Thank you to everyone who made the 2009
Awards another huge success. Please watch this space for next year's info.
From the 2008 Maple Blues Awards, held on
January 19th, 2009:
The 12th Annual Maple Blues Awards
The Maple Blues Awards is Canada’s national blues awards program. Its goal is to promote blues music across Canada, and to recognize outstanding achievement in the field.
The nominees are selected by a distinguished panel of blues DJs and journalists from across Canada. Members of the Nominating Panel are not eligible for any of the awards.
The winners are selected by the votes of blues fans from across
Canada. Blues fans
cast their votes online, at
www.mapleblues.ca (designed
by KMP Designs, Inc).
This year's winners will be announced at the annual 12th Annual
Maple Blues Awards Gala in Toronto, on January 19, 2009.
This very special evening is Canada's national annual celebration of homegrown
blues talent. It's also a night of great music by the Maple Blues Band,
comprised entirely of Maple Blues Awards winners and nominees. The show will held at the Pheonix in Toronto.
This year’s gala host will be radio
personality GARVIA BAILEY. Guest
performers include Canada’s roaming blues poet and one-man band
RAY BONNEVILLE, whose storytelling
vocals, with a highly percussive guitar style keep it all real and raw. Winner
of the 2005 Electric Act of the Year Award, guitar-driven
JW JONES and
TREASA LEVASSEUR will join the cast of
guests for the gala along with the velvety-voiced Juno Award nominee
HARRISON KENNEDY, who brings his
30-years-plus of performing experience and a youthful exuberance to the MBAs.
Vancouver’s THE SOJOURNERS will
also electrify audiences with their heartfelt gospel blues harmonies. Hot
ticket and powerhouse singing sensation
SHAKURA S’AIDA returns to grace the stage and is also nominated for
the Female Vocalist of the Year Award once again.
Backing the guest performers is
the MAPLE BLUES BAND
which includes stellar musicians Gary Kendall, Michael Fonfara, Tom Bona,
Teddy Leonard, Pat Carey, Al Lerman, Chris Murphy and Chris
Whiteley.
Tickets will be available at
ticketpro.ca, through the
TBS Office – 416-538-3885 and
info@torontobluessociety.com , and will be on sale at Soundscapes (572 College
St.).
TBS Members also get a discount if they order
from the TBS Office.
The Awards program is organized by the Toronto Blues Society, with the support of:
* Blues at the Bow
* Canada South Blues Society
* CBC Radio Saturday Night Blues
* Coastal Jazz and Blues Society
* Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival
* Hornby Island Blues Society
* Manitoba Blues Society
* Montreal Blues Society
* Ottawa Blues Society
* Saskatoon Blues Society
* Tantramarsh Blues Society
* Thunder Bay Blues Society
WHO:
Garvia Bailey Hosts w/ guests
RAY
BONNEVILLE, JW JONES, HARRISON KENNEDY, THE SOJOURNERS,
TREASA LEVASSEUR, SHAKURA S’AIDA and the
Maple Blues Band.
WHAT:
Twelfth Annual
Maple
Blues Awards and Blues Summit IV (details below)
WHERE:
Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne St. in Toronto
WHEN:
Monday, January 19th, 2009. Doors
@
7:00 pm, show @ 8:00 pm.
TICKETS:
Tickets $28 for the
gala are available at the TBS office 416-538-3885
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