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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 102 Spadina Crescent East Saskatoon, SK In Support of MusiCounts Saturday, March 14 Doors 12pm, Panel 12:30pm Frances Morrison Central Library

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TD is proud to support Canadian music and the 2020 JUNO Awards. Music brings us together.

Thursday, March 12 Doors 6:30pm, Show 7pm Broadway Theatre 715 Broadway Avenue Saskatoon, SK

Saturday, March 14 12pm Midtown 201 1 Avenue South Saskatoon, SK

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Thursday, March 12 Doors 7pm, Show 8pm Coors Event Centre

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Friday, March 13

Doors 11am, Show 12pm

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35 22 Street East

2010 College Drive

Saskatoon, SK

Sunday, March 15 3pm SaskTel Centre 3515 Thatcher Avenue

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Doors 8:30pm, Show 9pm Capitol Music Club 244 1 Avenue North Saskatoon, SK Sunday, March 15 6pm SaskTel Centre 3515 Thatcher Avenue Saskatoon, SK 19+ event, select all ages shows

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Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14 Various venues in Saskatoon Visit www.junofest.ca See page 8 FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE PAGE 10 This content was provided by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and created by Postmedia Content Works for commercial purposes. Â®The TD logo and other trade-marks are the property of The Toronto-Dominion Bank.

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2020 JUNO AWARDS 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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2020 JUNO AWARDS Alessia Cara Photo Credit: Olivia Aita

Award Nominees by the

NUMBERS

Nominees in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame:

Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies)

Bryan Adams

of the 2020 JUNO Award Nominees are in the Top 10 JUNO Award Winners of All Time:

Bryan Adams

Leonard Cohen

Top Nominees

19 wins

Alessia Cara

Orchestre symphonique

JUNO Fan Choice Presented by TD, Single of the Year, Album of the Year Presented by Music Canada, Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year Presented by SOCAN and Pop Album of the Year Presented by Live Nation Canada

de Montréal 16 wins

Michael Bublé 14 wins James Ehnes 11 wins The Weeknd 10 wins

Tory Lanez

Leonard Cohen 9 wins

69 5 (40% OF NOMINEES)

First-time nominees represent technical categories:

! Songwriter of the Year Presented by SOCAN

234

Nominations

JUNO Fan Choice Presented by TD, Artist of the Year, Rap Recording of the Year, 2 nominations in R&B/Soul Recording of the Year Feel It Too - Jessie Reyez, Tory Lanez, & Tainy and Chixtape 5 - Tory Lanez

FIRST-TIME NOMINEES IN 2020

The Weeknd

6 Nominations

Bryan Adams

NOMINEES FROM SASKATCHEWAN Carey Shaw Foxwarren Hunter Brothers Terri Fidelak The Dead South

Foxwarren

TOTAL NOMINEES IN 2020 (171 UNIQUE NOMINEES)

! Classical Composition of the Year

Nominees in JUNO Fan Choice Presented by TD span

! Jack Richardson Producer of the Year ! Recording Engineer of the Year ! Album Artwork of the Year ! Music Video of the Year Presented by Stingray

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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 �� 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 CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER detach Angela Schwarzkopf �� Ensemble Paramirabo Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Op. 12 James Ehnes Elles Marina Thibeault and Marie-Ève Scarfone John Zorn: Cat O’Nine Tails, The �� 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 �� 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 �� 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

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 �� The Dead South �� 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

�� 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

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

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

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

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

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

�� 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

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 �� 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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Nomination Process Eligibility

The CARAS Academy Operations department reviews every submission to ensure it is eligibile.

Categories

Consumption Social Data

Top Downloads Top Streams Radio Audience

JUNO Fan Choice

Single

Submissions

Artists submit their work through an online application for JUNO consideration.

Album

International

Artist Group

Breakthrough Artist Breakthrough Group

Francophone

Pop Rock Rap

Alternative Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Country Songwriter Music Video

*Screening Committees � 8-10 professionals working in each genre. � Review every submission in the category. � Committees can suggest an artist switch categories if they feel it has a better chance in a different genre. � Ultimately it is the SOLE decision of the ARTIST which category they submit into.

