If you have some fabulous photos of the area; a favourite local recipe; knowledge about local history; a favourite place you love to visit; tips about fiddlehead picking, fly fishing, snowmobiling, cross country skiing or any Miramichi related activity; then the annual Miramichi River Guide wants to hear from you.

Written submissions should be no more than 250 words. Or send up to six high-resolution photographs.

The deadline for submissions is February 20th.

Email stacy@mightymiramichi.com with River Guide Submission as your subject line. To view the 2011 Miramichi River Guide visit the website www.riverguide.ca.

Our 2012 Literary Competition’s deadline is February 29th, coming up fast.

As you may know, last year we returned our competition to its original roots and purpose: to promote and encourage New Brunswick writers. It was a huge success and we received nearly 50% more submissions than the previous year, when it was open to entrants all across Canada.

We’re hoping for a similarly strong showing this year. So, have you been thinking of entering but have thought …

1) I have no chance, there are too many entries.

The categories receive, on average, 20 submissions each, some fewer (non-fiction, for example) and some more (individual poem). This isn’t a blind lottery: a well-written piece has a strong chance of winning, placing, or showing.

2) I entered last year, didn’t win.

Let me tell you a story: last year’s Richards Prize winner, Barry Grenon, had entered the same manuscript (“The Formosa Papers”) the year before, yet wasn’t even among the honourable mentions. Every year we change judges for this reason: tastes differ. One judge may, for example, favour story, while another may favour style.

3) No feedback.

This year we are promising feedback on the top 5 manuscripts in each category.

4) One entry isn’t important.

Right! That’s why you should send two, or three. Seriously, every entry received makes my heart glow.

5) If I win, I won’t be able to publish my story elsewhere.

Nonsense. If you win, you get prestige! We claim no rights to the manuscripts and many, including recent winners Beverly Akerman, Rob Taylor and Riel Nason, find publication soon afterward (or get a boost of confidence to send other work out). Check out our list of former winners: http://www.wfnb.ca/competitions/winners/

6) I will feel crushed if I don’t win.

Yeah, it hurts. But it’s important to share your work, build good habits and positive feelings around the submission process. I’ve found, over the years, that one acceptance/prize quickly washes away a dozen rejections.

7) There are so many contests, why should I choose this one?

Good question. Well, other than supporting your very own Writers’ Federation, if you do well you get to attend our Awards Banquet at WordsSpring, meet other writers, read from your work, get your photo in the newsletter, or the local paper. Now, winning a competition in Alberta, or Idaho might be nice, but chances are you won’t shake a single hand or hear a single voice or handclap …

Competition categories and rules are on our website: http://www.wfnb.ca/competitions/2012-competition-now-open/ .

Thank you for your attention, and best of luck.

Lee

Lee Thompson
Executive Director
Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick
P.O. Box 306, Moncton, NB E1C 8L4
506-459-7228
info@wfnb.ca
http://www.wfnb.ca

The storyteller, LeVêKe.

The storyteller LeVêKe will present his show Le Souffle de la Vie (the breath of life) on Thursday, February 23 at 8 p.m. at the Empress Theatre located on Robinson Court in Moncton. Tickets are currently on sale at the cost of $14.50 plus applicable fees. Le Souffle de la Vie is intended for all audiences.

Le souffle de la vie

While the humans’ machines and saws are about to eliminate the forest around him, the giant maple tree (personified by LeVêKe) talks about earth and humanity’s story. Before his demise, the tree shares a story about the evolution of life on earth. The idea of this show was inspired by a wooden mask made by sculptor Paul Ouellette. LeVêKe had the idea of talking about the importance of forests in life.

The performance starts with the projection of OÏO by artist Simon Goulet. At the end of this short 7 minutes film, LeVêKe takes the stage for his theatrical performance. After the show, the audience is invited to take a closer look at Paul Ouellette’s artwork.

LeVêKe is a storyteller from Balmoral, NB. For more than 10 years, he has performed with innovative new ways of telling his stories. This storyteller has toured in Canada, Switzerland, Belgium, France and the USA.

