Kingsville entertainer nominated for Tribute Artist of the Year

Rick Stephenson – His Sinatra has been nominated for the second time by the Josie Music Awards for Tribute Artist of the Year and for the first time Vocalist of the Year (Traditional genre).

There were over 75,000 artist submissions and the top 3% were nominated.

The 10th annual Independent Josie Music Awards will take place October in Nashville. 

Rick was also nominated for six awards in the 2024 FairPlay Red Carpet Music Awards in Europe.

Rick resides in Kingsville and has just returned from Orillia where the “Frank Sinatra Comes Home to Orillia” show was a smash hit with two shows and live streamed all over North America. 

A former long-time resident of Orillia, Rick enjoyed partnering with both the Orillia Concert Band and the Orillia Big Band and his long-time pianist John Brown. Trombonist Steve Lashbrook from Rick’s previous orchestra, The Endangered Species Big Band, rounded out the horn section.

Currently, Rick is putting the finishing touches on his new album, “Singing for Sinatra”, some of which was recorded at SLR Studios in Windsor with owner Marty Bak and Sebastien Laviolette. This album features songs that Rick feels Sinatra would have sung given the chance. They include some more modern songs with Rick’s unique “Sinatra-esque” styling.

Listen for yourself at HisSinatra.com or facebook.com/HisSinatra