Posts Tagged ‘Juno Awards’

Michael Bublé leads 2010 Juno Award nominations

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 4th, 2010 • Category: Music

Nominees for the 2010 Juno Awards were announced this week and not surprisingly Michael Bublé led the way with a total of six nominations for his album Crazy Love.



Blogging the 2009 Juno Awards: Part 3

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Music & CDs, Rants, Television

Okay, it’s the final run for this year’s Junos and I’m running out of steam. This show is dragging me down, down, down.

While I fight with my urges to change the channel, Simple Plan perform “Your Love Is A Lie”, which is actually what I might call the dullest performance of the night. That kind of shocks me a little, considering these guys are pretty cool, and they usually rile up the crowds. Not so much tonight, but then again, they were kind of shoe-horned into this non-moment in the show.



Blogging the 2009 Juno Awards: Part 2

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Music & CDs, Rants, Television

The Juno Awards are still on CTV, and I’m still watching, apparently. So far, not an outstanding year, but it has its moments.

Russell Peters and Michael Buble do a little comedy bit. “I’m Russell Peters and if I don’t get to host the Junos ‘Someone’s going to get hurt real bad’,” Buble jokes.



Gallery: Juno Awards 2009 red carpet

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Features, Music

The 2009 Juno Awards telecast kicked off on Sunday, March 29, with a packed red carpet featuring some of the top performers and artists who set to appear on the show.



Blogging the 2009 Juno Awards: Part 1

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Music & CDs, Rants, Television

The 2009 Juno Awards have arrived after an hour-long delay thanks to the Amazing Race. So, when the awards finally kick off, what are we treated to, but Nickelback opening the show, again, with pyrotechnics and singing “Something In Your Mouth”.

Am I the only person in Canada who is tired of these idiots? Their crappy brand of redneck rock is dead. Move on. Do honest-to-God rednecks even buy this crap any more?



Gallery: Juno Cup in Vancouver

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Music

The 2009 Juno Awards celebrated hockey and music on Friday, but for the first time ever, music edged out the night.



Melanie Berry celebrates seventh year at the Junos

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Features, Interviews, Music

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of speaking to Melanie Berry, president of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which is the organization responsible for the annual Juno Awards.



Juno snubbery in 2010

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Music & CDs, Rants, Television

Is anyone else as perturbed as I am by today’s announcement from CTV and the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, also known as CARAS?

The two organizations revealed today that St. John’s, Newfoundland would be the host city for the 2010 Juno Awards, which marks the second time that the city has hosted the awards in eight years.



Blogging the 2008 Juno Awards – Part 3

By W. Andrew Powell • Apr 6th, 2008 • Category: Music & CDs, Rants, The GATE

And the torture wraps up with the last hour of the night.
9:05 PM – Anne Murray and some friends perform on stage, with a standing ovation from the crowd. I have to admit, even I have a soft-spot for Anne and her groovy tunes. I’m also always amazed by how many people still love that [...]



Blogging the 2008 Juno Awards – Part 2

By W. Andrew Powell • Apr 6th, 2008 • Category: Music & CDs, Rants, The GATE

8:28 PM – Finger Eleven take the stage with a mini-orchestra opening for them, and do a bang-up job of “Paralyzer”. They’re not very interesting on stage, but it’s still the best performance so far tonight.
This performance also reminds me that CTV could really use some talented camera work on this show. You can have [...]