VANCOUVER, BC (March 28, 2011) – This past weekend marked the 40^th anniversary of the Juno Awards in Toronto. A celebration of Canada’s top musical talent, thirty-two of these awards were handed out at the Juno Gala on Saturday, while the eight remaining awards including Album of the Year and Best New Artist were presented on Sunday during the CTV broadcast ceremony.

Music BC congratulates all the Juno Award winners of 2011 and would like to extend special acknowledgement to the eight talented BC artists and groups who were honored this weekend.

The BC winners are:

Said The Whale (Hidden Pony/EMI) in New Group of the Year
Matthew Good (Universal) in Rock Album of the Year for “Vancouver”
Fond of Tigers (Drip Audio/Fontana North) in Instrumental Album of the Year for “Continent & Western”
Elaine Lil’Bit Shepherd (D’Maestro Music/Independent) in Reggae Recording of the Year for “Likkle But Mi Tallawah”
Jim Byrnes (Black Hen/Fontana North) in Blues Album of the Year for “Everywhere West”.
Greg Sczebel (Soultone/Fontana North) for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year for “Love & the Lack Thereof”
HEDLEY (Universal) in Video of the Year for “Perfect”
Young Artists for Haiti (Universal) in Single of the Year for “Wavin’ Flag” (Written by K’naan, recorded in Vancouver at The Warehouse Studio and produced by Bob Ezrin)

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