Jess Moskaluke, Hunter Brothers, Jesse Brown and vbnd top the list of nominations for the 2021 Saskatchewan Music Awards (SMA).
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The nominations were announced Thursday morning on social media. The 2021 awards event will be held in streaming format on January 20, 2022 via the SaskMusic social media pages.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Alternative Artist of the Year
The Garrys
Megan nash
Slow molasses
Carson shmyr
The Steadies
Country Artist of the Year
Hunter brothers
Jess moskaluke
Ches Anthony
Amanda hagel
Munro and Patrick
Electronic Artist of the Year
Patrick Moon Bird
Nige B
MESS
Theo Noble
Ava Wild and Merky Waters
Experimental / Contemporary Artist of the Year
Marie-Véronique Bourque
Factor eight
The faps
Jesse brown
ADEOLUWA
Hip Hop Artist of the Year
Ev thompson
regular
Alex Bent + the Void
RaytheNihilist
Rookie
Pimpton
Indigenous Artist of the Year
The boy from the northwest
vbnd
Yvonne St. Germaine
The sound of the north
Jarrid lee
Metal / Loud Artist of the Year
Retrospective scene
Swayze
Before and space
Alien for the ignorant
Tyler gilbert
R&B Artist of the Year
vbnd
MELODNA
Namoo nara
Ariel
That
Emanali
People of the sun
Rock / Pop Artist of the Year
Etienne fletcher
Megan nash
Scott klein
The Garrys
velvet
W3APONS
Roots / Folk Artist of the Year
Andean Suns
Jay and jo
Jeffrey straker
Last birds
The sound of the north
Wolf Willow
Music Video of the Year
Dylan Hryciuk – Versa Films for Jeffery Straker – Ready to Be Brave
Dylan Hryciuk – Versa Films for Spiritbox – Hurt You
Dylan Hryciuk – Versa Films for Velvets – Whatever That Means
Gavin Baird for Alex Bent + the Emptiness – 2 sides
Play Creatively for Megan Nash and Best Intentions – Silent Chew / Clean Slate
RAKK Productions, Director of Photography Ryley Konechney for Minda Donaldo – Remember December
Tanner Goetz for Jess Moskaluke – Mapdot
Single of the year
Hunter brothers, It’s been a minute
Hunter brothers, Diamonds
Jess Moskaluke, Nothing that I don’t like about you
Jesse Brown and Rich Batsford, Whispered winds
Nowujalo, wake up
Shantaia, I had a good weekend
Tesher x Jason Derulo, Baby jalebi
The children of the sunset, Want to be
vbnd feat. Katie Tupper and The Soulmate Collective, Little by little it begins to take shape
W3APONS, Bye baby gone
Industry Achievement
Broadway theater
Dale McArthur
Eliza doyle
Gray logs
Songs for Nature Team
Producer of the year
Bart mckay
Chris Dimas
Factor eight
Hal schrenk
Josh palmer
Place of the year
Broadway theater
Conexus Arts Center
Hanks Tavern
The happy nun
A new award, the Indigenous Music Achievement Award, will also be announced on January 20. Nominees for this category are not announced.
Single of the Year is a “data driven” category, which can include any genre.
All other categories were determined by juries made up of members of the music industry.
R&B Artist of the Year is a new category for 2021.
Another new this year is that the winner of the Industry Achievement award and the venue for the year will be determined by a combination of jury ratings and public vote.
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The jurors also selected a long list of 37 albums from all of the rated full length album submissions received this year.
SaskMusic is now heading to the public to decide the Top Ten of 2021 and ultimately the winner of Album of the Year.
Music lovers are encouraged to discover new albums and then vote for their favorites before midnight on December 16.
Only one vote per email / IP address will be counted.
The top 10 albums will be announced on SaskMusic social media the week of December 20.
You can find a complete list of albums at SaskMusic website.
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