2006 Juno Awards

For the ignorant, its the annual Canadian Music Awards (like Grammies, Brits etc.). Was at Halifax last night.

Last night the show started with Pam Anderson as the hostess (who called her??!!!) and she as usual got into the whole anti-Seal mood. 'My best friend wasn't able to make it as he would be clobbered, he is Seal' - real poor taste. Opinions are here and here.

Back to the awards and most of my picks walked away with a Juno. Michael Buble swept the awards, winning for best album, best single, artist of the year, pop album of the year. Bedouin Soundclash won the best new group. BEP and Coldplay tied for International Album of the year. Nickleback won for best group and best rock album. Arcadefire also won for best songwriting. All in all a good show with Bryan Adams being inducted to the Canadian Hall of Fame by Chris Martin. There's a lot of good Indie bands and some ex-Indie (like Bedouin) which have broken into the mainstream. Canadian bands are showing a lot of promise!

Full list of Juno Winners is here. And 'live' performance videos are here.

Update: Rolling Stone features the awards here.