ISLANDERS PART OF WIN
Islanders Alec O’Hanley and Brian Murphy in band that won alternative album of the year
Two musicians from P.E.I. part of award-winning group, Alvvays, at this year’s Junos.
A band with a P.E.I. connection took home prize hardware at the 2018 Junos in Vancouver on Sunday night.
Alvvays (pronounced “Always”) won alternative album of the year for “Antisocialites”. The band’s second studio album was released this past September.
Formed in Toronto in 2011, the Canadian indie pop band consists of vocalist Molly Rankin, keyboardist Kerri MacLellan and drummer Sheridan Riley, along with P.E.I. natives Alec O’Hanley (guitar) and bassist Brian Murphy.
O’Hanley, a Charlottetown native, is known for his work with the P.E.I. award-winning group Two Hours Traffic. Rankin, the group’s singer-songwriter, is the daughter of the late John Morris Rankin, who was a fiddler with the Celtic folk family collective, the Rankin Family.
Several attempts were made Alvvays won alternative album of the year at the 2018 Junos on Sunday night. P.E.I.’s Alec O’Hanley, left, and Brian Murphy, right, play in the band. Also shown are band members Kerri MacLellan, second left, and Molly Rankin.
to contact Alvvays, but because the band is in the middle a North American tour, members were unavailable for an interview.
Hosted by Michael Bublé, and featuring a Barenaked Ladies
reunion with Steven Page, the event took place at the Rogers Arena.
Alvvays was one of three artists with P.E.I. connections that received Juno nominations this year.
The others were Rose Cousins and the East Pointers.