This autodidact artist discovered the fabulous world of storytelling while meeting Father Germain Lemieux in Sudbury, Ontario. Lemieux published the impressing collection Les vieux m’ont conté, featuring stories from Ontario, Acadie, Gaspésie and Manitoba storytellers. LeVêKe’s process is inspired by various community and professional activities, as well as his involvement in the preservation of the environment.

With Le souffle de la vie, the artist takes the audience in his imaginary world filled with tales of environment, history and communication.

Box Office

Tickets for Le souffle de la vie at the Capitol Theatre are now on sale at the Capitol Theatre Box Office, l’Escaouette, Frank’s Music, Monument Lefebvre, Dieppe Arts and Culture Centre and l’Université de Moncton, at $14.50 plus applicable fees. Tickets are also available by phone at (506) 856-4379 or 1-800-567-1922, or online at www.capitol.nb.ca.

Theme 2012: Espacios propios y universales: FORESTS, MOUNTAINS, SEAS

In celebration of Rabindrânâth Tagore, Pablo Neruda and Aimé Césaire

DATE: 24 March 2012 Saturday, 2-4 pm.

PLACE: The 12th International Multicultural-Multilingual Poetry Reading and Poster Poem Exhibition will take place at the Fredericton Public Library, on Carleton St., Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

REGISTRATION FOR POETS:

Include your full name; city, province, country; email address; the title of the poem; text of the poem (use Times New Roman, 12 point). The poem should have 30 lines maximum, including stanza breaks (this is for the purpose of printing it as a poster for exhibition at the event).

Send the information before March 9th, 2012 to Nela Rio nelario@gmail.com.

The certificate of participation will be sent by email after the event. Please note: this community event will not be paying artists nor performance fee. This event is open to the public and admission is free.

Since 2000, this event has featured poets from over 19 countries and members of the community reading in many languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Cantonese, Mandarin, German, Japanese, Dutch, Danish, Urdu, Turkish, Amharic, among others.

ORGANIZED BY: Nela Rio, the Founder of International Multicultural-Multilingual Poetry Reading, with the support of revue ellipse mag; Broken Jaw Press; the Creative Registry of the Canadian Association of Hispanists; NB Latino Association -PRESENCIA-; and the Fredericton Chapter of the Ibero-American Academy of Poetry. Agradezco a Sophie Lavoie_(Canadá) la traducción de este texto, al inglés y al francés.

United Nations World Poetry Day 21 March 2011.
“Poetry contributes to creative diversity, by questioning anew our use of words and things, our modes of perception and understanding of the world. Through its associations, its metaphors and its own grammar, poetic language is thus conceivably another facet of the dialogue among cultures.”

This year the New Brunswick Summer Festival will run from August 13 – 25 in Fredericton and will feature the music of French composer Claude Debussy and Canadian composer Talivaldis Kenins.

Talivaldis Kenins was a composer, teacher, pianist, and organist, born at Liepaja, Latvia in 1919. Kenins began playing piano at five and composing at seven, continuing piano studies in France while preparing at the Lycée Champollion in Grenoble for a diplomatic career. He studied piano and composition 1940-44 at the State Conservatory at Riga with Joseph Wihtol and, forced from Latvia by the Soviet occupation following World War II, continued from 1945-51 at the Paris Conservatory.

Kenins emigrated to Canada in 1951 to assume duties as organist-choirmaster for the Latvian congregation of St Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Toronto. He also founded the St Andrew’s Latvian Choir (one of the important choirs of its type in North America) and conducted it until 1958. He became the founder and president of the Latvian Concert Association of Toronto in 1959.

Kenins began teaching at the University of Toronto in 1952 and was co-ordinator of the composition division from 1977-79. He was named professor emeritus on his retirement in 1984. Walter Kemp, Edward Laufer, Bruce Mather, Ben McPeek, and Arthur Ozolins were among his pupils. Owing largely to the communicative disposition of his musical language and the consistency of his craft, Kenins became one of Canada’s most frequently commissioned composers.

