For Canyon Records, the road to the 2009 Grammys is paved with honors:
Among the finalists for the Canadian Aboriginal Awards are:
• True Blue by Northern Cree (Best Group or Duo)
• Talisman by R. Carlos Nakai (Best Traditional Flute Album)
• Many Tribes One Nation by Warscout (Best Pow-Wow Album Contemporary)
• Cheevers Toppah & Kevin Yazzie (Best International Album)
• Portraits by Gabriel Ayala (Best International Album)
This year marks the first time that Canyon Records has swept the Best International Album category.
We wish Canyon the best of luck as The Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards are presented November 27th, 2009 at the Hamilton Place Theatre in Hamilton, Ontario in conjunction with the 16th Annual Canadian Aboriginal Festival.
For more information visit www.canab.com
Canyon also received two Indian Summer awards this year:
Red Rock by Northern Cree won the award for Best Traditional Drum Album and Faith by Kevin Yazzie won Best Traditional Vocal Album.
This year Canyon Records earned the distinction of being the first record company to have released all five finalists in the Best Traditional Album category. Canyon also released two of the finalists in the Best Traditional Vocal Album category. Canyon’s 2009 Indian Summer Music Awards finalists include:
The Elk Dreamers by Elk Soldier (Best Traditional Drum Album)
Spo’Mo’Kin’Nan by Black Lodge (Best Traditional Drum Album)
Tha Quiet Storm by Tha Tribe (Best Traditional Drum Album)
For the Love by Thunder Hill (Best Traditional Drum Album)
Love, Lies and Lullabies by Sullivan & Day (Best Traditional Vocal Album)
Since 2004, Canyon Records has received eleven Indian Summer Music Awards and 37 nominations. The awards were presented Saturday, September 12th, 2009 at the Indian Summer Festival.
For more information visit www.indiansummer.org.
Congratulations, Canyon.
