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J U N O W E E K EVENTS GUIDE MARCH 9 - 15 SASKATOON, SK #JUNOS

Alessia Cara Host of The 2020 JUNO Awards

Daniel Caesar

Jann Arden

Lennon Stella

The Glorious Sons

Tory Lanez

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March 7 - 15 Remai Modern

In Support of MusiCounts

102 Spadina Crescent East

Friday, March 13

Saskatoon, SK

Doors 6:30pm, Puck drop 7:30pm Merlis Belsher Place 2010 College Drive Saskatoon, SK

In Support of MusiCounts In Support of MusiCounts Saturday, March 14 Doors 12pm, Panel 12:30pm Frances Morrison Central Library

March 7 - 15

311 23 Street East

Remai Modern

Sunday, March 15 Doors 11am, Show 12pm TCU Place - Sid Buckwold Theatre 35 22 Street East Saskatoon, SK

Saskatoon, SK

102 Spadina Crescent East Saskatoon, SK

Sunday, March 15 3pm

19+ event

SaskTel Centre

Friday, March 13 Thursday, March 12

Doors 8:30pm, Show 9pm

Doors 6:30pm, Show 7pm

Capitol Music Club

Broadway Theatre

244 1 Avenue North

715 Broadway Avenue

Saskatoon, SK

Saskatoon, SK

3515 Thatcher Avenue Saturday, March 14 12pm

Saskatoon, SK See page 3

Midtown 201 1 Avenue South Saskatoon, SK Sunday, March 15 6pm

In Support of MusiCounts 19+ event Thursday, March 12

19+ event, select all ages shows

SaskTel Centre

Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14

3515 Thatcher Avenue Saskatoon, SK

Various venues in Saskatoon

See page 3

Visit www.junofest.ca See page 5

Doors 7pm, Show 8pm

Private event Saturday, March 14 Watch the live stream online at 6pm on cbcmusic.ca/JUNOS

Coors Event Centre 241 2 Avenue South Saskatoon, SK

FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE PAGE 7 This content was provided by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and created by Postmedia Content Works for commercial purposes.

Message from CARAS/The JUNO Awards & MusiCounts President and CEO Thank you for joining us for the 2020 JUNO Awards! This year we are celebrating 49 years of excellence in Canadian music and we are excited to be heading back to Saskatoon. Thank you to Mayor Clark, Scott Ford, Todd Brandt, Cheri Hamilton and the entire Saskatoon Host Committee, for all of their hard work in preparation for JUNO Week. We encourage you to go out and experience the arts, culture and booming culinary scene Saskatoon has to offer.

We have a great JUNO Week ahead of us, with plenty of events catered to all ages featuring our signature JUNOfest Presented by CBC Music, JUNO Fan Fare Presented by VIRGIN MOBILE, and JUNO Songwriters’ Circle Presented by SOCAN in Association with Music Publishers Canada. We are also delighted to bring back some of our newer events such as our JUNO Comedy Show Presented by SiriusXM Canada and our JUNO Stories from the Studio Presented by YSL Pro & Universal Audio and more. To wrap up this amazing week, we will be hosting Canada’s Biggest Night in Music from the SaskTel Centre, live on CBC and cbcmusic.ca/junos.

CARAS would like to salute this year’s Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award recipient, Pegi Cecconi. She has been working in the music industry for nearly 50 years and is a true force to be reckoned with. Congratulations Pegi! I would also like to commend this year’s inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, multi-platinum award-winning singersongwriter, author, and now star of her own hit TV show, Jann Arden. Congratulations to Jann! We look forward to honouring them in Saskatoon.

I would like to extend my gratitude to the CARAS Board of Directors, the CARAS staff and all of the volunteers who work diligently to make every year an incredible experience, our PR team at rock-it promotions, our broadcast producers, Insight Productions, our partners at CBC and of course, the City of Saskatoon and the Province of Saskatchewan.

Congratulations to all of this year’s JUNO nominees! We eagerly await to celebrate our talented Canadian artists and musicians in Saskatoon and we wish you a fantastic JUNO Week.