Album Artwork Blues Children’s Christian/Gospel Classical (4) Comedy Dance Electronic Engineer Indigenous Instrumental Jazz (3) Metal/Hard Producer R&B/Soul Reggae Roots (2) World

Screening Committees*

First Round Voting

Academy Delegates

Consumption

Consumption / Academy Delegates / Social Data / Audience

Consumption / Judges

Judges

NOMINEES Second Round Voting

Public

1 category

Academy Delegates 15 categories

CARAS Board of Directors 1 category

Judges

25 categories

**Nielsen Music Connect is the provider of consumption data.

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Music Advisory Committee Chairs/Co-Chairs maintain the integrity of the JUNO Awards. It is their responsibility to monitor any changes within the industry as it relates to their category and the awards. They bring any necessary changes to the attention of CARAS.

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Music Advisory Committee Members are responsible for ensuring that each of the submissions in their specific genre meets the required qualification for the JUNO Awards. Each category has an associated Music Advisory Committee.

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Judges are responsible for listening to each of the submissions and voting for the best product in the genre. The judges change each year and are spread out in different facets of the music industry and different regions throughout Canada.

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Awards show a creative collaboration

hen Alessia Cara hosts this year’s JUNO Awards on March 15, the 23-year-old will be one of the youngest hosts ever. The Moffats, made up of four brothers including triplets, were 17 and 18 when they hosted in 2000. 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 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 full-length 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

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

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). When Cara was booked to host the show, the fact that she would become the most JUNO nominated artist this year, was unknown. “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

Date: Sunday, March 15 Time: 4:30pm doors, 5:45pm seated, 6pm show Venue: SaskTel Centre, 3515 Thatcher Avenue Saskatoon, SK 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. '&!+ $ )*#(&#%*#" Alessia Cara

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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.” 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 show’s producers are looking at how they can create a unique look and feel for each performance. “We were just talking to an artist who’s performing and we talked about what his performance should look like, who he could collaborate with, how do we create a new arrangement?” Cox said. “There’s a real excitement this year on the part of the artists to try something different, to go

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outside their comfort zone. Each performance is bespoke, and we work closely with the artist to give them what they want.” Among the music headlines this year was the death of Neil Peart, drummer for one of the most successful Canadian rock bands of all time and Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees, Rush. Classic-rock fans can rest assured. “There will be something on the broadcast for Neil, absolutely,” said Reid. The JUNOS have evolved from an industry awards event to a weeklong festival in the host city. After a 13-year hiatus, the JUNOS are thrilled to be returning to Saskatoon. “There’s always something about going to some of these smaller markets versus some of the major centres,” Reid said. “Whether it’s St. John’s, Newfoundland, or London or Saskatoon, it’s a big deal when the JUNOS come into town. There’s a level of excitement that is palpable.” “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 FUNDING PARTNERS

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.

JANN ARDEN

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

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Music Day on CBC: More great content on multiple platforms

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.

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Fans just wanna know!

THE SHEEPDOGS

We asked some of the performers who will be heading to Saskatoon for JUNO Week a few questions about their inspirations, ambitions and musical backgrounds. Their answers are revealing! LENNON STELLA

Performer on The 2020 JUNO Awards Broadcast on Sunday March 15 at SaskTel Centre Nominated for: Single of the Year – La Di Da Breakthrough Artist of the Year (Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters) Q: Millions of fans watched you grow up on TV and on social media. Now, at age 20, you’ve made the transition to rising pop star. Who in your life keeps you authentic and grounded? A: I really think it’s so important the people you surround yourself with and who you choose to keep around, so I hang around authentic and genuine people that will keep me in line. Also, my family is extremely grounded and it would be impossible for me to be anything but grounded because of them and how I was raised. Q: What musical styles do you want to explore? A: I’m very inspired by a lot of diﬀerent genres from diﬀerent eras. I take it all and try to piece it all together into my music. Ultimately I want to live the world of indie-pop with timeless songs. I think that my music can be characterized however it wants. I’m going to make music I love and wherever it lands I’m OK with.

