Talented
Artists Garner More Musical Nominations May
11, 2005 - Smooth Jazz
Now would like to congratulate some terrific and versatile Canadian musicians
who were nominated for the first ever Canadian
Smooth Jazz Awards and are now in line for a National Jazz Award. In the Electric
Group of the Year The Eddie Bullen Band
and the Clayton/Scott Group, who
won the Group/Duo category at the Canadian
Smooth Jazz Awards are nominees. More Rik
Emmett Grateful To Have Good Company February
25, 2005 - How does Rik Emmett feel about
award shows? He told Smooth Jazz Now.com, "I have had the sad frustration
of sitting in a crowd at a Juno's show more than once where I was up and kind
of hopeful but then you don't win and you have to sit there with that plastic
smile on your face." Emmett is nominated for "Guitarist
of the Year" at the very first Canadian
Smooth Jazz Awards and he says overall he's thankful, "I have to say
though it's great to be nominated, recognized and included and it's nice company
to be in. It's all good." Emmett is nominated along with Jamie Bonk, Jesse
Cook, Brian Hughes, Johannes Linstead, Robert Michaels, Les Sabler and Andrew
Scott. Read our new interview with Rik
Emmett. Nominations
for the 1st Annual Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards January
3, 2005 - Canadian Smooth Jazz musicians finally have an awards body to recognize
their work - The Canadian
Smooth Jazz Awards. The event was created by Doug
and Mary Kirk, owners of The Wave in
Hamilton and Smooth Jazz Now creator John
Beaudin. The awards will be voted on by the fans via www.canadiansmoothjazzawards.com
. Top nominees for the inaugural ceremony include Diana
Krall, Eddie Bullen, Brian
Hughes, Marc Jordan, Clayton
/ Scott Group and Alexander Zonjic
all with three. Read
more.
Rik
Emmett Nominations -
Guitarist of the Year
Rik
Emmett Returns in "Good Faith" October
27, 2003 - Last time we chatted with Rik Emmett in 2001 the topic was his latest
Smooth Jazz album "Handiwork." As we revisit the singer/guitarist the
topic turns to his new musical venture the singer/songwriter influenced "Good
Faith." There are many touches of Jazz on the new album though like "Beacon
Street Hotel," a tale of an imaginary smoked filled seedy bar and "Wicked
Miss" about just that an evil temptress. Emmett told us he lost his mother
to cancer during the making of "Good Faith" and as the title suggests
"there was a concerted effort in the songwriting to try to find positive
things. Things that were life affirming" We talked to Emmett via phone on
October 2, 2003. Read
our interview. Review
- Rik Emmett - Handiwork Finding
your voice as a musician is not unlike finding yourself in life- just when you
think your there something or someone kicks your ass to whatever level that's
coming to you. Rik Emmett's had his fair share of crossroads- leaving well known
rock band Triumph in 1988 and completely turning his back on the pretension of
the biz. With Handiwork Emmett has graduated to a level he himself might not have
imagined but it's certainly a league he belongs in. Read
the rest of the review.
Rik
Emmett - The "Handiwork" Interview Is
there life after Rock 'n' Roll? Rik Emmett never questioned it. After leaving
Triumph in 1988 he embarked on a successful solo career which touched on different
genre of Rock, Blues, Jazz and Smooth Jazz.
Read the interview
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May
11, 2005 - Smooth Jazz
Now would like to congratulate some terrific and versatile Canadian musicians
who were nominated for the first ever 
February
25, 2005 - How does 
January
3, 2005 - Canadian Smooth Jazz musicians finally have an awards body to recognize
their work - 
October
27, 2003 - Last time we chatted with Rik Emmett in 2001 the topic was his latest
Smooth Jazz album "Handiwork." As we revisit the singer/guitarist the
topic turns to his new musical venture the singer/songwriter influenced "Good
Faith." There are many touches of Jazz on the new album though like "Beacon
Street Hotel," a tale of an imaginary smoked filled seedy bar and "Wicked
Miss" about just that an evil temptress. Emmett told us he lost his mother
to cancer during the making of "Good Faith" and as the title suggests
"there was a concerted effort in the songwriting to try to find positive
things. Things that were life affirming" We talked to Emmett via phone on
October 2, 2003. 
Finding
your voice as a musician is not unlike finding yourself in life- just when you
think your there something or someone kicks your ass to whatever level that's
coming to you. Rik Emmett's had his fair share of crossroads- leaving well known
rock band Triumph in 1988 and completely turning his back on the pretension of
the biz. With Handiwork Emmett has graduated to a level he himself might not have
imagined but it's certainly a league he belongs in. 
