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Local acts in Yukon for music awards
Romi Mayes
MANITOBAN artists and industry professionals are making noise up in the Yukon this weekend.
Local musicians and members of the music industry are nominated for 43 Western Canadian Music Awards, which are being handed out over Saturday and Sunday in Whitehorse.
Local artists with multiple nods include a cappella group Chic Gamine, with two for their album City City in the roots duo/group recording and independent album categories; Romi Mayes with two for roots solo recording for Lucky Tonight and songwriter of the year for the song Ball and Chain; and Del Barber, whose Juno-nominated Love Songs for the Last Twenty is up for roots solo recording and independent album of the year.
Ruth Moody is also vying for two awards: one for roots solo album of the year for The Garden and one as a member of the Wailin' Jennys, whose album Bright Morning Stars is a finalist for roots duo/group recording of the year.
The complete list of nominees is available at breakoutwest.ca
The industry awards are Saturday, while the music awards will be handed out Sunday at the Yukon Arts Centre during a ceremony hosted by CBC Radio 3's Grant Lawrence.
The WCMAs are part of the rebranded BreakOut West festival launched last year in Kelowna, B.C.
The festival includes seminars, mentoring sessions, the awards and a music festival featuring more than 50 performers from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Thirteen local artists are making the trip to showcase at the festival.
-- Rob Williams
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 22, 2011 G5
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