Sincerely,

Allan Reid | President & CEO, CARAS/The JUNO Awards & MusiCounts

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By Shawn Conner

hen Alessia Cara hosts this year’s JUNO Awards on March 15, the 23-yearold will be one of the youngest hosts ever. This makes the Brampton, Ontario-raised singer-songwriter’s input into the awards show especially valuable, says executive producer Lindsay Cox. “When we first started talking to her, her observations were really

Date: Sunday, March 15 Time: 3pm - 5:30pm Venue: SaskTel Centre, 3515 Thatcher Avenue Saskatoon, SK Attend: Red Carpet Audience is FREE for all ages. Email audiencecoordinator@ junoawards.ca to register on a first-come first-serve basis What: The evening begins when the JUNO Award nominees, performers and presenters walk the Red Carpet as they arrive at the SaskTel Centre

smart,” said Cox, from Insight Productions who produces The JUNO Awards Broadcast.

“She wasn’t going to just let the show happen around her, she was going to be a part of making it happen. The host has such an important role in setting the tone, and I think that mattered to Alessia. We wanted to know what her generation wants to see on television. So we really encouraged her to think that way. And she does think that way. She knows her audience.”

Cara performed on the awards show for the first time in 2016, the year she won her first JUNO Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters, followed by Pop Album of the Year in 2017 for her debut fulllength Know-It-All and a GRAMMY for Best New Artist in 2018.

“We’ve watched her grow up,” says Allan Reid, President & CEO of CARAS (The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences)/ The JUNO Awards & MusiCounts.

This year, the young singer is the JUNOS’ most nominated artist, with her name appearing in six categories (including Album of the Year Presented by Music Canada for her second full-length, The Pains of Growing).

“First, she’s an incredible musician, and very focused on what she’s doing musically,” Reid said.

“But she’s also an incredibly smart as well as humble person. And in what she talks about, what she writes about, she’s become an incredible role model for young women.”

Cox and her team fielded suggestions from the young singer for the show. “When you think of how social media grabs people, it’s in little snippets, little bites, and she asked how could she do that, along with taking on a more traditional hosting role.”

Date: Sunday, March 15 Time: 4:30pm doors, 5:45pm seated, 6pm show Venue: SaskTel Centre, 3515 Thatcher Avenue Saskatoon, SK

ALESSIA CARA

PHOTO CREDIT: OLIVIA AITA

Along with hosting, Cara is scheduled to perform. Other scheduled performers include JUNO Award nominees Daniel Caesar (R&B/Soul Recording of the Year), The Glorious Sons (Rock Album of the Year), Lennon Stella (Breakthrough Artist of the Year Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters and Single of the Year), Tory Lanez (five nominations, including twice in R&B/Soul Recording of the Year), Jann Arden and more.

Arden, who hosted the program in 1997 and co-hosted alongside Jon Montgomery in 2016, will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. This marks a milestone for not just the singer-songwriter but for CARAS’ Reid. Back when he was an A&R man for Universal Music Canada, Reid signed Arden to a record deal. She was his first signing. “To come full circle with her now, to see her go into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame almost 30 years later, is pretty special,” he said.

The JUNOS have evolved from an industry awards event to a week-long festival in the host city.

After a 13-year hiatus, the JUNOS are thrilled to be returning to

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Saskatoon.

“You rarely see these artists all come through at one time in these smaller markets,” Cox said. “And that’s exciting. We’re finding such enthusiasm for supporting the show.”

Local talent up for awards this year include The Dead South (Traditional Roots Album of the Year) and Foxwarren (Alternative Album of the Year Presented by Long & McQuade), both from Regina, and the Hunter Brothers. The latter are five siblings from the town of Shaunavon, and are nominated for Breakthrough Group of the Year Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters and Country Album of the Year.

Once this year’s JUNOS are behind them, Reid, Cox and their respective teams will focus on 2021 and the show’s 50th anniversary, to be held in Toronto for the first time in a decade.

“The 50th will be a very special celebration, where we’re not just looking forward but looking back on decades of Canadian music,” Reid said.

This year’s fast-rising host, Alessia Cara, may be part of that celebration as well.

What: The 49th annual JUNO Awards airs live from SaskTel Centre and is broadcast live on CBC, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, the free CBC Gem streaming service and globally at CBCMusic.ca/JUNOS. The night features the presentation of various JUNO Awards, Jann Arden’s induction to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, unforgettable performances, special appearances and surprise moments with Canada’s hottest artists.

