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With three Juno awards apiece, Krall and Nickelback were winners in the top categories at Sunday night's Juno awards. Krall took best artist and best album, as well as best vocal jazz album for The Look of Love."I think this is the best awards, the most musical,'' the Nanaimo, B.C.native said. "The best music I've heard in a long time is Canadian,'' an emotional Krall said, collecting her best artist award. Backstage and somewhat flustered, Krall said the two major awards were completely unexpected. "I'm a little bit in semi-shock right now, I'm just blown away . . . it's amazing, I feel like third clarinet in band getting on the basketball team.'' Nickelback, Canada's
latest contribution to the international rock scene, took best rock
album, best single for How You Remind Me and best group at the annual
awards, presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and
Sciences. "It's nice to have someone in your home country saying `Hey, you're doing a great job' ,'' Chad Kroeger said backstage. Hosted by the Barenaked Ladies, who effortlessly kept the show moving with skits and songs specially written for the Junos, the 6,000-seat stadium was treated to a barrage of top Canadian artists. Kicked off by a tribute to the province led by local boys Great Big Sea, the show included performances by Krall, Nickelback, Furtado, Alanis Morissette, Amanda Marshall, Great Big Sea and Sum 41. Best selling album, foreign or domestic, was - no big surprise - Hotshot by American pop-reggae superstar Shaggy, who came to town to play at the ceremony. "A Juno, oh boy,'' Shaggy shouted. "Even when I was out of a record company and I lost my deal, Canada always supported me, I always had a hit record.'' "I think what gets me the most here is the warmth of the people y'know what I mean,'' Shaggy said later backstage. "That's an island vibe for you, if you come from Jamaica it's the same thing.'' Nickelback's wins are the latest in a long string of triumphs for the Hanna, Alta., band - Chad Kroeger, brother Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake and Ryan Vikedal. How You Remind Me has hit No. 1 in dozens of markets around the world and the album Silver Side Up has sold more than four million copies. Moist singer David Usher of Montreal took best pop album for his solo effort Morning Orbit and Vancouver hip-hop group Swollen Members - headed by the duo Mad Child and Prevail - snagged its second Juno in as many years in the best rap recording category for Bad Dreams. Vancouver rock quartet Default were named best new group.
The nationally-televised Juno show from Mile One Stadium capped an electrifying week in St. John's. Parties raged into the morning hours along the city's famed George Street strip for days and celebrity sightings were as common as changes in the weather in the blustery capital of the Rock. In addition to the musical giants, political figures and well-known Canadians such as Heritage Minister Sheila Copps and Justin Trudeau were in town. Even Olympic gold-medal figure-skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were on hand to present awards. Demand for tickets was high. Several hundred intrepid fans braved a blustery, cold night to camp out for about 400 obscured-view seats and a group of about 600 who lined up but missed out were invited to watch rehearsals for the big show. "I think it's exciting, the concept of taking the Junos (usually held in Toronto or Hamilton) on the road,'' Morissette said backstage. She said she had made time to tour the city. "I walked around until my bones were about to crack . . . it was really beautiful, it was unbelievable.'' Sunday night's gala was the second of two Juno awards nights A total of 28 awards and two special achievement Junos were handed out Saturday night at a four-hour dinner and show at the St. John's Convention Centre. Newfoundland's Ennis Sisters won best new country group, for which they received a standing ovation.
Carolyn Dawn Johnson,
from Deadwood, Alta., was named best country artist. Best new solo
artist went to Toronto singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman. Organizers of the Junos were stunned by the large crowds that showed up in St. John's for almost every event associated with the music awards show. At a fan-appreciation event at a local mall, for example, security guards were overwhelmed by a huge crowd of screaming teens who showed up to meet and greet 12 Juno-nominated artists. When the four members of the rock band Sum 41 showed up, the crowd went wild. The young band members were clearly shocked by the reception, considering St. John's is home to only about 150,000 people. "This is Newfoundland and it's not every day we get this,'' Jacqueline Brown, 17, told the St. John's Telegram. "This is awesome.'' The scene was much the same at an all-ages, outdoor concert on the George Street bar strip, which is normally quiet at this time of year with evening temperatures hovering just above freezing. More than 1,500 people, most of them wearing winter clothes, showed up to see Crush perform. ___ Rumours that Leonard Cohen would be in St. John's for the Juno Awards - he was a no-show - inspired the local CBC station to sponsor an odd contest. Listeners were encouraged to call in and perform their interpretation of a traditional Newfoundland song in Cohen's sombre, monotone style. The winner and the runner-up both performed depressing renditions of the ditty I'se the B'y. In the winner's version of the song, which is about a