< >J.C. Campbell
Award winning, Country Blues Singer/Songwriter, JC Campbell's latest release "Lazy James" earned a win for Best Blues CD at the 2008 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards. His debut CD "Life Up Til Now" was embraced by the Canadian Aboriginal Music Award Committee and garnered a double nomination for the acoustic album in the "Best Folk and Best Country Album" categories.
His soulful vocals are uniquely expressive. Every J.C. Campbell song stirs up undeniable emotion. He has been sharing his songs and story with the youth to inspire our future. A writer since puberty and guitar player before any facial hair appeared, J.C.'s style is uniquely his own.
Performing on the North American stage provided inspiration to write his third album due in the Fall of 2009. This body of work will explore the country side of his artistry.
This Ojibway/Cree/European descendent had a #1 song on NCI-FM titled "Keep on Tryin", which is about encouragement and determination. The song was charted on college campus radio and received thumbs up from Country Recording Artist/Actor, Mark Collie after he performed it at a rehearsal for a show he was to do with him. Mark told him "I don't hear too well, but I know I hit when I hear one and that's a hit!"
In 2008, a song writing workshop led by the incomparable Buffy Sainte-Marie was organized by the Aboriginal Music Program. J.C. was one of five Songwriters to be invited to share their original material.
In 2007 good "Fortune" led him to co-write with Nashville Hit Songwriter and Chief Creative Officer of Ole' Music Publishing Gilles Godard, who has written hits for Terri Clark, Patty Loveless and Tracy Byrd to name a few. He traveled to Nashville to collaborate with Gilles and his fiance/co-writer, Tracy Bone.
J.C. writes to vent, heal, encourage and stir the emotions that many of us suppress.
Ancestry: Metis
Language: English
Genre: Acoustic, Folk, Rock, Blues, Country
Albums
Awards, Nominations & Submissions
| 2008 | Best Blues CD | Lazy James | Winner |
| 2011 | Best Music Video | The Floor | Nominee |
| 2009 | Best Country CD | Lazy James | Nominee |
| 2008 | Best Album Cover Design | Lazy James | Nominee |
| 2007 | Best Blues CD | Lazy James | Nominee |
| 2007 | Best Songwriter | Nominee | |
| 2006 | Best Folk / Acoustic CD | Life Up Til Now | Nominee |
| 2006 | Best Album Cover Design | Lazy James | Nominee |
| 2006 | Best Rock CD | Lazy James | Nominee |
