Junos - March 29, 2009 at GM Place in Vancouver

My first Junos. To those of you not in Canada, the Junos are Canada's Music Awards or the Canadian Grammy's if you will.

Here are a few of my photos from the show.

Nickelback


Elvis Costello

Bryan Adams and Kathleen Edwards

Dallas Green (City And Colour) with Gord Downie

Loverboy - Hall of Fame inductee's

Simple Plan

NXNE 2007 - A few highlights

North By North East is the largest music festival in Canada. Hundreds of bands, independent and majors alike, gather for the 3 day festival.

Between the many parties, and bottles of pink champagne, I did actually get out to see a few bands, and below are a few I feel are worth checking out.
Chris Stopa

First Place goes to a Toronto band called Public who played a set at C'est What. How cliched is it that the best show was the last show we saw.

Second Place goes to We Are The Take, and they are also the worst photos, so sorry guys.
Erik Alcock

I've seen them before and have liked them for awhile, so I guess this isn't really a surprize pick.
Craig Stickland

Third place goes to Simon Wilcox, who. despite the name, is a dynamic and gorgeously girly singer songwriter.
Simon Wilcox
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Not officially a NXNE showcase, but rating a Fourth Place spot is a band from my youth, LOVERBOY!
Mike Reno and Paul Dean

They atually have a new album coming out soon, and they mixed a few new jewels in amongst the old standbys like Working For The Weekend.
Matt Frenette

Don't believe the boys still have it?? Check out these happy concert goers...