HUNTER BROTHERS

Performing at the JUNO Kick-Off Concert Presented by CBC Sports on Thursday, March 12 at Coors Event Centre and lacing up to play JUNO Cup Presented by CBC Sports on Friday, March 12 at Merlis Belsher Place Nominated for: Breakthrough Group of the Year (Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters), Country Album of the Year - State of Mind Q: Growing up, the Hunter brothers were avid hockey players and had a passion for farming. At the same time, all five of you took piano lessons, completing Grade 8 Royal Conservatory standing. How did your parents keep you motivated to stick with piano lessons and how have you benefited from that music education? A: Growing up, mom and dad had an agreement. Mom put us in piano lessons, and dad put us in hockey. We weren’t allowed to go out and play hockey until our piano was practiced. They wanted us to be active, but really felt the importance of music being a part of our lives. Two brothers would practice before school, and then the others would practice after, and at one time, mom and dad were travelling with 7 different hockey teams during the same season. They put a premium on time usage, and really made an investment at an early age and encouraged us to stick with it. We are very grateful for that today.

CELEIGH CARDINAL

See Celeigh at q with Tom Power LIVE AT THE JUNOS on Thursday, March 12 at Broadway Theatre Nominated for: Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year (Presented by APTN) – Stories from a Downtown Apartment, Celeigh Cardinal Q: Your new album, Stories from a Downtown Apartment, is autobiographical. Is there one lifeinspired song that really stands out? A: Ooooh, this is a tough one. There are many life shaping moments written into this album. But I would say the song that hits me hard every time is ‘Loving is Letting Go’. I wrote the song at the end of a relationship, when I realized I would never be able to give my partner the things he wanted, and the most loving thing I could do for him was to let him go, to ﬁnd what he needed. It was hard because I still loved him dearly, but it was the right thing to do. In the second verse I speak about how it would be loving of myself to let go of the shame and hurt that had seemed to always be looming over me like a dark cloud and immobilizing me. The song is about making tough choices out of love. Be it love for yourself, or love of others. A tear jerker for me, every time.

THE SHEEPDOGS

Headlining the JUNO Kick-Off Concert Presented by CBC Sports on Thursday, March 12 at Coors Event Centre Q: Who’s on your playlist right now? A: We made a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young mega mix that has stuff from CSN, CSNY, their solo albums, their duo albums, as well as Buffalo Springfield and The Byrds that they wrote. It’s awesome, it’s like six hours long. Q: What is your dream gig? A: Any show where the sound is good onstage and the audience is enthusiastic can be a dream gig, it doesn’t really matter to me where it is.

What’s on your playlist? Answers from the 2019/2020 Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class artists

To all the 2020 JUNO Nominees and award winners, CONGRATULATIONS! FÉLICITATIONS ! à tous les finalistes et gagnants des JUNOS 2020 Your passion is creating music, ours is ensuuring you get paid for it. Votre passion est de créer de la musique, la nôtre est de nouss assurer que vous soyez payéss pour celle-ci.

SAM LYNCH’S PLAYLIST: Vagabon - Every Woman Leif Vollebekk - Blood Brother Aldous Harding - Fixture Picture Karen Dalton - Something On Your Mind Sharon Van Etten - Jupiter 4

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SHOPÉ’S PLAYLIST: Young Love - Adekunle Gold Need Someone - Shopé Neon - John Mayer Use This Gospel - Kanye West, Clipse, Kenny G War Baby - Roddy Ricch

Shopé

AIZA’S PLAYLIST: MOOD 4 EVA (ft. Oumou Sangaré) Beyoncé, JAY-Z, Childish Gambino Crybaby - Lizzo Tutu! - Tom Thomson, Huisman Sou Sou - Jidenna Mixer - Amber Mark

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FINTAN’S PLAYLIST: If The World Was Ending - JP Saxe I.F.L.Y - Bazzi She Burns - Foy Vance Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi Hey, Ma - Bon Iver

