2017 JUNO Award Nominee Video Interviews: Barbra Lica

Story by Howard Druckman | Monday March 6th, 2017

In a SOCAN video interview from the 2017 JUNO Awards nominations media conference, Vocal Jazz Album of the Year nominee Barbra Lica briefly discusses co-writing for the album in London., England, and Toronto; how the process can be like a date; vocalists that she looks up to; and wanting to bring folk and Americana elements into jazz.

2017 JUNO Award Nominee Interview: Coleman Hell

Story by Howard Druckman | Tuesday March 14th, 2017

In a SOCAN video interview from the 2017 JUNO Awards nominations media conference, Pop Album of the Year nominee (for his debut album Summerland) Coleman Hell briefly discusses the nomination, audience reaction on tour, the effect of touring on songwriting, and his writing process.

2017 JUNO Award Nominee Interviews: Whitehorse

Story by Howard Druckman | Thursday February 23rd, 2017

In a SOCAN video interview from the 2017 JUNO Awards nominations media conference, 2016 JUNO Award winners in the Adult Alternative Album category Whitehorse (Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland) discuss being nominated for 2017 in the Blues Album field for their up-to-the-minute take on electric Chicago blues, The Northern South; the challenge of overdubbing all of the parts on the album themselves, often using tape looping as they do when they play live; and their songwriting process.