Up for awards
Three talented local artists have secured nominations for Music Nova Scotia awards, which will be presented during festivities in Truro in November.
Music Nova Scotia has released the nominee list for the awards, which will be presented during Nova Scotia Music Week.
Once again being held in Truro, Nova Scotia Music Week will kick off Thursday, Nov. 2, and will wrap up with the awards ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 5.
With over 25 different categories and three times as many nominated artists, a few locals were able to secure nominations for their hard work and extraordinary talent.
The local artists up for awards are:
Anne Janelle (Folk Recording of the Year for “I Didn’t Want To Break It”)
Cellist Anne Janelle is a classically trained musician from Brookfield, Nova
Scotia.
She received her bachelor of
Music degree from the University of British Columbia and a master’s degree in cello performance from the University of Ottawa.
Janelle’s music pushes beyond a traditional cello performance by combining it with her singing and husband James Hill’s ukulele playing.
She has performed live with other popular artists such as Kanye West, Bruce Cockburn and Holly Cole.
Alan Syliboy and the Thundermakers (Indigenous Artist of the Year)
Born and raised in Truro, Alan Syliboy takes inspiration from indigenous Mi’kmaq petroglyphs (rock drawings) and transforms them into his own artistic vocabulary through paintings and artwork.
‘The Thunder Maker,’ based off recently found and translated petroglyphs, is a multimedia presentation artwork and stories narrated through song by Syliboy and the Thundermakers (Hubert Francis, Evan Syliboy and Lukas Pearce).
A children’s book based on the mixed media performance has been released by Syliboy, and tells the story of ‘The Thundermaker’ through artwork and narrative.
Dave Bartlett (Inspirational Recording of the Year for “Be A Dream For Me”)
Since 1962, Dave Bartlett had been writing songs on the piano despite not being able to read sheet music, and has been composing original music for over
60 years.
The Hilden musician took a brief break from music after being struck by lightning in 2002, but returned to his piano 10 years later to continue where he left off — composing songs of inspiration.
Bartlett’s music is performed by multiple artists, including Ben Everson and Chris Bowman, and has been nominated for the Music Nova Scotia Inspirational Recording of the Year for three years in a row.