Host & Performer: Alessia Cara Performers: Alexandra Stréliski, Ali Gatie, City and Colour, Daniel Caesar, iskwē , Jann Arden, Lennon Stella, Meghan Patrick, The Dead South, The Glorious Sons and Tory Lanez Tickets: Available starting at $39.95 (plus fees) at Ticketmaster.ca

Award Nominees

JUNO FAN CHOICE

Presented by TD Alessia Cara Ali Gatie Avril Lavigne bbno$ Justin Bieber Loud Luxury NAV Shawn Mendes The Weeknd Tory Lanez

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

Out Of Love Alessia Cara Sweet Little Lies bülow La Di Da Lennon Stella Hang Ups Scott Helman Señorita Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

Clockwise from top left: Tory Lanez, Michael Bublé, Walk Off The Earth. Bottom left: Shawn Mendes. Bottom Right: Jessie Reyez.

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Thank U, Next Ariana Grande WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish No.6 Collaborations Project Ed Sheeran Free Spirit Khalid Hollywood’s Bleeding Post Malone

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Presented by Music Canada

The Pains Of Growing Alessia Cara INSCAPE Alexandra Stréliski Shine A Light Bryan Adams love Michael Bublé Bad Habits NAV ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Alessia Cara Bryan Adams Jessie Reyez Shawn Mendes Tory Lanez

GROUP OF THE YEAR

88Glam Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine Loud Luxury The Reklaws Walk Off the Earth

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters Alexandra Stréliski Ali Gatie bbno$ Lennon Stella Tenille Townes

BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters Hunter Brothers Neon Dreams Palaye Royale The Blue Stones Valley

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Presented by SOCAN Alessia Cara Publisher – Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada “Growing Pains” – co-songwriters Andrew Wansel, Warren Fielder “Out of Love” – co-songwriter Rick Nowels PAINS OF GROWING – Alessia Cara “Rooting For You” – co-songwriter Jon Levine THIS SUMMER – Alessia Cara bülow Publisher – Wax On Wax Off Publishing/

Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada “Boys Will Be Boys” – co-songwriters David Charles Fischer, Mike Wise, Nathan Ferraro THE CONTENDER – bülow “Sweet Little Lies” – co-songwriters David Charles Fischer, Mike Wise, Nathan Ferraro CRYSTALLINE – bülow “Two Punks In Love” – co-songwriters David Charles Fischer, Mike Wise, Nathan Ferraro TWO PUNKS IN LOVE – bülow Patrick Watson Publisher – Secret City Music Publishing “Broken”, “Dream for Dreaming” – co-songwriters Joseph Baron Grass, Mikhail Stein, Robbie Kuster “Here Comes The River” – co-songwriters Joseph Baron Grass, Jules Buckley, Mikhail Stein

WAVE – Patrick Watson Tenille Townes Publisher – Red Brick Music Publishing “I Kept The Roses” – co-songwriters Chris Gelbuda, Dustin Christensen I KEPT THE ROSES – Tenille Townes “Jersey On The Wall (I’m Just Asking)” – co-songwriters Gordie Sampson, Tina Parol JERSEY ON THE WALL (I’M JUST ASKING ) – Tenille Townes “White Horse” – co-songwriters Daniel Tashian, Jeremy Spillman WHITE HORSE – Tenille Townes Tim Baker Publisher – Plug Your Ears Publishing “All Hands” “Dance” “The Eighteenth Hole” FOREVER OVERHEAD – Tim Baker

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Clockwise from top left: Scott Helman, NAV, Loud Luxury, iskwē. Bottom left: Avril Lavigne. Bottom Right: nêhiyawak

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

V Aaron Goodvin The Fall Dallas Smith Black Sheep Dean Brody State of Mind Hunter Brothers Wild As Me Meghan Patrick

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

A Pill for Loneliness City and Colour A Blemish in the Great Light Half Moon Run acākosīk iskwē Thanks for the Dance Leonard Cohen Wave Patrick Watson

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Presented by Long & McQuade Destroyer Black Mountain Foxwarren Foxwarren Here Comes The Cowboy Mac DeMarco Pony Orville Peck Morbid Stuff PUP

POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Presented by Live Nation Canada The Pains of Growing Alessia Cara Head Above Water Avril Lavigne Crystalline bülow 8:47 Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine HERE WE GO! Walk Off the Earth

