Elisapie, Deantha Edmunds nominated for multiple Juno Awards
Ceremony scheduled for Sunday evening in Vancouver
Salluit recording artist Elisapie, seen here during the Inuktuuqta! Inuktut Writing Prize Gala, which was held Nov. 4 at Iqaluit’s Aqsarniit Hotel and Conference Centre, is nominated for two Juno Awards. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Two Inuit artists are among this year’s Juno Award nominees, with two nominations each.
Salluit recording artist Elisapie is nominated for Adult Alternative Album of the Year and Album of the Year for her fourth studio album, Inuktitut, released in 2023.
The same album earned Elisapie the 2024 Juno in the Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year category.
Classical soprano Deantha Edmunds of St. John’s, N.L., who bills herself as Canada’s first classically trained Inuk singer, is nominated for Classical Composition of the Year for her original 2024 song Angmalukisaa, and Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble category, for her 2024 album Alikeness, recorded with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra.
Elisapie is also scheduled to perform at this year’s Juno Awards, being held at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena on Sunday evening.
Maybe Buffy well win!
What other countries have indigenous categories for everything or is this just a canada thing ?