Thursday March 14th, 2019

(Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  will be in London to cover the 48th Annual Juno Awards  https://junoawards.ca/  )

 The broadcast of the 48th Annual Juno Awards https://junoawards.ca/  is taking place Sunday, March 17 , 2019 at London’s Budweiser Gardens  https://www.budweisergardens.com/ (The awards will be broadcast live across Canada on CBC-TV and CBC Radio, and will be live streamed at cbcmusic.ca/junos ).  This years big nominees include  Pop star Shawn Mendes www.shawnmendesofficial.com/ , Grammy winner The Weeknd  https://www.theweeknd.com/   and the DJ duo Loud Luxury https://www.facebook.com/loudluxury/  along with bülow  https://www.bulowmusic.com/ .   Shawn Mendes received the most nominations with six, including  Artist, Songwriter, Album and Pop Album of the Year.  The Weeknd  follows with five including Artist, Album, Single, R&B/Soul Recording of the Year, and Fan Choice.  Rising stars bülow and Loud Luxury  each nabbing four nominations apiece and Grammy, Juno and Canadian Music Hall of Fame member Sarah McLachlan  https://www.sarahmclachlan.com/ will host this year’s Juno Awards .    Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  was on the red carpet for the Celebrate Ontario’s JUNO Award Nominees at Music Industry Event (Thursday March 7th, 2019) at The Lounge at Live Nation https://www.facebook.com/TheLoungeAtLiveNation/   in Toronto (An event celebrating Juno nominees from Ontario) to speak with Juno Award winner and music pioneer Andy Kim www.andykimmusic.com/  about what it was like when he won his award in 1970, his thoughts on today’s Canadian music artist, and his plans for music in 2019 .

(Andy Kim – Rock Me Gently  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ym3RlvVR9M  )