FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Special Achievement Award Recipient Ronnie Hawkins with Michelle Levy; Chris Burn and Clayton Bellamy of The Road Hammers with Corb Lund (Roots/Folk Music Award "Hair in my Eyes LIke a Highland Steer"); SECOND ROW: Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida accept their Pop Music Awards; SOCAN Awards host and performer Kim Stockwood, Denise Donlon, Murray McLauchlan (SOCAN Classics Award for "Try Walkin' Away), Amy Sky (singer/songwriter). Photos by Grant Martin/Michelle Levy Productions.

18th Annual SOCAN Awards Gala
More than 200 guests celebrated the national and international success enjoyed over the past year by dozens of Canadian songwriters, composers and music publishers during the 18th annual SOCAN Awards gala, held at The Carlu. Amongst this year’s big winners were Nickelback, Canadian polka king Walter Ostanek, and rock ‘n’ roll icon Ronnie Hawkins. www.socan.ca