Elaine Bomberry

Elaine is from Six Nations on the Grand River Territory, Ontario. She is the producer and host of the award-winning Aboriginal Music Experience, and has produced and hosted Aboriginal Airwaves on CKRZ-FM, producer of Rez Bluez showcases at Toronto's Silver Dollar, Associate Producer on The Pappy Johns Band featuring Murray Porter's "Full Circle", Assistant Executive Producer for Sweet Grass Records/EMI Music Canada's "Skin Tight Blues" CD, and Associate Producer on The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network's 'Bingo & A Movie'.

Elaine helped create the Best Music of Aboriginal Canada recording category for the JUNO Awards, and was the first Chairperson. Elaine was recently appointed to the board of The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and is the President of the National Aboriginal Recording Industry Association. Elaine has been honoured with awards including the imagineNATIVE Media Arts Festival 2002 and 2003's Best Radio Program, First Place 2003 Native American Journalists Association Media Awards, Finalist at the New York Radio Festival 2003 for Best Radio Program-Information all for 'The Aboriginal Music Experience'. Elaine recently won the JUNO Award's first Music Industry Builder Award 2004, the Music Industry Award at the 2003 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, and was 2003 Blues Booster of the Year for Canada's Maple Blues Awards.