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CONTENTS
FEATURES
3 Get Connected: CCMA Online
4 Welcome from the CCMA
Performer
Profiles
10
2014 CCMA Discovery
Program FEATURE
16
18
5 Dignitary Welcome Messages
7 Edmonton Host Committee Welcome
8 Message from the Show Producers
Fans’ Choice
Award Nominees
SPECIAL
FEATURE
16 CCMA Discovery Program FEATURE
56 Sponsors & Partners
CCMA AWARDS
9 CCMA Awards Show Hosts
and Special Guests
10 CCMA Awards Show Performer Profiles
18 Fans’ Choice Award Nominees
SPECIAL FEATURE
24 CCMA Awards Nominee Q&A
39 2014 Canadian Country Music Hall
of Fame Inductees and Members
Hall of Fame Inductee
Wendell Ferguson
39
40 CCMA Awards of Achievement
41 CCMA Awards Nominee Listing
47 Past CCMA Award Winners
CCMA Awards
Nominee Q&A
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EVENTS
44
Country Music Week
Official Events
44 CCMA Songwriters’ Series
44 CCMA Legends Show:
A Tribute To Yesterday & Today
45 West Edmonton Mall Showcase
45 Coast To Coast Country Showcase
46 Jiffy Lube FanFest
47
Past CCMA
Award Winners
Jiffy Lube FanFest
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The Canadian Country Music Association Awards were created as a result of the pioneering efforts of
RPM Magazine’s Stan Klees and Walt Grealis. This Program was created by the Canadian Country Music
Association, 120 Adelaide Street East, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1K9. © 2014 Canadian Country
Music Association. All rights reserved. Reproductions in whole or part without prior consent is prohibited.
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COUNTRY MUSIC WEEK 2014
GET CONNECTED
CCMA ONLINE
LET’S
GET
SOCIAL
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which people spend time talking to each other
about, or enjoy doing together
• Liking to be with and talk to a like-minded
community of people
• Of or relating to people, or a society, in general
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The Canadian country music industry has always been
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profiles listed here.
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Country Music Week bringing you the inside scoop and
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CCMA AWARDS CEREMONIES
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CCMA SONGWRITERS’ SERIES
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CCMA DISCOVERY SHOWCASE
CCMA LEGENDS SHOW
JIFFY LUBE FANFEST
CCMA SEMINARS
#CCMAdiscovery
#CCMAlegends
#JiffyLubeFanFest
#CCMAtalks
BACKSTAGE EXCLUSIVES
#CCMAbackstage
CONTEST
Will you be the next Canadian
country music ultimate fan?
You know all the words to every song. You
know every artist and all their albums. You
follow everyone worth knowing on social
media, to stay current with the latest
updates and trends. You are the ultimate
Canadian country music fan.
If this sounds like you,
make your voice heard!
Although the CCMA Ultimate Fan Contest
is closed for this year, it’s never too early to
start planning for 2015. All you have to do
is vote for next year’s CCMA Fans’ Choice
VISIT
Award
once
the
final five nominees
are announced, and
you’ll have the option
to enter yourself into
the 2015 CCMA Ultimate Fan Contest.
The grand prize of the CCMA Ultimate Fan
Contest includes round-trip airfare for two
to Country Music Week in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, four nights accommodation for
two, two delegate registration packages
to all CCMA-sanctioned Country Music
Week events, two tickets to the 2015 CCMA
Awards Show AND the opportunity to
present the 2015 CCMA Fans’ Choice Award
LIVE on the televised CCMA Awards Show.
Join the CCMA Fan Club today to keep
up-to-date
on
announcements
and
opportunities like the CCMA Ultimate Fan
Contest. You never know what sorts of fun
things may pop up in the year to come!
www.ccma.org/fan_club.html TO REGISTER
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CCMA WELCOME
We are thrilled to be back in Edmonton for the second year in a row
to celebrate the Canadian Country Music Association’s 38th annual
CCMA Awards Pre-Show, including a
Congratulations to the 2014 CCMA Award of
Country Music Week! new
Countdown Concert and Green Carpet, we Achievement recipients. Beverley Mahood
We have been asked many times why
we selected Edmonton for back-toback Country Music Weeks. There are
many reasons, including a large base of
enthusiastic and passionate country music
fans, incredible government and business
support, spectacular venues, a dedicated
and hardworking local Host Committee led
by Jackie-Rae Greening and the support of
hundreds of energetic RE/MAX volunteers.
In the end, the decision was not hard, and is
one we are so glad was made.
This year’s Country Music Week, brought
to you with the support of our title
sponsor, Edmonton Tourism, encompasses
an industry conference, the anticipated
CCMA Awards Show and many events that
allow fans to hear and see their favourite
Canadian country music artists. From
the CCMA Songwriters’ Series, CCMA
Discovery Showcase, CCMA Legends
Show and Jiffy Lube FanFest, to the all
believe there is something to please every
country music lover. We know that our
many talented artists look forward each
year to perform for you at these events.
Forty-one CCMA Awards which honour and
celebrate Canadian country artists and the
industry that supports this genre of music,
are celebrated over four award ceremonies
during the week. Eight of the these Awards
are announced on Sunday night at Rexall
Place during our CCMA Awards Show that
is aired nationally on CBC-TV and CMT
(Canada), our long-time broadcast partners.
Special thanks also to Corkscrew Media for
producing this year’s CCMA Awards Show.
This week, we will also honour Wendell
Ferguson on his recent artist induction into
the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.
In addition, we will also celebrate the many
accomplishments of Ron Sakamoto as he
receives the Canadian Country Music Hall
of Fame Stan Klees Builder Award on his
induction, also into the Canadian Country
Music Hall of Fame.
will receive the Slaight Music Humanitarian
Award to recognize her many charitable
endeavours and Deane Cameron will be
honoured with the Hank Smith Award of
Excellence for his numerous contributions
to the music industry.
On behalf of our over 1,700 CCMA Members,
we sincerely thank all involved in supporting
and making Country Music Week happen in
Edmonton this year.
We hope that everyone attending one or
more events during this year’s Country
Music Week will find plenty of special
moments that they will remember fondly
when they think back to this exciting
September week in Edmonton.
Sincerely,
Don Green
Ron Kitchener
President,
CCMA
Chair, Board of Directors
CCMA
CCMA STAFF
President DON GREEN Event Manager AMANDA POWER Communications Lead SONYA KOSON
Manager, Artist Programs & Events ALANNAH CRUICKSHANK Manager, Membership & Awards GILLES LAVIGNE
Coordinator, Programs & Administration NIKKI RYAN Coordinator, Summer Projects MEGAN LANGFORD
CCMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
RON KITCHENER Chair JIM CRESSMAN First Vice-Chair KT TIMMERMANS Second Vice-Chair LOUIS O’REILLY Secretary/Treasurer
JOEL BASKIN Director WARREN COPNICK Director MIKE DENNEY Director BRIAN HETHERMAN Director STEVE KANE Director
PAUL SHAVER Director JILL SNELL Director JEFF SQUIRES Director PAT TREMAINE Director ABBEY WHITE Director
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DIGNITARY WELCOME
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Country Music Week brings artists, fans
and industry insiders together for a
spectacular celebration of country music
with performances, seminars, industry
events, and the much–anticipated Canadian
Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards
to close out the festivities. I would like
to commend the members of the CCMA
for their efforts in building this impressive
showcase of Canadian country talent and
for their outstanding contributions to the
growth and recognition of country music
both here in Canada and internationally.
Finally, I would like to congratulate all of
the CCMA Awards nominees and recipients
whose works have earned them the
admiration of their peers and fans.
En cette Semaine de la musique country,
artistes, admirateurs et gens de l’industrie
se rassemblent pour rendre un spectaculaire
hommage au country dans le cadre de
performances, de conférences, d’événements
de l’industrie et de la tant attendue remise
des Prix de l’Association de la musique
country canadienne (AMCC), qui clôturera
les festivités. Je tiens à souligner les efforts
des membres de l’AMCC qui ont créé cette
impressionnante vitrine du talent canadien
et qui contribuent de façon remarquable
au rayonnement et à la reconnaissance de
la musique country tant au Canada qu’à
l’étranger. Je félicite également les finalistes
et les lauréats des Prix de l’AMCC. Votre
travail est source d’inspiration pour vos pairs
et vos admirateurs.
The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P.
Le très honorable Stephen Harper,
c.p., députe
OTTAWA 2014
On behalf of Prime Minister Stephen
Harper and the Government of Canada,
I would like to thank everyone who has
helped ensure the success of Country
Music Week in Edmonton. On the road
to Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, we
have a wonderful opportunity to celebrate
Canadian excellence and the undeniable
talent of our artists. For the past 38 years,
the Canadian Country Music Awards honour
our home-grown artists and creators who
have distinguished themselves through the
quality of their work. Congratulations to all
of this year’s nominees and award recipients!
en 2017, le moment est tout indiqué de
célébrer l’excellence canadienne et le
talent indéniable de nos artistes. Depuis
maintenant 38 ans, les Canadian Country
Music Awards récompensent ces artistes et
créateurs de chez nous qui se sont distingués
par la qualité de leurs œuvres. Toutes mes
félicitations aux artistes en nomination et
aux lauréats de cette année!
Au nom du premier ministre Stephen Harper
et du gouvernement du Canada, je remercie
tous ceux et celles qui assurent la réussite
de la Country Music Week à Edmonton. À
l’approche du 150e anniversaire du Canada,
The Honourable L’honorable Shelly Glover
Minister of Canadian Heritage and
Official Languages
Ministre du Patrimoine canadien et des
Langues officielles
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DIGNITARY WELCOME
PROVINCIAL & MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
On behalf of the Government of Alberta,
it is my pleasure to welcome industry
representatives, artists, musicians, and
fans back to Edmonton for the 38th annual
Country Music Week.
Over the next few days, country music
lovers will have a chance to celebrate the
music of great Albertan and Canadian artists
and performers. It is also an opportunity
to connect with one another over the
shared enjoyment of songs that tell our
stories. All the excitement culminates with
the Canadian Country Music Association
On behalf of City Council and the people of
Edmonton, Alberta’s Capital City, I extend
a warm welcome to everyone attending
Country Music Week.
Country music has a long history and a
strong fan base in our city. Edmonton is
proud to host Canada’s biggest country
music event for a second year in a row.
Every year, Country Music Week celebrates
our Canadian roots and showcases the
vibrant country music industry. It also gives
country music fans a chance to see some of
their favourite artists.
Awards, highlighting the artists who
contribute to the vibrancy of country music
here in Alberta and across Canada.
My thanks to the staff and volunteers of the
Canadian Country Music Association for all
your hard work in bringing this event back
to Alberta. Best wishes for an enjoyable
week!
Dave Hancock, QC, c.r.
Premier of Alberta
L’histoire de la musique country dans notre
ville remonte à loin, et nombreux sont les
Edmontonniens amateurs de ce style de
musique. Edmonton est heureuse d’accueillir
le plus grand événement de musique country
au Canada pour une deuxième année
consécutive. Chaque année, la semaine
de la musique country célèbre nos racines
canadiennes et met en vedette l’industrie
dynamique de la musique country. De plus,
elle donne la chance aux amateurs de voir et entendre - leurs artistes préférés.
I thank the Canadian Country Music
Association and everyone involved in
organizing this week’s festivities. Events like
this enhance Edmonton’s reputation as a
vibrant arts and cultural centre.
Je remercie la Canadian Country Music
Association et toutes les personnes qui ont
contribué à l’organisation des festivités de
la semaine. De tels événements améliorent
la réputation d’Edmonton comme ville
dynamique sur la scène artistique et
culturelle.
For those visiting Edmonton, I hope you
get the chance to experience the warm
hospitality and many attractions our city
has to offer.
À ceux qui sont de passage à Edmonton,
j’espère que vous aurez l’occasion de profiter
du chaleureux accueil et des nombreuses
attractions de la ville.
Best wishes for an enjoyable Country Music
Week!
Bon succès à la semaine de la musique
country!
Yours Truly / Cordialement,
Au nom du conseil de ville et des résidents
d’Edmonton, la capitale de l’Alberta, je
tiens à souhaiter la bienvenue à tous ceux
qui profiteront de la semaine de musique
country.
Don Iveson
Mayor of Edmonton / Maire d’Edmonton
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EDMONTON HOST COMMITTEE
Welcome
EDMONTON
HOST COMMITTEE
Chair & Sponsorship
JACKIE RAE GREENING
Operations
LEANNE TELFORD
TRACY TELFORD
Events
INGRID ROFFEL
JO-ANN YEWCHUK
Marketing
MARISA JODOIN
KARLEE DOMINIUK
(not pictured here)
Advisor
CHRIS SCHEETZ
When I started at CFCW back in 1989, the first event I
ever volunteered for was Country Music Week, which
came to Edmonton the following year. It has returned
four times since then and it’s been fun to watch the
event and the CCMA grow into such an incredible
celebration of Canadian country music.
A huge thank you to the Province of Alberta and the
City of Edmonton for believing in our dream of bringing
Country Music Week and the CCMA Awards to our city
for two consecutive years. We’d also like to recognize
our numerous local sponsors, please have a look at our
sponsor page and show them the love back.
Your local Host Committee; Ingrid Roffel, Jo-Ann
Yewchuk, Tracy & Leanne Telford, Marisa Jodoin, Chris
Scheetz and Karlee Dominiuk have been working on
Country Music Week for the past 3 years. To the Vice
Chairs, Directors, and the remaining 200 RE/MAX
volunteers, THANK YOU. We’ve had fun, we’ve got the
job done, now we pass the torch onto Halifax.
Jackie Rae Greening
Chair, Edmonton Host Committee
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THE PRODUCTION
Welcome from
Corkscrew Media
Corkscrew Media would like to welcome everyone back
to Edmonton for the 2014 CCMA Awards Show. It’s
great to once again be in our home province of Alberta
to celebrate another extraordinary year of music. As
the producers of tonight’s show, we are honoured to
be a part of Canada’s country music community and
for the chance to work with so many talented artists.
I would like to congratulate all the artists on their
nominations – their hard work and creativity is truly
an inspiration and this evening will be an incredible
showcase of some of country music’s brightest stars.
On behalf of Corkscrew, I would like to thank the many
talented collaborators on our team who continue
to make this the most exciting evening in Canadian
entertainment.
