2005 Hamilton Music Awards Nominees and Winners

Best Female Artist
Diana Panton - Yesterday Perhaps
Hunter Eves - Unopened Box
Sarah Harmer - All Of Our Names
Katie Iarocci - Watermelon Pie
Annette Haas – Skin and Bones

Winner: Sarah Harmer - All Of Our Names

Best Male Artist
Daniel Lanois - Belladonna
Ray Lyell – Running on Faith
Jacob Moon – Eventide
Edgar Breau – Canadian Primitive
Wax Mannequin - The Price

Winner: Wax Mannequin - The Price

Local Group of the Year by the People’s Choice

Winner: Forever Means Never

Best New Artist/Group
The Lorrainas – Fast Kitties
Diana Panton - Yesterday Perhaps
J.P. Reimens – Blue Martini
Frantic City – Frantic City
Field Guide – Field Guide

Winner: Frantic City – Frantic City

Best Jazz Recording
Diana Panton - Yesterday Perhaps
Robyn Pauhl – One for My Baby
Jayne Bray - Waltz Of Life
Flattstreet – This Dog Is Big

Winner: Diana Panton – Yesterday Perhaps

Best Folk Recording
Jacob Moon – Eventide
Tim Gibbons - Crow In Winter
Edgar Breau – Canadian Primitive
Martha’s Trouble – Forget October
Tom Wilson and Bob Lanois – The Shack Recordings

Winner: Tom Wilson and Bob Lanois – The Shack Recordings

Best Alternative Recording
Daniel Lanois – Belladonna
Waxmannequin- The Price
The Inflation Kills – The Inflation Kills
Caribou - The Milk Of Human Kindness
Coyote Shivers - Give It To Ya, Twice

Winner: Caribou - The Milk Of Human Kindness

Best Rock Recording
The Eric Summers Band – Ten Miles From Charleston
Ray Lyell – Running on Faith
Lounge – Lounge
Everything at Once – Everything at Once
80 Proof Burn - Rock N’ Roll Star

Winner: Everything at Once – Everything at Once

Dofasco Music Business Achievement Award

Winner: Paola Palazzo – House of Blues Concerts, Los Angeles

Best Punk Recording
The Lorrainas – Fast Kitties
Mickey DeSadest - Welcome To My Basement
Pantychrist - Never Loved Anything
Sam Lawrence 5 - Death Throes From The Rust Belt
The Poisoned Aeros - Turbulence

Winner: Mickey DeSadest - Welcome To My Basement

Best Blues Recording
Sonny Del Rio and King Biscuit Boy – 2 Hound Blues
Trickbag - Cactii Redux
Famous Framus – Slim
Harrison Kennedy – Voice Story

Winner: Harrison Kennedy – Voice Story

Best Country Recording
Shawn Brush – Bootlegs
Bill Culp – Roots and Roll
Scotty Campbell - The Missing Years
Dave Gould - The Passion of Bobby Bedeque

Winner: Scotty Campbell - The Missing Years

Rap/Hip Hop Recording of the Year
Blitz Cliq - Phact Mix Tape
Fresh Pro – Fresh Pro
Dr. Heat & The Disciples - New Movement: The Volume

Winner: Dr. Heat & The Disciples - New Movement: The Volume

Dance/Electronic Recording of the Year
Spellgate – Exodus
Koushik Ghosh – Be With
Oprph-onic – This Whole Planet
Hypnotech 3 – Prescription Electronics

Winner: Koushik Ghosh – Be With

R&B/Soul Recording
Russ Wilson - Sentimental Fool
Glenn Higgins – Homeward

Winner: Russ Wilson - Sentimental Fool

Religious Recording of the Year
Beyond the Veil – Forgiven
Ray Lyell – Running On Faith
Jude Johnson – How Can I Keep From Singing

Winner: Ray Lyell – Running On Faith

Cultural/Ethnic Recording of the Year

Winner: Santee Smith – Kaha:wi

Dofasco Lifetime Achievement Award

Daniel Lanois

Songwriter of the Year
Tom Wilson and Bob Lanois - The Shack Recordings
Sarah Harmer - All Of Our Names
Edgar Breau – Canadian Primitive
Tiny Bill Cody – The Quiet Inches
Ray Materick – Ragged Kingdom

Winner: Ray Materick – Ragged Kingdom

Best Instrumental Recording
David Gillis – Wish Where You Are
Daniel Lanois – Belladonna
The Eradicators – The Eradicators

Winner: Daniel Lanois – Belladonna

Male Vocalist of the Year
Ray Lyell – Running On Faith
Eric Summers (The Eric Summers Band) – Ten Miles From Charleston
Jacob Moon – Eventide
Tom Wilson - The Shack Recordings
Tor Lukasik-Foss (Tiny Bill Cody) - The Quiet Inches

Winner: Tom Wilson - The Shack Recordings

Female Vocalist of the Year
Diana Panton - Yesterday Perhaps
Robyn Pauhl – One for My Baby
Hunter Eves - Unopened Box
Katie Caron – In This World I know Nothing
Sarah Harmer - All Of Our Names

Winner: Sarah Harmer - All Of Our Names

Winner: Jesse O’Brien

Special Instrumentalist of the Year
Sonny Del Rio
Martin Echart
Tim Gibbons
Katie Iarocci

Winner: Sonny Del Rio

Guitarist of the Year
Jacob Moon
Daniel Lanois
David Gillis
Brian Griffith
Bill Becker

Winner: Daniel Lanois

Drummer of the Year
Dave King
Keely Mimnagh
Jack Pedlar
Adam Knickle

Winner: Adam Knickle

Bassist of the Year
Bob Doidge
Mike DeBenedictis
Marc-A. Pichette

Winner: Marc-A. Pichette

Best Live Performance Award by Peoples Choice
Winner: Diana Panton – CD Release for Yesterday Perhaps July 12, 2005

Record of the Year
Daniel Lanois – Belladonna
Jacob Moon – Eventide
Sarah Harmer - All Of Our Names
Silverstein - Discovering The Waterfront
Tom Wilson and Bob Lanois – The Shack Recordings

Winner: Tom Wilson and Bob Lanois – The Shack Recordings

Canadian Recording of the Year by Peoples Choice

Winner: Beyond The Veil – Forgiven

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