In the late 1940s and 1950s, Talivaldis Kenins’ style strove to reconcile the romanticism of his nature and the neoclassicism of a French training. The concertante style, dominant in his musical speech, was stabilized by counterpoint. The plethora of notes and the tendency to over-emphasis gave way in the 1960s to greater transparency and leaner outlines. His counterpoint recalled his academic training, but his fugues gradually became more sophisticated. In his compositions of the 1970s, Kenins broke consciously with the conservative image he had defended so assiduously.

In 1989 RCI, as part of its Anthology of Canadian Music series, released a four-CD set devoted to Kenins’ music (4-ACM 33). Included on the set was a conversation between Kenins and Montreal critic Eric McLean. A further CD, Music of Talivaldis Kenins, was issued by Centrediscs in 1997 (CMCCD-5997); CBC Records featured his music on Ovations, Vol. 3 (PSCD 2028-5). Kenins was a member (and president 1973-4) of the Canadian League of Composers, and an associate of the Canadian Music Centre.

Claude Debussy was born 1862 at St. Germain-en-Laye, France. From the age of ten on, Debussy was a brilliant student at the Paris Conservatoire de Musique, where he won the highest prizes for composition – including the Prix de Rome for his cantata L’Enfant prodique. He wrote for the piano as no one before him had ever dreamed of: Sometimes the notes were bunched together, while other times they were laced at the ends of the keyboard; and pedals were used to make notes and harmonies shift and blend. He found inspiration in the same images as those that attracted the French Impressionist painters – clouds, rain, wind, water, sunlight, and shadow. The result was a new and magical world of sound that inspired several generations of classical and jazz musicians.

Debussy reached his musical maturity during the closing years of the 19th century, when the Late Romantic period of Liszt and Wagner was coming to an end and many composers were looking for new musical paths to take. He took his inspiration from many artistic sources; Wagner’s music, the art and music of the Orient, Impressionist painters such as Degas, poetry, and the sinuous lines and pastel shades of contemporary Art Nouveau. From these sources, he forged a musical style that is both original in its harmonies, rhythms, and musical tones, and often quietly beautiful.

Debussy’s influence on the music of the 20th century, from the concert hall and opera house to the world of jazz, has been immense. His finest works, including his orchestral masterpiece La mer and many of his piano pieces, sound as original and effective today as they did a century ago.

Watch the website for updates on the guest stars and schedules!

We gratefully acknowledge our funders: Canadian Arts Presentation Fund, Canadian Heritage; Arts Festival Program, Province of New Brunswick; City of Fredericton; The Fredericton Community Foundation; UNB College of Extended Learning; New Brunswick/Quebec Cooperation Program.

“Northrop Frye is Moncton’s most famous son, and we want to celebrate his amazing legacy with the entire community,” says Dawn Arnold, Chair of the Frye Festival. “Frye wrote a lot about how literature helps us to train our imaginations, develop critical thinking skills and the power of literature to create a tolerant and civil society. In 2012, the Frye Festival will continue to feed imaginations will all our regular Festival fare, but we are also thrilled to add exciting projects to our program, like public art, a 24-hour playwriting competition and much more.”

The Frye Festival is pleased to announce the support of Canadian Heritage, as part its Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program, for Frye’s centennial celebrations. The program is designed specifically to increase opportunities for local artists and artisans to be involved in their community and for local groups to commemorate their local history and heritage.

Bronze sculpture of Northrop Frye
The Frye Festival has commissioned three local artists to create a life-size bronze sculpture of Northrop Frye. The commission was awarded to Darren Byers of Byers Harrison Studios Inc. who will be collaborating with artists Fred Harrison and Janet Fotheringham. The three have partnered to create the artwork, which will feature Northrop Frye sitting on a park bench with a book open on his lap. The sculpture will be installed in front of the Moncton Public Library (Downing St. entrance), and the Festival’s hope is to unveil the sculpture in time for Frye’s birthday in July.

Janet Fotheringham has extensive experience in molding and casting and has been doing life sculpture since 1996. Darren Byers has worked as a furniture maker for over 25 years and as a sculptor for the last 18 years, producing commissions and private work throughout North America and Fred Harrison has worked on many murals throughout Canada. In April 2011 Darren and Fred completed “The Workers Memorial” in Saint John, a larger than life size bronze monument to honour anyone who has suffered physical or mental injuries or who has died while on the job in the greater Saint John area. This will be the first time that all three artists have collaborated.

