{"id":781121,"date":"2026-07-05T04:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T04:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/781121\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T04:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T04:36:17","slug":"ccma-awards-performances-have-distinct-saskatchewan-sound-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/781121\/","title":{"rendered":"CCMA Awards performances have distinct Saskatchewan sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Half of the first wave of performers recently announced for the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/ccma.org\/ccma-awards-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Canadian Country Music Association<\/a> Awards are Saskatchewan homegrown.<\/p>\n<p>While the awards will celebrate artists from coast to coast, the full-Canadian line-up includes a slew of local names including Tenille Arts, Hunter Brothers, Kalsey Kulyk and Jess Moskaluke.<\/p>\n<p>The list also includes Dean Brody, The Reklaws, James Barker Band and Owen Reigling.<\/p>\n<p>The awards, set for Sept. 19 at Sasktel Centre, return to Saskatoon for the first time in almost a decade.<\/p>\n<p>CCMA president Amy Jeninga said she\u2019s thrilled for fans to experience this one-night-only evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnveiling the first wave of performers for the CCMA Awards is always a special moment, offering an exciting glimpse into what promises to be an incredibly memorable night for country music in Canada,\u201d Jeninga said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just the beginning,\u201d added Mayor Cynthia Block. \u201cAs more performers are announced and the countdown continues, the excitement here in Saskatoon keeps growing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A native of Weyburn, Arts recently finished up as the opening act for Luke Bryan\u2019s Canadian shows for his Mind of a Country Boy tour. Her single Somebody Like That made history as the first No 1 country song to be written, produced and performed by all women.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Brothers, a set of four real-life brothers, hail from Shaunavon and attribute much of their success to their rural upbringing. They have a packed history of CCMA and Juno Award nominations, as well as a long list of Saskatchewan Country Music Association (SCMA) awards.<\/p>\n<p>Representing Hudson Bay, Kulyk is also no stranger to the CCMA. Her 2019 debut album earned a nomination for CCMA roots album of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The last Saskatchewan name CCMA released was Moskaluke, a multiple CCMA and Juno winner from Rocanville, who commenced her headlining tour Life For Me last fall. She was also a nominee for the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/womeninmusic.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Women in Music Canada<\/a> Honours.<\/p>\n<p>The awards show will be the culmination of <a href=\"https:\/\/ccma.org\/country-music-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Country Music Week<\/a>, which takes place from Sept. 16-19, and features talent showcases, an <a href=\"https:\/\/ccma.org\/industry-conference-country-music-week-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">industry conference<\/a> and a Songwriter\u2019s Series.<\/p>\n<p>Award nominees have not been announced yet, with final voting ballots for CCMA members closing on July 30.<\/p>\n<p>The Saskatoon Star Phoenix has created an\u00a0Afternoon Headlines\u00a0newsletter that can be delivered daily to your inbox so you are up to date with the most vital news of the day.\u00a0Click <a href=\"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a> to subscribe.<\/p>\n<p>With some online platforms blocking access to the journalism upon which you depend, our website is your destination for up-to-the-minute news, so make sure to bookmark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestarphoenix.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">thestarphoenix.com<\/a> and sign up for our newsletters so we can keep you informed. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a> to subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Half of the first wave of performers recently announced for the 2026 Canadian Country Music Association Awards are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,8870,341,276402],"class_list":["post-781121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-live-music","tag-music","tag-saskatchewan-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}