Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Award winners announced during celebration
See complete list of award winners at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards web site at http://aboriginalpeopleschoice.com/cim/3200C13_2T1T3T861.dhtm
From http://winnipegsun.com/Entertainment/Music/2006/11/04/2230908-sun.html
Locals nab Aboriginal People's Choice Music awards - Nov 4, 2006
The people have spoken.
The first Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards were handed out during the last two nights and a number of local musicians came up winners.
Winners at the ceremonies -- part of the first Manito Ahbee Manitoba Aboriginal Festival -- were determined by online voters between Sept. 1 and Oct. 13.
The First Night ceremony, held Thursday and hosted by Cheryl McKenzie and Madeliene Allakariallak of APTN, honoured nominees in nine categories, including Manitoba residents Dezmond Mentuck and D.J. St. Germain (best producer /engineer for C-Weed), Tracy Bone (best album cover design), Billy Joe Green (best blues CD), J.J. Lavallee & the Freebird Band (best fiddle CD and best instrumental CD), and Sierra Noble (best aboriginal music by non-aboriginal artist).
During last night's ceremony, hosted by Lorne Cardinal of Corner Gas and singer-songwriter Katherine St. Germain, local winners included Hank Horton (best songwriter and best country CD), and Eagle and Hawk (best group or duo and best rock CD).
The show also featured performances by Bone, Shane Yellowbird, Eagle and Hawk, Andrea Menard, and Digging Roots, among others.
Manito Ahbee continues for the next two days with an International Competition Pow Wow and Indigenous Marketplace & Tradeshow at MTS Centre, a number of live showcases at various downtown venues, and the premiere of a new documentary on legendary songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie at MTS Centre tomorrow.
The full list of winners:
- GROUP / DUO: Eagle & Hawk
- NEW ARTIST: Shane Yellowbird
- SINGLE: Shane Yellowbird, Beautiful Concept
- MUSIC VIDEO: Shane Yellowbird, Beautiful Concept
- ROCK CD: Eagle & Hawk, Life is
- RAP OR HIP-HOP CD: Reddnation, Now or Never
- COUNTRY CD: Hank Horton, Honky Tonk Heartache Blues
- FOLK / ACOUSTIC CD: Keith Secola, Native Americana
- BLUES CD: Billy Joe Green, Muskrat Blues and Rock & Roll
- FIDDLE CD: J.J. Lavallee & Freebird, Jimmy's Breakdown
- INSTRUMENTAL CD: J.J. Lavallee & Freebird, Jimmy's Breakdown
- TRADITIONAL POW WOW CD: Red Bull, Enter the Circle
- CONTEMPORARY POW WOW CD: Grey Buffalo, Just Trying To Get There
- SONGWRITER: Hank Horton
- PRODUCER / ENGINEER: Dezmond Mentuck and D.J. St. Germain, C-Weed
- ALBUM COVER DESIGN: Tracy Bone, No Lies
- ABORIGINAL MUSIC BY NON-ABORIGINAL ARTIST: Sierra Noble, Orange