About the MBAs

The Maple Blues Awards is Canada’s national blues awards program. Its goal is to promote blues music across Canada, and to recognize outstanding achievement in the field.

The nominees are selected by a distinguished panel of blues DJs and journalists from across Canada. Members of the Nominating Panel are not eligible for any of the awards. Nominees are selected for their outstanding achievements in blues music in Canada over the past year.

The winners are selected by the votes of blues fans from across Canada. This year's online/e-mailed voting occured between Nov. 14th through 'till Dec. 14th, 2005. The winners will be announced at the annual Maple Blues Awards Gala in Toronto, on January 16, 2006.

Organizers

The Awards program is organized by the Toronto Blues Society, with the support of:

• Blues at the Bow
• Canada South Blues Society
• CBC Radio Saturday Night Blues
• Coastal Jazz and Blues Society
• Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival
• Hornby Island Blues Society
• Manitoba Blues Society
• Montreal Blues Society
• Ottawa Blues Society
• Saskatoon Blues Society
• Tantramarsh Blues Society
• Thunder Bay Blues Society

Sponsors

The Maple Blues Awards Program and Gala are made possible by the generous support of our sponsors:

• Amsterdam Beer
• Blade
• Cordova Bay Entertainment Group
• FACTOR Canada
• Galaxie: CBC's Continuous Music Network
• KMP Designs Inc.
• Long & McQuade Musical Instruments
• NorthernBlues Music
• Ontario Ministry of Culture
• SOCAN Foundation
• Stony Plain Records
• Toronto Arts Council