24-hour playwriting competition
The Frye Festival is inviting amateur and established playwrights to take part in a unique 24-hour competition. From 4 pm on Friday, April 20 to 4 pm on Saturday, April 21, individuals will have the chance to prove their writing skills as they write a one-act play about Northrop Frye and/or his ideas. Participants will be fed, caffeinated and encouraged, and will participate in the official language of their choice in one of two categories: student and other. Four winners (one for each language and each category) will walk away with $500. Plays will be judged by Governor General award-winning playwrights Catherine Banks and Herménégilde Chiasson, along with local celebrity and playwright Marshall Button.

The model for the Festival’s 24-hour playwriting competition is based on an established model by the Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre, which has been organizing their event for 15 years.

Special issues of ellipse magazine
A special issue of ellipse magazine will be published to mark the 100th anniversary of Frye’s birth. Under the direction of Jo-Anne Elder, ellipse is mandated with promoting literary translation and intercultural awareness. The Special Edition will feature new writing by authors from the Maritimes and across Canada, all of which will honour this great thinker. An official launch reception will be held on Saturday, April 28 at 4 pm at Moncton City Hall.

Frye Centennial Talk and Conversation between Frye and McLuhan
Professor Ian Balfour of York University will present an original talk on Northrop Frye, the man and the ideas. However, before his presentation, two local actors will present a short, hilarious conversation between Northrop Frye and his contemporary, Marshall McLuhan.

The Frye Festival is also planning many more events and community projects, which will be unveiled throughout the year.

About Northrop Frye
Northrop Frye was one of Canada’s most prominent and celebrated public thinkers and a pioneer in literary criticism. He wrote extensively about symbols in literature and about structure, and his theories attracted international attention. He was considered one of the greatest scholars and thinkers of the 20th century, hailed as the “modern Aristotle” and the “Einstein of the Humanities” after his death. He is also “one of the top dozen most-cited intellectual writers of all time,” with the likes of Plato and Shakespeare.

Frye was born on July 14, 1912 in Sherbrooke, Québec. He was seven years old when he moved with his family to Moncton, New Brunswick, where he developed many of the ideas that he would go on to explore the rest of his life. In 1929 Frye won a typing contest and left Moncton to study at the University of Toronto, where he remained as student and teacher most of the rest of his life. Over the course of his life he wrote more than 20 books, lectured at more than 100 universities around the world, received 39 honorary degrees, won the Governor General’s Award for Literature, was a Companion of the Order of Canada, had a postage stamp created in his image and in 2010 the Northrop Frye School in Moncton was named in his honour.

About the Frye Festival
The Frye Festival is Atlantic Canada’s largest literary happening and Canada’s only bilingual international literary Festival. The 13th edition of the Festival will take place from April 23 to 29, 2012 in the Greater Moncton area. The complete list of authors will be unveiled February 20, 2012. More information about the Festival and its mission is available at www.frye.ca.

Upcoming Events
Pop & Frye with George Elliott Clarke
Monday, March 19, 2012, Navigator’s Pub, Moncton

Pop & Frye with Herménégilde Chiasson (La vieille femme près de la voie ferrée)
Wednesday, March 29, 2012, Théatre l’Escaouette, Moncton

Dr. Paul Goobie recently presented $5,000 to Danielle LeBlanc, Frye Festival Executive Director.

Dr. Paul Goobie recently presented a cheque for $5,000 to Danielle LeBlanc, Frye Festival Executive Director.

This contribution brings Dr. Goobie’s total donation over the years to more than $50,000.

The Frye Festival is Canada’s only bilingual, international literary festival and Atlantic Canada’s largest literary happening.

The Frye Festival will take place in Moncton April 23-29, 2012. For more information visit: www.frye.ca .

The five finalists of the 2012 Award will be announced in June, 2012. Selected work from the shortlisted artists will be featured in Toronto in an exhibition hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) from October to December, 2012. The winner of the 2012 Sobey Art Award will be announced during a gala event at MOCCA in Toronto in November, 2012.

