Canada's Juno Awards music nominations announced |
Written by Christine D. Johnson |
Thursday, 18 February 2016 03:09 PM America/New_York |
Integrity Music's The City Harmonic (TCH) recently garnered its third consecutive JUNO Awards nomination, receiving a nod for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year for WE ARE. The other artists nominated in the Christian/Gospel Album of the Year category are: Amanda Cook for Brave New World; Dan Bremnes for Where The Light Is; Matt Maher for Saints & Sinners; and Tim Neufeld for TREES-Chapter 2. The City Harmonic's nomination follows a previous JUNO nod for the band's Heart album and a JUNO win for I Have a Dream (It Feels Like Home), and comes just as The City Harmonic releases to Christian radio its new single, "Let There Be Light," from the nominated album. Released last fall, WE ARE features modern hymns and worship anthems of longing, hope and celebration related to the theme of Christian unity. TCH is soon headed out on the Canadian WE ARE tour with stops in Montreal (March 31), Ottawa (April 1), Hamilton (April 2) and Cambridge (April 3). This is in addition to an appearance at Impact 2016 in Johnson City, Tennessee, Feb. 18 and prior to the band’s summer festival appearances, including the Elevate Music Festival in Prescott, Arizona, June 24; the Nightvision Music Festival in Olathe, Colorado, July 15; and Kingdom Bound in Darien Lake, New York, July 22. The JUNO Awards is often compared to the GRAMMY Awards, and is Canada’s premier awards show and the Canadian music industry’s most prestigious recognition for excellence in recorded music. The 45th Annual JUNO Awards will air Sunday, April 3, from Calgary on CTV at 7 p.m. EST/5 p.m. MST. |