Scott Henuset
Corkscrew Entertainment Group
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CCMA AWARDS SHOW
HOSTS & SPECIAL GUESTS
Jann Arden is a Canadian
born
singer,
songwriter,
broadcaster and author. Arden
has released 12 albums with
19 top ten singles. Her most
recent recording, Everything
Almost, was released this
year. With Grammy Award
winning producer Bob Rock
behind the console, the
11-track disc is considered to
be among Arden’s finest work
– progressive, yet retaining
the magic that is distinctly
Jann. In her career to date she
has received 8 JUNO Awards,
including Female Artist of
the Year and Songwriter of
the Year. Arden is also the
recipient of 10 SOCAN Awards,
4 Western Canadian Music
Awards, a Much Music Video
Award, 3 Prairie Music Awards
and an Alberta Recording
Industry Association Award.
Arden is the proud recipient
of a star on Canada’s Walk of
Fame, has been inducted into the Canadian
Broadcast Hall of Fame and has been given
the Vantage Women of Originality Award. In
2012 she was awarded the Queens Diamond
Jubilee Medal and in 2013 was inducted into
the Western Canadian Music Alliance Hall of
Fame.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Lennon
Maisy
&
Lennon and Maisy Stella are only 15 and 10
years old, respectively, but they’ve already
had experiences some wait a lifetime to
achieve. Born in Oshawa, ON, they now
reside in Nashville, TN. They grew up in a
musical family with their parents, Brad and
MaryLynne, who are also a musical duo known
as The Stellas. Both girls have been singing
their whole lives and playing a multitude of
instruments despite never having lessons.
Lennon and Maisy began starring in the
ABC drama Nashville in October 2012. Prior
to appearing on Nashville, the girls had
their first taste of stardom when a video
of the singing sisters covering the song
“Call Your Girlfriend” by Robyn, went viral
on YouTube, putting them in the hearts of
Whether she is captivating audiences
with her heartfelt music, entertaining
them with her quick wit or sharing her
written word in a boldly honest voice
– Jann Arden is a Canadian
original – a brilliant multidimensional talent.
@jannarden
Rick Mercer, Canada’s top political satirist,
launched his television career in 1993 as one
of the creators, performers and writers on
the hit topical weekly show, This Hour Has
22 Minutes. In 1998 he joined Gerald Lunz
and Michael Donovan to create the satirical
dramatic series Made In Canada, where he
again starred and contributed as a writer.
In 2001 his CBC Television special Talking
To Americans became the highest rated
Canadian comedy special of all time with
2.7 million viewers. The New York Times,
Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, and the Los
Angeles Times all ran articles about the
impact of Talking to Americans and Mercer
went on to discuss it on ABC’s Nightline and
NBC’s The Today Show.
On July 1 of this year, Rick became Rick
Mercer O.C. when it was announced that he
was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
He has also received a Diamond Jubilee
Medal in celebration of the Queen’s sixty
years on the throne. Mercer is the recipient
of well over 25 Gemini Awards for television
writing and performance, has received a
number of Canadian Comedy Awards and
has collected numerous other accolades.
The Rick Mercer Report returns to CBC for
its 12th season this fall.
@rickmercer
millions of people worldwide. Their YouTube
channel now has an impressive 50 million
plus views and nearly 500,000 subscribers.
In April 2013, the real-life sisters had their
show stopping performance “Ho Hey” by
The Lumineers on Nashville released to
radio. It was the #1 most added song in the
nation and quickly rose to the Top 40 on
the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and
is to date, the #1 most downloaded song
from the hit TV show’s releases. Later that
same year, Lennon and Maisy were invited
to perform and present Taylor Swift with
the Pinnacle Award on the CMA Awards.
Early 2014, they recorded the song “Love”
for a Coop Naturaplan TV commercial
spot giving them the #1 place on the Swiss
iTunes chart and #2 most downloaded song
in Switzerland for 3 weeks straight. With
so many wonderful experiences already
under their belt, both Lennon and Maisy are
excited to see what the future holds as they
grow both their acting and music careers.
@lennonandmaisy
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PERFORMER PROFILES
Autumn
Hill
Following a landmark year in 2013 with CCMA and JUNO
Award nominations for their debut album, Favourite
Mistake, the 2014 CCMA nominated duo, Autumn Hill
is set to hit the road this fall with fellow country music
artist, Kira Isabella. Nationwide radio play for “Anything
At All”, “Can’t Keep Waiting” and “Fire” spawned three
chart-topping country hits, and led to the duo making
history as the first Canadian country act to cross over
to pop radio since Shania Twain. Autumn Hill is featured
on the new Jann Arden single, “Karolina”. The duo, and
the co-host of the 2014 CCMA Awards, will perform the
song on this year’s show.
Gord
Bamford
Gord Bamford, the CCMA’s most decorated artist in
2013, amassing five of seven awards, kicked off the
launch of his sixth studio album, Country Junkie, in
October, 2013 with a nation-wide tour with Reba, and
earned a 2014 JUNO nomination for Country Album
of the Year. The Gold-certified lead single “When Your
Lips Are So Close” took only eight weeks to hit #1 on
the Country chart in the BDS era, making Bamford
the 7th Canadian artist to reach this milestone.
Bamford’s Christmas in Canada CD was also certified
Platinum in 2014.
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PERFORMER PROFILES
Dierks
Bentley
Seven albums into one of country music’s mostrespected and most unpredictable careers, awardwinning singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley continues
to grow. His latest evolution comes in the form of his
critically acclaimed album RISER. The album features
the hit song “Drunk On A Plane” which is currently
climbing the Country radio charts. His six previous
studio albums have sold more than five million copies
worldwide, notched 6 chart-topping singles in Canada
and earned 11 GRAMMY nominations, countless CMA,
ACM and CMT nominations and membership at the
Grand Ole Opry.
Paul Brandt released the single “Forever Summer”
on July 1 of this year; it was the #1 most added song
for all radio formats that week, and was Brandt’s
highest debut ever on the Billboard Canadian Hot
100 sales chart. “Forever Summer” went to #5 on the
iTunes Country chart on its first day of release. Brandt
experienced a career milestone on July 11 when he
headlined the Calgary Stampede – the same festival
that gave him his musical start 20 years ago. He is the
most awarded male Canadian country music artist in
history with 8 JUNO Awards and 12 CCMA Awards,
among other accolades.
Paul
Brandt
Dean
Brody
Reigning CCMA Male Artist of the Year, Dean Brody,
has had a banner year with his sold-out Crop Circles
and Tractor Beams arena tour, winning his first JUNO
Award for Country Album of the Year with Crop
Circles, scoring his 14th Top 10 single with “Another
Man’s Gold” and becoming the first male Canadian to
receive two #1 Country singles. Brody is nominated for
six CCMA Awards this year.
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PERFORMER PROFILES
George
Canyon
It has been 10 years since George Canyon thrilled the
national audience with his journey on USA Network’s
Nashville Star as the only contestant from Canada. His
continued success has produced many accolades and
over 300,000 album sales. Canyon will celebrate this
milestone with a national tour, commencing this fall,
and with an album which his fans helped to create –
selecting the song compilation by sending him their
favourite choices. The album is appropriately titled,
Decade of Hits and will be released on September 9.
Terri
Clark
As the 2013 CCMA Fans’ Choice Award winner, Terri
Clark is thrilled to have released her new album, Some
Songs this past week. The album was funded via
PledgeMusic and was produced by Jason Aldean’s
producer, Michael Cox. Her Canadian tour kicks off
on September 17 in Winnipeg. Clark just completed
her first year as co-host of “America’s Morning Show”
with Blair Garner and Chuck Wicks on over 25 NASH
Cumulus radio stations across the U.S. She’ll host the
2014 CCMA Holiday Special, airing in December on
CBC-TV and CMT (Canada).
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PERFORMER PROFILES
Tim
Hicks
2014 CCMA Rising Star nominee, Tim Hicks, has
achieved what many artists would strive for in a decade.
With four Top 10 singles, nearly 3 million YouTube hits,
a JUNO nomination and his third Gold-certified single
(for the viral hit “Stronger Beer”), Hicks, who has
four CCMA Award nominations this year, is excited to
bring the ‘Thunder’ back to Edmonton. His sophomore
album, 5:01, featuring the lead single “Here Comes The
Thunder” released in August.
Kira
Isabella
Ottawa-born Kira Isabella is one of Canada’s brightest
young country music stars, and has toured with the
likes of Carrie Underwood, Terri Clark, and more. Her
debut album Love Me Like That delivered four radio
hits including the smash “A Little More Work”. In 2012
Isabella was nominated for a JUNO Award and in 2013
she was crowned Female Artist of the Year at the
CCMA Awards, just one year after her win for CCMA
Rising Star. Isabella’s newest full length album, Caffeine
& Big Dreams, is scheduled to release this October 14
and her SHAKE IT tour kicks off October 22.
Since his breakout major label debut album, Started
With A Song, was released last year, Brett Kissel has
been unstoppable. Having won the 2014 JUNO Award
for Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Kissel is equally
excited about leading all artists with his 8 CCMA Award
nominations. This summer, he’s performed for massive
audiences at festivals all over the country, and was
part of the nation’s biggest Canada Day celebration
in Ottawa, performing for the Prime Minister and a
national CBC audience. This fall, he’ll open for Brad
Paisley on his Country Nation World Tour, on all
Canadian stops.
Brett
Kissel
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PERFORMER PROFILES
Little Big Town first entered the music scene more
than 15 years ago with well-known hits such as
“Boondocks”, “Bring It On Home”, “Good As Gone” and
the GRAMMY-nominated single “Little White Church”.
The quartet’s fifth studio album Tornado debuted at the
top of the Billboard Country Chart where it stayed for
five consecutive weeks. Certified Gold in Canada with
sales of more than 1 million copies worldwide, Tornado
features the Platinum-selling, GRAMMY Award winning
track “Pontoon”. “Day Drinking” is first single off of the
group’s forthcoming album, entitled Pain Killer.
LittleBig
Town
Jess
Moskaluke
Jess Moskaluke dominates the stage with her powerful
vocals, country-pop style and infectious smile. In
August 2014, she achieved a Gold record with her
current single “Cheap Wine and Cigarettes” off her
new album, Light Up The Night. This award-winning
songstress has recently toured Canada including
performances at the Calgary Stampede, Boots and
Hearts and the Big Valley Jamboree. She is currently
a three-time 2014 CCMA Award nominee, including the
prestigious Female Artist of the Year.
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PERFORMER PROFILES
The Road
Hammers
JUNO and CCMA Award-winning Canadian country
group, The Road Hammers, released their first studio
album in over five years this summer. Wheels, their
highly anticipated third album, marks the trio’s return to
the country radio airwaves and includes the hit singles
“Get On Down The Road” and “Mud”. The band, touring
now and making many summer festival appearances,
will continue to make their way across Canada this fall.
Dallas
Smith
Dallas Smith, one of Canadian country’s hottest
newcomers, brings a healthy dose of rock and roll
power to his brand of lively country music. Recognized
as one of Taste Of Country Magazine’s “Top 10 Artists
To Watch In 2014”, Smith set the record for the
fastest Canadian country single to go Platinum with
his title track “Tippin’ Point”. Nominated for three
CCMA Awards this year, Smith, who fronted the multiplatinum rock band Default, will play for over 250,000
fans this summer before releasing a brand new album
later this fall.
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CCMA DISCOVERY PROGRAM
Now in its second year, the CCMA Discovery
Program was developed by the Canadian
Country Music Association® (CCMA®) to
educate and support Canadian country
music artists in their pursuit of a career in
the music industry. This year, the CCMA
was proud to announce a new partnership
with the Royal Bank of Canada, through
which the organization pledged to support
the Program through their RBC Emerging
Artists Project.
Over 180 applications from across the
country were submitted for the Program
this year. An industry-led jury whittled the
list down to six deserving finalists: David
James, The Lovelocks (Ali Raney and Zoe
Neuman), Jordan McIntosh, Emily Reid,
Tanya Ryan and Nicole Scott.
#CCMAdiscovery
Also, thank you to the
CCMA Discovery Showcase band
WENDELL FERGUSON [leader]
acoustic & electric guitar
JERRY ADOLPHE drums
JOHN DYMOND bass
DARREN SAVARD electric guitar
MIKE SANYSHYN fiddle
BART MCKAY keyboards
DOUG JOHNSON steel guitar
TIANNA LEFEVBRE background vocals
The Discovery journey began for these six
acts when they convened in Toronto this
past spring for Music Industry Discovery
Week. It was at this time that the finalists
learned, in-depth, about the music business
and artist development through industryled information sessions and seminars.
Performance coaching, a stylist appointment
and an industry-only showcase rounded out
the experience.
Over the course of the summer, each
act benefited from a mentorship with an
established Canadian country musical act.
Lisa Brokop, Chad Brownlee, Patricia Conroy,
Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Charlie Major and
the Small Town Pistols all lent their time and
expertise to the finalists and the program,
and for that the CCMA is truly thankful.
The Discovery Program elicits a special
bond among its finalists. Regardless of
the outcome, the six acts look forward to
meeting once again at Country Music Week,
when the 2014 CCMA Discovery Award
winner will be announced. The six will
perform at the CCMA Discovery Showcase
on Thursday, September 4 at 8:30pm at the
Shaw Conference Centre in front of fans and
music industry influencers. The evening will
be hosted and will include a performance
by this year’s Slaight Music Humanitarian
Award winner, Beverley Mahood. Last year’s
CCMA Discovery Program winner, Wes
Mack, will also take the stage.
A jury of industry professionals will be onsite
to adjudicate the finalists’ performances,
coinciding with several other criteria,
including an essay each finalist drafted on
their CCMA Discovery Program experience.
One act will be honoured, at a private
industry function, as the recipient of the
2014 CCMA Discovery Award with prizing
that includes: music video funding (courtesy
of CMT Canada), an Epiphone DR-500MCE
guitar (courtesy of Gibson), cash prizing
(courtesy of Galaxie), other industry-related
prizing, and new this year – a performance
spot on the 2015 CMA Music Festival Global
Artist Party showcase in Nashville.
