Canadian Reggae Music Awards 14th Annual 1997
This last week has been a very fulfilling one for
me. Some of you already know that I was nominated for Top Reggae Radio Deejay
at this year's Canadian Reggae Music Awards. The great news is that, even
though I didn't win that award, I was presented the Peter Tosh Memorial Award
for my many years of dedication and service to the Reggae community in Canada.
That, my friends, is a true and wonderful honour. I feel so high I could touch
the sky!
The icing on the cake came in a
front page article in the local daily titled "Reggae DJ honoured for being 'a
bit of a rebel' in Royal City". [The name Guelph comes from a royal Italian
house.] In the article I'm described as "part of a group of enthusiasts, music
labels, media people and artists called Regae Ambassadors
Worldwide".
One of the campus newspapers
ran a congratulatory article under the banner "Outstanding Beats: CFRU's Nicky
Dread shines at the Canadian Reggae Music Awards". In it I say that Peter Tosh
"taught me to see the real person and that you don't have to have locks to be a
dread".
Much respect to all who have
shared parts of this musical and cultural journey. Special thanks go to all the
small, independent labels and aspiring artists who go to extra effort to service
Canadian media who keep on promoting Reggae
music.
Nicky Dread (RAW
#324)
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Here
are the complete results for the 14th Annual Canadian Reggae Music
Awards:
Canadian
Artists
Top Reggae Newcomer (Female)
- Candice
Top Reggae Newcomer (Male) - Junior
Alexander
Top Reggae Band - High
Energy
Top Reggae Dancehall Style DJ (Female) -
Lady Luscious
Top Reggae Dancehall Style DJ
(Male) - Major P.
Top Reggae Singer (Female) -
Nana McLean
Top Reggae Singer (Male) - Jimmy
Reid
Top Reggae Producer - Ray
Hammond
Top Reggae Album - Nice And Slow /
Leroy Brown
Top Reggae Single - Teach The
Youths / Daddy Rusty
Top Soca/Calypso
Album - Are You Listening / Elsworth James
Top
Soca/Calypso Single - Hail Minister Farrakhan / Elsworth
James
International
Artists
Top Reggae Album - Inna
Heights / Buju Banton
Top Reggae Single - Sweep
Over My Soul / Luciano
Awards of
Merit
Cdn Award of Merit - Lynn
Taitt
Intl Award of Merit - Joe
Gibbs
Peter Tosh Memorial Award - Nicky
Dread, CFRU-FM, Guelph, ON
Bob Marley Memorial
Award - Delroy G, CHRY-FM, Toronto,
ON
Canadian Reggae Industry
Awards
Top Reggae Record Store -
Treasure Isle
Top Reggae Live Club - Bamboo
Club
Top Reggae Dance Club -
Cuttys
Top Reggae Radio DJ - Luther
Brown
As part of the Awards show there
were performances by a number of artists, including Screwdriver, Johnny P and
Pinchers. Canadian performers included Donna Makeda, Jimmy Reid, Kwabena Reuben
& Selassie I Power, Candice, and the High Energy
Band.
For more information contact The
Canadian Reggae Music Awards, PO Box 2278, Station C, Downsview, ON, M3N 2T1,
CANADA.
A luta
continua!
“Nicky Dread”
Taylor,
Crooked Beat
Productions.
27 March 1998.
Posted: Fri - December
12, 2003 at 01:33 PM