Blue Moon Marquee is a Canadian swing blues duo from British Columbia, consisting of vocalist and guitarist A.W. Cardinal and vocalist, bassist and drummer Jasmine Colette.[1] They are most noted for their 2022 album Scream, Holler & Howl, for which they won the Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year,[2] and were nominated for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year,[3] at the Juno Awards of 2024.
The band was first formed in the 2010s after Colette was hired to contribute to Stainless Steel Heart, an album which is credited to Cardinal as a solo artist. [4] Their first demo album as an official duo, Lonesome Ghosts, was released in 2014,[5] and was followed by Last Dollar later in 2014, Gypsy Blues in 2016,[6] Bare Knuckles & Brawn in 2019,[7] and Scream, Holler & Howl in 2022. They also won two Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards in 2023 for Live Performance of the Year and Roots Album of the Year. A.W. Cardinal is of Cree/Metis heritage.
Cardinal received a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year for Bare Knuckles & Brawn at the 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2021.[8] In 2023 the band won four Maple Blues Awards, for Entertainer of the Year, Acoustic Act of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Recording Producer of the Year.[4]
References
edit- ^ Brent Calver, "B.C. blues duo playing Diamond Valley this weekend". Western Wheel, October 19, 2023.
- ^ "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Here are all the 2024 Juno nominees". CBC Music, February 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "A.W. Cardinal with band Blue Moon Marquee first Indigenous musician to sweep ‘big four’ at blues awards". Windspeaker, February 14, 2013.
- ^ Zachary Houle, "Blue Moon Marquee: Lonesome Ghosts". PopMatters, August 1, 2014.
- ^ "Gypsy-blues duo Blue Moon Marquee stands alone". The Vernon Morning Star, August 7, 2016.
- ^ Lesley Mitchell-Clarke, "Bare Knuckles & Brawn - Blue Moon Marquee". The WholeNote, September 25, 2019.
- ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.
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