SOCAN had a chance to briefly meet several of its members on the red carpet at the 2024 JUNO Awards in Halifax. Here’s what a few of them had to say…
Élisapie’s presence at the 2024 JUNOs didn’t go unnoticed. In addition to winning the Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year JUNO, she offered a magnificent performance during the televised gala, performing “Uummati Attanarsimat,” her version of Blondie’s “Heart of Glass,” as featured on her covers album, Inuktitut. We caught up with her briefly on the red carpet to talk about the importance of this recognition, and what the Idea of “the artist” means to her people.
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Although composer and pianist Alexandra Stréliski didn’t walk away with a trophy at the 2024 JUNOs, despite her two nominations, she become the first artist to be nominated in the prestigious Album of the Year category with an instrumental album. Added to this extraordinary feat, she played a magnificent and touching tribute to the late Karl Tremblay as she sang the Cowboys Fringants’ “Les étoiles filantes.” We talked about her reaction to meteoric success in recent years, her frantic concert schedule, and her tribute to Tremblay.
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Montréal’s Lubalin might have first made a name for himself with his wild TikTok videos, but it was meeting Charlotte Cardin that led to his first two 2024 JUNO nominations – in the Songwriter of the Year category presented by SOCAN, and for the Jack Richardson Award for Producer of the Year, both for his work on Cardin’s album 99 Nights. We met a very grateful Lubalin on the red carpet, as he recounted a few anecdotes about his collaboration with her.
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Haiti-born SOCAN member, and co-founder of Montréal’s Nomadic Massive collective, Waahli earned his first solo nomination at the 2024 JUNOs. in the Global Music Album category, for Soap Box. We chatted with him about the current dramatic political situation in Haiti, as well as the difference between Nomadic Massive’s output and his solo work, where he digs deeper in his own musical baggage.
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