Last night the 35th Annual Juno Awards were held in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
For those of you who aren’t Canadian or fans of Canadian music, the Junos are our version of the Grammys and it was a start-studded event hosted by Canadian bombshell Pamela Anderson.
I didn’t watch this years show since I was elbow-deep in a round of Texas hold’em—and I was actually winning! What I’ve heard and read about the event has been mostly positive. Pamela started out the evening—predictably—with a little public service announcement for her cause,
“I don’t mind a little blood on the ice when it’s a hockey rink, but I hate seeing blood on the ice when it’s from baby seals,”
Mostly the night stayed on focus, and that focus was the live performances and the doling out of hardware to the best Canadian musical talent.
The big winner of the evening was Canadian Crooner Michael Bublé, who took home 4 statuettes.
While the evening seemed to be a big success, this gave me an idea on how the show could have been improved. They should have invited Dave Letterman to co-host with Pamela. Imagine the introduction he could make with between his co-hostess and the big winner of the evening,
“Bublé, Boobies… Boobies, Bublé,”
Here are the rest of the winners of the evening:
- Fan’s Choice: Simple Plan
- Songwriter: Arcade Fire
- Single: Home, Michael Bublé
- Album: It’s Time, Michael Bublé
- Artist: Michael Bublé
- New group: Bedouin Soundclash
- Alternative album: Broken Social Scene, Broken Social Scene
- International album: Tied between X&Y, Coldplay and Monkey Business, Black Eyed Peas
- Group: Nickelback
- Instrumental album: Belladonna, Daniel Lanois
- Pop album: It’s Time, Michael Bublé
- Rock album: All the Right Reasons, Nickelback
- New artist: Daniel Powter
- Country recording: The Road Hammers, The Road Hammers
- Adult alternative album: Prairie Wind, Neil Young
- Rap recording: The Dusty Foot Philosopher, K’Naan
- Vocal jazz album: Christmas Songs, Diana Krall
- Contemporary jazz album: Radio Guantanamo, Jane Bunnett
- Traditional jazz album: Ask Me Later, Don Thompson Quartet
- Francophone album: Pages blanches, Jim Corcoran
- Children’s album: Baroque Adventure: The Quest for Arundo Donax, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
- Classical album: solo or chamber ensemble: Albeniz: Iberia, Marc-Andre Hamelin
- Classical album: large ensemble or soloist with large ensemble accompaniment: Beethoven: Symphonies nos.5 et 6, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
- Classical album: vocal or choral performance: Viardot-Garcia: Lieder Chansons Canzoni Mazurkas, Isabel Bayrakdarian
- Classical composition: String Quartet No. 1 (The Awakening), Christos Hatzis
- Dance recording: Spanish Fly, Hatira & Macca featuring Shawna B.
- R&B/soul recording: Back for More, Shawn Desman
- Reggae recording: Reggae Time, Blessed
- Aboriginal recording: Hometown, Burnt Project 1
- Roots and traditional album: solo: Hair in My Eyes Like A Highland Steer, Corb Lund
- Roots and traditional album: group: The Duhks, The Duhks
- Blues album: Let It Loose, Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne
- Contemporary Christian/gospel album: Amanda Falk, Amanda Falk
- World music album: Humo De Tabaco, Alex Cuba Band
- Producer: Neil Young, The Painter, Prairie Wind
- Recording engineer: Vic Florencia, Everyday is a Holiday/Melancholy Melody, Wikked Lil Grrrls, Esthero
- CD/DVD artwork design: Rob Baker, Garnet Armstrong, Susan Michalek, Will Ruocco for Hipeponymous, The Tragically Hip
- Video: Devil’s Eye, Micah Meisner, Rich Terfry for Buck 65
- Music DVD: Hipeponymous, The Tragically Hip
- Coolest Bestest Wickidest Canadian Rock Band Ever of All Time: Poised For The Worm*
* I may have added the last one myself
What are you thinking?