Curator of the Sobey Art Award, Sarah Fillmore says:

“The call for nominations is open to Canadian artists 40 and under. We welcome this opportunity to survey the Canadian art landscape and see the wealth of work being produced therein. Curators, artists, galleries, critics – we call on you to bring forward those names you feel most passionately should be on everyone’s lips. Let this tenth anniversary of the Award be its best yet.”

The 2012 curatorial advisory panel is made up of five distinguished representatives from a Canadian art gallery in each of the five regions: the Atlantic Provinces, Québec, Ontario, the Prairies and the North, and the West Coast and Yukon.

The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2012.

For more information and nominations guidelines please visit www.sobeyartaward.ca

BACKGROUND

The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is responsible for accepting nominations for the 2012 Sobey Art Award, from recognized agents and institutions. A panel of curatorial advisors, consisting of a representative from a noted gallery in each of five regions (Atlantic, Québec, Ontario, Prairies /North, and West Coast/Yukon), develops the shortlist for the Award. The curatorial panel creates a list of five artists from each region; these are selected from the list of nominated artists, and based on their professional knowledge of their regions and of the national art scene. The curatorial panel then meets and chooses one representative from each region to be included on the national shortlist. The panel will choose the winner in November 2012.

In 2002, the Sobey Art Foundation created the largest art award for a Canadian artist age 40 or under. Since its inception the Sobey Art Award and accompanying exhibition have been organized and administered by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Sobey Art Award.

Sobey Art Foundation
The Sobey Art Foundation was established in 1981 with a mandate to carry on the work of entrepreneur and business leader, the late Frank H. Sobey, of collecting and preserving representative examples of 19th and 20th century Canadian art. One of the finest private collections of its kind, the Sobey Art Foundation has assembled exemplary examples from Canadian Masters like Cornelius Krieghoff, Tom Thomson and J.E.H MacDonald. The collection is housed in an intimate setting at Crombie House, the former home of Frank Sobey and his wife Irene in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Tours are regularly scheduled throughout the summer months and by appointment year round.

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia strives to act as a gateway for the visual arts in Atlantic Canada by bringing the art of the world to Nova Scotia and the art of Nova Scotia to the world. It is an agency of the Province of Nova Scotia responsible for the preservation, exhibition and education of art through its branches in Halifax and Yarmouth.

We’ve also decided to move beyond our traditional sphere of publishing – specifically, five anthologies (and counting) containing funny stories about travel and the great outdoors. This time ’round we’re opening up the contest to other genres of storytelling.

So: do you have a wacky, funny or outrageous yarn that would fit into one of the four categories we’re seeking? If so, we want to hear from you!

Please click here for complete contest guidelines in PDF format.

Story contest deadline has been extended to February 29, 2012 at midnight PCT

Jimmy Rankin picked up eight ECMA nominations today.

Singer-songwriter Jimmy Rankin has earned a leading eight music award nominations for the 2012 East Coast Music Awards.

Artist and Industry award nominations were announced today at Casino New Brunswick for East Coast Music Week 2012 to be held April 11–15 in Moncton, New Brunswick.

“Celebrating the incredible talent in Atlantic Canada and supporting the hard work of our artists is our primary focus,” said Su Hutchinson, executive director of the East Coast Music Association. “Preparations are underway for an ECMA Week that will present our artists and industry in exciting new ways.”

Several other artists followed closely behind Rankin including Classified with six nominations and David Myles, The Trews and Matt Andersen each walking away with five.

The presentation of music and industry awards will be distributed throughout the event at various times on showcasing stages, at the Industry Awards Brunch, and at the Music Awards Gala on Sunday, April 15 at Casino New Brunswick in Moncton.

Voting for music and industry awards begins on January 27th and closes March 1st. This year, there are two awards for the fans to vote on – Bell Aliant Fan’s Choice Entertainer of the Year and Bell Aliant Fan’s Choice Video of the Year. Fan’s Choice voting opens March 1 and closes April 5, 2012.

Launching today at ECMA.com is the entire showcase schedule for ECMA Week 2012, with artist performance times and award distribution highlights, as well as a few musical surprises and guest performers including Canada’s very own Maestro Fresh Wes.

