This weekend in Twillingate MusicNL announced the winners of their 2018 Industry and Music awards. Foremost among the winners were Fortunate Ones and Mark Bragg who took home three awards each, followed by Rum Ragged and Rube & Rake with two awards apiece.
em>”The MusicNL awards are a chance for the province’s finest artists and music industry professionals to be acknowledged for excellence in their artwork,” Glenda Tulk, Executive Director of MusicNL, said.
“MusicNL is extremely pleased with the quality of talent that was on display this week. We had an extraordinary number of votes per category and thank the membership for their participation in the voting process and all things MusicNL Week 2018 here in Twillingate.”
The full list of award nominees and winners (bolded) include:
Alternative Artist of the Year
Adam Baxter
Mark Bragg
Paul Brace
Property
The Combine
Weary
Celtic/Traditional Artist of the Year
Brad Tuck
Jordan Harnum
Mike Sixonate
Rosemary Lawton
Rum Ragged
Country Artist of the Year
Carolina East
Mallory Johnson
Shanda Hopkins
Sherry Ryan
Spare Time
Electronic Artist of the Year
Alex Byrne
Game Boy
Event of the Year
41st Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival
Feile Seamus Creagh (Irish Newfoundland Traditional Music Foundation)
Labrador Creative Arts Festival
Lawnya Vawnya 8
Trails, Tales and Tunes
FACTOR Album of the Year
Fortunate Ones – “Hold Fast”
Mark Bragg – “Winter”
Mick Davis & Thin Love – “Touch The Moon”
Ouroboros – “Kitchuses”
The Ennis Sisters – “Keeping Time”
The Swinging Belles – “Superstar Sibling Detective Agency”
The Telegram/Central Voice Fan’s Choice Entertainer of the Year
Chessclub
LeRiche
Mark Bragg
Ouroboros
The Kubasonics
The Swinging Belles
The Anchor Inn Female Artist of the Year
Carolina East
Kellie Loder
Mallory Johnson
Rosemary Lawton
Rozalind MacPhail
Sherry Ryan
Folk/Roots Artist of the Year
Dave Whitty
LeRiche
Quote the Raven
Rube & Rake
Rum Ragged
The Ennis Sisters
Graphic Artist of the Year
Aaron Bishop
Kevin Tobin
Kyle McDavid
Group of the Year
Fortunate Ones
Ouroboros
Property
Rum Ragged
The Ennis Sisters
The Swinging Belles
Industry Professional of the Year
Dean Stairs
Mary Beth Waldram
Michelle Robertson
Robert Buck
Roger Lockyer
Tom Cochrane
Instrumental Artist/Group of the Year
Ouroboros
Rozalind MacPhail
Wade Tarling
Classic Hits Coast 101.1 FM Jazz/Blues Artist of the Year
Dave Mundy and the Best Kind
Earle and Coffin
Florian Hoefner
Glen Collins
The Swinging Belles
DC Design House Male Artist of the Year
Dave Whitty
Florian Hoefner
Glen Collins
Mark Bragg
Michael Hanrahan
Paul Brace
Media Person of the Year
Andrew Boyd
Dillon Collins
Greg Smith
Jason Richard Lacour (J-Lac)
Tom Cochrane
Wendy Rose
Long & McQuade Music Educator of the Year
Adam Baxter
Kyle McDavid
Melanie O’Brien
Rozalind MacPhail
Brett Vey
Wade Tarling
The Nickel Music Video of the Year
Fortunate Ones – “Northern Star” dir. Jason Levangie
Ian Foster – ” New Rush For An Old Town” dir. Jerry Stamp
Land of the Lakes – “Zamboni” dir. Danielle Hamel
LeRiche – “Under Covers” dir. Charlotte Rabate
The Combine – “Victory Road” dir. James Kean
Waterfront Fire – “Head Full Of Fumes” – dir. Andrew Boyd, Ben Thistle and Jordan Coaker
Outstanding Company of the Year
Atlantic Disc & DVD
Bakeapple Productions
Canadian AV
Kilbride Music
The Citadel House
The Newfoundland Herald
Pop Artist of the Year
Fairgale
Fortunate Ones
Kellie Loder
Olivia Jones
Streel
Rap/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
ChessClub
JYAY
Lee Fitz
Reggie Morales
Rising Star of the Year
Carolina East
LeRiche
Mallory Johnson
Property
Rube & Rake
Weary
Molson/Coors Rock Artist of the Year
Gene Phillips
Joel Thomas Hynes
Mick Davis and Thin Love
Newspaper Fashion Show
Silver Wolf Band
Waterfront Fire
Ron Hynes SOCAN Songwriter of the Year
Kellie Loder
Mark Bragg
The Ennis Sisters
Fortunate Ones
The Swinging Belles
Side Musician of the Year
Glen Collins
JYAY
Maria Cherwick
Paul Brace
Rozalind MacPhail
Wade Tarling
Venue Of the Year
Garrick Theatre
Corner Brook Rotary Arts Centre
The Black Sheep
The Ship
Woody Point Heritage Theatre
Captain’s Pub
Volunteer of the Year
Arlene Churchill
Dee Dee Lannon