In the midst of a special social distanced edition of this year’s Credit Union Music PEI Week, 31 awards were awarded in celebration of Prince Edward Island’s top musicians and industry professionals of 2021. Catherine MacLellan and Dylan Menzie both topped that list of winners by taking home three awards each.
After a necessary rescheduled from earlier in the month due to a slight course correction in COVID protocols, the Credit Union Music PEI Week concluded with the handing out of the bulk of their awards as they closed out the event with the Festival Finale.
Catherine MacLellan went into the awards with a whopping total of nine nominations and, in the end, came away with the awards for Crabbe Road Productions Solo Recording, Music Publishers Canada Song of the Year (with Tara MacLean) and Contemporary Roots Recording of the Year. Dylan Menzie, who had received seven nominations, took home the awards for SOCAN Songwriter of the Year, FACTOR Entertainer of the Year and tied with Lawrence Maxwell for the Buzz Album Art of the Year.
The complete list of 2021 Music PEI Awards nominees follows:
(Winners are listed in bold)
PEI SYMPHONY ACHIEVEMENT IN CLASSICAL/JAZZ MUSIC
Sarah Hagen
Sirens
Winterjazz Quartet
CREDIT UNION ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Catherine MacLellan – Coyote
Dylan Menzie – Lost in Dreams
KINLEY – KINLEY
Rachel Beck – Stronger Than You Know
Sarah Hagen – Women of Note
ALBUM ART OF THE YEAR
Brielle Ansems – This New Hurricane (Graphic Designer/Lead Artist: Sarah Eddie and Brielle Ansems)
Catherine MacLellan – Coyote (Graphic Designer/Lead Artist: Heather Miller and Jason Alward)
Dylan Menzie – Lost in Dreams (Graphic Designer/Lead Artist: Ashley Anne Clark and Cohen McDonald)
Lawrence Maxwell – Almost Natural (Graphic Designer/Lead Artist: Aidan Searle)
Sirens – Boundless (Graphic Designer/Lead Artist: Alana Reddin)
DIGITAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR
Brandon Howard Roy
Cory Gallant
Dylan Menzie
KINLEY
The East Pointers
EVENT OF THE YEAR
Feelin’ Mighty Proud – Confederation Centre of the Arts
Harvest Home Festival
Indian River Festival
The Island Drive-In Festival
FRANCOPHONE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Adrienne Gallant
Sirène et Matelot
Vishtèn
CITY OF CHARLOTTETOWN GROUP OF THE YEAR
Adjust the Facts – Go Play Outside
Amanda Jackson Band – Ocean
Graves of the Abyss – Burial
Little Cities – Little Cities EP
Sirens – Boundless
Sky Family – Courageous
INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Inn Echo – Inn Echo
Luka Hall – Category 1
Sarah Hagen – Women of Note
Wrong Planet Band – Wrong Planet Band
LIVESTREAM OF THE YEAR
Confederation Centre of the Arts – Kierrah Celeste
Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival
Royal North
Scott Parsons
Vishtèn
HOLLAND COLLEGE MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Eric Broadbent
Mark Haines
Roland Beaulieu
MARITIME ELECTRIC LLOYD DOYLE NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Brandon Howard Roy – Little Reasons
Brielle Ansems – This New Hurricane
Logan Richard – Everyday
Sarah Hagen – Women of Note
Shane Pendergast – Place to the Name
CYMBA MUSIC PUBLISHING PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Adam Gallant
Catherine MacLellan
Colin Buchanan
Daniel Drouin
Jon Matthews
RECORDING STUDIO OF THE YEAR
The Hill Sound Studio
The Sound Mill
Up West Production
SOCAN SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Catherine MacLellan
Dylan Menzie
KINLEY
Logan Richard
Rachel Beck
CRABBE ROAD PRODUCTIONS SOLO RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Brielle Ansems – This New Hurricane
Catherine MacLellan – Coyote
KINLEY – KINLEY
Rachel Beck – Stronger Than You Know
Sarah Hagen – Women of Note
MUSIC PUBLISHERS CANADA SONG OF THE YEAR
Brielle Ansems – More Than My Heart
Catherine MacLellan & Tara MacLean – This Storm
Cory Gallant – Easily Addicted
Lennie Gallant – Sequoia
Rachel Beck – Warrior
VENUE OF THE YEAR
Celtic Performing Arts Centre
Copper Bottom Brewing
Mainstage Theatre – Confederation Centre of the Arts
Stompin’ Tom Centre
FILMPEI VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Adjust the Facts – Human Virus (Directed by Day1 Media)
Catherine MacLellan & Tara MacLean – This Storm (Directed by Catherine MacLellan & Tara MacLean)
KINLEY – Run With You (Directed by Jenna MacMillan)
Lennie Gallant – Sequoia (Directed by Lennie Gallant and Evan Christensen)
Rachel Beck – Dancin’ (Directed by Millefiore Clarkes)
Sirens – In Her Image (Directed by Millefiore Clarkes)
CONTEMPORARY ROOTS/COUNTRY RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Amanda Jackson Band – Ocean
Catherine MacLellan – Coyote
Dylan Menzie – Lost in Dreams
Lawrence Maxwell – Almost Natural
Shane Pendergast – Place to the Name
ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Hailey MacIsaac – Down2U (feat. Mossboy)
Lee Rosevere – Promise
Phyzxx – 01.10 (feat. AKAninga)
ROCK RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Graves of the Abyss – Burial
Kari-Lyn Blacquiere – Hit The Ground
Little Cities – Little Cities EP
Wrong Planet Band – Wrong Planet Band
DOWNTOWN CHARLOTTETOWN INC. POP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Brielle Ansems – This New Hurricane
KINLEY – Kinley
Rachel Beck – Stronger Than You Know
RAP/HIPHOP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Adjust the Facts – Go Play Outside
Braeden Van Asperen – Voices
Eric Broadbent – Serendipitous Bastards
Slime da Garbage Mane – In da Crib
Spivey – Vibein
Vince the Messenger – Nowhere 2 Grow
FACTOR ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Catherine MacLellan
Dylan Menzie
Rachel Beck
The East Pointers
Vishtèn
LONG & MCQUADE EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
Karson McKeown
INDUSTRY PERSON OF THE YEAR
Adam Johnston
UPSTREET LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Scott Parsons
DEEP ROOTS DISTILLER ROOTED TO THE ISLAND
Nancy White
LIVE MUSIC PRODUCTION PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Donald Richard
ABCE COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR
Frances McBurnie