About The Show

The Junos recognize excellence in the Canadian Music Industry by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Tune in to watch some of your favorite Canadian artists, with a few international stars mixed in.

Host: Rick Mercer
Date: March 3, 2001
City: Hamilton, Ontario

This Year's Performers

The Nominees

Best Alternative Album

Best Blues Album

  • Winner:
    Sue Foley
    Love Comin' Down
  • Big Daddy G Topless
  • Ray Bonneville Rough Luck
  • Mel Brown Neck Bones & Caviar
  • Michael Pickett Conversation with the Blues

Best Children's Album

  • Winner:
    Jack Grunsky
  • Norman Foote
  • Teresa Doyle
  • Charlotte Diamond
  • Annie Brocoli

Best Classical Album - Large Ensemble Or Solist(s) With Large Ensemble Accompaniment

  • Winner:
    Toronto Symphony Orchestra
    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite, Night Ride and Sunrise
  • Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Telemann: Orchestral Suites
  • Leila Josefowicz, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Mendelssoh, Glazunov: Violin Concertos
  • Janina Fialkowska, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Liszt: Piano Concerti
  • Toronto Symphony Orchestra Henry Dutilleux: Orchestral Works
  • Chantal Juillet, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Chausson: Poeme

Best Classical Album - Solo Or Chamber Ensemble

  • Winner:
    James Ehnes
    Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin
  • Quatuor Molinari R. Murray Schafer: String Quartets 107
  • Angele Dubeau & La Pieta Infernal Violins
  • Robert Silverman Beethoven: 32 Piano Sonatas
  • Angela Hewitt Bach: Goldberg Variations

Best Classical Album - Vocal Or Choral Performance

  • Winner:
    Karina Gauvin, Russell Braun, Les Violons Du Roy
    G.F. Handel: Apollo e Dafne Silete Venti
  • Richard Margison, Michael Schade, Catherine Robbin, Tracy Dahl, Frances Ginzer, Jean Stilwell, Toronto Symphony Orchestra Millennium Opera Gala
  • Tafelmusik, Suzie LeBlanc, Brett Polegato, Nils Brown Coffee Cantata & Peasant Cantato
  • Choeur et Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Berlioz: l'Enfance du Christ
  • Tafelmusik Chamber Choir Bach: Motets

Best Classical Composition

  • Winner:
    Oskar Morawetz
    From the Diary of Anne Frank
  • Harry Somers The Third Piano Concerto
  • R. Murray Schafer Once On A Windy Night
  • Paul M. Douglas La Cevenole
  • Marjan Mozetich Affairs of the Heart

Best Contemporary Jazz Album - Instrumental

Best Country Group Or Duo

Best Dance Recording

Best Global Album

  • Winner:
    Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana
    Ritmo + Soul
  • Puentes Brothers Morumba Cubana
  • Jesse Cook Free Fall
  • Quartango Esprit
  • Finjan Dancing on Water

Best Gospel Album

Best Instrumental Album

  • Winner: Jesse Cook Free Fall
  • Dan Gibson, Ron Allen, Dr. Lee Bartel Natural Relaxation
  • Dan Gibson, Ron Allen, Dr. Lee Bartel Natural Massage Therapy
  • Oliver Schroer Celtic Devotion
  • Pavlo Fantasia

Best Male Artist

Best Music Of Aboriginal Canada Recording

  • Winner:
    Florent Vollant
    Nipaimianan
  • Susan Aglukarak Unsung Heroes
  • C-Weed Run As One
  • John Gracie Figure Love Out
  • Mishi Donovan Journey Home

Best Reggae Recording

  • Winner:
    Lenn Hammond
    Lenn Hammond
  • Jimmy Reid Secret Emotion
  • Lazo Love Is On Your Side
  • Tasha T Dem Need More Love
  • Jason Wilson & Tabarruk Jonah

Best Roots & Traditional Album - Group

  • Winner:
    Tri-Continental, Bill Bourne, Lester Quitzau, Madagascar Slim
    Tri-Continental
  • La Volee D'Castors VDC
  • Zubot and Dawson Tractor Parts Further Adventures in Strang
  • Barra MacNeils Racket in the Attic
  • Tom Landa and the Paperboys Postcards

Best Roots & Traditional Album - Solo

Best Songwriter

Best Traditional Jazz Album - Instrumental

  • Winner:
    Rob McConnell Tentet
    Rob McConnell Tentet
  • Alive and Well Way Out East
  • Kirk MacDonald New Beginnings
  • Ingrid Jensen Higher Grounds
  • Brad Turner Brad Turner Quartet

Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award

  • Winner:
    Daniel Caudeiron
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