The CCMA wishes to thank the following individuals for their support of, and participation
with, the 2014 CCMA Discovery Program:
Marianne Anderson
Sam Arraj
Joel Baskin
Jason Blaine
Boots & Bourbon Saloon
Lisa Brokop
Chad Brownlee
Kate Cameron
Derm Carnduff
Michelle Carpenter
Patricia Conroy
Jim Cressman
Mike Denney
Brianne Deslippe
Jodie Ferneyhough
Ron Harwood
Andrea Higgins
Jaigris Hodson
Lindsay Hyslop
Kira Isabella
Carolyn Dawn Johnson Ron Kitchener
Stephen Krajinovic
Charlie Major
Grant Martin
Paul McGuire
Richard Mills
Rodney Murphy
Eryka Nilsen
Dale Peters
Samantha Pickard
Dallas Smith
Joel Stewart
KT Timmermans
Amy Wolter
Amanda Wilkinson &
Tyler Wilkinson
(Small Town Pistols)
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DAVID JAMES
WINNIPEG, MB
@real_davidjames
facebook.com/davidjamesmusic
www.davidjamesmusic.ca
What’s your favourite memory
Music Industry Discovery Week?
One thing that people wouldn’t know about
me or my career is how much of an open
book I am. Nothing is left unsaid or unsung.
from
#DiscoverYourself
Tuesday night, when we got to meet Dallas
Smith and his band, and then all headed
up to a hotel room where we just sat in a
circle and jammed for hours; it was a great
bonding experience.
THE LOVELOCKS
What’s one thing most people wouldn’t
know about you or your career?
Growing up, it wasn’t just about country
music for me. The first band I was ever in
was an ’80s hair metal band - that’s where I
first got my singing chops.
DAVID JAMES
If you were to describe the Discovery
Program as a hashtag, what would it be?
JORDAN MCINTOSH
from
Riding in the limo to the CMAO Awards and
swapping horror stories of the boys we had
all dated: there are some good songs to
come from those experiences!
THE LOVELOCKS TORONTO, ON
I can say any word backwards.
@heylovelocks
facebook.com/thelovelocks
www.thelovelocksband.com
from
Ali: I have been Terri Clark’s fiddle player and
background vocalist for the past two years!
She has been so supportive of Zoe and I,
and The Lovelocks!
Zoe: Although Ali and I only started The
Lovelocks recently, I’ve been singing on
stage since I was three and loving every
second of it!
Ali: #jampackedbootcamp
Zoe: #timeofmylife
JORDAN MCINTOSH
TANYA RYAN OKOTOKS, AB
@tanyaryanmusic
facebook.com/tanyaryanmusic
www.tanyaryan.ca
from
The showcase. I felt really privileged having
the opportunity to perform in front of our
Canadian industry, and watching each artist
bring their A-game to put on a great show
was pretty amazing.
I listened to country music growing up… but
I also listened to A LOT of soul, gospel and
R&B. Ray Charles is my god.
#overwhelmingawesomeness
NICOLE SCOTT
TOTTENHAM, ON
@nscottxo
facebook.com/nicole.scott.music
www.nicolescott.com
CARLETON PLACE, ON
@jordanmcintosh
facebook.com/jordanmcintosh
www.jordanmcintosh.ca
#whatsyourbrandpleasedescribeitinthreewords
from
Having the showcase audience sing “Fire It
Up” with me, and having the co-writer of the
song there to see it!
from
My favourite memory from Music Industry
Discovery Week was getting to see
everybody grow as artists. To watch
everyone take in all the information we
received and use it to improve their craft.
NICOLE SCOTT
@emilyreidmusic
facebook.com/emilyreidmusic
www.emilyreid.net
Ali: Getting to know everyone so well: our
fellow Discovery finalists, the CCMA staff
and board members and the music industry
leaders who spent time with us throughout
the week.
Zoe: Our session on performance training
was a definite highlight. Being coached on
our live show was invaluable - and it was
incredible to see everyone transform their
performance in a day.
TANYA RYAN
EMILY REID VICTORIA, BC
#denimvestsaresohotrightnow
EMILY REID
I take great inspiration from classic rock,
namely The Rolling Stones and The Band. I
listen to them constantly. I also cross stitch
like an old lady!
#didwejustbecomebestfriends
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FANS’ CHOICE AWARD
The CCMA Fans’ Choice Award is considered
by many artists to be the highest accolade
in terms of accomplishments because it’s
chosen by some very important people: you,
the fans. It’s the only CCMA Award where the
nominees and the winner are determined by
Canadian country music fans.
Every fan who casts a vote for the CCMA
Fans’ Choice Award has the opportunity to
submit their name for the CCMA Ultimate
Fan Contest; the winner of which will be
whisked away to Edmonton to present
the Award on the CCMA Awards Show,
broadcast nationally on CBC-TV and CMT
(Canada).
If you missed the excitement this year, be
sure to sign up for the CCMA Fan Club at
ccma.org right away, and maybe next year
it will be you presenting the CCMA Fans’
Choice Award to your favourite country
music star!
Check out this year’s five nominees for the
CCMA Fans’ Choice Award, and some of
their favourite moments from this past year,
on the following pages.
*Voting closes Friday, September 5. The winner of the CCMA Fans’ Choice Award will be announced on the CCMA Awards,
Sunday, September 7 at 8pm local time on CBC-TV with an encore airing at 10pm EST on CMT (Canada).
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2014 H IG H LIG H TS
#1 charting and Gold-certified single “When Your Lips Are
So Close”; Platinum-certified Christmas album, Christmas
in Canada.
Cross-Canada tour with the legendary Reba McEntire.
Released his sixth studio album Country Junkie, which
received a JUNO nomination for Country Album
of the Year.
@gordbamford
facebook.com/GordBamford1
www.gordbamford.com
@paulbrandt
facebook.com/paulbrandtofficial
www.paulbrandt.com
2 01 4 H I GH L I G H TS
Released the single “Forever Summer” on
July 1: it was the #1 most added song for all
radio formats that week, and was Paul’s highest
debut ever on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100
sales chart.
Performed a Full Circle show by headlining the
Calgary Stampede; Paul got his musical start
20 years ago at the Stampede’s Youth Talent
Showdown.
Continues to be the most awarded male
Canadian country music artist in history with
8 JUNO Awards and 12 CCMA Awards, among
other accolades.
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@deanbrody
facebook.com/deanbrody
www.deanbrody.com
2 01 4 H IGH L I GH TS
Released his fourth studio album, Crop Circles
featuring his Gold and #1 single “Bounty”.
Played sold out shows on an 18-market crossCanada tour, the Crop Circles and Tractor
Beams tour.
Became the first Canadian male to have two #1s
on Canadian country radio.
@georgecanyon
facebook.com/georgecanyon
www.georgecanyon.com
Played to sold out audiences throughout North
America and embarking on the Decade of Hits
tour across Canada this fall.
Releasing Decade Of Hits, a collection of some
of George’s biggest hits from the past 10 years,
on September 9.
Appearing in the Hallmark Channel original
movie, One Starry Christmas, this holiday
season.
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@johnnyreid
facebook.com/officialjohnnyreid
www.johnnyreid.com
Recorded and released his second Christmas
album, A Christmas Gift to You.
Filmed a Christmas special with Global, toured
the country and sold close to 200,000 copies of
his album.
Recorded with such great artists as Engelbert
Humperdinck, The Rankins, The Tenors and
Natalie MacMaster.
CCMA AWARDS
NOMINEE Q&A
WHAT WAS A CAREER HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU OVER
THE PAST YEAR? Playing the 2013 CCMA Awards
Show was a dream come true!
Autumn
Hill
2014 NOMINEES & PERFORMERS
WHAT’S YOUR MOST MEMORABLE FAN INTERACTION
FROM THE PAST YEAR? We met a couple whose song
was “Anything At All”. It meant so much to them that
the guy had an anchor and the lyrics tattooed on his
back! It was crazy!
WHEN DID YOU FIRST DEVELOP A LOVE OF COUNTRY
MUSIC? Tareya: I always loved country music; growing
up in Calgary, I developed a deep appreciation for it.
Mike: When I was a kid my dad used to play Johnny
Cash records. I became obsessed with country music
and its amazing guitarists like Vince Gill, Brent Mason
and Keith Urban.
THE PAST YEAR? My first ever # 1 Billboard hit for
“When Your Lips Are So Close”.
FROM THE PAST YEAR? At all of our shows the fans
are so great, but I really love the charity side of my
job and making a difference in people’s lives – those
interactions mean the most.
WHEN DID YOU FIRST DEVELOP A LOVE OF
COUNTRY MUSIC? I loved music since the day I was
born, but it was the music in the early 1990s, and Garth
Brooks that made me fall in love with real country
music. “God Bless Chris Ledoux”.
Gord
Bamford
2014 NOMINEE & PERFORMER
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NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? For me, it was the Your Town
Throwdown Tour in the fall across Canada with my pals
Deric Ruttan and Chad Brownlee. We had a blast!
Jason
Blaine
2014 NOMINEE
FROM THE PAST YEAR? I met a fan at the Calgary
Stampede this summer who tattooed “They Don’t
Make ‘Em Like That Anymore” on her arm! She said my
song just meant that much to her.
COUNTRY MUSIC? I grew up with country radio,
TNN, CMT, The Grand Ole Opry and nights around the
campfire singing Garth, Alan, Brooks & Dunn, George
and more.
THE PAST YEAR? [Ryan Langlois] It would have to
be our debut at Big Valley Jamboree this summer.
As a western Canadian kid growing up, BVJ was the
BIGGEST country music event going. To play the main
stage and receive a standing ovation, then to perform
at the songwriter tent with Russell deCarle (who is a
big inspiration for me) and sing “One Way Track” with
him, was truly incredible.
The
Boom
Chucka
Boys
FROM THE PAST YEAR? It was around our third night
at Nashville North (Calgary Stampede) this year. The
place was jammed with a couple thousand rowdies and
when we started playing our single “Peace Of Mind”,
this guy rushed the stage with his girlfriend and started
singing, check that, screaming the song at the top of
his lungs, word for word. Pretty darn cool!
COUNTRY MUSIC? Probably in the back-back seat of
my family’s old wood panelled Ford station wagon. My
folks listened to all kinds of music but always seemed
to end up back at country. Willie, Merle, Cash, Nitty
Gritty Dirt Band, Asleep At The Wheel, and many more.
2014 NOMINEES
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NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? Hands down, without a doubt, being
nominated for the 12th time for the CCMA Fans’ Choice
Award. There was also the amazing reception we
received to my first single in over two years, “Forever
Summer”, and shows for the National Music Centre,
Prince Edward Island Celebration Zone, Boots and
Hearts and of course, the Full Circle concert event at
the Saddledome during The Calgary Stampede. But
mostly, the nomination.
FROM THE PAST YEAR? That time when a lot of fans
online let me know that they voted for me for the Fans’
Choice Award, and then I followed them on Twitter.
That was cool.
Paul
Brandt
MUSIC? I was a Garth convert. I have a pretty broad
musical palette, and enjoy many genres and artists,
but when I saw the energy and rock music sensibilities
he brought to great storylines and traditional country
music, I suddenly found my own musical North Star in
country music as a writer and artist.
THE PAST YEAR? Making the transition from smaller
venues into the arenas was definitely a career milestone
for me. The advantage to smaller venues is that it’s
easier to connect with my fans. The challenge of going
to a larger stage is keeping that intimacy – a huge
challenge but one I feel we were able to accomplish. I
felt each night that the guys and I were still right there
with them.
FROM THE PAST YEAR? I met a little boy in an
autograph line in Barrie; he was a special little guy, full
of life. He waited over two hours to meet me. For some
reason we talked for a while that day. He pretended
to be disinterested at points and looking down at his
shoes with an ‘aw shucks’ kind of way about him…he
was very memorable. He passed away tragically just a
few months later. Life is fragile, he reminds me of that.
He reminds me that every person I meet has a very real
story behind the few seconds that I spend with them.
Dean
Brody
MUSIC? When I was 5 years old I had a Mickey Mouse
record player and a 45 of The Ballad of Davy Crockett.
I ran around the house in my coonskin hat and wore
that song out. That was the beginning of my love of
country music. My dad also listened to the radio a lot,
which opened the doors to artists like Dwight Yoakam,
who ultimately sealed the deal for me.
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NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? I have been very blessed to see how
music has the ability to heal...I recently got to meet
a fan who, by the grace of God, was healed through
music. I love hearing from fans about how my music
touches their lives...it’s very inspiring to me!
George
Canyon
FROM THE PAST YEAR? I got to meet a few fans at
a Worship concert that were suffering from cerebral
palsy and were confined to a wheelchair. They were an
incredible inspiration to me and a real blessing to get
to meet and chat with.
COUNTRY MUSIC? I have loved music since I was 5
years old, the year I began playing guitar. I grew up
playing all sorts of music and country always resonated
with me...the stories, the music!
THE PAST YEAR? Making an album with Michael Knox
(Jason Aldean’s producer) and winning the CCMA
Fans’ Choice Award last year. I am still in shock!
FROM THE PAST YEAR? We launched a very successful
PledgeMusic campaign to fund my new album. It has
been a great way to have tons of personal one-on-one
fan interactions and keep them involved in the process
of making the album. From golf, to dinners, to bowling…
everything has been very memorable and fun!
COUNTRY MUSIC? Although I grew up around it and
around musicians, when I saw the Barbara Mandrell
Show it opened up a whole new world to me. By the
age of 14, I was pretty much obsessed!
Terri
Clark
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CCMA AWARDS
NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? Winning the CCMA Spotlight
Competition! It meant so much because it was
determined by fan votes and their support makes
everything that I do possible.
Leah
Daniels
2014 NOMINEE
FROM THE PAST YEAR? After one of my shows, I was
at my merch table saying hi to everyone who came out.
This one guy knew he couldn’t have much time because
there was a line-up; but he lined up repeatedly, buying
one thing each time so he could talk to me over and
over.
MUSIC? When I was young, my grandpa used to always
play old country/western tunes. I remember listening
to the lyrics and falling in love with the storytelling
right away.
THE PAST YEAR? The past year has been quite a
whirlwind; but some definite highlights have been
getting to hear my song on country radio for the first
time, playing over 50 shows on the We Are Pioneers
worldwide tour with The Band Perry, sharing the stage
with Keith Urban at the Calgary Stampede and getting
to make my debut at the Grand Ole Opry.
FROM THE PAST YEAR? I toured Europe for the first
time with The Band Perry this past year. There was a
group of girls from the UK that came to about 8 shows
on the tour. They would show up early at the venue to
be the first ones in line so the minute the doors would
open, they could rush up to the stage to be front row
center. By the second show they came to, they had
gone on YouTube and learned my whole set. Every
night they would be there, front row center, singing
along and doing actions to all the songs. Their passion
and excitement for music truly inspired me.
