2004 Artisitic Awards
Hall of Fame Inductee:
The Stampeders
Outstanding Aboriginal Recording
Winner: Jill Paquette - self-titled
Nominated: Burnt - Project 1 - The Avenue, Kimberly Dawn - I'm Going Home, Eagle & Hawk - mother earth, Wayne Lavallee - Green Dress
Outstanding Blues Recording
Winner: Big Dave McLean - Blues From the Middle
Nominated: Jim Byrnes - Fresh Horses, Shaden Garett & The Stratoshpheres - self-titled, Mocking Shadows - Out of the Blue, Aylie Sparkes - Beautiful & Deranged, The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir - Saint Hubert
Outstanding Childrens Recording
Winner: Lulu and the Tomcat - 3 2 1 Kadoozee
Nominated: Jennifer Gasoi - Songs For You, Linnea Good - Swimmin' Like A Bird, Rick Scott and Harry Wong - The 5 Elements
Outstanding Christian Recording
Winner: Jill Paquette - self-titled
Nominated: Steve Bell / Sarah Bell - Sons & Daughters, Fresh I.E. - Red Letterz, Jaylene Johnson - finding beautiful, Stereotrap - refusing
Outstanding Classical Composition
Winner: Robert Turner - Third Symphony (Robert Turner: CDN Composer Portrait)
Nominated: Allan Gordon Bell - Danse Sauvage (Solus), Glenn Buhr - Illuminations, Malcolm Forsyth - Je répondrais… (Solus), Jim Hiscott - String Quartet #2 (Blue Ocean - Music of Jim Hiscott)
Outstanding Classical Recording
Winner (tie):
CBC Radio Orchestra - Jacques Hétu: Concertos
Chor Leoni Men's Choir - Yuletide Fires
Nominated: Borealis String Quartet - Classic Borealis, Tracy Dahl - Rhymes & Reveries, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra/Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra - Robert Turner: CDN Composer Portrait
Outstanding Country Recording
Winner: Doc Walker - Everyone Aboard
Nominated: Kimberley Dawn - I'm Going Home, The Foster Martin Band - on a roller coaster ride, Aaron Pritchett - Something Goin' On Here, Undertakin' Daddies - Devil in the Rearview
Entertainer of the Year
Winner: Doc Walker
Nominated: Michael Bublé, Nelly Furtado, Nickelback, Sarah McLachlan
Outstanding Francophone Recording
Winner: Danielle Hébert - Aventurière Accidentelle
Nominated: Jeff Staflund - Ma Nature, Valjean - Au-delà, Kraink - ROI, Leo DuFault - Just pour elles
Outstanding Album (Independent)
Winner: The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
Nominated: 54.40 - Goodbye Flatland, Panurge - Throw Down the Reins, Sweatshop Union - Natural Progression, The Wailin' Jennys - 40 Days
Outstanding Album (Major Label)
Winner: Nickelback – The Long Road
Nominated: Michael Bublé – Michael Bublé, Matthew Good - Avalanche, Nelly Furtado - Folklore, Jann Arden – Love Is The Only Soldier
Outstanding Instrumental Recording
Winner: Great Uncles of the Revolution - Blow the House Down
Nominated: Martin Mayer - This Is Who I Am, Stephen Franke & Noises From The Toolshed - Songs For a Platinum Blonde Diner Waitress, Bob Evans - The Voice in the Grain, Joël Fafard - Rocking Horse
Outstanding Jazz Recording
Winner: Marilyn Lerner / Sonny Greenwich - Special Angel
Nominated: Jillian Lebeck - Living in Pieces, The Ian McDougall Sextet - Nights in Vancouver, Karin Plato - The State Of Bliss, Chris Tarry's Project 33
Outstanding Pop Recording
Winner: Nelly Furtado - Folklore
Nominated: Jann Arden - Love is the Only Soldier, Easily Amused - Simple Stuff, Joel Kroeker - Melodrama, Sarah McLachlan - afterglow
Outstanding Producer
Winner: Jann Arden/Russell Broom for - Jann Arden - "Love Is The Only Soldier "
Nominated: Steve Bell & Dave Zeglinski for - Steve Bell & Sarah Bell - "Sons & Daughters ", Steve Dawson for - Jim Byrnes - "Fresh Horses", The Northern Pikes & Ross Nykiforuk for - The Northern Pikes - "it's a good life ", Track & Field/Nelly Furtado for - Nelly Furtado - "Folklore"
Outstanding Rap/Hip-Hop Recording
Winner: Swollen Members - Heavy
Nominated: McEnroe - disenfranchised, Moka Only - Lowdown Suite, Pipi Skid - Funny Farm, Sweatshop Union - Natural Progression
Outstanding Rock Recording
Winner: Matthew Good - avalanche
Nominated: The Harlots - Crawl Spaces, Jack Tripper - 9 Easy Pieces, The New Pornographers - Electric Version, Nickelback - The Long Road, Veal - The Embattled Hearts
Outstanding Roots Recording
Winner: The Wailin' Jennys - 40 Days
Nominated: The Clumsy Lovers - after the flood, Doug Cox and Todd Butler - Dobro and Guitar, Po' Girl - self-titled, Mae Moore & Lester Quitzau - Oh My!
Outstanding Songwriter
Winner: John K. Samson/The Weakerthans - The Weakerthans "Reconstruction Site"
Nominated: Jann Arden/Russell Broom - Jann Arden "Love Is The Only Soldier", The Be Good Tanyas - The Be Good Tanyas "Chinatown", Joel Kroeker - Joel Kroeker "Melodrama", Sarah McLachlan - Sarah McLachlan "afterglow"
Video of the Year
Winner: Kyle Davison - In A World Called Catastrophe (Matthew Good)
Nominated: GOB - Oh! Ellin, Ryan Berzuk/Darren Wall - Crawl Spaces (The Harlots), Joe & Marvin - The Thing About It (Sweatshop Union), Caelum Vatnsdal - Psalms for the Elks' Lodge Last Call (The Weakerthans)