Monday June 29th, 2020

Tonight (Monday June 29th, 2020) after three months of speculation, the winners of the 49th annual Juno Awards https://junoawards.ca   will finally be handed out but in a very different way. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic  https://tinyurl.com/  ,  musics biggest night in Canada will be  virtual  presents as JUNOS Presented by TD  at  7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT) on the free CBC Gem streaming service, CBC Music’s Facebook, YouTube ,  Twitter pages, and for audiences around the world at CBCMusic.ca/junos.   Guest presenters who will reveal the 2020 winners across all 42 categories and performances from iskwē (2020 Adult Alternative Album of the Year and Music Video of the Year*nominee), alt-pop duo Neon Dreams (2020 Breakthrough Group of the Year* nominee), and bluegrass ensemble The Dead South.  Also JUNO Award-winner and this years top nominee with six Alessia Cara will perform and present .  In this special video presentation Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  speaks with some of the nominees including Allan Reid (President & CEO – CARAS, The JUNO Awards and MusiCounts) , six time nominee Alessia Cara , Diga of the band Digawolf  https://digawolf.com  ( Artist or Group of the Year for the album Yellowstone  https://tinyurl.com/wnrxe95  ),  Stuart and Jenna Walker, The Reklaws  http://www.thereklaws.com (Group of the Year) ,  Nuela Charles http://www.nuelacharles.com  (Adult Contemporary Album of the Year for her recording  Melt  https://tinyurl.com/rdaczhd ) , Kevin Hearn https://kevinhearn.com  (of the Barenaked Ladies) (two nominations, Album Artwork of the Year  2020 for THE SUPERHERO SUITE – Kevin Hearn and Friends https://tinyurl.com/v9azsxu  and  Instrumental Album of the Year  2020 for his recording  Calm and Cents  https://tinyurl.com/yx3r25db ) ,  Amaal  https://tinyurl.com/t9bqbh7  (R&B/Soul Recording of the Year  2020  https://tinyurl.com/ul2gnoq  for her recording  Black Dove ),  STORRY https://www.storrymusic.com   (Reggae Recording of the Year  2020  https://tinyurl.com/t83zu8e for her recording Another Man ) ,  RALPH  https://www.songsbyralph.com  ( Dance Recording of the Year  2020  https://tinyurl.com/vva3xns  for her recording  “Gravity), Natalie MacMaster  https://www.natalieanddonnell.com  (Traditional Roots Album of the Year  2020  https://tinyurl.com/w85t4yv on her recording  “Sketches “),   Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine  https://www.exjmusic.com  (Pop Album of the Year for their recording 8:47 https://tinyurl.com/vla8wpv  and Group of the Year  https://tinyurl.com/ucddauz  ) & Jay Douglas  http://www.jaydouglasmusic.ca (Reggae Recording of the Year for his recording Jah Children  https://tinyurl.com/tf9jycp  )

(Juno Awards 2020 | Nominees  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8wYyiPjVMY  )