And the Manitoba nominees for 2012 Juno Awards are...

The Wailin' Jennys lead the Manitoba pack with nominations in Roots and Traditional Album of the Year - Group and Engineer of the Year (David Travers-Smith) categories, for the group's CD Bright Morning Stars.

Winnipeg duo Twilight Hotel is also a contender for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year  while Portage la Prairie's Doc Walker has been nominated for Country Album of the Year.

Bruthers of Different Muthers already scooped an Aboriginal People's Choice Award  Speakers of Tomorrow.  Now the Winnipeg band can add a nomination for Aboriginal album of the Year.

Brandon's home town boy and world class violinist James Ehnes gets the nod for Soloist with Large Ensemble for his Bartok: Violin and Viola Concertos recording.  The late Ann Southam Glass House is up for Classical Composition of the Year.

Noisecore outfit KEN Mode gets a nomination for Venerable in the brand new Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year category.
 
And in the spirit of 'he's ours because he was born here" there's Bob Rock, up for Producer of the Year for Jann Arden's Only The Lonely Uncover Me 2.