DOWNLOAD: Will Belcourt - "Obliterate"

While Will Belcourt's latest album Epoch garnered "Best Rock Album" nominations at both the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards and the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards, his music reaches beyond that genre into blues, jazz and country, all with a base of electronic beats.

From Marlboro, Alberta, Belcourt bills himself as a singer/songwriter/guitar player/performer/recording artist/music producer/writer/director/producer - ie, a one man show and reconnaissance kind of guy. His deep, rough around the edges voice calls to us to "forget about tomorrow" and "scream along" and it's hard to resist - download this track to get out of your seat and raise the roof.

DOWNLOAD: Will Belcourt - "Obliterate"

2011 Canadian Aboriginal Music Award Winners

The 13th Annual Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards (CAMAs) celebrated the best in Indigenous music last weekend in Toronto and we have a list of winners.

Held at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre and co-hosted by Tom Jackson and Andre Morriseau, the show also included performances by Genevieve Fisher, Weaselhead, Gabriel Ayala and Mike Gouchie.

The winner of the evening was Donny Parenteau who took home 5 out of 7 possible awards. Congrats to Donny and his team!

Here's a list of the winners for the 2011 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards:

Best Album of The Year Mike Gouchie - Shattered Glass

Best Country Album Donny Parenteau - To Whom It May Concern

Best Female Artist Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson - New Journeys

Best Folk/Acoustic Album Phyllis Sinclair - Dreams of the Washerwomen

Best Group or Duo Common Knowledge - Colour Blind

Best Hand Drum Album Love Medicine - Sweetgrass Boy

Best Producer/Engineer Donny Parenteau & Harry Stinson - To Whom it May Concern

Best Rock Album Will Belcourt - Epoch

Best Song Single Mike Gouchie - Shattered Glass

Best Songwriter Donny Parenteau - To Whom It May Concern

Best Instrumental Album Cris Derksen - The Cusp

Best International Album Gabriel Ayala & Will Clipman - Passion, Fire & Grace

Best Male Artist Donny Parenteau - To Whom It May Concern

Best Music Video Donny Parenteau - To Whom It May Concern

Best Pow Wow Contemporary Album A Tribe Called Mi'kmaq - We Honour The Water

Best Pow Wow Album Traditional Smoke Trail - A Long Red Road

Best Traditional Flute Jason Chamakese - Native American Flute Songs Vol. 2