Dan Mangan Wins Two CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards

Dan Mangan was the only multiple CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award winner this year.

Mangan's "Robots" was named best song and garnered a Bucky for best vocals when the awards were handed out on Wednesday (Dec. 9) in a special live broadcast on CBC Radio 3's Grant Lawrence Live program.

Interestingly, the west coast and Vancouver picked up most of the awards on Wednesday. Said The Whale's "Emerald Lake, AB" won the best song Bucky, while Vancouver via Quadra Island, B.C.'s Mother Mother won for best live band. Hannah Georgas was named best new artist.

Sloan picked up the lifetime achievement Bucky, and other Bucky winners included Gregory Pepper And His Problems, Joel Plaskett and Coeur De Pirate.

Here are this year's CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards winners:

Most Canadian Song: Said The Whale — "Emerald Lake, AB"
Best New Band Name — Gregory Pepper And His Problems
Best Vocals: Dan Mangan — "Robots"
Best Lyrics: Joel Plaskett — "Through & Through & Through"
Lifetime Achievement: Sloan
Best Live Band: Mother Mother
Best New Artist: Hannah Georgas
Best Reason To Learn French: Coeur De Pirate
Best Fan: Lee Hower; Sacramento, Calif.
Best Song: Dan Mangan — "Robots"