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Like clockwork, we get a shot of our beautiful, energized and truly eclectic music ecosystem: the ninth annual Edmonton Music Awards nominees have just been announced.

Past the dinosaur age of gender-splitting nominees, the big category to watch — and get to know, song by song — is Album of the Year, this year a genre-hopping art race between Six Shooter Records’ singer-songwriter Joe Nolan, multiple award-winning soul singer Nuela Charles, hard rock outfit Royal Tusk, high-soaring pop act Scenic Route to Alaska and fist-in-the-air metal eagles Striker.

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Charles, Tusk and Alaska are also nominees in the Single of the Year category, as well as folksinger Martin Kerr and old school country act The Dungarees. The full list, category by category, is below, including the long attendance sheet of the People’s Choice Award, which you can vote for online below.

The 2019 Edmonton Music Awards Gala will take place on Thursday, June 27, at The Winspear Centre. Tickets go on sale to the public on Tuesday, April 23, at 10 a.m., and can be purchased through the Winspear Box Office — $20 adult, $15 youth.