Gord Bamford (left) presented ole Chairman and CEO Robert Ott with the Leonard T. Rambeau International Award at the 2015 Canadian Country Music Awards.
Canadian Country Music Week culminated last night (Sept. 13) with the 2015 CCMA Awards Show at the Scotiabank Centre. Hosted by Jessi Cruickshank, the show was broadcast on CBC-TV with an encore airing on CMT (Canada). See the list of winners below.
Additionally, music publisher ole was named Publisher of the Year for the ninth consecutive year, making ole the first publishing company to take home the honor for nine years running.
As previously reported, the Industry Awards were handed out last week.
2015 CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
ARTIST INDUCTEE Dianne Leigh
STAN KLEES BUILDER AWARD – BUILDER INDUCTEE Elizabeth “Ma” Henning
CCMA AWARDS OF ACHIEVEMENT
2015 SLAIGHT MUSIC HUMANITARIAN AWARD MusiCounts
LEONARD T. RAMBEAU INTERNATIONAL AWARD Robert Ott
ARTIST AWARDS
FANS’ CHOICE AWARD Johnny Reid
ALBUM OF THE YEAR Lifted – Dallas Smith
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Jess Moskaluke
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Gord Bamford
GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR High Valley
SINGLE OF THE YEAR “Where A Farm Used To Be” - Gord Bamford
VIDEO OF THE YEAR “Upside Down” – Dean Brody
SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR
“Where A Farm Used To Be”
(Written By: Gord Bamford, Buddy Owens, Phil O’Donnell, Performed By: Gord Bamford)
ROOTS ARTIST OF THE YEAR Lindi Ortega
INTERACTIVE ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR Brett Kissel
RISING STAR Madeline Merlo
CCMA DISCOVERY AWARD Raquel Cole
MUSICIAN AWARDS
BASS Lisa Dodd
DRUMS Chad Melchert
FIDDLE Denis Dufresne
GUITAR Ryan Davidson
KEYBOARDS Tie: Mike Little/Bart McKay
SPECIAL INSTRUMENT Robin Pelletier (Mandolin)
STEEL GUITAR Ed (Peewee Charles) Ringwald
RADIO AWARDS
MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – LARGE MARKET
Scott Phillips – CKRY – FM, Calgary, AB/CISN-FM, Edmonton, AB
MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – MEDIUM OR SMALL MARKET
Paul Ferguson – CHCQ – FM, Belleville, ON
ON-AIR PERSONALITY(S) OF THE YEAR – LARGE MARKET
CISN in the Mornings with Chris, Jack & Matt – CISN Country 103.9
ON-AIR PERSONALITY(S) OF THE YEAR – MEDIUM OR SMALL MARKET
The Casey Clarke Show with Roo Phelps – CIGV-FM, Country 100.7
RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR – LARGE MARKET
KX 94.7, New Country FM – Hamilton, ON
RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR – MEDIUM OR SMALL MARKET
CKGY 95.5, KG Country – Red Deer, AB
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