Serena Ryder, an Ontario-based folk-rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, is among the top nominees in the 2014 JUNO Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys. Nominees also were named for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year Solo and Group.
Ryder received nods in five categories: Fan’s Choice, Artist of the Year, Single of the Year (“What I Wouldn’t Do”), Album of the Year (Harmony), and Songwriter of the Year. Only indie rockers Arcade Fire, with six nods, received more nominations.
Nominees for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo include So Say We All by David Francey, Tin Star by Lindi Ortega, Come Cry With Me by Daniel Romano, Valleyheart by Justin Rutledge, and Don’t Get Too Grand by Donovan Woods.
Groups in the running for a Roots & Traditional Album of the Year award include The Devin Cuddy Band for Volume One, Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five for Bison Ranch Recording Sessions, Lee Harvey Osmond for The Folk Sinner, The Strumbellas for We Still Move On Dance Floors, and The Wilderness of Manitoba for Island of Echoes.
Among the five nominees for Adult Alternative Album of the Year are singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith for Forever Endeavour and alt-country rockers The Sadies for Internal Sounds. Sexsmith also is in the running for Songwriter of the Year.
The 43rd annual JUNO Awards will be presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (CARAS) on Sunday, March 30, at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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