Lindsay
Ell
2014 NOMINEE
MUSIC? I first developed my love for country music
when I was about 8 years old, traveling to bluegrass
camps with my dad, soaking up every ounce of music
that I could, listening to a lot of Chet Atkins and Tommy
Emmanuel. Starting on piano at age 6, a couple years
later all I wanted to do was be Shania Twain. I knew
every word to almost any Shania, Dixie Chicks and
Faith Hill song. From there I just listened to the radio
for hours on end, playing guitar solo after
guitar solo.
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NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? There have been so many highlights.
I think the thing that most stands out to me was playing
Boots and Hearts this year with Lee Brice and Luke
Bryan. It was really an emotional moment listening and
watching 35,000 people sing my songs back to me. It
was a thrill and a night I’ll never forget.
FROM THE PAST YEAR? All those moments are
memorable to me. It still floors me that I can meet
someone I don’t know and they know my music. That’s
really all you can ask for as an artist... so cool!
Tim
Hicks
MUSIC? I had an uncle that played acoustic guitar
when my brother and I were growing up. I thought he
was the world’s most brilliant songwriter... that is, until
he told me one day that all those songs were by Hank
Williams, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and John Prine!
So I suppose my love for country came early and never
left my bones.
THE PAST YEAR? I would have to say, getting to meet
and write with people in Nashville that I have always
looked up to has been a highlight in the past year. I feel
like I’ve grown as a person and as an artist.
FROM THE PAST YEAR? That would have to be on
my most recent promo tour out east: I met a girl from
Moncton who could unfortunately relate to my new
single “Quarterback” all too well. She was with her
mother who was very emotional, and she thanked me
for shedding light on a subject that she herself had felt
ashamed to even talk about. She had finally come to
peace with it and realized that none of it was her fault.
Moments like that are the most gratifying thing in the
world.
Kira
Isabella
MUSIC? My parents have always loved country music.
My mom grew up on a farm in Orangeville, and they
both lived in Calgary for a while when my father was in
the military. Some of my earliest memories are of my
mom singing old country songs to me that her father
sang to her when she was growing up. My heart has
always been in country.
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NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? This has been an unbelievable year
for me, so it’s difficult to pick just one career highlight
in 2013/2014. In general, I believe the highlights were
the amazing shows I was able to perform at. There’s
nothing I enjoy more than playing live! From 25,000
people at the Kick Off Party for Boots and Hearts,
to performing and hanging out with Prime Minister,
Stephen Harper, on Canada Day in Ottawa, to winning
the Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year.
FROM THE PAST YEAR? When I was on the Young
Guns tour, we made a stop in Kamloops, BC. The sold
out crowd was nothing short of amazing, but following
the show, in the autograph line, a lady asked me for
an autograph on her arm. She insisted she was going
to get my signature “tattooed”... So, I signed my name
and in a few weeks, she Tweeted me a photo of the
tattoo. I couldn’t believe it! That was definitely a first!
Brett
Kissel
COUNTRY MUSIC? My love for country music started
at a very young age. I grew up on a cattle ranch in Flat
Lake, Alberta just a few hours North East of Edmonton.
In fact, I’m the fifth generation on the same piece of
land; my grandfather’s grandfather purchased it back
in 1910. Coming from that background, country music
obviously came naturally to me.
THE PAST YEAR? Watching our debut EP rise to #2
on the iTunes Canadian Country charts on the day of
our release! That and being nominated for the CCMA
Award for Roots Artist of the Year, Fiddle Player of
the Year and being selected as a top 6 finalist for the
CCMA Discovery Program!
FROM THE PAST YEAR? We recently asked our fans to
help us create a video for our second single, “Dance”.
We couldn’t believe the stellar dance moves from
coast-to-coast!
MUSIC? ZOE: When I was a teen, I discovered the Best
of Bonnie Raitt CD and fell in love with the country
elements of her sound. It all started there!
ALI: Being a fiddle player, country music has always
fascinated me. It’s where I feel most at home as a
musician and as a fan!
The
Lovelocks
2014 NOMINEES
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NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? Having July 28, 2014 named ‘Corb
Lund Day’ by our mayor here in Edmonton was a pretty
big highlight.
FROM THE PAST YEAR? A guy from Montana that likes
my music made me fantastic custom leather holsters
for my antique Colt six shooters.
Corb
Lund
2014 NOMINEE
COUNTRY MUSIC? The first songs I learned as a small
kid were old cowboy songs that my grandpas knew.
Shortly thereafter I discovered that Marty Robbins
sang them too. I also have vivid memories of Willie
and Waylon songs being pumped out of those crappy
metal loudspeakers at small town rodeos I used to ride
steers at as a kid in the ’70s.
THE PAST YEAR? My career highlight for the past year
was watching my debut single reach the Top 10 as an
independent artist. A lot happened from there.
FROM THE PAST YEAR? My most memorable fan
interaction from the past year was walking out to open
for Florida Georgia Line and being met by a deafening
crowd.
COUNTRY MUSIC? I developed a love of country music
as one of my earliest memories; driving around with
my parents listening to Hank Williams Sr.
Wes
Mack
2014 NOMINEE
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NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? It’s hard to pick just one career
highlight...It seems this year has been full of them! But,
I loved being asked to shoot a video with Canadian
legend, Tom Cochrane. A true honour.
Jess
Moskaluke
FROM THE PAST YEAR? Seeing the response from fans
singing along at multiple shows from “Cheap Wine and
Cigarettes” is something that will never get old.
COUNTRY MUSIC? I have loved country music for so
long that I don’t think I even remember that moment!
I’ve listened to Shania, Martina, Garth, Paul, etc. for as
long as I can remember.
THE PAST YEAR? Going to Australia! I never imagined
when I started writing songs in my bedroom in
Pickering, Ontario, many moons ago, that one day I
would be making the long trek to sing my songs down
under to the Australians!
FROM THE PAST YEAR? I played Golden Spike Days, a
festival in Port Moody on Canada Day. I had a front row
of tiny little fans. After I finished my set this sweet little
5 year old girl kept running up to me to give me hugs. I
think she gave me ten hugs! It was so cute!
COUNTRY MUSIC? I owe it all to my mama! She would
listen to Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson
and Dolly Parton. Her love for it transferred to me and
my love for the genre only grew stronger the more I
discovered wonderful artists like Kitty Wells, Hank
Williams, Loretta Lynn and Emmy Lou Harris.
Lindi
Ortega
2014 NOMINEE
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NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? My first EP came out this summer.
It’s been a project that I’ve been working on for over
two years – it’s such a good feeling to release a bigger
body of work. I also received my first CCMA Award
nomination for Female Artist of the Year; I’ve been
looking forward to this moment for a long, long time.
MacKenzie
Porter
FROM THE PAST YEAR? I’ve had so many positive,
beautiful ones, but my favourite memory is a more
humbling interaction. This little 6 year old girl came
up to get an autograph after a concert. She looked at
me, then said to her mother, “Wow she is way prettier
in pictures than in real life”. I burst out laughing. Life
always has a way of bringing you back down to earth. I
treasure moments like these.
COUNTRY MUSIC? Ever since I can remember, really.
I grew up listening to it. I think when I was 10 or 11 it
became really obsessive. I was in love with the Dixie
Chicks and Shania. I can sing pretty much any Dixie
Chicks song word for word.
2014 NOMINEE
THE PAST YEAR? Getting a CCMA Award nomination
for Album of the Year with my album All Kinds Of
Crazy. I’ve been watching the CCMA Awards since I was
young and now to be nominated in a major category
like Album of the Year is a dream come true.
FROM THE PAST YEAR? Hosting the 12-hour online CD
release party. On the day I released my fourth album
All Kinds Of Crazy, I performed 4 mini concerts via
u-stream and chatted with fans from all over the world
on Facebook and Twitter for 12 hours straight. It was
quite a marathon and with the help of my fans All Kinds
Of Crazy climbed to #6 on the iTunes Canada albums
chart!
Codie
Prevost
MUSIC? I remember watching my mom and uncle play
guitar at various functions while I was growing up. They
knew the basic guitar chords and would sing classic
country songs. I remember seeing the joy it brought
to people; that’s when I knew I wanted to make music
my career.
2014 NOMINEE
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NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? Hearing magic happen when Alison
Krauss and Jim Cuddy sang on my new record, Back
Road Paradise.
Jimmy
Rankin
2014 NOMINEE
FROM THE PAST YEAR? Watching super-fan Serena’s
reaction when her BFF, Richard set up a surprise
meeting with me.
COUNTRY MUSIC? Country music is part of the fabric
of life where I grew up in Mabou, Cape Breton, and
I’ve been listening to it ever since I can remember. Kris
Kristofferson was probably one of the first Country
artists that I really tuned into.
THE PAST YEAR? Performing and recording a duet
with Engelbert Humperdinck.
FROM THE PAST YEAR? Being part of and performing
for the children of the Music Heals program at the Sick
Kids Hospital. It is the reason I do what I do.
MUSIC? It all started with one of my dad’s old Charlie
Rich LPs. I was instantly drawn to the storytelling and
working class sensibilities of country music.
Johnny
Reid
2014 NOMINEE
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NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? I [Jason McCoy] think playing a rock
show with Korn and leaving the stage with the crowd
chanting “Hammers! Hammers!” was tops for us... It felt
good to play with such a unique line-up and be proud
of the identity the fans have allowed us to have.
The Road
Hammers
FROM THE PAST YEAR? We had a fan recently get a
tattoo of The Road Hammer logo on their arm. We’ve
had that happen before, but this one said “Hammer
Fan For Life”. Pretty amazing to see that. Makes you
want to bring your ‘A’ game every time.
COUNTRY MUSIC? I fell in love with country music
listening to CFCW when I was 6 years old in Bashaw,
Alberta.
2014 NOMINEES & PERFORMERS
THE PAST YEAR? Having a 3-week #1 Country song in
America with a song I co-wrote, “Mine Would Be You”,
recorded by Blake Shelton; and being nominated for
both a GRAMMY (Best Country Song), and an ACM
(Song of the Year) for that song.
FROM THE PAST YEAR? On a couple of occasions,
I was singing “Main Street, 1979” on stage and felt a
special connection with someone in the crowd. You
can see them tear up, which usually makes me tear up.
After the show, people sometimes share their stories of
how that song was personal and meaningful for them,
which always reminds me of the potential power music
has to connect us all through shared experiences.
Deric
Ruttan
MUSIC? It happened gradually for me. My mom had
an old 45 of a band called The Springfields singing
“Silver Threads And Golden Needles” that I loved as a
kid; hearing Gordon Lightfoot sing “Sundown” on my
parent’s car radio; listening to John Fogerty belt out
country-rooted songs like “Bad Moon Rising”, “Green
River”, and “Who’ll Stop The Rain” on my parent’s
record player; my dad playing Randy Travis around the
house. What pushed me over the edge and made me
want to chase this dream forever was hearing Steve
Earle’s Copperhead Road record for the first time.
2014 NOMINEE
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NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? Winning the CMAO Award for Album
of the Year. It was an honour to be able to represent
Ontario music; but winning that award came as a
complete shock to us!
Small
TownPistols
2014 NOMINEES
FROM THE PAST YEAR? We recently wrote a song that
will be on our upcoming album that is very personal to
us both, about the honest feelings we are going through
embarking on being parents. We have been breaking
down our live show and playing it acoustically this
summer. To see how strongly people in the audience
identify with it has been amazing!
MUSIC? Hearing Ricky Skaggs and Patsy Cline – those
are some of our earliest childhood memories of
listening to country music. We were hooked!
THE PAST YEAR? There are a couple this year: Opening
up for Florida Georgia Line on their Western Canadian
arena tour; the crowds were insane and the love that
they showed me was incredible. Of course, I can’t
forget having my single “Tippin’ Point” go Platinum!
FROM THE PAST YEAR? We had a fundraiser for a little
guy named Jakey near my hometown of Langley, BC.
Having him present me with a painting he made is
something I’ll never forget.
COUNTRY MUSIC? Country music has surrounded me
my whole life, but as I grew older I really started to
listen and pay a lot more attention to country radio.
When I heard guys like Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley and
Rascal Flatts I was all ears.
Dallas
Smith
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NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? Definitely “Wake Me Up” reaching
the Top 5! I still can’t believe Canadian country radio
gave me a Top 5 hit.
Tebey
FROM THE PAST YEAR? Playing to a crowd of 18,000+
at Cavendish Beach Music Festival in July. We also shot
the music video for my single “Now I Do” that day,
which made it extra special.
COUNTRY MUSIC? I’ve loved country music for as long
as I can remember; but I started singing it when I was
around 7 years old.
2014 NOMINEE
THE PAST YEAR? Witnessing music changing lives at
this year’s fundraiser for the local youth shelter, Big
Hearts For Big Kids, raising over $165,000. The Grande
Prairie community continues to amaze me and I am so
proud of all the big hearts who are a part of making a
difference for the youth who turn to the shelter.
FROM THE PAST YEAR? There were some young
students from the Play it Forward tour who sent
drawings and handwritten letters with adorable
spelling in the mail. Coming off the road to open those,
and hearing about how much fun they had at the show
or how they were inspired, meant so much!
COUNTRY MUSIC? In my car seat, singing along to
Shania Twain’s “Any Man of Mine”!
Tenille
2014 NOMINEE
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NOMINEE Q&A
THE PAST YEAR? In January, we signed our first record
deal with On Ramp Records. In February, we went to
the Ameripolitan Music Awards in Austin, TX where we
were nominated for Western Swing Group of the Year.
In May, we won the Roots Artist of the Year Award at
the CMAO Awards. Then in July, we found out we were
nominated for two CCMA Awards. This entire year has
been a highlight.
The
WesternSwing
Authority
FROM THE PAST YEAR? Probably one of the most
memorable interactions of the past year was having
Western Swing Hall of Fame inductee, Carolyn Martin,
contact us and tell us she was a real fan of what we
were doing. We ended up getting to do some shows
together which was an amazing experience.
COUNTRY MUSIC? For me [Shane Guse] it was at a
very early age. My parents used to have an old reel to
reel machine that played music for parties. One of the
songs on that reel was a recording of Merle Haggard
doing an old song called “Cherokee Maiden”. There
was just something about that song that I couldn’t get
enough of.
2014 NOMINEES
THE PAST YEAR? The highlight of 2014 so far was
getting to do shows on the east coast including Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI. I can’t wait to go back!
