Saturday’s unaired Juno Reward Show
This past Saturday was the start of the excitement in the beautiful Vancouver BC. The red carpet was filled with glamour and beauty which just led to the colourfully decorated stage on the inside. Saturday was an awards show for the fans,
and though it was not aired, many deserving awards were accepted by musicians and taken home.
Alanis Morissette took a Juno home for pop album of the year for her album "Flavors of Entanglement," and Montreal's Sam Roberts took a Juno home for rock album of the year for their new album "Love at the End of the World."
Who can forget one of my favourites, Coldplay, who won 3 deserving awards at the Grammy’s and who took home a Juno for international album of the year for their album "Viva La Vida."
Something that surprised many was that the single of the year Juno went to Toronto rapper Kardinal Offishall who knocked off big names such as Celine Dion , Michael Buble and even Nickelback, all for Offishall’s his dance – floor number “Dangerous.” This was not a surprise since it hit number 2 in music charts here in Canada and number 5 in the US.
Classical Album of the year went to five – time Juno award winner and 10 – time nominee, the well deserved violinist James Ehnes for “Homage.” And, Classical Composition of the year went to John Burge who has been composing since the early 1990’s for his composition “Flanders Fields Reflections.”
The Barenaked Ladies went home with always a deserved Juno for their children's album of the year for "Snacktime!" and put out a blessed thankyou to former frontman Steven Page, who recently left the band to take on his own solo career.
And of course, Vancouver songbird Sarah McLachlan was honoured and blessed to take home the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for her ongoing work. It was noted by her that "Giving back is simple, it feels good and it feels right, and it's my way of thanking the universe for all I've been given."
Traditional Jazz album of the year went to the Montreal native Oliver Jones for his album “Second Time Around.”
Vocal Jazz Album of the year went to Molly Johnson for her album “Lucky.” Though it did not go to Hamilton’s own Diana Paton for her beautiful album “If the Moon Turns Green...” Paton was very excited to simply be nominated in the first place and I’m sure we will be expecting to hear a new album by her in the near future.
Sponsored by Energy 101.5, the nominees for Dance Recording of the year were James Doman for “Everything’s Gonna be Alright,” Hatiris and MC Flipside for “Get Blahsted,” Deadmau5 vs. Kaskade for “Move for Me,” House Music United for “Yes We Can” and again Deadmau5 for “Random Album Title” which is the one that took home the Juno.
Sponsored by the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Aboriginal Album of the year went to the talented Buffy Sainte – Marie for “Running For the Drum.”
Other winners of the night were Humble who went home with a Juno for Reggae Recording of the Year; Julian Fauth for Blues Album of the year; Downhere for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year; Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko for World Music Album of the year; and the amazing, Blue Rodeo for Music DVD of the year.
And, thank goodness one of my favourites, Feist, who has had quite a blizzard of occurrences from the catchy iPod commercial featuring her hit ‘1234’ to her live solo performance on Saturday Night live. Feist deservingly took home a Juno for video of the year which is sponsored by Videofact, for her song “Honey Honey.“
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