The 1st Canadian Environmental Tunes Awards launched at Halifax concert

The 1st Canadian Environmental Tunes Awards launched at Halifax concert

The very first Canadian Environmental Songs Awards ended up launched on March 17 at Halifax’s Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, all through a live performance put on by Music Declares Unexpected emergency.

“There is unquestionably no question at all that we are in a substantial planetary crisis,” claimed Kim Fry, co-founder of Canada’s chapter of Songs Declares Emergency, an business that supports musicians and the new music field in reducing their weather affect. “It is straightforward to sense the body weight of that … and truly it can be the artists who give us hope. It can be the artists who open up our hearts, and permit us hook up with other folks.” 

That hope is why she preferred to get started the Environmental Songs Awards, to acknowledge Canadian musicians’ legacies as environmentalists. There is no day yet for the awards, but the Local climate Emergency live performance, as it was titled, kicked off the formal fundraising and consciousness campaign for the awards. They will celebrate new tunes getting manufactured that addresses themes of ecological and local climate emergency, and musicians who raise awareness of these problems outside the house of their perform.

Hosted by CBC’s Jeff Douglas, the March 17 Climate Unexpected emergency concert also compensated tribute to the environmental legacies of Neil Youthful and Joni Mitchell. Fry pointed to Mitchell’s heritage in serving to commence Greenpeace, and Young’s upcoming tour titled Enjoy Earth, as just two illustrations of the musicians’ lasting impression as environmental activists.

For her tribute address, Windsor, N.S., singer-songwriter Terra Spencer selected to conduct Mitchell’s 1976 tune “Coyote.” 

Terra Spencer, a white woman with long, blond hair wearing a brown turtleneck dress, plays a guitar onstage.
Nova Scotia singer-songwriter Terra Spencer addresses Joni Mitchell’s ‘Coyote.’ (CBC Audio)

“1 [reason I chose Mitchell] is that she was extremely unafraid to use her voice for what she stood for,” spelled out Spencer. “And if that’s not your type of detail, you might be not likely to appreciate the rest of the clearly show incredibly much,” she concluded, laughing.

In addition to Spencer, the concert showcased performances from singer-songwriters Logan Staats, Jenn Grant, Talia Schlanger, T. Thomason, Braden Lam, Alexsi Campagne, Moira and Claire, Tragedy Ann, Moonfruits, cellist India Gailey and guitarist Donna Grantis. They each individual carried out covers from the two Canadian legends’ catalogues, plus a song of their have, frequently backed by a house band that included drummer Patrick Murphy, bassist Cassie Mann, guitarist Samantha Wilson and pianist/band chief Tania Gill.

“I’m right here since I really believe that in the electrical power of tunes to encourage new strategies, new inner thoughts and new connections — each with each individual other, and with the Earth,” explained Grantis, who utilised to enjoy with Prince. 

The Local climate Unexpected emergency concert qualified prospects into Juno 7 days in Halifax, the place the Juno Awards are taking location on March 24. Tunes Declares Emergency Canada will have a presence at the festivities all 7 days, together with a mini weather summit on Friday, March 22, at the Halifax Central Library.

A day and locale for the inaugural Canadian Environmental Audio Awards will be introduced afterwards this calendar year.

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