FROM THE PAST YEAR? I was invited out to the
Alberta Children’s Hospital to play some songs for the
kids. Best crowd ever!
MUSIC? My parents introduced me to country and
southern gospel music when I was very young. Hearing
Keith Whitley in my dad’s car changed my life!
Bobby
Wills
2014 NOMINEE
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HALL OF FAME
2014 INDUCTEES
The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA)
has been honouring Canadian artists and industry
builders who have made long-term contributions
to the growth and development of Canadian
ARTIST
INDUCTEE
WENDELL FERGUSON
Wendell Ferguson, the 2014 Artist inductee into
the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, is a
true behind-the-scenes dynamo. Known just
as well for his wit and humour as he is for his
unparalleled instrumental capabilities, Ferguson
has performed live and recorded with an astute
collection of Canada’s top stars, including George
Fox, Duane Steele, Shania Twain and Gordon
Lightfoot.
BUILDER
INDUCTEE
country music. This year, the CCMA is pleased
to recognize two individuals who have left an
indelible mark on the industry, Wendell Ferguson
and Ron Sakamoto.
A JUNO-nominated performer, Ferguson is also
a multiple CCMA Award nominee, has won the
CCMA All Star Band – Guitar Award six times, and
served on the CCMA Board of Directors as well.
Ferguson was a leading force and songwriter for
the country group Coda The West in the ’80s, and
continues to be a highly sought producer, musical
director and band leader.
RON SAKAMOTO
As the 2014 Builder inductee, Ron Sakamoto will
receive the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame
Stan Klees Builder Award in recognition of his
career in live event production and management
that spans an impressive 48 years. Working
tirelessly to create opportunity for Canadian
country music artists both in Canada, and the
U.S., Sakamoto has always advocated the benefits
of bringing acts to secondary markets, and
consistently gives back to those communities
himself.
Over the years, Sakamoto has won over 40 awards
in the music industry, including an unprecedented
17 consecutive CCMA Awards for Talent Buyer or
Promoter of the Year, which resulted in the Award
being named after him. Sakamoto has served
on the board of the Country Music Association
(CMA) in Nashville as well as the CCMA, and
currently sits on the International Entertainment
Buyers Association (IEBA) Board of Directors.
CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME MEMBERS
Since 1984, the CCMA has been honouring
Canadian artists and industry builders who have
made long-term contributions to the growth and
development of Canadian country music. In 1999,
the CCMA formally merged their recognition
program with a similar one founded by Mr. Gary
Buck, to create what today is known as the
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Inductees
ARTISTS
Wilf Carter (1984)
Tommy Hunter (1984)
Orval Prophet (1989)
Don Messer (1989)
Hank Snow (1989)
Papa Joe Brown (1989)
Lucille Starr (1989)
Maurice Bolyer (1989)
Charlie Chamberlain (1989)
Al Cherney (1989)
King Ganam (1989)
Dallas Harms (1989)
Earl Heywood (1989)
Marg Osburne (1989)
Ian Tyson (1989)
The Mercey Brothers (1989)
Gordie Tapp (1990)
The Rhythm Pals (1991)
Carroll Baker (1992)
Ward Allen (1993)
Stu Phillips (1993)
Bob Nolan (1993)
Stu Davis (1993)
Dick Damron (1994)
are chosen annually by a selected Hall of Fame
Electors Committee, comprised of over seventy
industry peers. The three-stage voting process
begins in January of each year. The inductee in the
Builder category receives the Canadian Country
Music Hall of Fame Stan Klees Builder Award,
established in recognition of RPM Magazine cofounder, Mr. Stan Klees, and his pioneering efforts
Gene MacLellan (1995)
Myrna Lorrie (1996)
Family Brown (1997)
Ray Griff (1998)
Ronnie Prophet (1999)
Colleen Peterson (2000)
Gordon Lightfoot (2001)
Gary Buck (2001)
Anne Murray (2002)
Sylvia Tyson (2003)
The Good Brothers (2004)
Gary Fjellgaard (2005)
Terry Carisse (2006)
John Allan Cameron (2007)
Prairie Oyster (2008)
Buffy Sainte-Marie (2009)
Willie P. Bennett (2010)
Marie Bottrell (2010)
Donna & LeRoy Anderson (2010)
Eddie Eastman (2010)
Don Harron (2010)
Fred McKenna (2010)
Wayne Rostad (2010)
Joyce Smith (2010)
Hal & Ginger Willis (2010)
in the creation of the CCMA Awards program.
The CCMA has partnerships with the Canadian
Country Music Heritage Society (based in Merritt,
BC) and the National Music Centre (based in
Calgary, AB), to collaboratively promote and
bring recognition to the Canadian Country Music
Hall of Fame program.
Ray St. Germain (2010)
Michelle Wright (2011)
Johnny Burke (2012)
Rita MacNeil (2013)
BUILDERS
William Harold Moon (1984)
Jack Feeney (1988)
Don Grashey (1989)
Maurice Bolyer (1989)
Ron Sparling (1990)
A. Hugh Joseph (1991)
Gordon Burnett (1992)
Ted Daigle (1993)
Frank Jones (1993)
Hank Smith (1994)
Stan Klees (1995)
Larry Delaney (1996)
Sam Sniderman (1997)
Bill Anderson (1998)
Walt Grealis (1999)
Leonard Rambeau (2000)
Gary Buck (2001)
Art Snider (2002)
J. Edward Preston (2003)
R. Harlan Smith (2005)
Brian Ahern (2006)
Sheila Hamilton (2007)
Brian Ferriman (2008)
Barry Haugen (2009)
Tom Tompkins (2010)
Bill Langstroth (2011)
Ralph Murphy (2012)
Ed Harris (2013)
BROADCASTERS
Bev Munro (2002)
D’Arcy Scott (2002)
Elmer Tippe (2002)
Fred King (2003)
Charlie Russell (2003)
Art Wallman (2003)
Weird Harold Kendall (2004)
Paul Kennedy (2005)
Curley Gurlock (2006)
Cliff Dumas (2007)
Wes Montgomery (2008)
John Murphy (2009)
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AWARDS OF ACHIEVEMENT
SLAIGHT MUSIC
HUMANITARIAN
AWARD
“Beverley Mahood has long used the stage and her
talents to champion causes that need awareness,
support and give voice to philanthropic endeavors
she cares deeply about,” noted Ron Kitchener,
Chair of the CCMA Board of Directors, upon the
announcement that the multi-talented Beverley
Mahood would be the recipient of the 2014 Slaight
Music Humanitarian Award.
A successful singer, songwriter, actress, model
and television host, Beverley Mahood is wellknown as a popular and dynamic entertainer,
yet it’s Mahood’s unwavering commitment
to humanitarian work that has become her
indisputable calling card. With a passion for
community endeavors that nearly rivals her love
of music, Mahood has chosen to focus much of her
charitable efforts on causes that benefit children.
2014 marked Mahood’s 17th consecutive year cohosting the Kinsmen Telemiracle, which raises
Beverley Mahood
funds for families of children with disabilities and
people with special needs within the province
of Saskatchewan. Mahood devotes her time to
this 20-hour live event annually, often spending
up to a week in the province pre-show to promote
and engage the local community. Over $65
million dollars has been raised via the Kinsmen
Telemiracle since Mahood began co-hosting, an
impressive figure given the province’s one millionperson population.
HANK SMITH
AWARD OF
EXCELLENCE
Deane
Cameron
To commemorate his indelible impact on the
Canadian country music industry and his tenacity
for finding and mentoring great talent, Deane
Cameron is the 2014 recipent of the Hank Smith
Award of Excellence.
Cameron’s storied career began humbly, as he
worked his way up through the ranks of the music
industry. He eventually made history when he
became the youngest Canadian President of a
major music label in 1988.
In addition, Mahood is a long-time supporter of
Canada’s Food Banks, Corus Feeds Kids and
Tom Jackson’s The Huron Carole. She is also
the national spokesperson for the Pink Mitten
Campaign which supports breast cancer research,
a role she has happily filled since 2010. There
are at least a dozen other organizations and
programs she continues to support and make
time for, making her a worthy recipient of this
CCMA Award of Achievement.
He has played a significant role in the careers of
such Canadian artists as Susan Aglukark, Terri
Clark, Tom Cochrane, Stompin’ Tom Connors,
Rita MacNeil, John McDermott, Anne Murray,
The Rankin Family, Johnny Reid, Serena Ryder,
Buffy Sainte-Marie and many, many more. He
worked equally hard in developing international
musicians in Canada. Cameron has contributed to
the soundtrack of nearly four eras of great music
for Canadians.
During his 24 years as President of EMI Music
Canada, Cameron was a trailblazer when it
came to signing labels for distribution. In 2010
he became a Member of the Order of Canada
for his contributions to the arts and music, and
in 2011 he was the recipient of the Walt Grealis
Special Achievement Award at the JUNO Awards.
Cameron was on the CCMA Board of Directors for
12 years, has served on the CARAS board since
1985, played a key role in the development of
MusiCounts and currently sits on the board for
the Unison Benevolent Fund. It is for all of these
reasons, and more, that the CCMA is proud to
bestow upon Cameron a well-deserved Award of
Achievement.
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CCMA AWARDS
2014 NOMINEES
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Gord Bamford
SONGWRITER(S)
OF THE YEAR
Paul Brandt
BOUNTY
Dean Brody
Dean Brody
written By: Dean Brody;
performed By: Dean Brody
George Canyon
HELL RAISIN’ GOOD TIME
Johnny Reid
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
written By: Jeff Coplan, Tim Hicks,
Casey Marshall, Neil Sanderson;
performed By: Tim Hicks
MINE WOULD BE YOU
Gord Bamford
Brett Kissel
Dallas Smith
Bobby Wills
GROUP OR DUO
OF THE YEAR
Dean Brody
written By: Jessi Alexander,
Connie Harrington, Deric Ruttan;
performed By: Blake Shelton
STARTED WITH A SONG
STARTED WITH A SONG
The Boom Chucka Boys
written By: Brett Kissel, Craig Wiseman;
performed By: Brett Kissel
The Road Hammers
BOUNTY
Brett Kissel
TAKE THE WEEK OFF
Deric Ruttan
TIPPIN’ POINT
Dallas Smith
WHEN YOUR LIPS ARE
SO CLOSE
WHEN YOUR LIPS ARE
SO CLOSE
written By: Gord Bamford,
Brent L. Baxter, Byron Hill;
performed By: Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
ALL KINDS OF CRAZY
Codie Prevost
CROP CIRCLES
Dean Brody
STARTED WITH A SONG
Brett Kissel
THROW DOWN
Tim Hicks
TIPPIN’ POINT EP
Dallas Smith
Autumn Hill
Small Town Pistols
The Western Swing Authority
ROOTS ARTIST
OF THE YEAR
CMT VIDEO OF THE YEAR
The Lovelocks
3-2-1
Corb Lund
Brett Kissel
Lindi Ortega
BOUNTY
Dean Brody
DUET
Jimmy Rankin
The Western Swing Authority
Wes Mack featuring Carly McKillip
FRIENDS OF MINE
Jason Blaine
GOT A FEELING
CBC RISING STAR
Lindsay Ell
Tim Hicks featuring Blackjack Billy
Tim Hicks
TAKE THE WEEK OFF
Wes Mack
Deric Ruttan
Jess Moskaluke
Tebey
FEMALE ARTIST
OF THE YEAR
Terri Clark
INTERACTIVE ARTIST
OF THE YEAR
Kira Isabella
Leah Daniels
Jess Moskaluke
Brett Kissel
Lindi Ortega
Jess Moskaluke
MacKenzie Porter
Johnny Reid
Tenille
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CCMA AWARDS
2014 NOMINEES
ALL STAR BAND OF
THE YEAR - DRUMS
ALL STAR BAND OF THE
YEAR STEEL GUITAR
COUNTRY CLUB
OF THE YEAR
Matthew Atkins
Smokey Fennell
Boots & Bourbon Saloon
Stephen Broadhurst
Doug Johnson
Corbett Frasz
Ed (Peewee Charles) Ringwald
Gerard Gannon
Chad Melchert
Brad Tebble
ALL STAR BAND OF
THE YEAR - BASS
Dave Barber (Banjo)
Shane Chisholm
Robin Pelletier (Mandolin)
Dennis Marcenko
Tyler Vollrath (Mandolin)
Dustin Roy
Glenn Baker
Scott Galloway
Mike Little
Bart McKay
Carly McKillip
ALL STAR BAND OF
THE YEAR FIDDLE
Invictus Entertainment Group
LIGHT UP THE NIGHT
Jess Moskaluke
RGK Entertainment Group Inc.
BOOKING AGENCY
OF THE YEAR
TIN STAR
Lindi Ortega
The Agency Group
Julie Moe, Andrew Robinson
Mary Sue Englund, Brett Kissel,
Margaret Malandruccolo
The Feldman Agency
Paquin Entertainment
Sakamoto Entertainment
RON SAKAMOTO TALENT
BUYER OR PROMOTER
OF THE YEAR
Paul Biro, Shawn Sakamoto
Allison Granger
Jim Cressman
Tyler Vollrath
Sheila Hash, Brandon Heard,
Mediavandals
STARTED WITH A SONG
Brett Kissel
Sakamoto Entertainment
Ali Raney
COUNTRY JUNKIE
Gord Bamford
Kristin Barlowe, Mitchell Nevins
Denis Dufresne
Shane Guse
ALBUM DESIGN
OF THE YEAR
Cache Entertainment Inc.
Ryan Davidson
ALL STAR BAND OF THE
YEAR - KEYBOARDS
Ranchman’s Cookhouse
& Dancehall Calgary, AB
CROP CIRCLES
Dean Brody
O’Reilly International
Entertainment Management
Darren Savard
Edmonton, AB
Patrick Duffy, Rob Waymen
MDM Recordings Inc.