April 11–15 in Moncton, New Brunswick

GALA PERFORMERS ANNOUNCED TODAY:
ECMA is ecstatic to announce the Music Awards Gala performers for 2012! Andy Brown, Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers, Catherine MacLellan, Classified, Jimmy Rankin, Joseph Edgar, Kim Stockwood, Lisa LeBlanc, Matt Andersen, Matthew Hornell, Meaghan Smith, Roch Voisine, The Olympic Symphonium , The Once, and Tim Chaisson and Morning Fold will all share the stage Sunday, April 15, at Casino New Brunswick during the last day of East Coast Music Week 2012. To purchase tickets for official ECMA showcases as well as the Awards Gala, please visit http://www.ecma.com/Moncton. Complete showcase schedules will be available on http://ecma.com/event.asp.

Also announced today were highlights from the International Business Program being held in conjunction with East Coast Music Week. Over 50 high-profile international delegates from the around the globe, will descend upon Moncton to do business with the East Coast music industry during East Coast Music Week 2012 April 11 – 15.

“The ECMA and Atlantic Film Festival partnership program, Music & Image, brings together buyers and supervisors from the film and television industry to explore opportunities for today’s musician in the new global marketplace,” Says ECMA Conference Manager Shelley Nordstrom. “The Music & Image 2012 Program presents an In-Conversation Spotlight on Music Placements and an up- close and personal snap shot with some of Atlantic Canada’s finest artists unveiling their Music Placement Success Stories in the world of film and television.”

The ECMA 2012 International Program highlights include advanced Interactive Export Business Development sessions, pre-scheduled One-on-One Business Meetings, spotlights on America, Australia and the United Kingdom, the popular Canadian Music East Coast Style Export Buyers Showcases, and ‘Two for the Show’ – Live Performance Pitch Sessions.

The 2012 Industry Conference – ‘Turn It Up – The World Is Listening’ – features some of the music industry’s biggest and best minds, who will lead four days of seminars, forums, workshops, showcases, and business meetings.

The 2012 International Export Buyers Program and East Coast Music Week have received financial support from the Government of Canada through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) Business Development Program and Service Canada, MUSICACTION, the Department of Canadian Heritage (Interpretation and Translation, and Canada Music Fund) and the Government of New Brunswick. The East Coast Music Association would also like to acknowledge the financial support of FACTOR and of Canada’s private radio broadcasters.

East Coast Music Week 2012 will take place in Moncton, New Brunswick, from April 11–15.

The event is part of the ECMA’s mandate to foster, promote and develop East Coast music.

Complete List of Nominees

Bell Aliant Fan’s Choice Entertainer of the Year
Artiste de l’année – Choix du public – Présenté par Bell Aliant
BLOU
Dave Gunning
David Myles
George Canyon
Hey Rosetta!
In-Flight Safety
Jenn Grant
Jimmy Rankin
Matt Andersen
Paper Lions
The Trews
Tim Chaisson and Morning Fold

Bell Aliant Fan’s Choice Video of the Year
Vidéoclip de l’année – Choix du public– Présenté par Bell Aliant
Classified – The Day Doesn’t Die (Feat. David Myles) (Director: RT)
David Myles – Simple Pleasures (Director: Hiep Vu)
George Canyon – Better Be Home Soon (Director: Oswaldo Quiroz)
Ghettosocks – Stolen Kicks (Director: Darrell Faria)
Gypsophilia – Agricola & Sarah (Directors: Sydney Smith, Jason Levangie)
Hey Rosetta! – Bandages (Director: Noah Pink)
Jimmy Rankin – Here in My Heart (Director: Jeth Weinrich)
Jimmy Rankin – I’m Just Saying (Director: Jeth Weinrich)
Matt Andersen – Fired Up (Director: Troy Niemans)
The Trews – Hope & Ruin (Director: Drew Lightfood)
Three Sheet – Stamina (iphone4!) (Director: Aram Kouyouamdjian)
Tim Chaisson and Morning Fold – Slippin’ Away (Director: J.P. Poliquin)

African – Canadian Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Musique afro-canadienne
Awakening Souls – God Is Love
Ghettochild – In the Making
Stahmenah – Rasta Love
Stahmenah – Stahmenah Rewind

