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2007 Artistic Awards


Outstanding Aboriginal Recording

Winner: Leela Gilday - Sedzé
Nominated: Donny Parenteau - What It Takes; Shane Yellowbird - Life Is Calling My Name; Slidin' Clyde Roulette Band - Let's Take A Ride; Tanya Tagaq - Sinaa

Outstanding Blues Recording

Winner: Jim Byrnes - House of Refuge
Nominated: B.C. Read - Bowl of Sugar; David Gogo - Acoustic; Kat Danser - Somethin' Familiar; The Blue Voodoo - Back to the Shack

Outstanding Children's Recording

Winner: Pied Pumkin - Pumkids
Nominated: Bob King - Bob King & the Great Canadian Popcorn Band; Bobs & Lolo - Musical Adventures; Sylvia Chave - Renji Penji; The Bluesberries - Let's Jam

Outstanding Christian Recording

Winner: Fresh I.E. - The Warren Project
Nominated: Christine Evans - Push; Elevate - There in the Silence; Kerri Woelke - Kerri Woelke; Rory Allen - In My Father's House

Outstanding Classical Composition

Winner: Owen Underhill - Canzone di Petra
Nominated: Allan Gordon Bell; Barbara Pentland; Stephen Chatman; Vincent Ho

Outstanding Classical Recording

Winner: James Ehnes - Barber Korngold Walton
Nominated: Alexander Tselyakov - Dmitry Shostakovich: Works for Two Pianos; CBC Radio Orchestra - Mozart, Parkers and the CBC Radio Orchestra; Jasper Wood - Contrasts: Bartok Violin Works; Jesse Read / Michael Strutt - Stroll in the Cool

Outstanding Country Recording

Winner: Doc Walker - Doc Walker
Nominated: Colleen Rae - What You Need is Me; Donny Parenteau - What It Takes; George Canyon - Somebody Wrote Love; Shane Yellowbird - Life is Calling My Name

Outstanding Francophone Recording

Winner: Johnny Cajun - Johnny Cajun
Nominated: Disques Après-Minuit - Chanson à répondre de Gravelbourg; Ginette Roy - D'or et de rêves; Pertinence Négligée - Attention: Batteur Féroce; Samuel Sixto - Les Allumeurs de Rêves

Outstanding Instrumental Recording

Winner: Moses Mayes - Second Ring
Nominated: Brent Saklofske - I Love Guitar; Fond of Tigers - A Thing To Live With; Jesse Zubot - Dementia; Murray Grant - 3000 Days

Outstanding Jazz Recording

Winner: Kent Sangster - Obsession
Nominated: Mike Allen Quartet - Vancouver; Simon Fisk - You and Yours; The October Trio - Day In; Zapato Negro - Zapato Negro

Outstanding Pop Recording

Winner: Joel Kroeker - Closer To The Flame
Nominated: JP Hoe - The Live Beta Project; Monica Schroeder - So Far; Sheena Grobb - Safe Guarded Space; The Awkward Stage - Heaven is for Easy Girls

Outstanding Rock Recording

Winner: The Blood Lines - The Blood Lines
Nominated: Comeback Kid - Broadcasting; Into Eternity - The Scattering of Ashes; The Harlots - Connoiseur of Ruin; You Say Party! We Say
Die! - Lose All Time

Outstanding Roots Recording – Duo/Group

Winner: Nathan - Key Principles
Nominated: Harry Manx - In Good We Trust; Leon & Eric Bibb - Praising Peace: A Tribute to Paul Robeson; The Duhks - Migrations; The McDades - Bloom

Outstanding Roots Recording – Solo

Winner: Romi Mayes - Sweet Somethin' Steady
Nominated: Bill Bourne - Boon Tang; Chris Frye - Raised on Rhythm and Rhyme; Geoff Berner - The Wedding Dance of the Widow Bride; John Wort Hannam - Two Bit Suit; Kim Beggs - Wanderer's Paean

Outstanding Urban Recording

Winner: Skavenjah - El Ritmo de la Vida
Nominated: Johanna Sillanpaa - Good Life; Politic Live - Adaptation;
Red 1 - Beg For Nothing; Shadez - Every Dollar Counts

Outstanding Album / Independent Artist

Winner: Doc Walker - Doc Walker
Nominated: Jason Plumb & The Willing - Beauty In This World;
Jen Lane - Jen Lane; D. Rangers - The Paw Paw Patch; Nathan - Key Principles

Songwriter of the Year

Winner: Romi Mayes - Sweet Somethin' Steady
Nominated: Barney Bentall - Gift Horse; John Mann (Mister Mann) - December Looms; John Wort Hannam - Two-Bit Suit; Nathan - Key Principles

Video of the Year

Winner: Kris Demeanor - I Have Seen The Future
Nominated: The Truth Comes Out - Corb Lund, Director: Trevor Smith; The Wind - Nathan, Director: Mighty Kraken Films; Trans Am - Nathan, Director: Yael Staav; Pickup Truck - Shane Yellowbird, Director: Stephano Barberis

International Achievement Award

Jann Arden
Nelly Furtado
Diana Krall

Hall of Fame

Buffy Sainte-Marie
Queen City Kids

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