Matt McKay
Knoxville’s Tavern
MANAGEMENT COMPANY
OF THE YEAR
Jason Barry
Lindsay Ell
Edmonton, AB
Shane Chisholm (Gas Tank Bass)
Shane Guse (Mandolin)
ALL STAR BAND OF
THE YEAR - GUITAR
Cook County Saloon
Cowboys Calgary, AB
ALL STAR BAND OF
THE YEAR SPECIAL
INSTRUMENT
Lisa Dodd
Travis Switzer
Toronto, ON
VIDEO DIRECTOR
OF THE YEAR
Stephano Barberis
Gord Bamford, When Your Lips Are
So Close; Dallas Smith, Nothing But
Summer; Dallas Smith, Tippin’ Point
Wes Mack
One More Girl, Love Like Mine
Dean Brody, Bounty;
Brett Kissel, Started With A Song;
Deric Ruttan, Take The Week Off
Troy Niemans
Lindsay Ell, Rod Tate
Bobby Wills, If It Was That Easy
Calgary Stampede
Sean Smith
Rob Waloschuk
Jason Blaine, Friends Of Mine
Dauphin’s Countryfest
Larry Werner
Big Valley Jamboree/
Panhandle Productions
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CCMA AWARDS
2014 NOMINEES
MUSIC PUBLISHING
COMPANY OF THE YEAR
RECORD COMPANY PERSON
OF THE YEAR
MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE
YEAR MAJOR MARKET
CCS Rights Management
Steve Coady
Jon Best, Mike Uhrich
Warner Music Canada
CFQX-FM, Winnipeg, MB
Mike Denney
Larry Donohue
MDM Recordings Inc.
CFCW, Edmonton, AB
Sony/ATV Music
Publishing Canada
Brianne Deslippe
Pat Dubois
Open Road Recordings Inc.
CKBL-FM, Saskatoon, SK
Warner Chappell Music Canada
Ron Kitchener
Mark Patric
CJJR-FM, Vancouver, BC
Rob Smith
Scott Phillips
Royalty Records Inc.
CKRY-FM, Calgary, AB;
CISN-FM, Edmonton, AB
ole
Royalty Music Publishing Inc.
RECORD PRODUCER(S)
OF THE YEAR
Gord Bamford, Byron Hill
Country Junkie, Gord Bamford
RETAILER OF THE YEAR
Jason Blaine, Scott Cooke
HMV Canada Inc.
Everything I Love, Jason Blaine
Ted Hewitt, Brett Kissel,
Bart McKay, Ben Phillips
iTunes Canada
Lammle’s Western Wear & Tack
Started With A Song, Brett Kissel
MusicMax
Joey Moi
Walmart Canada Corp.
Tippin’ Point EP, Dallas Smith
Deric Ruttan, Luke Wooten
Take The Week Off, Deric Ruttan
RECORDING STUDIO
OF THE YEAR
Barrytone Studios
St. Clements, ON
Bart McKay Productions
Saskatoon, SK
MCC Recording Studio
Calgary, AB
Studio Down Under
CHCQ-FM, Belleville, ON
Jody Seeley
Canadian Coast To Coast
Peter Walker
CJVR-FM
CFRM-FM, Little Current, ON
CJKX-FM, Oshawa, ON
Canadian Country Spotlight
Syndicated
CMT Presents:
The Next Generation CMT
Gord Bamford:
Christmas In Canada CMT
Live At The Edison CMT
MDM Recordings Inc.
Big Valley Jamboree
Warner Music Canada
Paul Ferguson
KT Timmermans
RECORD COMPANY
OF THE YEAR
Universal Music Canada
CKGY-FM, Red Deer, AB
CFXO-FM, High River, AB
COUNTRY FESTIVAL, FAIR,
OR EXHIBITION OF
THE YEAR
Sony Music Entertainment
(Canada) Inc.
Tim Day
COUNTRY MUSIC PROGRAM
OR SPECIAL OF THE YEAR
Abbotsford, BC
MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE
YEAR SECONDARY MARKET
Camrose, AB
Boots And Hearts Music
Festival Bowmanville, ON
Calgary Stampede
Calgary, AB
Craven Country Jamboree
Craven, SK
Dauphin’s Countryfest
Dauphin, MB
*On-Air Personality(s) of the Year (Major
Market), On-Air Personality(s) of the
Year (Secondary Market), Radio Station
of the Year (Major Market) and Radio
Station of the Year (Secondary Market)
are submission-based awards. The
submissions are juried by a nation-wide
panel to determine the winner in each
category. There are no nominees in these
categories. Winners will be announced
during Country Music Week in Edmonton
this September.
*The winners of both Top Selling Album
of the Year and Top Selling Canadian
Album of the Year are determined by
sales. There are no nominees for these
categories. Winners will be announced
during Country Music Week in Edmonton
this September.
*The winner of the CCMA Discovery
Award is decided on by a jury of industry
professionals onsite at Country Music
Week each year. The winner will be
announced during Country Music Week
in Edmonton this September.
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OFFICIAL EVENTS
Songwriters’
Series
SESSION ONE
THURS SEPT 4 @ 1:30PM
CITADEL THEATRE, THE CLUB LOUNGE
HOSTED BY
Jay Semko
PRESENTED BY
FEATURING
Joni Delaurier
Eddie Eastman
Wes Mack
Jake Mathews
Harlan Smith
SE SSION TWO
FRI SEPT 5 @ 4PM
HOSTED BY
Victoria Banks
PRESENTED BY
FEATURING
The Command Sisters
Jeff Johnson
Keith and Renee
Troy Kokol
Cody Prevost
Emily Reid
Dan Swinimer
SESSION THREE
SAT SEPT 6 @ 1:30PM
HOSTED BY
The Stellas
PRESENTED BY
FEATURING
Chris Burke-Gaffney
Tim Chaisson
Dave Stanley Daoust
Danick Dupelle
David Leask
Heather Longstaffe
One More Girl
SESSION FOUR
SUN SEPT 7 @ 12PM
CITADEL THEATRE, MACLAB THEATRE
HOSTED BY
Ralph Murphy
PRESENTED BY
FEATURING
Tom Cochrane
Sam Hunt
Deric Ruttan
Dave Turnbull
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PAST CCMA AWARD WINNERS
ALBUM DESIGN OF THE YEAR
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Kristin Barlowe, Jesse Barrios III,
Mitchell Nevins, Lili Pichette
(Roll, Emerson Drive)
Mitch Nevins, Mark Maryanovich,
Jill Snell (DIRT, Dean Brody)
Kristin Barlowe, Cut + Paste Design,
Jill Snell, Jeff Sylvester
(Trail In Life, Dean Brody)
Garnet Armstrong, Chad Coombs,
Dustin Rabin (GO, Doc Walker)
Garnet Armstrong, Mark Maryanovich
(What I Do, George Canyon)
Patrick Duffy, Traci Goudie, Jill Snell
(Beautiful Life, Doc Walker)
Doc Walker, Craig Medwykuk,
Dustin Leader, Horst Herget
(Doc Walker)
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
Dustin Delfs, Jeff Sylvester
(Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer,
Corb Lund)
Patrick Duffy
(This Time Around, Paul Brandt)
Craig Medwykuk
(Everyone Aboard, Doc Walker)
Patrick Duffy (Burnin’, Gil Grand)
Craig Medwykuk (Curve, Doc Walker)
Anna Gorchkova (Honky Tonk Sonatas,
Jason McCoy)
Patrick Duffy (Back In Your Life,
Julian Austin)
Kathi Prosser (What Is This Country,
Prairie Oyster)
Patrick Duffy (What My Heart Already
Knows, Julian Austin)
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Patrick Duffy (Blue Plate Special,
Prairie Oyster)
Patrick Duffy (Endless Seasons,
Rankin Family)
Tom Chaggaris, Patrick Duffy
(This Child, Susan Aglukark)
Bill Johnson (Already Restless,
Prescott Brown)
Kathi Prosser (Feels Like Home,
Cassandra Vasik)
Rosamond Norbury (Bad Day For
Trains, Patricia Conroy)
Susan Mendola (Michelle Wright,
Michelle Wright)
Jeri Helden, k.d. lang (Absolute Torch
& Twang, k.d. lang)
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989-88
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983-82
Bad Day For Trains - Patricia Conroy
Everybody Knows - Prairie Oyster
Michelle Wright - Michelle Wright
Absolute Torch & Twang - k.d. lang
Shadowland - k.d. lang
Cowboyography - Ian Tyson
Feel The Fire - Family Brown
Closest Thing To You - Terry Carisse
Repeat After Me - Family Brown
Raised On Country Music –
Family Brown
2002
2001
2000
1999-91
1990
Jeff Loberg
Barry Murray
John Dymond
Russell deCarle
John Dymond
1998
1997
1996
1995-94
1993-90
Craig Bignell
Bohdan Hluszko
Joel Anderson & Bruce Moffet
Bruce Moffet
Bill Carruthers
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Is It Friday Yet? – Gord Bamford
DIRT – Dean Brody
Trail In Life – Dean Brody
Day Job – Gord Bamford
Dance With Me – Johnny Reid
Beautiful Life – Doc Walker
Doc Walker – Doc Walker
Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer Corb Lund
This Time Around - Paul Brandt
Dress Rehearsal Carolyn Dawn Johnson
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
Up! - Shania Twain
Small Towns And Big Dreams Paul Brandt
Room With A View Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Here & Now - The Wilkinsons
Nothing But Love - The Wilkinsons
Come On Over - Shania Twain
Just The Same - Terri Clark
Terri Clark - Terri Clark
The Woman In Me - Shania Twain
The Other Side - Charlie Major
ALL-STAR BAND OF THE YEAR – BASS
2013
2012
2011-10
2009
2008
Travis Switzer
Lisa Dodd
Shane Chisholm
John Dymond
Brent Pearen
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
Chris Byrne
John Dymond
Paul Yee
Sean Smith
John Dymond
ALL-STAR BAND OF THE YEAR – DRUMS
2013
2012
2011-10
2009
2008
2007
Ben Bradley
Chad Melchert
Steve Broadhurst
Mark Branconnier
Mike Melancon
Corbett Frasz
2006
2005-03
2002
2001-00
1999
Chris Sutherland
Mark Branconnier
Mike Melancon
Matthew Atkins
Mike Porelle
ALL-STAR BAND OF THE YEAR – FIDDLE
2013 2012
2011
2011
2010
Allison Granger
Denis Dufresne
TIE – Denis Dufresne
TIE – Shane Guse
Shane Guse
2009-08
2007
2006-05
2004-03
2002
David Pichette
Mike Sanyshyn
David Pichette
Cory Churko
Tyler Vollrath
2001-1997Natalie MacMaster
1996-95 Ashley MacIsaac
1994
Don Reed
1993-91 John P. Allen
ALL-STAR BAND OF THE YEAR – GUITAR
2013
2012
2011
2010-08
Jason Barry
Ryan Davidson
Jason Barry
Murray Pulver
2007-06 Jason Barry
2005-02 Craig Young
2001
Keith Glass
2000-95 Wendell Ferguson
1994
Bob Funk
1993-90 Steve Piticco
47
ALL-STAR BAND OF THE YEAR – KEYBOARDS
2013-09 Rob Shapiro
2008
Dale Wallace
2007
Mike Little
2006-04 Dale Wallace
2003-02 Chris Hartman
2001
Dan Nadasdi
2000-90 Joan Besen
ALL-STAR BAND OF THE YEAR – SPECIAL INSTRUMENT
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Denis Defresne (mandolin)
Shane Chisholm (gas tank bass)
Denis Defresne (mandolin)
Shane Chisholm (gas tank bass)
Mike Norman (saxophone)
Eileen Higgins (mandolin)
TIE – Larry Good (banjo)
2007
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001-00
1999-97
TIE – Curtis Tulman (harmonica)
Curtis Tulman (harmonica)
Paul Chapman (mandolin)
Bruce Good (autoharp)
Bob Egan (dobro)
Ken Johner (mandolin)
Robin MacQuarrie (mandolin)
1996-95
1994
1993-92
1991
1990
Randall Prescott (harmonica)
David Wilkie (mandolin)
LeRoy Anderson (banjo)
Bobby Lalonde (fiddle)
Ben Mink (fiddle)
ALL-STAR BAND OF THE YEAR – STEEL GUITAR
2013
2012
2011
2010-08
2007
Ed Ringwald
Jeff Bradshaw
Ed Ringwald
Jeff Bradshaw
Ken Greer
2005
2004
2003
2002
Ken Greer
Andy Schick
Jeff Bradshaw
Andy Schick
2001
2000-95
1994
1993-91
Doug Johnson
Dennis Delorme
Mike Holder
Dennis Delorme
ALL-STAR BACK-UP BAND OF THE YEAR
2001
2000-99
1998
1997
Jason McCoy Band
The Austinators
Duane Steele Band
Farmer’s Daughter Band
1996
1995
1994-92
1991
Charlie Major Band
Coda The West
Michelle Wright Band
George Fox Band
1990-88 The Reclines
1987-86 The Bobby Lalonde Band
1985Tracks
1984-82 Baker Street
BOOKING AGENCY OF THE YEAR
2013
2012-11
2010-09
2008
2007
2006-04
The Agency Group
Cressman Sakamoto Agency
Paquin Entertainment
Cressman Sakamoto Agency
Julien Paquin
2003
2002-01
2000-99
1998-94
1993
1992
Tinti Moffat
Julien Paquin
Richard Mills
Cathie Faint
Allan Askew
Brian Edwards
1991
1990-88
1987
1986
1985-83
1982
Ron Sparling
Tinti Moffat
Ron Sparling
Paul Mascioli
Ron Sparling
Laurie-Ann Entertainment Agency
1982
Bill Anderson, CFRB, Toronto
BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
1987-86 Paul Kennedy, CHFX, Halifax
1985
Robin Ingram, CFAC, Calgary
1984
1983
Bill Anderson, CFRB, Toronto
Fred King, CKRM, Regina
COUNTRY CLUB OF THE YEAR
2013-12
2011
2010
2009
2008
Ranchman’s Cookhouse and
Dancehall, Calgary
Cook County Saloon, Edmonton,
Dancehall – Calgary
Cook County Saloon, Edmonton
Dancehall, Calgary
2007
2006-05
2004-03
2002
2001-00
1999
1998
1997
The Pump Roadhouse, Regina
Ranchman’s Restaurant, Calgary
Nashville North, Norval
Cowboy’s, Calgary
1996-95 Ranchman’s Restaurant, Calgary
1994-91 Cook County Saloon, Edmonton
1990-88 Rodeo Roadhouse, Kingston
1987
Urban Corral, Moncton
1986
1985-83 Urban Corral, Moncton
1982
Golden Rail, Lafontaine Hotel,
Ottawa
48