Album of the Year
Album de l’année
Catherine MacLellan – Silhouette (Producers: David Baxter & Catherine MacLellan)
Hey Rosetta! – Seeds (Producer: Tony Doogan)
Jenn Grant – Honeymoon Punch (Producer: Daniel Ledwell)
Jimmy Rankin – Forget About the World (Producer: Bill Bell)
Matt Andersen – Coal Mining Blues (Producer: Colin Linden)
Ron Hynes – Stealing Genius (Producer: Paul Mills)

Blues Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Blues
Dan Doiron – Even My Guitar is in Love With You
John Campbelljohn – Celtic Blues
Matt Andersen – Coal Mining Blues
The Hupman Brothers – Loveseat Volume 1 & 2
The Terry Whalen Band – The Terry Whalen Band – A Work in Progress

Children’s Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Jeunesse
Art Richard – Chanter, danser et s’amuzzzer avec Art Richard
Colleen Power with Crooked Stovepipe – For Little Ones
Dan Bursey – God is in My Corner
First Nations Songwriting Sessions with Angelo Spinazzola – First Nations Songwriting Sessions with Angelo Spinazzola
Keith Mullins/Thom Swift/Steven Bowers – The Wood Buffalo Youth Song Project
On The Back Porch – Tales Tall & True

Classical Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Classique
Duo Cantilena – The Green Bushes: Dances, Airs and Lullabies
La Tour Baroque Duo – Les caractères de la danse
New Brunswick Youth Orchestra – MUSIKFREUNDE – Friends of Music
Newman Sound Men’s Choir – The Green and Salty Days
Scott Macmillan – Within Sight of Shore

Country Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Country
George Canyon – Better Be Home Soon
Gordie Sampson – Almost Beautiful
Jimmy Rankin – Forget About the World
Ryan Cook – Peaks & Valleys
Tara Oram – Revival

DVD of the Year
DVD de l’année
Art Richard – Chanter, danser et s’amuzzzer (Director: Art Richard/Vincent Bordage)
George Belliveau – George Belliveau ”live” au Rockin’ Rodeo (Director: Botsford Productions)
Scott Macmillan – Within Sight of Shore (Director: Ian Macmillan)
Shelter with Thieves – Live at The Seahorse (Director: Terrance Hand)

Folk Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Folk
Catherine MacLellan – Silhouette
Christina Martin – A House Concert
David Myles – Live At The Carleton
Ian Foster – The Evening Light
Jordan Cameron – My, What a Lovely Hate
Madison Violet – The Good in Goodbye

Francophone Recording of the Year
Enregistrement francophone de l’année
George Belliveau – whisky amer
Luc Tardif – Et sans aucune raison apparente
Tradition – Un Autre

Gospel Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Gospel
Derrick Paul Miller – It Is Well…
Devin Cooke – Be Ready
Elizabeth Deveau – A Joyous Hallelujah
Mike Biggar – The Season
The Sky Family – Celtic Revival

Group Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Groupe
Chris Colepaugh and the Crew – Missed A Page
Gypsophilia – Constellation
Hey Rosetta! – Seeds
The Navigators – Soldiers & Sailors
The Olympic Symphonium – The City Won’t Have Time To Fight
The Trews – Hope & Ruin

Jazz Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Jazz
Gypsophilia – Constellation
Jake Hanlon – Follow
Jeri Brown – Storytelling
Ocean Sounds Quartet – Live at the Ship’s Company Theatre
Robin Jessome Quintet – For Whatever Reason

Loud Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Loud
Death Valley Driver – Choke The River
Dischord – Casualties of War
Get Bodied – Harbingers
Hero’s Last Rite – Inevitable is the End
Shelter with Thieves – Someday is Never Soon Enough
Uigg – Of Moose and Men

Pop Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Pop
Andrew James O’Brien – Songs for Searchers
Carleton Stone – Carleton Stone
Classified – Handshakes And Middle Fingers
Molly Thomason – Beauty Queen
Rebekah Higgs – Odd Fellowship
Ria Mae – Under Your Skin

Rap / Hip–Hop Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Rap / hip-hop
Classified
Something Good
Teenburger
Three Sheet
Twin Peaks

