The praise just keeps coming for Patrick Watson and Close to Paradise, with an event-topping six GAMIQ nominations coming in this week. The newly minted GAMIQs are awarded to independent Quebec artists, picking up where the MIMIs left off. Patrick Watson is up for “Artist of the Year”, “Songwriter of the Year”, “International Career”, “Show of the Year”, “Breakthrough Artist of the Year” and “Best Indie-Pop Album”. All these awards are partially determined by public voting, so by all means, go and vote!.