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR

…but for the sun Big Wreck PEOPLESKILLS Headstones Order In Decline Sum 41 Master Volume The Dirty Nil A War On Everything The Glorious Sons

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Nothing Never Happens Bria Skonberg Stay Tuned! Dominique Fils-Aimé MONTRÉAL Elizabeth Shepherd Wishes Jazz Affair Friday Monkey House

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO

MiGRATIONS Jacques Kuba Séguin UNSTOPPABLE Joel Miller Black Sea Suite John Stetch Absolutely Dreaming Ted Quinlan The Chronicles of Fezziwig The Mark Kelso Jazz Project

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP

Undertones Al Muirhead’s Canadian Quintet Jump Up Brad Turner Quartet with Guest Seamus Blake Trouble in Mind Dave Young Trio Abundance Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop On Firm Ground / Tierra Firme Jane Bunnett & Maqueque

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

INSCAPE Alexandra Stréliski The Silent Wish Bill McBirnie with Bernie Senensky Calm and Cents Kevin Hearn SymphRONica UpfRONt Ron Davis’ SymphRONica Toothsayer Tanya Tagaq

FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Après Fred Pellerin L’étrange pays Jean Leloup La nuit des longs couteaux Koriass La nuit est une panthère Les Louanges Tout ça pour ça Loud

CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Greatest Hits, Vol. 4 Big Block Singsong A Cheerful Little Earful Diana Panton It’s GForce GFORCE This Is Us Girl Pow-R Sharon, Bram & Friends Sharon & Bram

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER

detach Angela Schwarzkopf Alone & Unalone Ensemble Paramirabo Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Op. 12 James Ehnes Elles Marina Thibeault and Marie-Ève Scarfone John Zorn: Cat O’Nine Tails, The Dead Man, Memento Mori & Kol Nidre Quatuor Molinari

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE

The Bounds of our Dreams Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra/Orchestre

du Centre national des Arts du Canada, conducted by Alexander Shelley feat. Alain Lefèvre & Yosuke Kawasaki Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos Jan Lisiecki with Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sibelius 1 Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, conducted by Yannick NézetSéguin The John Adams Album Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano Chopin: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted

by Kent Nagano feat. Charles RichardHamelin

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL

When There Is Peace: An Armistice Oratorio Chor Leoni Men’s Choir Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge Gerald Finley Handel: Dixit Dominus; Bach & Schutz: Motets Ottawa Bach Choir, conducted by Lisette Canton Summer Night Peter Barrett, Martha Guth, Allyson McHardy, Helen Becqué Schubert: Winterreise Philippe Sly with Le Chimera Project

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR

Evta Ana Sokolović “Everything Is... Distorted” Bekah Simms Under Sea, Above Sky Jared Miller The Coming of Sobs Rose Bolton Kickin’ It 2.0 Vincent Ho

RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR

88GLAM2 88Glam Tomorrow Could Be The Day Things Change Classified Light Path 8 KILLY Bad Habits NAV Freaky Tory Lanez

DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

Love Me Felix Cartal & Lights Only When It Rains Frank Walker x Astrid S I’m Not Alright Loud Luxury and Bryce Vine Gravity RALPH We Found Love Sultan + Shepard x Showtek

R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR

Black Dove Amaal CASE STUDY 01 Daniel Caesar Feel It Too Jessie Reyez, Tory Lanez, & Tainy The Gumption Tanika Charles Chixtape 5 Tory Lanez

REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

Wah Gwaan Exco Levi Jah Children Jay Douglas The Warning Track Lyndon John X Never Broken Petraa Another Man STORRY

INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

Presented by APTN Stories from a Downtown Apartment Celeigh Cardinal Yellowstone Digawolf nipiy nêhiyawak Siqinnaarut Northern Haze ataataga Riit

CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Coyote Catherine MacLellan Easy Keeper Del Barber Little Bones Irish Mythen Passages Justin Rutledge Mohawk Lee Harvey Osmond

TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Once A Day April Verch

By Appointment Or Chance Miranda Mulholland Sketches Natalie MacMaster Sugar & Joy The Dead South Assiniboine & The Red The Small Glories

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Pocket Full Of Nothin’ Big Dave McLean Mad Love Dawn Tyler Watson Hand Me Down Blues Durham County Poets That’s Where It’s At Michael Jerome Browne The Northern South Vol. 2 Whitehorse

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/ GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

