Stephano Barberis
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Stephano Barberis is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 music video director
Music video director
A music video director is driven by a given music track. These are called music videos and are then used as promotional tools for popular music singles...

, known for his work directing music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s. By Autumn of 2010, Barberis has received 19 'Director Of The Year' Awards, including a Leo Award, twelve consecutive BCCMAs
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

 and three CCMAs
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

, in addition to over 50 'Director Of The Year' nominations, including two MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...

 MMVA’s.

Background

Barberis is the son of Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 immigrants Alexandre and Dora Barberis, and was born in Kitimat, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. He attended Kildala Elementary and then Mount Elizabeth Secondary School
Mount Elizabeth Secondary School
Mount Elizabeth Secondary School is a public school in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.The school was built in 1959 to serve the newly formed Kitimat, British Columbia. The building was expanded and improved in the 1970s and 1980s to compensate for an increase in population. The building now has...

 in Kitimat, before leaving Kitimat to attend Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...

 to work towards a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 in urban planning
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....

. He then transferred to the British Columbia Institute of Technology
British Columbia Institute of Technology
The British Columbia Institute of Technology , is a public, coeducational, academic institution of higher education in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The polytechnic has five campuses located in the Metro Vancouver region, with the main campus in Burnaby...

. Upon leaving college, he received employment in 1997 to specialize in the creative side of advertising/marketing communications as a marketing assistant with Reallife Pictures, a Vancouver British Columbia film production company.

Barberis and his wife live in the Lower Mainland
Lower Mainland
The Lower Mainland is a name commonly applied to the region surrounding and including Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As of 2007, 2,524,113 people live in the region; sixteen of the province's thirty most populous municipalities are located there.While the term Lower Mainland has been...

.

Career

While working at Reallife Pictures, Barberis directed his first music video production, Get Hot Or Go Home by Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Records, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at #9 in 1996...

, on August 31, 1997. The video went on to become a top 20 hit in Canada (top 3 in requests) on CMT
CMT
- Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia...

. He later received two MuchMusic Video Awards
MuchMusic Video Awards
The MuchMusic Video Awards are annual awards presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic to honour the year's best music videos....

 nominations for a video done for Vancouver electronic deejay
Deejay
A deejay is a reggae or dancehall musician who sings and toasts to an instrumental riddim .Deejays are not to be confused with disc jockeys from other music genres like hip-hop, where they select and play music. Dancehall/reggae DJs who select riddims to play are called selectors...

 K-rec, gaining his work acceptance at MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...

, Canada's largest national music video station. He produced music videos for Triton Films in Vancouver, and directed for Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett is a Canadian country music singer. He was born in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.-Biography:...

. In 2005, Barberis and producer Alex Galanis formed Arkadia Pictures Incorporated.

In 2008 he was referred to as "king of country-music videos" by his repeated wins in the best video category at the British Columbia Country Music Association
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

 (BCCMA) and Canadian Country Music Association
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

 (CCMA) Country Music Awards for 10 years in a row. Works aired through MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...

 and CMT
CMT
- Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia...

 lead to a string of over 40 national top 20 videos (seven of which hit #1) and 50 nominations for Music Video Director Of The Year or Music Video of the Year, bringing 19 nation-wide wins by December 2010. of which include the BCCMA awards for 'Video of the Year' in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, as well as 'Director of the Year' awards presented by BCCMA in 2004 Leo Awards
Leo Awards
The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry, celebrating excellence in artistic achievement. Held each May in Vancouver, Canada, the Leo Awards honour nominees and winners in 13 program categories and up to 19 craft categories...

 in 2005, BCCMA in 2006, CCMA in 2007, CCMA in 2008, and CCMA in 2010.

Barberis' music video for Doc Walker
Doc Walker
Doc Walker is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. In 2001 they released the album Curve...

’s "If I Fall" became the director's eighth national #1 music video, and the first Canadian #1 of the 2010 decade, and he has won a CCMA for 2010 'Director of the Year' for four of his works.