Fintan

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and market. But oﬀerings in the culinary guide are available throughout the year— not just during the JUNOS. “Our goals with the JUNO Culinary Experience are to bring a national and international spotlight to Saskatoon’s culinary scene,” says Venneri, “and casting Saskatchewan in a new light to new audiences.”

he JUNOS are coming to Saskatoon for a week of festivities that celebrate Canada’s top musical talent. And while music will take centre stage, so too will a culinary program that reflects the city’s burgeoning culinary scene— where the stars are local farmers, ranchers and producers. Tourism Saskatoon has teamed up with the JUNO Awards to shine a spotlight on those local stars through its JUNO Culinary Experience. After all, Saskatoon was declared Canada’s hottest culinary destination in 2019 by Forbes and one of the top 52 places to go in 2018 by The New York Times. The JUNO Culinary Experience will treat guests to a uniquely Saskatchewan evening at this year’s JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards Presented by Music Canada —from locally inspired cuisine to Saskatoon’s favourite pours—thanks to funding from Western Economic Diversification Canada, through the Canada Experiences Fund. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) will also be offering a vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free and gluten-free meal options at this year’s event. “It’s an incredible opportunity for us to not only showcase to the music industry an unforgettable meal, but also highlight the entire city of Saskatoon as a food destination,” says Katy Venneri, Director of Events at the JUNO Awards. “We’re thrilled to be working alongside the city’s top culinary talent, including Chef Dale MacKay and Chef Eliot Lang, to deliver an exceptional culinary experience during the event.” Chef Dale MacKay, season-one winner of Top Chef Canada, is curating a menu for the event alongside Executive Chef Eliot Lang of WTC Saskatoon at Prairieland Park. “We’re doing our best to create a menu that showcases Saskatoon, but we also want to give a different light into the Prairies,” says MacKay. As Canada’s breadbasket, Saskatchewan is known for producing wheat, but the province has also evolved as a producer of lentils and

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heritage grains, alongside its pork and poultry industries. But MacKay also points to the province’s lesser-known gems. “We have the best wild mushrooms,” he says. “Even asparagus and artichokes, people don’t realize they grow here, so we’re trying to cultivate that.” For the JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards Presented by Music Canada, MacKay will skip stereotypical Prairie foods like Saskatoon berries and perogies, and focus instead on local, seasonal ingredients, like cold storage root vegetables. Apples sourced from Crossmount Cider Company, for example, will be incorporated into MacKay’s dessert: panna cotta with apple jelly and crisp rosemary. Indeed, dishes being served will incorporate ingredients related to Saskatchewan, and JUNO TV will proﬁle some of the city’s top chefs, including Chef MacKay, Executive Chef Jenni Lassard of Wanuskewin

Heritage Park and Executive Chef Christie Peters of Primal and The Hollows restaurants. Chef Lassard, for example, creates meals celebrating Saskatchewan’s Indigenous cuisine with foraged and local ingredients. At Primal, Chef Peters creates time-honoured Italian food using Saskatchewan heritage grains and whole animal butchery, and at The Hollows—located in the historic Golden Dragon building—she incorporates wild-harvested mushrooms, ﬂowers, sap and roots along with meat, poultry and eggs from small farmers. “We’ve taken leaps and strides in agriculture with new species of plants and food products,” says Todd Brandt, President and CEO of Tourism Saskatoon. “And with an assemblage of top-rated chefs, the creativity here is phenomenal—I gain pounds because of it.”

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But even those who aren’t nominated for a JUNO can eat like an award winner. Many of the festivities will take place in venues across Downtown, Broadway and Riversdale, where top-rated restaurants, cafés, breweries and distilleries can be found. Visitors and locals alike, for example, can experience MacKay’s Top Chef-worthy cuisine at his restaurant, Ayden Kitchen and Bar, which oﬀers a seasonal menu of globally inspired comfort food made with local ingredients. Other options that showcase Saskatoon’s local talent include Black Fox Farm & Distillery, with a farm-to-distillery approach—90 per cent of the ingredients in its spirits are grown right on the farm. Odla is another; its farm, called Farm One Forty, provides in-season produce, free-range meat and honey from its apiary to its Broadway restaurant

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