Rising Star Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Étoiles de demain
Babette Hayward – You Might Be Somebody
Brooke Miller – Brooke Miller
Carmen Townsend – Waitin’ and Seein’
Keith Mullins – Localmotive Farm
Molly Thomason – Beauty Queen
Ryan Cook – Peaks & Valleys

Rock Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Rock
Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers – Warhorses
Carmen Townsend – Waitin’ and Seein’
Gloryhound – Electric Dusk
Jenn Grant – Honeymoon Punch
Mark Bragg – Your Kiss
The Long Distance Runners – The Long Distance Runners
The Trews – Hope & Ruin

Roots / Traditional Group Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Folklore / traditionnel – Groupe
Bb Sisters – Versatility
Before The Mast – Rolling down
Cassie and Maggie MacDonald – Fresh Heirs
Kenneth and Angus MacKenzie – Pìob is Fidheall
Rawlins Cross – Heart Head Hands
Ten Strings & A Goat Skin – Tri
The Navigators – Soldiers & Sailors

Roots / Traditional Solo Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Folklore / traditionnel – Artiste solo
Angelo Spinazzola – Beautifully Imperfect
Irish Mythen – Open Here
Katherine Moller – Bright-Eyed and Bushy-Haired
Kim Stockwood – Back to the Water

Solo Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Artiste solo
Catherine MacLellan – Silhouette
Classified – Handshakes and Middle Fingers
Gordie Sampson – Almost Beautiful
Jimmy Rankin – Forget About the World
Matt Andersen – Coal Mining Blues
Ron Hynes – Stealing Genius

Songwriter of the Year
Auteur-compositeur de l’année
Classified – That Ain’t Classy (Composer: Luke Boyd)
David Myles – Simple Pleasures (Composer: David Myles)
George Canyon – Sacrifice (Composers: George Canyon & Dean Brody)
Jimmy Rankin – Here in My Heart (Composers: Jimmy Rankin & Patricia Conroy)
Mark Bragg – Roll Baby Roll (Composer: Mark Bragg)
Paper Lions – Stay Here For A While (Composers: Rob MacPhee, John MacPhee, Colin Buchanan & David Cyrus MacDonald)

Song of the Year
Chanson de l’année
Classified – That Ain’t Classy
David Myles – Simple Pleasures
Jenn Grant – Getcha Good
Jimmy Rankin – Here in My Heart
Paper Lions – Stay Here For A While
The Trews – Hope & Ruin

World Recording of the Year
Enregistrement de l’année – Musiques du monde
Chris Church – Across the Sea
Keith Mullins – Localmotive Farm
Mia Martina – Devotion
Stahmenah – Rasta Love
THE FLUMMIES – THE FLUMMIES

2012 Industry Awards
Prix de l’Industrie 2012

Audio Professional of the Year
Professionnel de l’audio de l’année
Chris Colepaugh
Dale Murray
Daniel Ledwell
Dave Skinner
Denmark Productions Recording Studio
Ferguson Music Productions
Jon Matthews
Nick Fowler

Event/Venue of the Year
Événement/Salle de spectacle de l’année
Festival of Small Halls
Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival
New Glasgow Riverfront Jubilee
SappyFest
The Carleton Music Bar & Grill

Graphic/Media Artist of the Year
Artiste de l’année – Arts médiatiques/Arts graphiques
Cheryl Smith
CHR!S SM!TH
Daniel Ledwell
Jocelyne Vautour
Mark Young
Scott Blackburn

Management/Manager of the Year
Gérant/Maison de gérance de l’année
Forward Music Group
Ian McKinnon/GroundSwell Music
Jason Burns
Jeff Liberty – JL Artists
Music for Good

Media Outlet/Contributor of the Year
Média/Collaborateur des médias de l’année
101.5 The Hawk
Doug Gallant
East Coast Countdown
Karen Mair
Mark Roberts East Coast Music Show
The Buzz
Wendy Bergfeldt

Retail/Company of the Year
Détaillant/Entreprise de l’année
GroundSwell Music
Malkin Music / Cyber PR Army
Marcato Digital Solutions
Sound of Pop