COUNTRY FESTIVAL, FAIR, OR EXHIBITION OF THE YEAR
2013-11
2010-09
2008-07
2006
2005
Calgary Stampede, Calgary
Big Valley Jamboree, Camrose
Merritt Mountain Music Festival, Merritt
2004
2003
Say Hay! Benefit Concerts,
Edmonton/Calgary
2002
Sept. 11th Benefit Concert, Calgary
2001
2000-99
1998
1997-96
Huron Carole – National Tour
1985
1984
1983
1982
Joe Brown
Neville Wells
Gordon Burnett
Ron Sparling
COUNTRY MUSIC PERSON OF THE YEAR
2002
2001-99
1998
1997
1996
Ron Sakamoto
Larry Delaney
Tom Tompkins
Tom Tompkins, Sheila Hamilton
Larry Delaney
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008-07
2006
CMT Presents Dean Brody Live
Employee Of The Week (CMT)
The Dakota Sessions (CMT)
Johnny Reid: Live at the Jubilee (CMT)
Live At Revival (CMT)
Canadian Coast to Coast (CJVR FM)
George Canyon’s Christmas (CMT)
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991-86
Leonard T. Rambeau
Tom Tompkins
Larry Delaney
Michelle Wright
Larry Delaney
COUNTRY MUSIC PROGRAM OR SPECIAL OF THE YEAR
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001-99
The Road Hammers (CMT)
Shania Twain Up! Close and Personal
Say Hay! Benefit Concerts
My Roots Are Showing
(Natalie MacMaster)
Inside Country
1998
1997-96
1995
1994
Craven A Today’s Country
Inside Country
CTV Television Network
(CCMA Awards Show ’94)
(CCMA Awards Show ’93)
1983
Donna & LeRoy Anderson
DISCOVERY AWARD
2013
Wes Mack
DUO OF THE YEAR
1991
The Johner Brothers
1990-89 Gary Fjellgaard & Linda Kidder
1988-85 Anita Perras & Tim Taylor
1984
Glory Anne Carriere & Ronnie Prophet
1989-87 k.d. lang
1986
Family Brown
1985
1984
ENTERTAINER(S) OF THE YEAR
Dick Damron
Ronnie Prophet
1983-82 Family Brown
2013
2012-09
2008
2007-06
2005
2004-03
Terri Clark
Johnny Reid
Doc Walker
Terri Clark (Kraft Cheez Whiz)
George Canyon (Kraft Cheez Whiz)
Terri Clark (Kraft Cheez Whiz)
2002
2001
2000
1999-98
1997
1996
Terri Clark
Terri Clark (Telus Mobility)
The Wilkinsons (Chevy)
Shania Twain (CMT, Maple Leaf Foods)
Terri Clark (CMT, Maple Leaf Foods)
Shania Twain (NCN)
1995
1994
1993
1992-91
1990
Michelle Wright (Bud Country)
Prairie Oyster (Bud Country)
Michelle Wright (Bud Country)
Rita MacNeil (Bud Country)
k.d. lang (Bud Country)
1994
1993-90
1989-88
1987-86
1985
1984-83
1982
Patricia Conroy
Michelle Wright
k.d. lang
Anita Perras
Carroll Baker
Marie Bottrell
Carroll Baker
1996-94
1993
1992-90
1989-86
1985
1984-82
Prairie Oyster
The Rankin Family
Prairie Oyster
Family Brown
The Mercey Brothers
Family Brown
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007-06
Kira Isabella
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Terri Clark
Victoria Banks
Crystal Shawanda
Jessie Farrell
2005-04
2003
2002-01
2000
1999-98
1997
1996-95
Terri Clark
Shania Twain
Michelle Wright
Shania Twain
Terri Clark
Shania Twain
GENERATION AWARD
2012
Taylor Swift
GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
2013
2012-11
2010
2009
2008
2007
The Stellas
Hey Romeo
Doc Walker
The Higgins
Doc Walker
Emerson Drive
2006-05 The Road Hammers
2004
Doc Walker
2003-02 Emerson Drive
2001-99 The Wilkinsons
1998Leahy
1997
Farmer’s Daughter
49
HANK SMITH AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
2012
2009
Larry Delaney
Heather Ostertag
2008
2004
Ma Henning
Diana Kelly & Claude Lelievre
2003
Maryanne Gibson
1995
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
Joan Kennedy (C.F. Martin)
“A Song For Brent” (C.F. Martin)
John Allan Cameron (C.F. Martin)
Carroll Baker (C.F. Martin)
Gary Fjellgaard (TMI Fender Guitar)
Wayne Rostad (TMI Fender Guitar)
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
2013
2012
2010
2010
2008
2005
Adam Gregory (Slaight Music)
Tenille (Slaight Music)
Johnny Reid (Slaight Music)
Gord Bamford (Slaight Music)
George Canyon
Terry Kelly
2003
2002
1998
1997
1996
Say Hay! Benefit Concerts,
Edmonton/ Calgary
September 11th Benefit Concert
Paul Brandt (C.F. Martin)
Michelle Wright (C.F. Martin)
Tom Jackson (C.F. Martin)
INDEPENDENT FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
2007-06 Patricia Conroy
2005
Lisa Hewitt
2004
Beverley Mahood
2003-01 Lisa Brokop
2000-99 Patricia Conroy
1998
1997
Beverley Mahood
Suzanne Gitzi
INDEPENDENT GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
2007
The Wilkinsons
2006
The Poverty Plainsmen
2005-04 The Corb Lund Band
2003-02 Doc Walker
2001
The Poverty Plainsmen
2000
Johner Brothers
1999-97 Thomas Wade & Wayward
INDEPENDENT MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
2007-06 Johnny Reid
2005-04 Aaron Pritchett
2003
Gil Grand
2002
2001
2000
Steve Fox
Duane Steele
John Landry
1999
1998
1997
Jamie Warren
Rick Tippe
Sean Hogan
INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANY OF THE YEAR
2006-04 Open Road Recordings
2003-95 Stony Plain Recording Co. Ltd.
1994
1991
fre Records
Stony Plain Recording Co. Ltd.
1987
Savannah Music
1999
1998
1997
Cried All The Way Home –
Naoise Sheridan, Jamie Warren
She’s Getting Serious - Tim Taylor,
Thomas Wade
Zero to Sixty – Cyril Rawson,
Thomas Wade
1985
1984
Steve Piticco
Bobby Lalonde
INDEPENDENT SINGLE OF THE YEAR
2006
2005
2004
Missing An Angel – Johnny Reid
You Still Own Me – Philip Douglas,
Noah Gordon, Johnny Reid
New Frontier – Daryl Burgess,
Tommy Polk, Recorded by
Aaron Pritchett
2003
2002
2001
2000
Rocket Girl – Denny Carr, Jason McCoy,
Recorded by Doc Walker
I’d Like To See You Try – Lisa Brokop,
Ryan Reynolds
Something Undeniable – Lisa Brokop.
Cyril Rawson, Richard Wold
Right Here, Right Now – Charlie Major
INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
1991-90
1989
Steve Piticco
Dick Damron
1988
Randall Prescott
1987-86 Bobby Lalonde
50
INTERACTIVE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
2013
High Valley
2012
Gord Bamford
LEONARD T. RAMBEAU INTERNATIONAL AWARD
2007
2006
2004
2003
2000
1999
Rick Murray
Bruce Allen
Rob Potts
David Ross
Sheila Copps
Ralph Murphy
1998
1997
1996
1995
1993
Jeff Walker
Bob Saporiti
Paul Corbin
Leonard T. Rambeau
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
Tim Dubois
Bart Barton, Tony Migliore
Kees de Haan
George Hamilton IV
Jo Walker Meador
MAJOR RECORD COMPANY OF THE YEAR
2006-03 Universal Music Canada
2002-97 BMG Music Canada Inc.
1996Mercury/Polydor
1995-92 BMG Music Canada Inc.
1990-89 WEA Music of Canada Ltd
1988
BMG Music Canada Inc.
1986
RCA Limited/Ariola
1985-82 RCA Limited
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
2013-12
2011
2010
2009-08
2007
2006-05
2004
Dean Brody
Johnny Reid
Gord Bamford
Johnny Reid
Brad Johner
George Canyon
Jason McCoy
2003
2002
2001
2000-97
1996-94
1993
1992
Aaron Lines
Paul Brandt
Jason McCoy
Paul Brandt
Charlie Major
George Fox
Ian Tyson
1991-90
1989
1988-87
1986-84
1983
1982
George Fox
Gary Fjellgaard
Ian Tyson
Terry Carisse
Dick Damron
Terry Carisse
1993-91
1990-89
1988-85
1984-82
Brian Ferriman
Leonard Rambeau
Brian Ferriman
Ron Sparling
MANAGER OF THE YEAR
2006-02
2001
2000
1999
1998
Ron Kitchener
Bruce Allen
Rob Lanni & Sarah Parham
Brian Ferriman
Ron Kitchener
1997
1996
1995
1994
Gerry Leiske
Mary Bailey
Leonard Rambeau
Alan Kates
MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF THE YEAR
2013-06 RGK Entertainment Group Inc.
MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (MAJOR MARKET)
2013-12 Scott Phillips, CKRY-FM/CISN-FM,
Calgary/Edmonton
2011
Jay Richards, CJWW, Saskatoon
2010
Mark Patric, CJJR-FM, Vancouver
2009
Mark Patric, CJJR-FM, Vancouver
2008
Scott Phillips, CKRY-FM, Calgary
2007-05 Dawn Woroniuk, CJWW/CFQC–FM,
Saskatoon
2004
Larry Donohue, CFCW, Edmonton
2003-02 Joel Christie, CHAM, Hamilton
2001
Paul Larsen, CKRY-FM, Calgary
2000
Joel Christie, CHAM, Hamilton
1999-98 John Sheilds, CKXM, Victoria
1997
1996
1995-93
1992
1991
1990-88
Phil Kallsen, CKRY-FM, Calgary
Paul Kennedy, CHFX, Halifax
Phil Kallsen, CKRY-FM, Calgary
Joel Christie, CHAM, Hamilton &
Vic Folliott, CKGL, Kitchener
MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (SECONDARY MARKET)
2013
Peter Walker, CJKX-FM, Oshawa
2012
Tim Day, CKGY-FM, Red Deer
2011
Kelly Moore, CJKC-FM,
Kamloops
2010
Tim Day, CKGY-FM, Red Deer
2009
Peter Walker, CJKX-FM, Oshawa
2008
Tim Day, CKGY, Red Deer
2007
Ted Roop, KICX-FM, Midland
2005
Bruce Leperre, CKDM-FM,
Dauphin
2004-01 Derm Carnduff, KICX-FM,
Midland
2000
Bob Martineau, CJXX-FM,
Grande Prairie
1999
Derm Carnduff, KICX-FM,
Midland
1998
Bob Martineau, CJXX-FM,
Grande Prairie
1997
Dawn Woroniuk, CJWW/
CFQC-FM, Saskatoon
1996-95 Dawn Woroniuk, CJWW,
Saskatoon
1994
Leanne Doty, CKLQ, Brandon/
Rick Walters, CKQM-FM,
Peterborough
1993-92 Ritch Nichol, CKGY, Red Deer
1991
Bob Mills, Ritch Nichol, CKGY,
Red Deer
1990-88 Gord Ambrose, CFMK, Kingston
MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY OF THE YEAR
2013-07ole
2006-05 Universal Music Publishing Group
2004
BMG Music Publishing Canada Inc.
2003
Universal Music Publishing
2002-95 BMG Music Publishing Canada Inc.
1994
Sony Music Publishing Canada
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
Stony Plain Music
Savannah Music Group
1988-86 Sunbury/ Dunbar Music
1985
The Mercey Brothers Publishing
Company
1984Carisse-Rawlins
1983-82 Sunbury/ Dunbar Music
51
ON-AIR PERSONALITIES OF THE YEAR (MAJOR MARKET)
2013
2012
2011
2010
Doug, Robyn and Dan, Odd Squad,
CKRY-FM, Calgary
Toff and Melissa of the Morning Ride,
CHKX-FM, Hamilton
Sean Burke & Chris Scheetz,
CISN-FM, Edmonton
CISN Country Morning Crew
with Sean Burke & Bruce Bowie,
CISN-FM, Edmonton
2009
2008
2007-06
2005
2004
CKRY-FM, Calgary
Sharon and Danny, CFCW, Edmonton
CKRY-FM, Calgary
Jackie-Rae Greening and
Wes Montgomery, CFCW, Edmonton
Jackie-Rae Greening,
CFCW, Edmonton
2003
2002-95
1994
1993
1992-90
1989
1988
Joel Christie, CHAM, Hamilton
Doug, Robyn & Dan, Odd Squad,
CKRY-FM, Calgary
Mark Cartland, CKTY, Sarnia
Ray & Robyn, CKRY-FM, Calgary
Cliff Dumas, CHAM, Hamilton
Randy Owen, CKGL, Kitchener
ON-AIR PERSONALITIES OF THE YEAR (SECONDARY MARKET)
2013-09
2008
2007-06
2005
2004
KG Mornings with Greg, Tera Lee & Al,
CKGY-FM, Red Deer
Carey Moran, CICX-FM, Orillia
Roop & Carey, KICX-FM, Midland
Bruce Leperre, CKDM-FM, Dauphin
Steve Bohan, CHAT, Medicine Hat
2003
2002
2000
1998
Derm Carnduff, KICX-FM, Midland
Greg Shannon & Cheryl Blackwell,
CKBZ, Kamloops
James Richards, CHAT, Medicine Hat
1997
1996
1995-92
1991
1990-88
Matt O’Neil, CKNX, Wingham
John Cartwright, CHAT, Medicine Hat
Ken Kilcullen, CKGY, Red Deer
Fred King, CKRM, Regina
RACKJOBBER OR SUB-DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR
1993-91
1990
Sunrise Records
Roblan Distributors Inc.
1989
Handleman Co. of Canada
1988-87 Roblan Distributors Inc.
RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (MAJOR MARKET)
2013
2012
2011
2010-09
CKRY-FM, Calgary
CISN-FM, Edmonton
CJJR-FM, Vancouver
CISN-FM, Edmonton
2008-07
2006
2005
2004-03
CJJR-FM, Vancouver
CFCW, Edmonton
CKRY-FM, Calgary
CISN-FM, Edmonton
2002-93
1992
1991
1990-88
CKRY-FM, Calgary
CHAM, Hamilton
CKRY-FM, Calgary
CHAM, Hamilton
RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (SECONDARY MARKET)
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009-08
KICX-FM, Midland
CJKX-FM, Oshawa
CKGY-FM Red Deer
CFRM-FM, Little Current
CICX-FM, Orillia
2007-05
2004
2003-02
2001-96
1995-93
KICX-FM, Midland
CHAT, Medicine Hat
KICX-FM, Midland
CJVR, Melfort
CKQM-FM, Peterborough
1992-91
1990
1989
1988
CJWW, Saskatoon
CHOO, Ajax
CFMK, Kingston
CJWW, Saskatoon
1989
1988
1987-86
1985
1984
1983
1982
Holger Petersen,
Ron Solleveld, BMG Music Canada Inc.
