Manitoba Acts Earn Two Nominations in the Aboriginal Category at the Juno Awards

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Manitoba Acts have landed two of the five nominations in the Aboriginal Album of the Year category at next month’s Juno Awards. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced nominees for the 40th annual awards gala early on February 1 in Toronto, as it streamed live on CTV’s website.

Eagle & Hawk, who have been together for over 15 years, had three nominations and on win at the Junos prior to this year’s nominations and this year makes a total of four Juno nominations for the local rock group. The nomination recognizes their work on the 2010 release entitled The Great Unknown. The album has already won the band three awards and 16 nominations, at awards shows including the Indian Summer Music Awards and the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.

Singer/songwriter Little Hawk aka Troy Westwood earned his second JUNO nomination for his latest release Vigilance. A founding and former member of Eagle & Hawk, Little Hawk’s previous release, Home and Native Land, garnered him a Juno nod in 2008.

The category for Aboriginal Album of the Year sponsored by APTN has been part of the JUNO Awards for 17 years, previously known as Best Music of Aboriginal Canadian Recording and Aboriginal Recording of the Year. Since its inception in 1994, Aboriginal recording acts from Manitoba – including Tracy Bone, Billy Joe Green, Little Hawk, Team Rezofficial, and Eagle & Hawk -- have picked up nine nods and one win, for Burnt-Project 1 in 2006. 

Winners will be announced at the JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards on March 27, and the 2011 JUNO Awards broadcast on CTV. 

For a complete list of 2011 JUNO Awards nominees, go to www.junoawards.ca.

 

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