wednesday
march 10th

thursday
march 11

friday
march 12

saturday
march 13

sunday
march 14

Former Guns N’ Roses and current Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash took part in an interview Thursday morning (March 11) at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Ontario as part of Canadian Music Week.

(click on the hat to listen)

CMW INDIE AWARDS Saturday March 13, 2010

CHARTATTACK.COM FAVOURITE ALBUM
Metric – Fantasies

ASTRAL MEDIA RADIO FAVOURITE SINGLE
Marianas Trench – Cross My Heart
 

FAVOURITE GROUP/DUO
Constantines

FAVOURITE SOLO ARTIST
Joel Plaskett

FAVOURITE LIVE ARTIST/GROUP
Arkells

FAVOURITE BLUES ARTIST/GROUP
Monkey Junk

FAVOURITE CHILDREN’S ARTIST/GROUP
The Bee’s Knees

FAVOURITE CLASSICAL ARTIST/GROUP
Quartetto Gelato

FAVOURITE COUNTRY ARTIST/GROUP
Johnny Reid

FAVOURITE ELECTRONIC ARTIST/GROUP
Peaches

FAVOURITE FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST/GROUP
Great Lake Swimmers

FAVOURITE FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP
La Patère Rose

FAVOURITE JAZZ ARTIST/GROUP
Sophie Milman

FAVOURITE METAL ARTIST/GROUP
Voivod

FAVOURITE POP ARTIST/GROUP
Danny Fernandes

FAVOURITE PUNK/HARDCORE ARTIST/GROUP
Fucked Up

FAVOURITE ROCK ARTIST/GROUP
Die Mannequin

FAVOURITE URBAN ARTIST/GROUP
D-Sisive

FAVOURITE WORLD ARTIST/GROUP
Alex Cuba

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL ALBUM
The XX – The xx

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SINGLE
Phoenix – 1901

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Silversun Pickups

FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST Neko Case

FAVOURITE INT. BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST/GROUP
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

FAVOURITE VIDEO
Marianas Trench – Cross My Heart

CMW RADIO MUSIC AWARDS Friday, March 12, 2010
Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Gala luncheon in Ballroom

The CMW Radio Music Awards are a annual gala awards presentation that takes place in the Friday afternoon in the Royal York Hotel’s Ballroom. At $125 a ticket, usually only involved industry and nominated artists attend. Being media this year, I thought I’d be watching it on the TV screen in the media room, however, we were escorted to the ballroom. Standing randomly around a ballroom full of people sitting at fancy tables felt . . . awkward and in the way no matter where we stood. Then the head of media relations asked if we had interviews scheduled and would need to go back and forth to the media room. A writer from another outlet and I said no, so we were told in that case to go to the back and if there was a free seat at a table, go for it. Not only were there free seats, there were a few free tables so the two of us had a table to ourselves and our own waiter who watched over our every food or beverage need. SCORE!

The show was entertaining, with performances by The New Cities, The Midway State, Dean Brody, Karl Wolf, Stereos, Carly Rae Jepsen and Arkels. When radio broadcast industry Hall of Fame winner Rob Braide accepted his award, he asked us all to look at the program in front of us, then said, “I know I don’t remember a lot about the ’80s, but I’m pretty sure I wasn’t in Platinum Blonde.” At the end of the night it was Platinum Blonde’s turn to be inducted into the Hall of Fame beginning with a video tribute to the band’s history. Mark Holmes gave a heartfelt and meaningful acceptance speech, even choking up when talking about band member Kenny MacLean, who passed away in 2008 after convincing the rest of the band to reunite. Also during the ceremony they showed the video for the new Canadian all-star tribute to Haiti: “Wavin’ Flag.”

— Diane Foy

Young Artists For Haiti - Wavin' Flag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB7L1BIDELc

BEST NEW GROUP/SOLO ARTIST (ROCK) OF THE YEAR:
METRIC - HELP I'M ALIVE

SOCAN SONG OF THE YEAR:
CARLY RAE JEPSEN, RYAN STEWART
TUG OF WAR Recorded by Carly Rae Jepsen

BEST NEW GROUP/SOLO ARTIST (MAINSTREAM AC) OF THE YEAR:
MELANIE FIONA - GIVE IT TO ME RIGHT

BEST NEW GROUP/SOLO ARTIST (DANCE/URBAN/RHYTHMIC) OF THE YEAR:
DRAKE - BEST I EVER HAD

BEST NEW GROUP/SOLO ARTIST (COUNTRY) OF THE YEAR:
ONE MORE GIRL - I CAN LOVE ANYONE

BEST NEW GROUP/SOLO ARTIST (HOT AC) OF THE YEAR:
KARL WOLF - AFRICA

BEST NEW GROUP/SOLO ARTIST (CHR) OF THE YEAR:
STEREOS - SUMMER GIRL
 

FACTOR BREAKTHROUGH AWARD
ARKELS

CHART TOPPER
NICKELBACK

FANS’ CHOICE
HEDLEY

HALL OF FAME
PLATINUM BLONDE
ROB BRAIDE