Barberis also creates electronic music.

Director of the Year

Director of the Year
Award Win Award Nomination Awarding Organization Music video/artist
2003 Nomination CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

Singin' A Different Tune (Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Records, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at #9 in 1996...

)
2004 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

-
2004 Nomination CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

-
2004 Nomination Leo Awards
Leo Awards
The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry, celebrating excellence in artistic achievement. Held each May in Vancouver, Canada, the Leo Awards honour nominees and winners in 13 program categories and up to 19 craft categories...

-
2005 Win Leo Awards
Leo Awards
The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry, celebrating excellence in artistic achievement. Held each May in Vancouver, Canada, the Leo Awards honour nominees and winners in 13 program categories and up to 19 craft categories...

We Fall, We Fall (Dead Celebrity Status
Dead Celebrity Status
Dead Celebrity Status is a Canadian hip-hop group originating in Sudbury, Ontario. Rappers Yas Taalat and Bobby McIntosh, both former members of the rock/rap band Project Wyze, teamed up with onetime DMC World Champion DJ Dopey to form Dead Celebrity Status in 2003.-History:Following the breakup of...

)
2005 Nomination CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

-
2006 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Real Thing (The Higgins
The Higgins
The Higgins are a multi-award-winning Canadian country music group from Delta, British Columbia. The Higgins comprise three siblings: John , Eileen , and Kathleen Higgins . They have charted a total of three singles on the Canadian Country Music charts, two of which were Top 15...

)
2007 Win CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

Pickup Truck (Shane Yellowbird
Shane Yellowbird
Shane Yellowbird is a Cree-Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Hobbema, Alberta. In 2007, Yellowbird was named the Aboriginal Entertainer of the Year at the Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards, Chevy Trucks Rising Star of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards, and had one of...

)
2008 Win CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

Blame It On That Red Dress (Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford is a Canadian country music singer. He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.-Early years:Bamford was...

)
2008 Nomination CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

-
2009 Nomination CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

Little Guy (Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford is a Canadian country music singer. He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.-Early years:Bamford was...

)
Second Hand Car (The Higgins
The Higgins
The Higgins are a multi-award-winning Canadian country music group from Delta, British Columbia. The Higgins comprise three siblings: John , Eileen , and Kathleen Higgins . They have charted a total of three singles on the Canadian Country Music charts, two of which were Top 15...

)
2010 Win CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

If I Fall (Doc Walker
Doc Walker
Doc Walker is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. In 2001 they released the album Curve...

)
Free Like Love (The Higgins
The Higgins
The Higgins are a multi-award-winning Canadian country music group from Delta, British Columbia. The Higgins comprise three siblings: John , Eileen , and Kathleen Higgins . They have charted a total of three singles on the Canadian Country Music charts, two of which were Top 15...

)
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (Doc Walker
Doc Walker
Doc Walker is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. In 2001 they released the album Curve...

)
Nobody Says No (Jessie Farrell
Jessie Farrell
Jessie Farrell is a Canadian country music singer. At the 2007 Canadian Country Music Awards, Farrell was nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year and the Chevy Rising Star Award. Farrell's first country album, Nothing Fancy, was released on October 9, 2007. In 2008, Jessie Farrell won Female...

)
2011 Nomination CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

Passenger Window (Melissa Rae Barrie)
Put Some Alcohol On It (Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford is a Canadian country music singer. He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.-Early years:Bamford was...

)
Here To Heaven (Marlee Scott
Marlee Scott
Marlee Scott is a country music singer/songwriter who now resides in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2004, Scott was the winner of Corus Entertainment's Rising Country Superstar Challenge, which led to a record deal with 306 Records and the release of her first album, Souvenir, in 2005...

)

Music Video of the Year

Music Video of the Year
Award win as director Award nomination as director Awarding Organization Music video/artist
1998 Nomination BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Get Hot Or Go Home (Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Records, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at #9 in 1996...

