Shawn Adams is a modern country singer/songwriter based in Moose Jaw who has been producing award-nominated songs for years, and has now received an award from the International Singer-Songwriters Association (ISSA).
Adams took home silver in the category of International Male Music Video of 2023 at the ISSA awards in Atlanta, Georgia. The winning video is for his song, "Take Your Halo Off".
"Take Your Halo Off" was recorded at Aspen Beveridge's Skullcreek Studios in Watrous. The music video was shot in Saskatoon and produced by Prehistoric Productions.
"I'm really grateful for this award, it's a been a tough year with a lot of deaths around me in the last year and I'm still trying pick myself up," Adams told the Moose Jaw Express. "I'd like to give a special thanks to all my fans, my family, and my community.
"A special thanks to my manager Celena (Pinky) Simms at Black Mountain Music and Media for all her hard work, and to my beautiful wife, Vicky, for all her support throughout my music career these past few years."
Adams also received ISSA nominations for International Male Rising Star and International Male Single of the Year, again for "Take Your Halo Off".
Adams 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.
He is a proud member of the Métis Nation and considers himself a true country boy. Adams said one of the people he lost recently was his dad, also a musician, who had big dreams for his son.
"I just hope he knows we did it," Adams said. "I never thought I'd come this far, just to have four singles out on the radio, and another one coming.
"We're trying to get a bunch of shows lined up, my manager is looking at festivals. If we build up the bankroll enough, we can go tour Europe, so. We had been starting that climb before COVID shut everything down and I lost all my band members. We're building back now, just got a new guitar player the other day and things are looking good."
Adams' latest single "You're Mine" is releasing within the next month or so, and was written by Aspen Beveridge and Adams' friend Kit Langfield, a Saskatoon-based musician.
Keep up with his work by following him on:
- https://www.facebook.com/ShawnAdamsMusicCanada
- https://shawnadamsmusic.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/shawnadams_muzic/
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