The 2025 MusicNL award nominees were announced last week. Leading the way is Mallory Johnson with 6 nods, followed by Quote The Raven with 5 categories, and XIA-3, Natasha Blackwood, Mick Davis and Thin Love, and Justin Fancy with 4 nominations each. Deantha Edmunds, Jake Nicoll, Nico Paulo, Rube & Rake, and Port-Aux-Poutines are among 13 artists nominated in 3 categories. Rev. Dave and the Sin Eaters from the West Coast is up for Country Artist of the Year and Corner Brook's Elizabeth Sheppard the nod for Indigenous Artist of the Year. She shares her reaction with Dean Clarke on Bay Fm's Scoffs & Scuffs.