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NWT musicians nominated for Indigenous Music Awards Tuesday June 30 2015 13 ARTS CULTURE MUSIC Fort Chipewyan Bicentennial Museum Hours Monday - Friday 900 a.m. to 500 p.m. Saturday - Sunday 100 p.m. to 500 p.m. Free Admission Call us today 780.697.3844 Congratulations athabasca delta community school 2015 Graduates CONGRATULATIONS ATHABASCA DELTA COMMUNITY SCHOOL GRADUATES NORTHLAND SCHOOL DIVISION NO. 61 9809 77 AVENUE PO BAG 1400 PEACE RIVER ALBERTA T8S1V2 P 780-624-2060 Photos wanted for 2016 Fort Smith Pet Desk Calendar Filling up fast Get your pictures in soon Ifyouwouldliketohavephotosofyour petstakenarrangementscanbemade. Please call Chris at 872-5547. Becauseofthehighvolumeofrequests we are on a first come first in basis. Special consideration will be made for pets not in previous calendars. Please submit photos of living pets only. Thereisnofeetohavephotosinthecalendar. If you have any questions or need more information please call Chris at 872-5547 or email dewolfnorthwestel.net Deadline is August 31 This ad sponsored by the Northern Journal By MEAGAN WOHLBERG Theres nothing like having your debut album nominated for a national music award. Thats a thrill both Dene rocker Geronimo Paulette of Fort Smith NWT and Gwichin utist William Greenland got to experience last week with the announcement that their 2014 releases were nominated for 2015 In- digenous Music Awards. I didnt think Id get in Paulette said. Theres no hard rock or heavy metal but I saw the instrumental category and thought Id give it a shot. Paulettes breakthrough album Hard Road Out Of Hell is up for Best Instrumen- tal album while Greenland originally of Inuvik is vying for Best Flute CD with his debut The Journey Beyond. In the diverse instrumental category Paulette is up against Mwalim Da Phun- kee Professor of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe for his urbanjazz album Awakened By A Noon Day Sun along with Torn by Sean Beaver an electronic music pro- ducer from Driftpile Alta. also known as DJ Hooligan. Greenland has a larger category to com- pete in with David Rose Jan Looking Wolf Ryan Little Eagle Steven Rushingwind and Tony Duncan and Darrin Yazzie also nominated. The awards formerly known as the Ab- original Peoples Choice Music Awards an- nually honour the best of the wide range of music being produced by indigenous people across North Americas Indian Country from hip-hop to traditional pow wow. Paulettes album is a collection of seven melodic but classically metal rock songs featuring the solo artist on bass rhythm and lead guitar all recorded painstakingly over several years. First and foremost a guitarist Paulettes Fender Stratocaster is the voice of the album giving emotional weight to the technical tracks composed and performed entirely by the young artist along with a stu- dio drummer. While this is the rst time Paulettes been up for an award its not the rst nod hes received for the album which has received international attention from magazines like The Rocker and Power Play receiving stel- lar reviews. Hesaidtheacknowledgementisencouraging. It pumps me up he said. Just to make an album was huge to me in a way so its kind of exciting. Hip-hop artists lead the nominations this year at the IMAs with artists like Drezus and City Natives claiming four nominations each in Best Duo or Group Best Hip-Hop CD Best Music Video and Single of the Year. The awards committee also predicts erce competition among the pow wow cat- egory where Black Bear Cree Confedera- tion Northern Cree Northern Voices and Stoney Creek are vying for the contempo- rary album honours. Award winners are decided through an on- line voting system. People can submit their votes in each category by visiting indigenous- musicawards.ca. The winners will be announced at the 10th annual awards ceremony between Sept. 9 and 13 in Winnipeg.PhotocourtesyofGeronimoPaulette Hard rocker Geronimo Paulette of Fort Smith NWT is nominated for an Indigenous Music Award for Best Instrumental CD for his debut album Hard Road Out Of Hell.