The 52nd Annual JUNO Awards revealed their nominees for the 2023 season. Held in Edmonton, Alberta, the annual award show celebrates the best musicians, producers, and releases from the Canadian music sector. This year, The Orchard distributed partners received 31 nominations!
For the second year in a row, the show will be hosted by famed actor Simu Liu. The ceremony will be hosted live from Rogers Place on March 13, but a majority of the awards will be presented pre-ceremony at The Juno Opening Night Awards on Saturday, March 11.
Dine Alone Records artist Alexisonfire is among the list of performers for the evening. In 2022, the Ontario group released their fifth studio album, Otherness – their first album featuring new recorded music in thirteen years. The record received a 2023 JUNO Award nomination for Rock Album of the Year.
Find the full list of JUNO nominees here and The Orchard distributed nominees below.
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
The Sadies – Colder Streams (Dine Alone Records)
Blues Album of the Year
The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer – Live at The King Eddy (The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer)
Harrison Kennedy – Thanks for Tomorrow (Electro-Fi Records)
Children Album of the Year
Splash ‘N Boots – I Am Love (Splash ‘N Boots Inc.)
Walk off the Earth and Romeo Eats – Walk off the Earth and Romeo Eats, Vol 2 (Golden Carrot Records)
Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble)
Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Shelley – Clara – Robert – Johannes: Lyrical Echoes (Analekta)
Classical Album of the Year (Small Ensemble)
Elinor Frey and Rosa Barocca, conducted by Claude Lapalme – Early Italian Cello Concertos (Analekta)
Classical Album of the Year (solo artist)
Isabel Bayrakdarian – La Zingarella: Through Romany Songland (AVIE Records)
James Ehnes – Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (Onyx)
Classical Composition of the Year
Nicole Lizée – Prayers for Ruins (Analekta)
Contemporary R&B Recording of the Year
Dylan Sinclair – No Longer in the Suburbs (Five Stone Records Inc.)
Contemporary Roots Album of the Year
Fortunate Ones – That Was You and Me (Sonic Records)
The Bros. Landreth – Come Morning (Birthday Cake Media)
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year
Jordan St. Cyr – Jordan St. Cyr (BEC Recordings)
Country Album of the Year
High Valley – Way Back (Cage Free Music)
Francophone Album of the Year
Les Louanges – Crash (Bonsound)
Lisa LeBlanc – Chiac Disco (Bonsound)
Hubert Lenoir – PICTURA DE IPSE: Musique directe (Simone Records)
Group of the Year
Metric (Thirty Tigers)
Jazz Album of the Year (Group)
Andrew Rathbun Quintet – Semantics (Fresh Sound Records)
Jazz Album of the Year (Solo)
Renee Rosnes – Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions)
Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year
Cancer Bats – Psychic Jailbreak (Dine Alone Records)
Get The Shot – Merciless Destruction (Dine Alone Records)
Wake – Thought Form Descent (Metal Blade Records)
Rap Single of the Year
Dom Vallie – “Been Himma” (Awesome Music)
Recording Engineer of the Year
Gus Van Go [Metric – What Feels Like Eternity (Thirty Tigers)]
Rock Album of the Year
Alexisonfire – Otherness (Dine Alone Records)
Traditional Roots Album of the Year
Pharis & Jason Romero – Tell ‘Em You Were Gold (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
Underground Dance Single of the Year
Greg Gow – “I Knew Techno” (Restructured Recordings Inc.)
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
Caity Gyorgy – Featuring (La Reserve Records)
The Ostara Project – The Ostara Project (Cellar)
