CASBY Award

The CASBY Award is a Canadian award for independent and alternative music, presented annually by Toronto, Ontario radio station CFNY, currently branded as 102.1 The Edge. The name CASBY stands for Canadian Artists Selected By You.

The awards were first presented in 1981 under the name U-Knows, a pun on Canada's mainstream Juno Awards. The concept was developed by David Marsden, the program director at CFNY at the time, when he heard the Juno nominations announced on CBC radio, and included was Long John Baldry — who was newly resident in Canada but had already been in the music business for almost 20 years — as most promising vocalist.^[1] They were renamed the CASBYs in 1986, after a listener contest.

Winners

1980s

1981

• Album of the Year: Teenage Head, Frantic City
• Single of the Year: Martha and the Muffins, "Echo Beach"
• Group of the Year: Teenage Head
• Female Vocalist of the Year: Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
• Male Vocalist of the Year: B.B. Gabor

1982

• Album of the Year: Bruce Cockburn, Inner City Front
• Single of the Year: Blue Peter, "Chinese Graffiti"
• Group of the Year: Martha and the Muffins
• Female Vocalist of the Year: Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
• Male Vocalist of the Year: B.B. Gabor

1983

• Album of the Year: Rough Trade, Shaking the Foundations
• Single of the Year: The Payolas, "Eyes of a Stranger"
• Group of the Year: Spoons
• Female Vocalist of the Year: Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
• Male Vocalist of the Year: Leroy Sibbles

1984

• Album of the Year: Parachute Club, Parachute Club
• Single of the Year: Men Without Hats, "The Safety Dance"
• Group of the Year: Parachute Club
• Female Vocalist of the Year: Lorraine Segato (Parachute Club)
• Male Vocalist of the Year: Paul Humphrey (Blue Peter)

1985

• Album of the Year: Parachute Club, At the Feet of the Moon
• Single of the Year: Spoons, "Tell No Lies"
• Group of the Year: Parachute Club
• Female Vocalist of the Year: Jane Siberry
• Male Vocalist of the Year: Bruce Cockburn
• Most Promising Non-Recording Group: Chalk Circle
• Most Promising Group of the Year: Pukka Orchestra

1986

• Album of the Year: Jane Siberry, The Speckless Sky
• Single of the Year: Images in Vogue, "In the House"
• Group of the Year: Images in Vogue
• Female Vocalist of the Year: Luba
• Male Vocalist of the Year: Bruce Cockburn
• Most Promising Group: Chalk Circle
• International Album of the Year: Peter Gabriel, So

1987

• Album of the Year: Parachute Club, Small Victories
• Single of the Year: Luba, "How Many Rivers to Cross"
• Group of the Year: Parachute Club
• Female Vocalist of the Year: Luba
• Male Vocalist of the Year: Corey Hart
• Most Promising Group: The Pursuit of Happiness
• Best Non-Recording Act: Basic English
• International Album of the Year: Paul Simon, Graceland

1988

• Album of the Year: Robbie Robertson, Robbie Robertson
• Single of the Year: Blue Rodeo, "Try"
• Group of the Year: Blue Rodeo
• Female Vocalist of the Year: k.d. lang
• Male Vocalist of the Year: Robbie Robertson
• Most Promising Group: The Razorbacks
• International Album of the Year: INXS, Kick

1989

• Album of the Year: Jeff Healey, See the Light
• Single of the Year: Jeff Healey, "Angel Eyes"
• Group of the Year: Blue Rodeo
• Female Vocalist of the Year: k.d. lang
• Male Vocalist of the Year: Jeff Healey
• Most Promising Group: Sons of Freedom
• International Album of the Year: Fine Young Cannibals, The Raw & The Cooked

1990s

1990

• Album of the Year: The Tragically Hip, Up to Here
• Single of the Year: The Tragically Hip, "New Orleans is Sinking"
• Group of the Year: The Tragically Hip
• Female Vocalist of the Year: Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
• Male Vocalist of the Year: Gordon Downie (The Tragically Hip)
• Most Promising Group: Skydiggers
• International Album of the Year: Sinéad O'Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

1991

• Favourite Album: Crash Test Dummies, The Ghosts That Haunt Me
• Favourite Song: Crash Test Dummies, "Superman's Song"
• Favourite Group/Artist: Barenaked Ladies
• Most Promising Female Vocalist: Sarah McLachlan
• Most Promising Male Vocalist: Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies)
• Next Big Thing: Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
• Most Outstanding Musician: Bruce Cockburn

1992

• Favourite Album: The Grapes of Wrath, These Days
• Favourite Song: The Grapes of Wrath, "I Am Here"
• Favourite Group/Artist: Barenaked Ladies
• Favourite Female Vocalist: Sarah McLachlan
• Favourite Male Vocalist: Gordon Downie (The Tragically Hip)
• Special Achievement Award: Teenage Head

1995

• Favourite New Album: Our Lady Peace, Naveed
• Favourite New Song: Our Lady Peace, "Naveed"
• Favourite Artist: Our Lady Peace

1996

• Favourite New Album: I Mother Earth, Scenery and Fish
• Favourite New Song: I Mother Earth, "One More Astronaut"
• Favourite New Artist: Limblifter

2000s

2004

• Favourite New Artist: The Trews
• Favourite New Single: Billy Talent, "River Below"
• Favourite New Album: Billy Talent, Billy Talent
• NXNE Favourite Indie Band: Alexisonfire

2005

• Favourite New Artist: Arcade Fire
• Favourite New Single: Bedouin Soundclash, "When the Night Feels My Song"
• Favourite New Album: Arcade Fire, Funeral
• NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: BOY, Every Page You Turn

2006

• Favourite New Artist: City and Colour
• Favourite New Single: Billy Talent, "Devil in a Midnight Mass"
• Favourite New Album: Billy Talent, Billy Talent II
• NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: Alexisonfire, Crisis

2007

• Favourite New Artist: Attack in Black
• Favourite New Single: Alexisonfire, "Boiled Frogs"
• Favourite New Album: Finger Eleven, Them vs. You vs. Me
• NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: Attack in Black, Marriage

2008

• Favourite New Artist: Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker
• Favourite New Single: Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, "Hollow Point Sniper Hyperbole"
• Favourite New Album: Tokyo Police Club, Elephant Shell
• NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: City and Colour, Bring Me Your Love

2009

• Favourite New Artist: Arkells
• Favourite New Single: City and Colour, "Sleeping Sickness"
• Favourite New Album: Metric, Fantasies
• NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: Metric, Fantasies

2010

• Favourite New Album: Life Starts Now - Three Days Grace
• Favourite New Artist: Hollerado
• Favourite New Single: "The Northern" - Alexisonfire
• NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: Champ - Tokyo Police Club
• Favourite Edge Session: Silversun Pickups

2011

• Favourite New Album: Learn & Burn - The Sheepdogs
• Favourite New Artist: The Sheepdogs
• Favourite New Single: "Fragile Bird" - City and Colour
• NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: Learn & Burn - The Sheepdogs
• Favourite Edge Session: Mumford & Sons

References

1. ^ Rosenhek, Eric (2009-08-14). "This Is Toronto: Episode 6: The Spirit of Radio (Part two)". Thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com. http://thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com/2009/08/episode-6-spirit-of-radio-part-two.html. Retrieved 2011-10-30. 

External links

• Official site
• Archive of the 1987 CASBY program