)
1999 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Triple Threat (Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Records, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at #9 in 1996...

)
1999 Win ARIA How Would I Know (Shirley Lange)
2000 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Shiver 'N' Shake (Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Records, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at #9 in 1996...

)
2001 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Keeping the Faith (Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Records, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at #9 in 1996...

)
2001 Nominations MMVA Keeping The Faith (Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Records, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at #9 in 1996...

)
More Where That Came From (Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Records, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at #9 in 1996...

)
2002 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

The Future Is Lookin’ Brighter (Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Records, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at #9 in 1996...

)
2003 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Can't Say I Didn't Love You (Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett is a Canadian country music singer. He was born in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.-Biography:...

)
2003 Nomination BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

I’ll Do Anything (Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe
Rick Tippe is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Records, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at #9 in 1996...

)
2004 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Wildflower (Lisa Brokop
Lisa brokop
Lisa Brokop is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter and actress. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of six studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music charts in her native Canada...

)
2004 Win SCMA Free (Brad Johner
Brad Johner
-Biography:Brad Johner grew up in Saskatchewan playing music in his family band. When he was 16, Brad won a National Talent Contest during Country Music Week in Hamilton in 1982. He spent 6 years maintaining his solo career before teaming up with his brother Ken to form The Johner Brothers in 1988...

)
2004 Nominations BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

The Show Is Free (Doc Walker
Doc Walker
Doc Walker is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. In 2001 they released the album Curve...

)
New Frontier (Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett is a Canadian country music singer. He was born in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.-Biography:...

)
2004 Win ARIA -
2004 Nomination Leo Awards
Leo Awards
The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry, celebrating excellence in artistic achievement. Held each May in Vancouver, Canada, the Leo Awards honour nominees and winners in 13 program categories and up to 19 craft categories...

November (Emerson Drive
Emerson Drive
Emerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open...

)
2005 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Hey Do You Know Me (Lisa Brokop
Lisa brokop
Lisa Brokop is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter and actress. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of six studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music charts in her native Canada...

)
2005 Nominations BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

My Way (Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett is a Canadian country music singer. He was born in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.-Biography:...

)
New Frontier (Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett is a Canadian country music singer. He was born in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.-Biography:...

)
Wildflower (Lisa Brokop
Lisa brokop
Lisa Brokop is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter and actress. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of six studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music charts in her native Canada...

)
2005 Nomination CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

John Roland Wood (Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett is a Canadian country music singer. He was born in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.-Biography:...

)
2006 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Hold My Beer (Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett is a Canadian country music singer. He was born in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.-Biography:...

)
2006 Nominations BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Still Got Yesterday (Emerson Drive
Emerson Drive
Emerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open...

)
Time Flies (Johnny Reid
Johnny Reid
Johnny Reid is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland...

)
While We Were Waiting (Jason Blaine
Jason Blaine
Jason Blaine is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Pembroke, Ontario. The winner of Project Discovery 2002, Jason's top 10 singles include "Rock In My Boot" and "Flirtin' With Me."-Career:...

)
2007 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Pick Up Truck (Shane Yellowbird
Shane Yellowbird
Shane Yellowbird is a Cree-Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Hobbema, Alberta. In 2007, Yellowbird was named the Aboriginal Entertainer of the Year at the Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards, Chevy Trucks Rising Star of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards, and had one of...

)
2007 Win APCA Pick Up Truck (Shane Yellowbird
Shane Yellowbird
Shane Yellowbird is a Cree-Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Hobbema, Alberta. In 2007, Yellowbird was named the Aboriginal Entertainer of the Year at the Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards, Chevy Trucks Rising Star of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards, and had one of...

)
2007 Nominations BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Done You Wrong (Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett is a Canadian country music singer. He was born in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.-Biography:...

)
Blame It On That Red Dress (Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford is a Canadian country music singer. He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.-Early years:Bamford was...

