Cory Marquardt Kevin Churko

 

The Country music spotlight is on Markham tonight (Monday) with the Country Music Association of Ontario awards being handed out.

North Bay’s Cory Marquardt is up for the Rising Star Award.

He’s one of six nominees in the category. Jason McCoy is hosting tonight’s awards.

Meantime, Marquardt signed a world-wide recording agreement with renowned Advanced Alternative Media producer, Kevin Churko last week.

Churko is a 4-time Juno award winning, 2-time Grammy nominated Canadian record producer/engineer/mixer and songwriter that has worked for some of the world’s biggest names including Ozzy Osbourne, Shania Twain and Ringo Starr, to name just a few.