Brian Ferriman, Savannah Music
Barry Haugen, RCA Records
Dallas Harms
Ed Preston, Tembo Music
Barry Haugen, RCA Records
RECORD COMPANY OF THE YEAR
2013-09 Open Road Recordings
2008-07 306 Records
RECORD COMPANY PERSON OF THE YEAR
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009-08
2007
2006-04
2003-02
Ron Harwood, Universal Music Canada
Ron Harwood, EMI Music Canada
Ron Kitchener, Open Road Recordings
Ron Harwood, EMI Music Canada
Ron Kitchener, Open Road Recordings
Louis O’Reilly, 306 Records
Ron Harwood, Universal Music Canada
Warren Copnick,
BMG Music Canada Inc.
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997-93
1992-91
1990
Holger Petersen,
Ed Harris, Universal Music Canada
Beth Warren, Too Hip Records
Ed Harris, Universal Music Canada
Ken Bain, BMG Music Canada Inc.
Brian Ferriman, Savannah Music
Gilles Godard, Bookshop
52
RECORD PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
George Canyon, Richard Marx
Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Phil O’Donnell,
Chris Perry, Murray Pulver
Tom McKillip, Mitch Merrett
2006
2005
2004
2003-02
2001
2000
1999
Joel Feeney, Gil Grand
Scott Baggett, Jason McCoy
Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Dann Huff
Joel Feeney
David C. Martin
J. Richard Hutt
Prairie Oyster
1998
1997-88
1987-86
1985
1984
1983
1982
Chad Irschick
Randall Prescott
Mike Francis
Terry Carisse
Dallas Harms, Mike Francis
Dallas Harms
Jack Feeney
RECORD STORE OF THE YEAR
2005
HMV, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton
2004
Megatunes, Calgary
2003-02 HMV, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton
2001-96 Sam The Record Man, Chinook Centre,
Calgary
1995
Sam The Record Man, Yonge Street,
Toronto
1993-92 Sam The Record Man, Chinook Centre,
Calgary
1991
Sam The Record Man, Toronto
1990
Country Music Store, Toronto
1989
Sam The Record Man, Yonge Street,
Toronto
1988
Roundelay Records, Ottawa
1987-82 Country Music Store, Toronto
RECORDING STUDIO OF THE YEAR
2013
MCC Recording Studio, Calgary
2012-09 Bart McKay Productions, Saskatoon
2008
Cedartree Recording Studios,
Kitchener
2007
Bart McKay Productions, Saskatoon
2006
The Armoury Studio, Vancouver
2005
The Warehouse Studio Inc.,
Vancouver
2004
Inception Sound, Toronto
2003-00 Cedartree Recording Studios,
Kitchener
1999
1998
1997
1996-94
Sunday Sound, Calgary
Lakeside Studio, Clayton
Sunday Sound, Calgary
Lakeside Studio, Clayton
1988
1987-82
Roundelay Records
Country Music Store
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
South Mountain (Vista)
Patricia Conroy (Vista)
George Fox (Vista)
Blue Rodeo (Vista)
k.d. lang (Vista)
J.K. Gulley (Vista)
Ginny Mitchell (Vista)
Roni Sommers (Vista)
Kelita Haverland (Vista)
Ruth Ann (Vista)
2002
2001
Jimmy Rankin
Natalie MacMaster
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
New Kind Of Love - Michelle Wright
Goodbye So Long Hello Prairie Oyster
Town Of Tears - Family Brown
One Smokey Rose - Anita Perras
Navajo Rug - Ian Tyson
Now & Forever (You & Me) Anne Murray
Riding On The Wind - Gary Fjellgaard
A Little Good News - Anne Murray
Raised On Country Music Family Brown
Some Never Stand A Chance Family Brown
RETAILER OF THE YEAR
2013-10 iTunes Canada
2009-02 Walmart Canada Corp.
2001
Sam The Record Man
2000-95 HMV Canada
1994-1
Sam The Record Man
1990
Country Music Store
RISING STAR AWARD
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
Bobby Wills
Kira Isabella
Chad Brownlee
One More Girl
Tara Oram
Jessie Farrell
Shane Yellowbird (Chevy)
Johnny Reid (Chevy Trucks)
Amanda Wilkinson (Chevy Trucks)
George Canyon (Chevy Trucks)
Aaron Lines (Chevy Trucks)
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
Emerson Drive (Chevy Trucks)
Carolyn Dawn Johnson (Chevy Trucks)
Tara Lyn Hart (FACTOR)
The Wilkinsons (Wrangler)
Bruce Guthro (Wrangler)
Julian Austin (Wrangler)
Terri Clark (Vista)
Farmer’s Daughter (Vista)
Susan Aglukark (Vista)
The Rankin Family (Vista)
Cassandra Vasik (Vista)
ROOTS ARTIST OF THE YEAR
2013
Corb Lund
2012-11 Jimmy Rankin
2010-06 Corb Lund
2005-04 The Corb Lund Band
2003
Sean Hogan
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
Leaning On A Lonesome Song Gord Bamford
They Don’t Make Em’ Like That
Anymore – Jason Blaine
Trail In Life – Dean Brody
Brothers – Dean Brody
Moments - Emerson Drive
Somebody Wrote Love George Canyon
My Name - George Canyon
Simple Life - Carolyn Dawn Johnson
I Just Wanna Be Mad - Terri Clark
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
I Don’t Want You To Go Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Complicated - Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Jimmy’s Got A Girlfriend The Wilkinsons
26 Cents - The Wilkinsons
You’re Still The One - Shania Twain
I Do - Paul Brandt
Better Things To Do - Terri Clark
Any Man Of Mine - Shania Twain
I’m Gonna Drive You Out Of My Mind Charlie Major
He Would Be Sixteen - Michelle Wright
Take It Like A Man - Michelle Wright
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SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR
2013
Leaning On A Lonesome Song Gord Bamford, Buddy Owens,
Ray Stephenson
2012
Is It Friday Yet? - Gord Bamford,
Roger Brown, Byron Hill
2011
Trail In Life - Dean Brody
2010
Dance With Me - Victoria Banks,
Johnny Reid, Tia Sillers
2009
A Woman Like You – Johnny Reid,
Brent Maher
2008
Beautiful Life – Murray Pulver,
Chris Thorteinson, Dave Wasyliw
(SOCAN)
2007
Hold My Beer – Mitch Merrett,
Aaron Pritchett & Deric Ruttan
(SOCAN)
2006
Jesus, Take The Wheel – Brett James,
Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson
(SOCAN)
2005
My Name – George Canyon,
Gordie Sampson (SOCAN)
2004
Die Of A Broken Heart –
Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Shaye Smith
(SOCAN)
2003
Rocket Girl – Denny Carr, Jason McCoy
(SOCAN)
2002
Ten Million Teardrops – Jason McCoy,
Tim Taylor (SOCAN)
2001
Complicated – Carolyn Dawn Johnson,
Shaye Smith (SOCAN)
2000
Daddy Won’t Sell The Farm –
Robin Branda, Steve Fox (SOCAN)
1999
26 Cents – William Wallace,
Steve Wilkinson (SOCAN)
1998
Born Again In Dixieland – Denny Carr,
Jason McCoy, Naoise Sheridan
(SOCAN)
1997
I Do - Paul Brandt (SOCAN)
1996
My Heart Has A History - Paul Brandt,
Mark D. Sanders (SOCAN)
1995
Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been
Under – Robert John Lange,
Shania Twain (SOCAN)
1994
I’m Gonna Drive You Out Of My Mind Barry Brown, Charlie Major (SOCAN)
1993
Backroads - Charlie Major (SOCAN)
1992
Did You Fall In Love With Me Joan Besen (SOCAN)
1991
Lonely You, Lonely Me - Joan Besen
(SOCAN)
1990
Pioneers - Barry Brown (SOCAN)
1989
Town Of Tears - Barry Brown,
Bruce Campbell, Randall Prescott
(SOCAN)
1988
One Smokey Rose - Tim Taylor
(SOCAN)
1987
Heroes - Gary Fjellgaard (SOCAN)
1986
Now and Forever - D. Foster,
C. Goodrum, J. Vallance (SOCAN)
1985
Counting The I Love You’s Terry Carisse, Bruce Rawlins (SOCAN)
1984
Jesus It’s Me Again - Dick Damron
(SOCAN)
1983
Raised On Country Music Family Brown (SOCAN)
1982
Some Never Stand A Chance Family Brown (SOCAN)
RON SAKAMOTO TALENT BUYER OR PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
2013
Jim Cressman
(Invictus Entertainment Group)
2012
2011
Lindsay Ell & Rod Tate
(Calgary Stampede)
Kelly Berehulka (Casinos of Winnipeg)
2010
Larry Werner (Big Valley Jamboree)
2009-93 Ron Sakamoto
TOP NEW TALENT – FEMALE
TOP NEW TALENT – MALE
TOP NEW TALENT – GROUP OR DUO
2008
Jessie Farrell
2008
Gord Bamford
2008
Hey Romeo
2013
2012
2011
2010-09
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Red – Taylor Swift
Own the Night – Lady Antebellum
Speak Now – Taylor Swift
Fearless – Taylor Swift
Ultimate Hits – Garth Brooks
Taking The Long Way – Dixie Chicks
The Legend Of Johnny Cash –
Johnny Cash
Greatest Hits – Shania Twain
Alan Jackson’s Greatest Hits –
Alan Jackson
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
Up! – Shania Twain
Scarecrow – Garth Brooks
Breathe – Faith Hill
Fly – Dixie Chicks
Wide Open Spaces – Dixie Chicks
Come On Over – Shania Twain
The Woman In Me – Shania Twain
Fresh Horses – Garth Brooks
The Hits – Garth Brooks
In Pieces – Garth Brooks
Some Gave All – Billy Ray Cyrus
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
Ropin’ The Wind – Garth Brooks
Home I’ll Be – Rita MacNeil
Rita – Rita MacNeil
Old 8 x 10 – Randy Travis
Always & Forever – Randy Travis
Storms Of Life – Randy Travis
Hymns Of Gold – Carroll Baker
Once Upon A Christmas –
Dolly Parton/ Kenny Rogers
Eyes That Could See In The
Dark - Kenny Rogers
2013-12
2011
Fire It Up – Johnny Reid
A Place Called Love – Johnny Reid
2010
2009
2008 Kicking Stones – Johnny Reid
TOP SELLING ALBUM
TOP SELLING CANADIAN ALBUM
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VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
2013-10
2009
2008-07
2006
2005
Stephano Barberis
Warren P. Sonoda
Stephano Barberis
Joel Stewart
2004-03
2002
2001
2000
1999
Steven Goldmann
Joel Stewart
Lisa Mann
Josh Levy
Adam Sliwinski
1998
1997-96
1995
1994
Robert Cuffley
Steven Goldmann
Deborah Samuel
Keith Harrick
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
I Do – Paul Brandt
(If You’re Not In It For Love)
I’m Outta Here – Shania Twain
Any Man Of Mine – Shania Twain
Stolen Moments – Jim Witter
He Would Be Sixteen –
Michelle Wright
Take It Like A Man – Michelle Wright
Springtime In Alberta – Ian Tyson
Pioneers – Family Brown
CMT VIDEO OF THE YEAR
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
Leaning On A Lonesome Song Gord Bamford
In This House – The Stellas
Today I’m Gonna Try and
Change The World – Johnny Reid
Day Job – Gord Bamford
A Woman Like You– Johnny Reid
Moments – Emerson Drive
East Bound And Down –
The Road Hammers
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
Convoy – Paul Brandt
Simple Life – Carolyn Dawn Johnson
I’m Gonna Getcha Good! –
Shania Twain
I Don’t Want You To Go –
No Fear – Terri Clark
That’s The Truth – Paul Brandt
That Don’t Impress Me Much –
Shania Twain
Don’t Be Stupid – Shania Twain
VOCAL/INSTRUMENTAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
2000
1999
1998
Natalie MacMaster & Alison Krauss
Shania Twain & Bryan White
Michelle Wright & Jim Brickman
1997
Duane Steele & Lisa Brokop
1995
Jim Witter & Cassandra Vasik
1994Quartette
1993
1992
Cassandra Vasik & Russell deCarle
Gary Fjellgaard & Linda Kidder
2005
2004
Shari Hebner, Rick Liwczak,
Magni Magnason – paulbrandt.com
Sean Bryson – jasonmccoy.com
WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
2011
Mike Kent, Mitch Nevins –
deanbrody.com
2010
Ashley Harms – docwalker.com
2009-08 Ashley Harms, Tim Neufeld,
House of Bands – docwalker.ca
2007
Dana Bissett, Mike Ulch –
docwalker.ca
2006
Wendy Gilmour – georgecanyon.com
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SPONSORS & PARTNERS
The CCMA would like to thank the many sponsors and partners who helped
to make Country Music Week 2014 in Edmonton an incredible success.
Sponsors of Country Music Week and the 2014 CCMA Awards include FACTOR, Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters and The Government of Canada through
the Department of Canadian Heritage’s “Canada Music Fund”, Radio Starmaker Fund, the Province of Alberta, the City of Edmonton and Edmonton Tourism.
COUNTRY MUSIC WEEK® CREW
COUNTRY MUSIC WEEK® PROGRAM STAFF
Country Music Week Production RAWK ENTERTAINMENT
CCMA Awards Show Production CORKSCREW ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Publicity TIFFANY ASTLE, JILLIAN SAFIAN & JESS SEGUIRE for PENELOPEPR
Official CCMA Social Media Team BRONWIN PARKS & JAIGRIS HODSON
Official Country Music Week Photographer GRANT MARTIN PHOTOGRAPHY
Editors DON GREEN & SONYA KOSON
Advertising & Sales AMANDA POWER & NIKKI RYAN
Content Coordinator MEGAN LANGFORD
Art Direction & Design BRONWIN PARKS for FEISTY ENTERTAINMENT
Production Manager DAN MATTHYS
Printing CAPITAL PRINTING AND FORMS, Edmonton
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