)
What I Can’t Forget (Jason Blaine
Jason Blaine
Jason Blaine is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Pembroke, Ontario. The winner of Project Discovery 2002, Jason's top 10 singles include "Rock In My Boot" and "Flirtin' With Me."-Career:...

)
2007 Nomination CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

Pick Up Truck (Shane Yellowbird
Shane Yellowbird
Shane Yellowbird is a Cree-Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Hobbema, Alberta. In 2007, Yellowbird was named the Aboriginal Entertainer of the Year at the Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards, Chevy Trucks Rising Star of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards, and had one of...

)
2007 Nomination WCMA Pick Up Truck (Shane Yellowbird
Shane Yellowbird
Shane Yellowbird is a Cree-Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Hobbema, Alberta. In 2007, Yellowbird was named the Aboriginal Entertainer of the Year at the Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards, Chevy Trucks Rising Star of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards, and had one of...

)
2007 Nomination CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

Pick Up Truck (Shane Yellowbird
Shane Yellowbird
Shane Yellowbird is a Cree-Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Hobbema, Alberta. In 2007, Yellowbird was named the Aboriginal Entertainer of the Year at the Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards, Chevy Trucks Rising Star of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards, and had one of...

)
2008 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Flower Child (The Higgins
The Higgins
The Higgins are a multi-award-winning Canadian country music group from Delta, British Columbia. The Higgins comprise three siblings: John , Eileen , and Kathleen Higgins . They have charted a total of three singles on the Canadian Country Music charts, two of which were Top 15...

)
2008 Nominations BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Break It (Lisa Brokop
Lisa brokop
Lisa Brokop is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter and actress. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of six studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music charts in her native Canada...

)
Stayed Til Two (Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford is a Canadian country music singer. He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.-Early years:Bamford was...

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2008 Nomination Leo Award Flower Child (The Higgins
The Higgins
The Higgins are a multi-award-winning Canadian country music group from Delta, British Columbia. The Higgins comprise three siblings: John , Eileen , and Kathleen Higgins . They have charted a total of three singles on the Canadian Country Music charts, two of which were Top 15...

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2008 Nomination CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

Blame It On That Red Dress (Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford is a Canadian country music singer. He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.-Early years:Bamford was...

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2009 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Real Thing (The Higgins
The Higgins
The Higgins are a multi-award-winning Canadian country music group from Delta, British Columbia. The Higgins comprise three siblings: John , Eileen , and Kathleen Higgins . They have charted a total of three singles on the Canadian Country Music charts, two of which were Top 15...

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2009 Nomination Leo Awards
Leo Awards
The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry, celebrating excellence in artistic achievement. Held each May in Vancouver, Canada, the Leo Awards honour nominees and winners in 13 program categories and up to 19 craft categories...

Oh My (Sweatshop Union
Sweatshop Union
Sweatshop Union is a Canadian hip hop collective formed in 2000 when four politically minded rap acts—Dirty Circus, Pigeon Hole, Kyprios and Innocent Bystander —came together "to create a powerful, distinctive voice", and to produce their first album, which was published in 2001.Known for an...

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2010 Win BCCMA
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

Free Like Love (The Higgins
The Higgins
The Higgins are a multi-award-winning Canadian country music group from Delta, British Columbia. The Higgins comprise three siblings: John , Eileen , and Kathleen Higgins . They have charted a total of three singles on the Canadian Country Music charts, two of which were Top 15...

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2011 Nomination CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (Doc Walker
Doc Walker
Doc Walker is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. In 2001 they released the album Curve...

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Awarding organizations

  • Canadian Country Music Association
    Canadian Country Music Association
    The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

     CCMA
  • British Columbia Country Music Association
    British Columbia Country Music Association
    The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

     BCCMA
  • Western Canadian Music Award WCMA
  • MuchMusic Video Awards
    MuchMusic Video Awards
    The MuchMusic Video Awards are annual awards presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic to honour the year's best music videos....

