Year

• WINNER: The Garrys

• Nominees: ADEOLUWA, éemi, Jesse Brown, Patient Hands, Toria Summerfield

 

Hip Hop Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Factor Chandelier

• Nominees: Alex Bent + the Emptiness, Dayda Banks, InfoRed, Origin of Spin

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Indigenous Artist of the Year

• WINNER: The North Sound

• Nominees: InfoRed, Patrick Moon Bird, Too Soon Monsoon, Yvonne St.Germaine

 

Metal/Loud Artist of the Year

• WINNER: The Basement Paintings

• Nominees: Black Thunder, Dream Creeps, Midnight Gallows, Mike Froh, The Moon Runners

 

Rock/Pop Artist of the Year

• WINNER: W3APONS

• Nominees: Davy Sage, Shirley & The Pyramids, Too Soon Monsoon, velours

 

Roots/Folk Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Jeffery Straker

• Nominees: Ellen Froese, Gunner & Smith, JJ Voss, The North Sound

 

Producer of the Year

• WINNER: Bart McKay

• Nominees: Barrett Ross, Chris Dimas, Factor Chandelier, Ryan Andersen

 

Music Video of the Year

• WINNER: Dylan Hryciuk - Versa Films for "Blessed Be," Spiritbox

• Nominees: Andrew Parry for "Scaredy Cat," Marissa Burwell; Dylan Hryciuk - Versa Films for "Summer Haze," velours; Mitch Goetz for "Getta Say," Laska; Sean Xiao He for "Nevertheless," Zayd; Thoen Brothers for "Drum Machine," RUMPUS

 

Single of the Year

• WINNER: "Somebody Like That," Tenille Arts

• Nominees: "Country Girls," Jess Moskaluke; "Halfway Home," Jess Moskaluke; "Hard Dirt," Hunter Brothers; "Notes from Tom," Jesse Brown and Tom Merrall

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Industry Achievement

• WINNER: Broadway Theatre

• Nominees: Eliza Doyle, Trifecta Sound Co, 91.3FM CJTR, Saskatchewan Jazz Festival

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Venue of the Year

• WINNER: Broadway Theatre

• Nominees: Coors Event Centre, TCU Place Sid Buckwold Theatre, The Exchange, The Happy Nun

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The Best Saskatchewan Albums of the Year
The winner of this category is the Album of the Year.

• WINNER: Tenille Arts, “Love, Heartbreak, & Everything in Between”

• TOP 10 (includes ties): 3 Moonjask, Lunar Elixir (Saskatoon); Aaron Karpinka, Tender Heart (Saskatoon); Ellen Froese & Campbell Woods, Farm Boy Sings The Blues (Saskatoon / Ottawa); Factor Chandelier, First Storm (Saskatoon); The Garrys, Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (Original Score) (Saskatoon); Jay & Jo, Victory (Honeymoon); Jesse Brown, Where To? (Saskatoon); JJ Voss, Come Along With Me (Regina); Marshall Burns, Dogs and Booze (Regina); Midnight Gallows, Attack Warning Red (Regina); The North Sound, As The Stars Explode (Saskatoon); Saintvicious, Saintvicious (Saskatoon); Skizza, Things I Found (Saskatoon); Yvonne St. Germaine, Sorrow Road (Saskatoon)

• Additional Long List Albums: ADEOLUWA, After Bells and Whistles (Regina); Arcana Kings, Lions As Ravens (Regina); The Basement Paintings, Antipodes (Saskatoon); Bex, You'll Be Here Someday (Saskatoon); Black Thunder, La Fine Creata (Regina); Dex Riley, Body (Saskatoon); Doubt It, Dang It (Regina); Dumb Angel, Dumb Angel (Saskatoon); Dylan Jules Cooper, Summer (Saskatoon); Fabric YXE & Dayda Banks, Leaving Neverland (Saskatoon); Hoodoo, The LizardMang EP (Regina); jj white, Rewind (Saskatoon); Jon Carteri, Road Trip to Mars (Regina); Kay the Aquanaut & Maki, The Nautical Blue (Saskatoon / Kamloops); Keiran Semple, Chester (Regina); Legends, Legends (Regina); LTP, Singularity (Regina); Natural Sympathies, Porous (Regina); Origin of Spin, Abstract Perception (Regina); Patient Hands, Stasis (Saskatoon); Patrick Moon Bird, USEFUL. (Prince Albert); Pimpton, TUNNELZ (Regina); The Radiation Flowers, Stuck in a Maze (Saskatoon); Shirley & The Pyramids, A New American Classic (Saskatoon); The Steadies, Tiro de Leone (Saskatoon); Theo Maczek, Harvest The Sunrise (Saskatoon); Toria Summerfield, From Her Rib (Saskatoon)

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2021 Saskatchewan Music Awards (held January 20, 2022)

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2021 Awards Show details

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Alternative Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Megan Nash

• Nominees: Carson Shmyr, Slow Down Molasses, The Garrys, The Steadies

 