The Heart Of Christmas Brian Doerksen Pursue Brooke Nicholls Wherever I Go Dan Bremnes ILL Street Blues Fresh IE The Advent Of Christmas Matt Maher

WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Presented by Aeromexico BAROKAN Djely Tapa Sombras OKAN Africa Without Borders Okavango African Orchestra Risorgimento Romina Di Gasbarro Galactic Gala Silla and Rise

JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Ben Kaplan “Brittle Bones Nicky” BRITTLE BONES NICKY – Rare Americans “It’s Alright” (co-producer Ryan Guldemond) DANCE AND CRY – Mother Mother Derek Hoffman “Fear of the Flame” FEAR OF THE FLAME – Logan Staats “Hide Your Love” NIGHT IN THE PARK, KISS IN THE DARK – Caveboy Jon Levine “October” , “Rooting For You” (co-producer Midi Jones) THIS SUMMER – Alessia Cara Michael Wise “Just Friends” HARTLAND ST. – Virginia to Vegas “Sweet Little Lies” CRYSTALLINE – bülow Steve Bays “Record Shop” CASCADIA – Said The Whale “Song In My Head” RIP – We Are The City

RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

George Seara “If I Can’t Have You” IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU – Shawn Mendes “Incredible” INCREDIBLE – James TW Jason Dufour “Push For Yellow” , “There’s Still A Light In

The House” MAYBE – Valley John ‘Beetle’ Bailey “Dividido ( feat. Silvana Estrada)” SUBLIME – Alex Cuba “Shotgun” FRIDAY – Monkey House Ryan Worsley “2 Myself” LUDIC – Ludic “Known Better” MELT – Nuela Charles Vic Florencia “Midnight” , “Over Me ” MIDNIGHT – Brooke Palsson

ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR

Chad Moldenhauer (Art Director), Ian Clarke (Designer) , Warren Clark and Lance Inkwell (Illustrators) SELECTIONS FROM CUPHEAD – Kristofer Maddigan Kevin Hearn (Art Director), Antoine Moonen (Designer) , Lauchie Reid and Harland Williams (Illustrators) THE SUPERHERO SUITE – Kevin Hearn and Friends Kris Knight (Illustrator), Jason Sniderman (Art Director), James Mejia (Designer), Chris Peters (Illustrator), Stefanie Schneider (Photographer) BLOODCRUSH/BLOODMYTH – Ensign Broderick Sean Brown and Keavan Yazdani (Art Directors) CASE STUDY 01 – Daniel Caesar Terri Fidelak (Art Director, Designer, & Illustrator), Regan Fraser (Art Director), Carey Shaw (Photographer) MALICE, MERCY, GRIEF & WRATH – Belle Plaine

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Presented by Stingray Bun Dem Caraz Sarahmée Record Shop Johnny Jansen Said The Whale Topographe Jonathan Robert Corridor Back Off Le GED Laurence Nerbonne Little Star Sarah Legault iskwē

ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Battle Lines Bob Moses Memory Emotion Electric Youth Dawn Chorus Jacques Greene A Beat Tape For Your Friends Keys N Krates Beyond The Senses REZZ

METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Evolution Kobra And The Lotus Martyr Lindsay Schoolcraft Through A Wall Single Mothers Play to Win Striker Orphans The Agonist

ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Shine A Light Bryan Adams Unplugged Vol. 1 Lauren Spencer-Smith Both Sides Marc Jordan Melt Nuela Charles Empower Renée Lamoureux

COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Presented by SirusXM Canada General Anxiety Disorder Adam Christie Straight White Fail Jarrett Campbell The Abyss Stares Back Monty Scott Lil Bit of Buddle Sophie Buddle I’m Not Well Steph Tolev

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By Shawn Conner

here won’t be enough hours in the day to take in all that Music Day on CBC has to offer on March 15.

2020 is the third year that CBC will broadcast the JUNOS since the awards show returned to the network after a 16-year-absence. To mark the homecoming, the national broadcaster instituted Music Day on CBC, a full day of programming that is designed to celebrate Canadian music on the day of the awards show. The corporation continues to expand its programming as well as viewing and listening options.

“Even in the last three years we see more and more people consuming more and more content on the digital platform of their choice,” said Susan Marjetti, Executive Director, Radio and Audio, CBC. To feed this growing audience, CBC is making all Music Day on CBC content available on its streaming service CBC Gem and its new app, CBC Listen. Along with livestreaming, the platforms will offer the shows on demand.