     MMVA
  • Leo Awards
    Leo Awards
    The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry, celebrating excellence in artistic achievement. Held each May in Vancouver, Canada, the Leo Awards honour nominees and winners in 13 program categories and up to 19 craft categories...

     LEO

  • Alberta Recording Industries Association ARIA
  • Saskatchewan Country Music Association SCMA
  • Aboriginal Peoples Choice Awards APCA
  • Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards CAMA


Select videography as director

  • Get Hot Or Go Home Rick Tippe
    Rick Tippe
    Rick Tippe is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Records, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at #9 in 1996...

     (1997)
  • Never Givin' Up Rick Tippe (1998)
  • More Where That Came From Rick Tippe (1999)
  • I Don't Love Easily Brent McCathey (1999)
  • How Would I Know Shirley Lange (1999)
  • Lately I Don't Care Tim Lawson (1999)
  • Shiver 'N' Shake Rick Tippe (1999)
  • Triple Threat Rick Tippe (1999)
  • Turn My Back K-Rec (2000)
  • Mindbender K-Rec (2000)
  • Keeping The Faith Rick Tippe (2000)
  • Make Lemonade Hampton Avenue (2000)
  • Mr. Fixit Vince Roy (2000)
  • Don't Let Her In Kenny Hess (2000)
  • Disappear The Masterfaders (2000)
  • Settle For A Dance Vince Roy (2000)
  • Contradictions The Masterfaders (2000)
  • Trouble K-Rec (2001)
  • Ring-A-Ding The Masterfaders (2001)
  • The Future Is Looking Brighter Rick Tippe (2001)
  • Waiting Monica Schroeder (2001)
  • U.Y. K-Rec (2001)
  • You Lied To Me Two Marlowe (2002)
  • I’ll Do Anything Rick Tippe (2002)
  • You Can’t Say I Didn’t Love You Aaron Pritchett (2002)
  • A Lot To Learn John Mann
    John Mann (musician)
    John F. Mann is a Canadian rock musician and actor.-Music:He is the lead vocalist for the folk rock band Spirit of the West...

     (2002)
  • Sweet Fanny Annie Panurge (2002)
  • Mullet Halo Bionika (2002)
  • Singin' A Different Tune Rick Tippe (2002)
  • Make You Mine Two Marlowe (2003)
  • New Frontier Aaron Pritchett (2003)

  • The Show Is Free Doc Walker
    Doc Walker
    Doc Walker is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. In 2001 they released the album Curve...

     (2003)
  • You Can’t”Dean Tuftin (2003)
  • BBQ K-Rec (2003)
  • Free Brad Johner
    Brad Johner
    -Biography:Brad Johner grew up in Saskatchewan playing music in his family band. When he was 16, Brad won a National Talent Contest during Country Music Week in Hamilton in 1982. He spent 6 years maintaining his solo career before teaming up with his brother Ken to form The Johner Brothers in 1988...

     (2003)
  • Jet Black Heart Britt Black
    Britt Black
    Britt Black , daughter of Peter Karroll from Her Royal Majesty's Records, is a Canadian rock musician. Her musical career began at the age of ten when she co-wrote with pop rock artist Bif Naked for the track "Violence", released on Lava/Atlantic. At the age of fourteen Britt founded the all...

     (2004)
  • Insane The Heck (2004)
  • It’s Not Me It’s You Todd Kerns
    Todd Kerns
    Todd Kerns and grew up in Lanigan, Saskatchewan is a Canadian musician who has worked with several successful Canadian bands, most notably Age of Electric...

     (2004)
  • Hey Do You Know Me?” Lisa Brokop
    Lisa brokop
    Lisa Brokop is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter and actress. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of six studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music charts in her native Canada...

