Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award
The Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award is an annual Canadian award, presented to the year's best song by an emerging singer-songwriter from Ontario in the genres of roots, traditional, folk and country music.[ 1] Colleen Peterson , is sponsored by the Ontario Arts Council and the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals (OCFF), and is presented to a songwriter selected from 15 nominations put forward by the OCFF's Songs from the Heart songwriting competition,[ 2] Galaxie Rising Stars Awards. The award was initially funded in part by royalties from the sale of Postcards from California , a posthumous album collecting some of Peterson's unreleased demo recordings.[ 3]
The award was presented for the first time in 2003.
Winners
2003 – Evalyn Parry , "The Stone and the Bumblebee"[ 4]
2004 – David Gillis , "A Mouse's Crumb"[ 5]
2005 – Lori Cullen and Brian MacMillan, "Away So Long"
2006 – Andy Sheppard , "Until Next Time"[ 6]
2007 – Brooke Miller , "Two Soldiers"[ 7]
2008 – Chris MacLean , "Feet Be Still"
2009 – Kyrie Kristmanson , "Song X"[ 8]
2010 – Lynne Hanson , "Rest of My Days"[ 9]
2011 – Alise Marlane , "L'aurore boréale"
2012 – Ariana Gillis , "Dream Street"[ 10]
2013 – Leila Goldberger , "Sisters"[ 11]
2014 – Ken Yates , "The One That Got Away"[ 12]
2015 – Graydon James , "Couldn't Be Any Worse"[ 13]
2016 – Abigail Lapell , "Jordan"[ 14]
2017 – Noosa Al-Sarraj , "Pincushion Soldier"[ 15]
2018 – Lora Bidner , "3,000 Volts"[ 16]
2019 - Suzanne Jarvie , "All in Place"
2020 - Danielle Knibbe , "Footnote"
2021 - Julie Title , "Ghost"
2022 - Camie , "Winter" Ariana Gillis, the winner of the award in 2012, is the daughter of 2004 winner David Gillis.[ 10]
References
^ "Performers band together in name of Colleen Peterson". Toronto Star
^ "Folk festival accepting entries for awards". Waterloo Chronicle , May 7, 2008.
^ "Music of Canadian country legend found and released years after her death". Lindsay This Week , October 5, 2004.
^ "First Peterson songwriting award to evalyn parry". Peterborough Examiner
^ "Peterson Award goes to Vineland musician". Peterborough Examiner
^ "Night of the guitar returns". Cowichan News Leader , February 13, 2008.
^ "Roots welcomes Wilson to the stage". Vernon Morning Star , September 26, 2008.
^ "Ottawa singer wins songwriting award". Ottawa Citizen
^ "Folk artist Lynne Hanson performs at Old Church on Saturday". Quinte EMC , January 19, 2017.
^ a b "'Music is it for me'". Niagara This Week , October 14, 2012.
^ "Local singer Leila Goldberger wins Colleen Peterson Songwriting award" Archived December 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine . Metro ^ "Toronto's Ken Yates Receives 2014 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award" . Ontario Arts Council , October 15, 2014.^ "Toronto roots-rock band shakes it up on new album". Times & Transcript
^ "Abigail Lapell and the power of melody" . Waterloo Region Record ^ "Music News Digest, Oct. 20, 2017" . FYI Music News , October 20, 2017.^ "Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award Laureates" . Ontario Arts Council . 2016. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017.
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