The 10th annual YYC Music Awards, presented by Craig Senyk Initiatives,<\/span> were held on Sunday at the Grey Eagle Event Centre, honouring Calgary and Calgary-area musicians. Twenty-nine awards were handed out this year. The Royal Foundry were this year\u2019s big winners, taking home trophies for Group of the Year, Video of the Year for Sad Girl of Summer, directed by Bethany Salte, and Single of the Year for Famous. Calgary R&B artist Zenon won two awards, including Solo Artist of the Year and R&B\/Soul Recording of the Year for Falling (Into You).<\/span><\/p>\n Here is a list of the winners.<\/p>\n ALTERNATIVE RECORDING OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Thomas Thomas \u2014 \u201cOne Lone Candle\u201d<\/p>\n BLUES RECORDING OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Marcus Trummer \u2014 \u201cFrom The Start\u201d<\/p>\n CHILDREN\u2019S RECORDING OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Wilder Bunch \u2014 \u201cConservation Songs\u201d<\/p>\n CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Calgary Wind Symphony \u2014 \u201cPrevail\u201d<\/p>\n COMMUNITY ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The Daniel Pelton Collective<\/p>\n COUNTRY RECORDING OF THE YEAR:<\/strong> EDM RECORDING OF THE YEAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n Titus1 \u2014 \u201cGoing Nowhere\u201d<\/p>\n FOLK RECORDING OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Kate Stevens \u2014 \u201cNew Walk Home\u201d<\/p>\n GROUP OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Royal Foundry<\/p>\n INDIGENOUS ARTIST OF THE YEAR: \u00a0<\/strong> Ashley Ghostkeeper<\/p>\n Calgary Folk Music Festival artistic director Kerry Clarke won Industry Person of the Year at the YYC Music Awards.Gavin Young\/Postmedia<\/p>\n PERSON OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Kerry Clarke<\/p>\n INSPIRATIONAL\/HOLIDAY RECORDING OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Write On! The Songwriting Experience \u2014 \u201cHarmony\u201d<\/p>\n JAZZ RECORDING OF THE YEAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n Jeremy Brown with Audrey Ochoa \u2014 \u201cIntersections\u201d<\/p>\n LIVE PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Cyril Tenjohn and the Honkey Cats \u2014 Elton John<\/p>\n METAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Die Another Day \u2014 \u201cTranscend\u201d<\/p>\n MUSIC EDUCATOR\/ENSEMBLE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n Chris Herard<\/p>\n MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Royal Foundry \u2014 \u201cSad Girl Summer\u201d \u2014 Director Bethany Salte<\/p>\n PEOPLE\u2019S CHOICE AWARD:<\/strong> VIXIN \u2014 \u201cExhibition\u201d<\/p>\n POP RECORDING OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dempsey Bolton \u2014 \u201cComfortable Lines\u201d<\/p>\n PROPHETS OF MUSIC EMERGING ARTIST AWARD:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Irene Poole<\/p>\n R&B\/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n ZENON \u2014 \u201cFalling (Into You)\u201d<\/p>\n Tea Fannie won Rap Recording of the Year at the YYC Music Awards. Photo by Gracious Chaos Photography.<\/p>\n RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Tea Fannie \u2014 \u201cIt\u2019s All Love\u201d<\/p>\n RECORDING STUDIO OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n OCL Studios<\/p>\n ROCK RECORDING OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Jade Elephant \u2014 \u201cSo Far\u201d<\/p>\n SINGLE OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Royal Foundry \u2014 \u201cFamous\u201d<\/p>\n SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n ZENON<\/p>\n SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Robert Adam \u2014 \u201cBailing Twine\u201d<\/p>\n VENUE OR PRESENTER OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Ironwood Stage and Grill<\/p>\n WORLD\/CULTURAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Luis Tovar \u2014 \u201cBack to My Roots\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 10th annual YYC Music Awards, presented by Craig Senyk Initiatives, were held on Sunday at the Grey Eagle Event Centre, honouring Calgary and Calgary-area musicians. 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<\/span>Drew Gregory \u2014 \u201cOne For The Road\u201d<\/p>\n
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