     (2004)
  • John Roland Wood Aaron Pritchett (2004)
  • Control Theory Northern Alliance (2004)
  • We Fall We Fall Dead Celebrity Status
    Dead Celebrity Status
    Dead Celebrity Status is a Canadian hip-hop group originating in Sudbury, Ontario. Rappers Yas Taalat and Bobby McIntosh, both former members of the rock/rap band Project Wyze, teamed up with onetime DMC World Champion DJ Dopey to form Dead Celebrity Status in 2003.-History:Following the breakup of...

     (2004)
  • If I Could State Of Shock
    State of Shock (band)
    State of Shock is a Canadian-based band from Vancouver, British Columbia. They made their debut in June 2004 with their album Guilty by Association....

     (2004)
  • Life Is A Train Maren Ord (2004)
  • November Emerson Drive (2004)
  • Wildflower Lisa Brokop (2004)
  • Laura Kensington The Rude Mechanicals (2004)
  • Wish I Never Met You State Of Shock (2004)
  • Believe James Alex Murdoch (2004)
  • My Way Aaron Pritchett (2004)
  • Any Given Day Mudmen
    Mudmen
    Mudmen are a Canadian rock band that formed in Toronto, Ontario in 2000. Initially comprising vocalist Zoy Nicoles, guitarist Lonny Knapp, bassist Tommy Skilton, drummer Ryan McCaffrey and bagpipe-playing brothers Robby and Sandy Campbell...

     (2004)
  • Sache Rosette (2005)
  • Crushed Rosette (2005)
  • Somebody Lisa Hewitt (2005)
  • Still Got Yesterday Emerson Drive
    Emerson Drive
    Emerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open...

     (2005)
  • Heartache Like Mine Jason Blaine (2005)
  • Load Me Up The Cruzeros
    The Cruzeros
    The Cruzeros is an award-winning Canadian Country rock band. Gordon Park was a bass player from 2000–2003.-Albums:-Singles:...

     (2005)
  • Lucky For Me Aaron Pritchett (2005)
  • Not Today Maren Ord
    Maren Ord
    Maren Whitney Ord is a Canadian singer-songwriter of rock and pop music.-Childhood and early teenager career:Ord was born and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, the eighth of ten children. She grew up in a musical family; her father was a professor of music, her mother taught voice and piano, and the...

     (2005)
  • If You Were My Girl Emerson Drive
    Emerson Drive
    Emerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open...

     (2005)
  • Last Minute Anything August (2006)

  • What I Can’t Forget Jason Blaine
    Jason Blaine
    Jason Blaine is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Pembroke, Ontario. The winner of Project Discovery 2002, Jason's top 10 singles include "Rock In My Boot" and "Flirtin' With Me."-Career:...

     (2006)
  • Warm Safe Place Aaron Pritchett (2006)
  • Hold My Beer;; Aaron Pritchett (2006)
  • While We Were Waiting Jason Blaine (2006)
  • Uh Oh Rosette (2006)
  • Time Flies Johnny Reid
    Johnny Reid
    Johnny Reid is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland...

     (2006)
  • Stayed Til Two Gord Bamford
    Gord Bamford
    Gord Bamford is a Canadian country music singer. He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.-Early years:Bamford was...

     (2007)
  • Flower Child The Higgins
    The Higgins
    The Higgins are a multi-award-winning Canadian country music group from Delta, British Columbia. The Higgins comprise three siblings: John , Eileen , and Kathleen Higgins . They have charted a total of three singles on the Canadian Country Music charts, two of which were Top 15...

     (2007)
  • Blame It On That Red Dress Gord Bamford (2007)
  • The New Old Times The Yoko Casionos (2007)
  • Done You Wrong Aaron Pritchett
    Aaron Pritchett
    Aaron Pritchett is a Canadian country music singer. He was born in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.-Biography:...

     (2007)
  • Loose Cannon The Yoko Casionos (2007)
  • Pickup Truck Shane Yellowbird
    Shane Yellowbird
    Shane Yellowbird is a Cree-Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Hobbema, Alberta. In 2007, Yellowbird was named the Aboriginal Entertainer of the Year at the Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards, Chevy Trucks Rising Star of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards, and had one of...

