Shawn Adams is a Moose Jaw singer/songwriter up for three awards at this year’s International Singer-Songwriters Association (ISSA) Awards, and he’s asking locals for support to help him win his categories.
“There’s artists from over 30 countries that have been nominated, so I’m just grateful to be on the list,” Adams said. “I need all the local support I can get. Gotta represent Canada.”
Adams has been nominated for:
- International Male Rising Star
- International Male Single of the Year for “Take Your Halo Off”
- International Male Music Video of the Year for “Take Your Halo Off”
The ISSA is an organization that supports, promotes, and recognizes independent singer/songwriters from around the world. It provides resources and networking, and guidance to help independent artists succeed in the industry. This year's ISSA Awards will take place August 4 and 5 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Fans wishing to support Adams can vote for him on the ISSA poll site until midnight on April 30. The rule is one vote per day per device, so make sure to vote every chance you can get by going to issasongwriters.com/2023vote/, clicking on “INTL NOMINEES VOTE HERE” and clicking Adams’ name on each voting page.
“I was nominated for one of my singles, ‘Take Your Halo Off,’ which was recorded at Aspen Beveridge’s Skullcreek Studios in Watrous. And we did a music video for that, and that was done by Prehistoric Productions in Saskatoon,” Adams explained.
“‘Take Your Halo Off’ was also featured on Sirius XM satellite radio on the Indigenous Artist’s Spotlight this past year and I had over 850 international radio ads for it.”
Adams is a proud member of the Métis nation and is happy to be a voice for his ancestry and to raise awareness of Indigenous heritage through his music.
Originally from Penticton, B.C., Adams has called Moose Jaw home for about 15 years. His mother was born and raised in Moose Jaw and he has plenty of family here — enough to consider himself a true Prairie boy and native Moose Javian.
He was previously nominated at the ISSA Awards in 2020 for his single “Please Remember Me,” which was featured on the Grand Ol’ Opry Facebook page, and in 2021 he played for the Kinsmen TeleMiracle 45 charity telethon.
“It makes me feel overwhelmed to be nominated for these awards,” Adams said. “I’m just grateful, as a small-town boy, to be getting where I am with my music. I’m also a member of the Canadian Country Music Association and Saskatchewan Country Music Association, and through just meeting all the right people it’s all kind of snowballed and put me in the right spot at the right time.”
Adams said he’s received a lot of support from the community of Moose Jaw and from his manager Celina Simms at Black Mountain Music & Media.
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