fisherman who builds his own boat, the despondent fisherman scuttles the vessel. ___ Autograph-seekers were out in full force on the weekend as celebrities arrived for the annual Juno Awards. But Federal Heritage Minister Sheila Copps got a head start on them all. While on her flight to St. John's, Copps noticed American rap star Shaggy was sitting only a few seats away. Copps, who has a young daughter, approached the recording artist with a napkin and pen in hand. Shaggy, who was later given an award for his huge record sales in Canada, obliged with a few scribbles. Later, a source said, Copps was mortified when she mistakenly handed the napkin to her daughter, who promptly used it to wipe her nose. ___ With about 1,000 music industry executives and artists in St. John's for the Junos, Newfoundland's Music Industry Association jumped at the chance to showcase local talent at the city's main music venues on the George Street bar strip. A three-day music festival featuring 62 acts - 46 of them from Newfoundland - kept fans on the move. "We're not just a bunch of fiddle players,'' said association chairman John Hutton. There are no less than
22 bars packed closely together on George Street, a narrow lane
that is thought to have more drinking establishments per square
foot than anywhere else in North America. Although St. John's has a large well of musical talent to draw from, the city is often left out when bands from outside the province go on tour across Canada. The Juno Awards show has been held outside of Ontario only twice since its inception 31 years ago. ___ About 600 people received a rare treat Sunday when they were granted access to Mile One Stadium in St. John's where some of Canada's top music acts were rehearsing for the annual Juno Awards. The crowd was made up of people who were turned away from the stadium on Saturday when 400 last-minute tickets to the show sold out in 20 minutes. Hundreds of music fans had spent Friday night camped outside the stadium. It didn't seem to matter that the tickets up for grabs were for seats with an "obscured view'' behind the stage. The first in line was Ryan Symes, a biochemistry student who brought along some books and a sleeping bag to study for an exam on Monday. "We wanted to recognize that people put a lot of effort into this,'' said Ross Reynolds, chairman of the Canadian Association of Recording Arts and Sciences. Tickets for the seats in front of the stage sold out within a few hours after the went on sale. Some were selling for up to $300 on the Internet auction site EBay. __ Here are some of the 2002 Juno award winners announced Sunday night in St. John's, Newfoundland: Best instrumental album: Armando's Fire, Oscar Lopez Best new solo artist: Hawksley Workman Best songwriter: Jann Arden for Never Mind and Thing for You (co-songwriter Russell Broom) performed by Jann Arden Best new country artist/group: Ennis Sisters Best country artist/group: Carolyn Dawn Johnson Best rock album: Silver Side Up, Nickelback Best vocal jazz album: The Look of Love, Diana Krall Best contemporary jazz album - instrumental: Live, Francois Bourassa Trio & Andre LeRoux Best traditional jazz album - instrumental: Murley, Bickert & Wallace: Live at the Senator, Mike Murley Best children's album: A Classical Kids Christmas, Susan Hammond Best classical album - solo or chamber ensemble: Bach Arrangements, Angela Hewitt. Best classical album - large ensemble or soloist with large ensemble accompaniment: Max Bruch, Concertos 1 & 3, James Ehnes violin, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit conductor. Best classical album: vocal or choral performance: Airs Francais, Ben Heppner Best classical composition: Par-ci, par-la, Chan Ka Nin Best alternative album: Poses, Rufus Wainwright Best dance recording: Spaced Invader, Hatiras Best reggae recording: Love (African Woman), Blessed Best music of Aboriginal Canada recording: On and On, Eagle & Hawk. Best roots & traditional album - solo: Far End of Summer, David Francey Best roots & traditional album - group: Cordial, La Bottine Souriante Best blues album: Big Mouth, Colin Linden Best gospel album: Downhere, Downhere Best global album: The Journey, Alpha Yaya Diallo Best producer: Daniel Lanois (co-producer Brian Eno) for Beautiful Day and Elevation by U2 Best recording engineer: Randy Staub for How You Remind Me and Too Bad by Nickelback Best album design: Sebastien Toupin (art director), Sebastien Toupin, Benoit St-Jean, Michel Valois (designers), Martin Tremblay (photographer) for Disparu by La Chicane Best video: Jealous of Your Cigarette, director Sean Michael Turrell, performed by Hawksley Workman. Special achievement: Michael Cohl Lifetime achievement: Daniel Lanois |
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ST.
JOHN'S, Nfld. - At a long, roaring party that likely won't be forgotten
for a long time on the Rock, the Canadian music industry looked
with love on 
Toronto
singer Glenn Lewis, another star quickly rising on the international
scene, won best R&B/soul recording for Don't You Forget It.
"This is for everybody on the frontiers of soul music . . .
to show the diversity of this great country,'' Lewis said. "There's
more to come. I'm just one of the bricks in the foundation of this
music wanting to see the progression of this music.''
Calgary's
Jann Arden was named best songwriter and Hamilton native Daniel
Lanois, who received two Grammy awards this year for his work with
Irish megastars U2, was recognized as best producer and was also
awarded a Juno for lifetime achievement.