Country Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Jess Moskaluke

• Nominees: Amanda Hagel, Ches Anthony, Hunter Brothers, Munro & Patrick

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Electronic Artist of the Year

• WINNER: RUMPUS

• Nominees: Ava Wild & Merky Waters, Nige B, Patrick Moon Bird, Theo Noble

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Experimental/Contemporary Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Factor Eight

• Nominees: ADEOLUWA, Jesse Brown, Marie-Véronique Bourque, The Faps

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Hip Hop Artist of the Year 

• WINNER: soso

• Nominees: Alex Bent + the Emptiness, Ev Thompson, Pimpton, RaytheNihilist, Rooky 

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Metal/Loud Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Flash Back

• Nominees: Alien to the Ignorant, Before & Apace, Swayze, Tyler Gilbert

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R&B Artist of the Year 

• WINNER: vbnd

• Nominees: Ariel, Emanali, MELODNA, Namoo Nara, People of the Sun, TOVA 

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Rock/Pop Artist of the Year

• WINNER: The Garrys

• Nominees: Étienne Fletcher, Megan Nash, Scott Klein, velours, W3APONS

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Roots/Folk Artist of the Year

• WINNER: Jeffery Straker

• Nominees: Andino Suns, Jay & Jo, Last Birds, The North Sound, Wolf Willow

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Indigenous Artist of the Year

• WINNER: The North Sound

• Nominees: Jarrid Lee, The Northwest Kid, vbnd, Yvonne St.Germaine

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Music Video of the Year

• WINNER: Dylan Hryciuk - Versa Films for Spiritbox, “Hurt You”

• Nominees: Dylan Hryciuk - Versa Films for Jeffery Straker, "Ready to Be Brave"; Dylan Hryciuk - Versa Films for velours, "Whatever That Means"; Gavin Baird for Alex Bent + the Emptiness, "2sides"; Play Creative for Megan Nash & the Best of Intentions, "Chew Quietly / Clean Slate"; RAKK Productions, cinematographer Ryley Konechney for Minda Donaldo, "Remember December"; Tanner Goetz for Jess Moskaluke, "Mapdot"

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Single of the Year

WINNER: Tesher x Jason Derulo, “Jalebi Baby”

Nominees: Hunter Brothers, “Been A Minute”; Hunter Brothers, “Diamonds”; Jess Moskaluke, “Nothin' I Don't Love About You”; Jesse Brown & Rich Batsford, “Whispered Winds”; Nowujalo, “Wake Up”; Shantaia, “Had A Good Weekend”; The Sunset Kids, “I Wanna Be”; vbnd feat. Katie Tupper and The Soulmate Collective, “Slowly Starting to Take Form”; W3APONS, “Bye Baby Gone”

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Indigenous Music Achievement

WINNER: Sheryl Kimbley

There are no nominees announced in this category.

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Industry Achievement

WINNER: Eliza Doyle, CAMP SASK ARTS

Nominees: Broadway Theatre, Dale McArthur, Grey Records, Songs for Nature Team

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Producer of the Year

WINNER: Bart McKay

Nominees: Chris Dimas, Factor Eight, Hal Schrenk, Josh Palmer

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Venue of the Year

WINNER: Broadway Theatre

Nominees: Conexus Arts Centre, Hanks Tavern, The Happy Nun

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The Best Saskatchewan Albums of the Year

The winner of this category is the Album of the Year.

• WINNER: The Hunter Brothers, “Been a Minute”

• TOP 10 (includes ties):  Jake Vaadeland - Retro Man; Jeffery Straker - Just Before Sunrise; Jess Moskaluke- The Demos; vbnd - Scum Funk; The Garrys - Get Thee to a Nunnery; Seven Mile Sun - Light In The Dark; Flash Back - Wide Awake; Amanda Hagel - Be the Light; Marie-Véronique Bourque - Entre Québec & Saskatchewan; Wolf Willow- Old Guitars & Shooting Stars; Munro & Patrick - Give Me Your Rain; The Saskatchewan All Stars Big Band - The Saskatchewan Suite; Ava Wild and Merky Waters – Existing; Andino Suns - 9/11; Jeff D Michel – Back to the Moon; Tucker Lane– Random Fireworks on a Beach Obscured by Trees; Karissa Hoffart - Life of Mine

• Additional Long List Albums: A R I E, Misconceptions; Alien to the Ignorant, A Dying Art; Ariel, Libra; Beach Body, Walking Holiday; Blume Hinges, Build Your Castle Inside of a Mountain; Ches Anthony, Stories From Yesterday and Today; Étienne Fletcher, Entre-deux; Ev Thompson, Roller Coaster; The Helpless, The Helpless; Last Birds, Last Birds; Marie-Claire, From the Red Room; Peace Flag Ensemble, Noteland; People of the Sun, Last Day of Summer; Ritual Rabbits, The Middle of Somewhere; Skip Jr. Campbell & Dream Creeps, Skip Jr. Campbell & Dream Creeps; Slow Down Molasses, Minor Deaths; Trash Hawks, Being Ill; Tyler Gilbert, The Fallen; W3APONS, Adios Radio

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