Juno Awards of 1994

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The Juno Awards of 1994, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 20 March 1994 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Roch Voisine was the host for the ceremonies, which were taped that afternoon for broadcast that evening on CBC Television.

Nominations were announced 8 February 1994. Starting in 1994, the Best New Solo Artist combined the former Most Promising Male and Female Vocalist categories. Reggae also received its own category, after years of being included under banners such as "world beat" or mixed with calypso.

A new category for aboriginal music was also introduced and was awarded by Robbie Robertson. Nominee Sazacha Red Sky generated controversy since her song was a rendition of a native prayer song that was used by the family of Chief Dan George. George's son Leonard objected to the song's recording by Red Sky, whose real name was Nancy Nash, a former Vancouver resident who was not of First Nations ancestry. Juno regulations for this category only required that the music, rather than the artists, be of native content or origin. However, the winner of this category was Lawrence Martin, then the mayor of Sioux Lookout, Ontario.

Around the time of the 1994 ceremonies, there were plans to host the 1995 ceremonies in Winnipeg. However, Juno organisers CARAS was demanding substantial funding from the Winnipeg committee attempting to host the awards.

Atlantic group The Rankin Family was the major winner in 1994, winning awards in four categories including Entertainer of the Year.

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[edit] Nominees and winners

[edit] Canadian Entertainer of the Year

This award was chosen by a national poll rather than by Juno organisers CARAS.

Winner: The Rankin Family

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Female Vocalist

Winner: Celine Dion

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Male Vocalist

Winner: Roch Voisine

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best New Solo Artist

Winner: Jann Arden

Other Nominees:

[edit] Group of the Year

Winner: The Rankin Family

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best New Group

Winner: The Waltons

Other Nominees:

[edit] Songwriter of the Year

Winner: Leonard Cohen

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Country Female Vocalist

Winner: Cassandra Vasik

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Country Male Vocalist

Winner: Charlie Major

Other Nominees:

  • Joel Feeney
  • George Fox
  • Ron Hynes
  • Jim Witter

[edit] Best Country Group or Duo

Winner: The Rankin Family

Other Nominees:

  • The Blue Shadows
  • Cassandra Vasik and Russell deCarle
  • One Horse Blue
  • The Johner Brothers

[edit] Best Instrumental Artist

Winner: Ofra Harnoy

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Producer

Winner: Steven MacKinnon and Marc Jordan, "Waiting For A Miracle" from Reckless Valentine by Marc Jordan

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Recording Engineer

Winner: Kevin Doyle, "Old Cape Cod" and "Cry Me A River" by Anne Murray

Other Nominees:

  • Marc Ramaer, "Just Keep Me Moving", "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" by k.d. lang
  • Andy Hermant, "Life on the Inside Track", "Sweet Airs That Give Delight", "When Daisies Pied", "Sweet Airs That Give Delight" by Stratford Orchestra
  • Stephen Traub, "Window of Opportunity" from Bombazine by Meryn Cadell
  • Michael-Phillip Wojewoda, "Beginning of Time" and "Calling All Angels" by Jane Siberry

[edit] Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Winner: Rush

[edit] Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

Winner: John V. Mills

[edit] Nominated and winning albums

[edit] Best Album

Winner: Harvest Moon, Neil Young

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Children's Album

Winner: Tchaikovsky Discovers America, Susan Hammond, Classical Kids

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble)

Winner: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opus 10, No 1-3, Louis Lortie

Other Nominees:

  • Mozart: Two-Piano Sonata, Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier
  • Romantic Works for Guitar, Norbert Kraft
  • Schmelzer: Sonatas, Tafelmusik, director Jeanne Lamon
  • Simphonies des noels: A Treasury of Baroque Christmas Concerti, Les Violins du Roy, directory Bernard Labadie

[edit] Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

Winner: Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op.3 No. 1-6, Tafelmusik, director Jeanne Lamon

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance)

Winner: Debussy Songs, soprano Claudette Leblanc, piano Valerie Tryon

Other Nominees:

  • Elektra Women's Choir, Elektra Women's Choir
  • Full Well She Sang, The Toronto Consort
  • Schubert: Lieder, soprano Edith Wiens, piano Rudolf Jansen, clarinet Joaquin Valdepenas
  • Venetian Vespers of 1640, Vancouver Cantata Singers, director James Fankhauser

[edit] Best Album Design

Winner: Marty Dolan, Faithlift by Spirit of the West

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)

Winner: The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Mainstream Jazz Album

Winner: Fables and Dreams, Dave Young/Phil Dwyer Quartet

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Blues/Gospel Album

Winner: South At Eight/North At Nine, Colin Linden

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Contemporary Jazz Album

Winner: Don't Smoke In Bed, Holly Cole Trio

Other Nominees:

  • Face the Music, Garbo's Hat
  • Michael Farquharson, Michael Farquharson
  • Notorious, Five After Four, with Vito Razza
  • The Standard Line, David Mott

[edit] Best Selling Francophone Album

Winner: Album de Peuple Tome 2, Francois Perusse

Other Nominees:

[edit] Hard Rock Album of the Year

Winner: Dig, I Mother Earth

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Roots or Traditional Album

Winner: My Skies, James Keelaghan

Other Nominees:

[edit] Nominated and winning releases

[edit] Single of the Year

Winner: "Fare Thee Well Love", The Rankin Family

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Classical Composition

Winner: "Among Friends", Chan Ka Nin

Other Nominees:

  • "Divertimento for Harp and Strings", Milton Barnes
  • "Piano Concerto", Malcolm Forsyth
  • "Sleight of Hand", Jean Piche
  • "Three Poems", Peter Tiefenbach

[edit] Best Rap Recording

1994 - TBTBT, One Track Mind

[edit] Best R&B/Soul Recording

Winner: "The Time Is Right (I'll Be There For You)", Rupert Gayle

Other Nominees:

  • "All I Need", George St. Kitts
  • "And the Song Goes", Carol Medina
  • "Love Me Right", MCJ and Cool G
  • "Mothers of Hope", John James

[edit] Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording

Winner: Wapistan, Lawrence Martin

Other Nominees:

  • "Booglatamooti (The Indian Song)", J. Hubert Francis and Eagle Feather
  • "Grandfather", J. Hubert Francis and Eagle Feather
  • "Stoney Park", Stoney Park Singers
  • "The Prayer Song", Sazacha Red Sky

[edit] Best Reggae Recording

Winner: "Informer", Snow

Other Nominees:

  • "Child Support", Inspector Lenny
  • "Love and Affection", Tanya Mullings
  • "Save the Children", Leejahn
  • "Secret Admirer", D.J. Ray

[edit] Best Global Recording

Winner: "El Camino Real", Ancient Cultures

Other Nominees:

  • "Agada: Tales from Our Ancestors", Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
  • "Condor Meets the Eagle", Kanatan Aski with Pura Fe
  • "Crossing Selkirk Avenue", Finjan
  • "Enat", Mother Tongue

[edit] Best Dance Recording

Winner: "Thankful (Raw Club Mix)", Red Light

Other Nominees:

[edit] Best Video

Winner: Jeth Weinrich, Jann Arden, "I Would Die For You"

Other Nominees:

[edit] References

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