The Seventeenth Annual Maple Blues Awards has come to a close. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners. A big round of applause goes to MonkeyJunk - winner of five Maple Blues Awards. Wow!! The Maple Blues Award Winners are... ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR - MonkeyJunk ELECTRIC ACT OF THE YEAR - MonkeyJunk ACOUSTIC ACT OF THE YEAR - Dawn Tyler Watson & Paul Deslauriers MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR - Jim Byrnes FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR - Angel Forrest NEW ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR - The Mackenzie Blues Band RECORDING OF THE YEAR - All Frequencies MonkeyJunk, Producers: Steve Marriner, Ken Friesen BLUES WITH A FEELING AWARD (Lifetime Achievement) - Bob Walsh BB KING INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Tedeschi Trucks Band GUITAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Paul Deslauriers HARMONICA PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Steve Marriner PIANO/KEYBOARD PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Lance Anderson HORN PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Chris Whiteley DRUMMER OF THE YEAR - Tom Bona BASSIST OF THE YEAR - Gary Kendall SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR - MonkeyJunk - Steve Marriner, Matt Sobb and Tony Diteodoro BLUES BOOSTER OF THE YEAR - The Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 06:21:08 +0000