     (2007)
  • Little Guy Gord Bamford
    Gord Bamford
    Gord Bamford is a Canadian country music singer. He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.-Early years:Bamford was...

     (2008)
  • High Grade Sweatshop Union
    Sweatshop Union
    Sweatshop Union is a Canadian hip hop collective formed in 2000 when four politically minded rap acts—Dirty Circus, Pigeon Hole, Kyprios and Innocent Bystander —came together "to create a powerful, distinctive voice", and to produce their first album, which was published in 2001.Known for an...

     (2008)
  • November Trees Lisa Brokop
    Lisa brokop
    Lisa Brokop is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter and actress. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of six studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music charts in her native Canada...

     (2008)
  • Real Thing The Higgins
    The Higgins
    The Higgins are a multi-award-winning Canadian country music group from Delta, British Columbia. The Higgins comprise three siblings: John , Eileen , and Kathleen Higgins . They have charted a total of three singles on the Canadian Country Music charts, two of which were Top 15...

     (2008)
  • Postcard From Pasadena Gord Bamford
    Gord Bamford
    Gord Bamford is a Canadian country music singer. He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.-Early years:Bamford was...

     (2008)
  • Break It Lisa Brokop
    Lisa brokop
    Lisa Brokop is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter and actress. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of six studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music charts in her native Canada...

     (2008)
  • Oh My Sweatshop Union
    Sweatshop Union
    Sweatshop Union is a Canadian hip hop collective formed in 2000 when four politically minded rap acts—Dirty Circus, Pigeon Hole, Kyprios and Innocent Bystander —came together "to create a powerful, distinctive voice", and to produce their first album, which was published in 2001.Known for an...

     (2008)
  • Baseball Glove Gord Bamford
    Gord Bamford
    Gord Bamford is a Canadian country music singer. He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.-Early years:Bamford was...

     (2009)
  • Nobody Says No Jessie Farrell
    Jessie Farrell
    Jessie Farrell is a Canadian country music singer. At the 2007 Canadian Country Music Awards, Farrell was nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year and the Chevy Rising Star Award. Farrell's first country album, Nothing Fancy, was released on October 9, 2007. In 2008, Jessie Farrell won Female...

     (2009)
  • It's A Man's Job Greg Hanna (2009)
  • If I Fall"Doc Walker
    Doc Walker
    Doc Walker is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. In 2001 they released the album Curve...

     (2009)
  • Straightjacket Stef Lang (2009)
  • My So-Called Life Jaydee Bixby
    Jaydee Bixby
    Jaydee Bixby is a Canadian country musician who was the runner-up on the fifth season of Canadian Idol. In 2008 he signed with Her Royal Majesty's Records and went on to release his debut album Cowboys and Cadillacs...

     (2009)
  • Second Hand Car The Higgins
    The Higgins
    The Higgins are a multi-award-winning Canadian country music group from Delta, British Columbia. The Higgins comprise three siblings: John , Eileen , and Kathleen Higgins . They have charted a total of three singles on the Canadian Country Music charts, two of which were Top 15...

     (2009)
  • Beautiful Day Crystal Shawanda
    Crystal Shawanda
    Crystal Shawanda is a Canadian country music artist. CMT documented her rise to fame in the six-part series Crystal: Living the Dream, which aired in February 2008. Signed to RCA Records in 2007, she released her debut single, "You Can Let Go," in Canada in January 2008...

     (2010)
  • I'm Gonna Make You Love Me Doc Walker
    Doc Walker
    Doc Walker is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. In 2001 they released the album Curve...

     (2010)
  • Free Like Love The Higgins
    The Higgins
    The Higgins are a multi-award-winning Canadian country music group from Delta, British Columbia. The Higgins comprise three siblings: John , Eileen , and Kathleen Higgins . They have charted a total of three singles on the Canadian Country Music charts, two of which were Top 15...

     (2010)


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