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Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Tenille Townes hails from Grand Prairie, Alberta. Her acclaimed debut album was named Country Album of the Year at the 50th JUNO Awards and Album of the Year at the 2021 Canadian Country Music Awards. Townes also earned her third consecutive Female Vocalist of the Year trophy. Additionally, she has raised over $2.5 million for Big Hearts For Big Kids, a non-profit she started when she was 12 years old to benefit a youth shelter in her hometown, which has grown to support organizations such as Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee, S.A.F.E. Animal Haven, and the Manna House
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Born in Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Alan Doyle is a singer, songwriter, and actor who rose to fame as the enigmatic frontman for acclaimed Newfoundland folk-rock band Great Big Sea. During their commercial peak from the late '90s to the mid-2000s, the band's energetic fusion of traditional Celtic fare and sea shanties earned them international success far beyond the shores of their island home. Doyle launched a solo career in 2012 and released a trio of well-received albums. In addition to his musical work, he has appeared in numerous films and television shows.
From Beaconsfield, Quebec, Brittany Kennell became the first Canadian on NBC’s The Voice when country superstar Blake Shelton pushed his button to her rendition of Sheryl Crow’s ‘Strong Enough’. She made it to the knockout round with Miley Cyrus as her mentor. She became the first and only Quebec female country artist to perform at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville in August 2021. Her debut record was named one of CBC music’s 21 most anticipated album of the year and CBC Music's top 15 album of the year.
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Don Amero is of Cree and Metis descent and a folk singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. As a three-time JUNO Award nominee, Amero has taken the skills he utilizes on stage to his advocacy work within Indigenous communities and beyond, including his participation as a youth mentor for the Winnipeg Jets and True North Youth Foundation’s ‘Project 11’. An avid public speaker, Amero created the ‘Music Is Medicine’ workshop, presenting the impact and power music has mentally and physically, and he serves as the first-ever advisor and Chair of the Canadian Country Music Award’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Born in Ottawa, Kelly Prescott comes by her music in the most honest way possible as a third-generation singer/songwriter on both sides of her family. Growing up between a tour bus and a world-class recording studio, her childhood was steeped in traditional country music. Kelly and her family made their Grand Ole Opry debut as guests of Terri Clark in 2018. She has toured all over North America with such acts as Alan Doyle, Kyle Cook (Matchbox 20), Terri Clark, Dallas Smith, Jim Cuddy, Colin James, Dean Brody and her former band, The Claytones.
In his six years since breaking into the Canadian Country music scene, multiple CCMA Award nominee JoJo Mason has been on a mission to find his own unique voice. Now, with recently released seven song EP on the way, he’s ready to show fans exactly what kind of artist he wants to be. JoJo’s career thus far has seen many incredible highlights, including five Top 10 tracks, numerous notable National media appearances and countless major festival and tour plays, and the last year has been no exception. JoJo checked off a bucket list moment performing on the 2020 CCMA Awards broadcast, received a trio of BCCMA nominations (Male Artist, Album, and Entertainer of the Year) and got the news that his single ‘Better On You’ had earned CRIA Gold-certification.
Virginia to Vegas, aka Derik Baker, is an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter. After being discovered on YouTube, Baker was signed to Wax Records and released his first single in 2014. Baker is best known for his indie-pop choruses and sticky electronic melodies, which have awarded him critical acclaim and several platinum certifications. Baker has received over 650 million global streams in the following years and the designation of 2020’s second most played Canadian artist on the radio.
Toronto-based songwriter, Aysanabee is Oji-Cree and from the Sucker Clan of the Sandy Lake First Nation. Aysanabee is a singer-songwriter who uses folk, soul and alt-pop to tell stories about his life and reconnecting with his roots. His music is solemn and soaring, backed by a swirling blend of indie, soul and electronic soundscapes, mournful saxophone and pulse-quickening finger-picking. Currently readying his debut album, he was the first artist signed to the new Indigenous-owned Ishkode Records.
With more than 200 million career global streams, Calgary’s Lindsay Ell has become one of country music's most celebrated female voices. Ell has two Canadian #1 singles and, in 2021 celebrated her third consecutive Canadian Country Music Award win. Outside of her award-winning musical accomplishments, Ell has made a name for herself as a talented network television host, first co-hosting the 2021 Canadian Country Music Awards and as the host of CityTV’s hit show, Canada’s Got Talent.
Raised on a cattle and bison ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Nashville-based MacKenzie Porter is rising to international acclaim with her radiant country style. She recently scored a six-week #1 with Dustin Lynch’s collaboration “Thinking ‘Bout You,” earning her first #1 in the U.S. Making her mark, Porter became the first female artist to have three consecutive #1 singles on Canadian country radio in 22 years. She has previously shared the stage with Jordan Davis, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Chris Lane, Blake Shelton, Dallas Smith, and co-starred in the Netflix series, Travelers.