The programming includes a rebroadcast of last year’s CBC Music Festival, an all-Canadian event with performances by and interviews with Toronto-based indie-pop band Alvvays, Québecois singersongwriter Cœur de pirate, and Indigenous folk hero Buffy SainteMarie.

Other shows include CBC Music: JUNOS 365 Sessions, which features Canadian artists covering a past song from the Single of the Year category, and Inducted: Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The latter features recent inductees Jann Arden, Andy Kim, Cowboy Junkies, Chilliwack and the late Bobby Curtola retracing their roots to the people and places that helped shape their careers.

Marjetti attended the inaugural Canadian Music Hall of Fame Ceremony Presented by Music Canada in Calgary. “What an

Five of this year’s JUNO nominees are alumni of CBC’s Searchlight Contest, including Regina’s The Dead South (Traditional Roots Album of the Year). incredible night,” she said. “We’ll be bringing that footage to our programming for the first time.”

Just prior to the actual JUNO Awards ceremony, q host Tom Power will sit down with nominees and performers Daniel Caesar, City and Colour, Lennon Stella, and host Alessia Cara in a pre-show special.

Radio programming includes recordings of JUNOfest Presented by CBC Music showcases of performers in this year’s classical and jazz categories, highlights from 25 years of award winners in the Indigenous category, recording of the JUNO Songwriters’ Circle Presented by SOCAN in association with Music Publishers Canada, and the JUNO Winners’ Circle. JUNO Songwriters’ Circle features nominees telling stories behind their songs and performing them in an unplugged format. The JUNO Winners’ Circle celebrates the winners from the awards given out the night before

the broadcast at the JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards Presented by Music Canada with interviews, acceptance speeches and insight from host Tom Allen and CBC Music experts.

Music Day on CBC is just one initiative of the broadcaster’s ongoing commitment to Canadian music. The JUNOS 365 Sessions, which features a Canadian artist covering a past JUNO winner, are recorded and uploaded year-round.

Other year-round CBC initiatives include the CBC Searchlight Contest.

An annual hunt for the country’s best undiscovered talent, the Searchlight Contest’s alumni include five of this year’s nominees: Nunavut’s Northern Haze (Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year Presented by APTN), Edmonton’s Nuela Charles (Adult Contemporary Album of the Year), Montreal’s Koriass (Francophone Album of the Year), Hamilton’s iskwē (Adult Alternative Album of the Year and Music Video of the Year

Presented by Stingray), and Regina’s The Dead South (Traditional Roots Album of the Year).

“Shopé won last year allowing him to participate in the Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class and other opportunities including playing at CBC Music Festival,” Marjetti said.

“We want to find even more ways to be working with emerging artists, to make sure that we’re part of their ongoing development.” Steve Jordan, CBC’s new Senior Director of CBC Music feels the same way, she said.

The broadcaster’s commitment to Canadian music starts in the classroom. Every fall the CBC, in association with MusiCounts—the charity associated with CARAS and the JUNO Awards—holds the Canadian Music Class Challenge.

The contest encourages music classes across the country to engage with Canadian music by covering a song from a pre-approved list. The

students’ version can be note-fornoteoramorecreativeinterpretation.

Once a performance has been recorded on video, CBC uploads it to CBC Music and YouTube. The winning classes in each category, and the special Passion Prize awarded by MusiCounts, receive prizes towards their music program as well as a gold record plaque. The Challenge sees more entries every year, Marjetti says. “We’ve received beautiful emails from teachers in participating schools who say how much that event meant to those students and how encouraging it was to music students to keep studying, to keep learning. The dream is that these children of music classes may be on that stage themselves getting a JUNO award and that we may have played some small part in encouraging them to pursue music as a lifelong passion and career.”

CBC TV, CBC Radio One and CBC Music will air The 2020 JUNO Awards on Sunday, March 15, beginning at 8 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m.

CT, from the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon. Along with the TV and radio broadcasts, the show will be live-streamed on the free CBC Gem streaming service and the new CBC Listen app.

For programming information, and the full Music Day on CBC schedule, visit CBCMusic.ca/junos.

CBC’s Executive Director, Radio & Audio, Susan Marjetti

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