2008 Artistic Awards 

Nominated: Fara Palmer - Phoenix, McKinley Matters – The Seventh Day, Ry Moran - Groundwater, Sandy Scofield – Nikawiy Askiy (Mother Earth)

Outstanding Blues Recording
Winner: Little Miss Higgins – Junction City

Nominated: John Lee Sanders – Doc Goes Hollywood, Kenny “Blues Boss Wayne” – Can’t Stop Now, Mud Dog – River of my Soul, The Perpetrators – Tow Truck

Outstanding Children’s Recording
Winner: TIE - Googol Power – Crazy 4 Math, The Kerplunks – The Kerplunks

Nominated: Art Napoleon – Mocikan: Songs for Learning Cree, Bob King – It’s All About Attitude, 
Fred Penner – Where In The World

Outstanding Christian/Gospel Recording
Winner: Steve Bell – The Symphony Sessions

Nominated: Fresh I.E. – LockJaw, Jon Bauer – Surround, Jon Buller – the Hymn Project, Tripmeter – Wide World Crashing

Outstanding Classical Composition
Winner: Elizabeth Raum – Dark Thoughts (How Bodies Make Ecstatic Marks)

Nominees: Anthony Genge – String Quartet (Anthony Genge), Claude Kenneson – Flight (Dreamscape), Michael Horwood – Three Interludes (Masterworks of the New Era Vol. 10), Vincent Ho – String Quartet No. 1 (Vincent Ho) 

Outstanding Classical Recording
Winner: Jasper Wood – A Child’s Cry from Izieu

Nominees: David Harding, Phillip Bush & Jonathan Crow - Brahms, Michael Horwood – Suite and Serious, Shauna Rolston - Dreamscape, Tiresias – Delicate Fires

Outstanding Country Recording
Winner: Paul Brandt - Risk

Nominees: Aaron Lines – Moments that Matter, Gord Bamford – Honkytonks and Heartaches, Hey Romeo – Hey Romeo, Jo Hikk - Ride

Album francophone de l’année / Outstanding Francophone Recording
Winner: Ariane Mahryke Lemire – Double Entendre
Nominees: Coulée – La belle tremblière, Josée Allard – La Sirene, Kraink – Après la grande guerre, Les Cireux d’Semelles – Le bel accent

Outstanding Instrumental Recording
Winner: Bob Evans – 4 on 6

Nominees: Inhabitants – The Furniture Moves Underneath, Jaime RT - SPARK, Jin Zhang - Tracing, Rabnett 5 - Leopardism

Outstanding Jazz Recording   
Winner: Altered Laws - Metaphora

Nominees: Greg Lowe – Guitar and Bass Sessions, Hutchinson Andrew Trio – Music Box, 
Ian McDougall Big Band – No Passport Required, Saul Berson Quartet - Intricacy

Outstanding Pop Recording   
Winner: The Liptonians – The Liptonians

Nominees: Elise Estrada – Elise Estrada, James Murdoch Band – In Transit, Jason Plumb and the Willing – Beauty In This World, Laurell – Fears Aside

Outstanding Rock Recording
Winner:  State of Shock – Life, Love & Lies

Nominees: Maybe Smith – Animals & Architects, Social Code – Social Code, The Evaporators – Gassy Jack and Other Tales, The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour

Outstanding Roots Recording ~ Duo/Group
Winner: Twilight Hotel – Highway Prayer
Nominees: Compadres – Buddy, Where You Been?, Outlaw Social – Dry Bones, The Deep Dark Woods – Hang Me, Oh Hang Me, The Sojourners – Hold On 

Outstanding Roots Recording ~ Solo
Winner: Corb Lund – Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! 

Nominees: Cara Luft – The Light Fantastic, Carolyn Mark – Nothing Is Free, Mark Berube and the Patriotic Few - What the river gave the boat, Wyckham Porteus – 3AM

Outstanding Urban Recording
Winner: Souljah Fyah – Truth Will Reveal 

Nominees: GreenTaRA – Global Baby, Moka Only – Vermillion, Moka Only & Def 3 – Dog River, Touch & Nato – Intelligent Design

Outstanding World Recording of the Year
Winner: Alex Cuba – Agua Del Pozo
Nominees: Celso Machado – Jogo da Vida, Mariam Matossian – In the Light, Niel Golden – It’s a Journey, Rumba Calzada – 2007 Raphael Geronimo’s Rumba Calzada Album 4

Outstanding Independent Album Award
Winner:  The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour 

Nominees: Corb Lund – Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!, Immaculate Machine – Immaculate Machine’s Fables, Jeremy Fisher – Goodbye Blue Monday, The Perpetrators – Tow Truck

Songwriter(s) of the Year
Winner: The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour

Nominees: Aaron Lines – Moments that Matter, Corb Lund – Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!, Jeremy Fisher – Goodbye Blue Monday, Social Code – Social Code

Video of the Year
Winner: Civil Twilight – The Weakerthans

Nominees: I Wanna Be In The Calvary – Corb Lund, Transportation – James Murdoch Band, Cigarette – Jeremy Fisher, Viva la Vinyl – Twilight Hotel

Hall of Fame Inductees
Senator Tommy Banks
Spirit of the West