- CASBY Award
The CASBY Award is a Canadian award for independent and alternative music, presented annually by Toronto radio station CFNY, which is currently known as "102.1 the Edge". The name "CASBY" stands for "Canadian Artists Selected By You".
The awards were first presented in 1981 under the name U-Knows, a pun on Canada's mainstream
Juno Award s. They were renamed the CASBYs in 1986, after a listener contest.Winners
1981
* Album of the Year: Teenage Head, "Frantic City"
* Single of the Year:Martha and the Muffins , "Echo Beach "
* Group of the Year: Teenage Head
* Female Vocalist of the Year:Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
* Male Vocalist of the Year:B.B. Gabor 1982
* Album of the Year:
Bruce Cockburn , "Inner City Front"
* Single of the Year: Blue Peter, "Chinese Graffiti"
* Group of the Year:Martha and the Muffins
* Female Vocalist of the Year:Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
* Male Vocalist of the Year:B.B. Gabor 1983
* Album of the Year: Rough Trade, "Shaking the Foundations"
* Single of the Year:The Payolas , "Eyes of a Stranger"
* Group of the Year: Spoons
* Female Vocalist of the Year:Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
* Male Vocalist of the Year:Leroy Sibbles 1984
* Album of the Year: Parachute Club, "Parachute Club"
* Single of the Year:Men Without Hats , "The Safety Dance "
* Group of the Year: Parachute Club
* Female Vocalist of the Year:Lorraine Segato (Parachute Club )
* Male Vocalist of the Year: Paul Humphrey (Blue Peter)1985
* Album of the Year: Parachute Club, "At the Feet of the Moon"
* Single of the Year: Spoons, "Tell No Lies"
* Group of the Year: Parachute Club
* Female Vocalist of the Year:Jane Siberry
* Male Vocalist of the Year: Bruce Cockburn
* Most Promising Non-Recording Group:Chalk Circle 2007
* Favourite New Artist:
Attack in Black
* Favourite New Single:Alexisonfire , "Boiled Frogs"
* Favourite New Album:Finger Eleven , "Them vs. You vs. Me "
* NXNE Favourite New Indie Release: Attack in Black, "Marriage"External links
* [http://www.edge.ca/casbys/2007.cfm 2007 CASBY Music Awards]
* [http://www.edge.ca/casbys/2006.cfm 2006 CASBY Music Awards]
* [http://www.edge.ca/casbys/2005.cfm 2005 CASBY Music Awards]
* [http://spiritofradio.ca/Casby_1987.asp Archive of the 1987 CASBY program]
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