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| Four 2006 Maple Blues Awards for Paul Reddick and Carlos del Junco NorthernBlues Music recording artists, Paul Reddick and Carlos del Junco, received a total of four awards at the 9th annual Maple Blues Awards held Monday, January 16, 2006 in Toronto, Canada. Toronto's Paul Reddick took home honors in two categories - Songwriter of the Year, of which he has been a previous recipient, as well as Male Vocalist of the Year. Reddick's recording "Villanelle" (NorthernBlues Music 2004) won yet another Producer of the Year award for Juno and Grammy award-winning blues legend Colin Linden, who hosted the gala event for a wall-to wall crowd at the Phoenix Concert Theatre. "Paul is certainly starting the year with a bang, " says Fred Litwin, president of NorthernBlues Music. "Having one of his songs picked up for the 2006 Coca-Cola TV ad campaign and now this, hopefully signals even greater things to come in 2006." Carlos del Junco received the award for Harmonica Player of the Year. Monday evening, he delivered a captivating rendition of "Run Me Down", a track from "Blues Mongrel" (NorthernBlues Music 2005), leaving one in no doubt why he won the award. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |