Manitoban artists bring Junos home for contemporary Indigenous artist and blues album of the year [Video]

Manitoba’s homegrown music talent shined Juno gold at the annual award ceremony landing two awards on Saturday.   

The Juno hardware was handed out during a gala in Vancouver, where prizes in more than 40 categories were awarded ahead of Sunday’s televised ceremony.

Sebastian Gaskin, a musician from Tataskweyak Cree Nation now based in Toronto, won contemporary Indigenous artist of the year with his song Brown Man.

“This means the world to me,” Gaskin said on Saturday after receiving the award.

The record that landed the singer-songwriter’s first Juno is one of 11 tracks part of his debut album Lovechild, released earlier this year. 

Gaskin, who received his very first Juno nomination this year, performed the closing act of the night with a stirring rendition of Medicine.

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Ghost, another of his tracks, was also nominated among the titles of producer and songwriter Hill Kourkoutis in …