Amelia Curran, Ryan Hemsworth, Jerry Granelli, Vishtèn, and Chelsea Amber among latest winners at 2016 Eastlink East Coast Music Week
Amelia Curran, Ryan Hemsworth, Jerry Granelli, Vishtèn, and Chelsea Amber are among the latest East Coast Music Award winners at Eastlink East Coast Music Week 2016.
The complete list of awards presented on Saturday are as follows:
Gospel Recording of the Year
Informants - Ezekiel
Classical Composition of the Year
Dinuk Wijeratne - "Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems"
Classical Recording of the Year
Symphony Nova Scotia - The How And Why of Memory
Jazz Recording of the Year
Jerry Granelli - What I Hear Now
Blues Recording of the Year
John Campbelljohn - Chin Up
Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year
Vishtèn - Terre Rouge
Folk Recording of the Year
Amelia Curran - They Promised You Mercy
The Bucky Adams Memorial Award
Chelsea Amber - Introducing Chelsea Amber
Dance Recording of the Year
PINEO & LOEB - Soul Clap
Electronic Recording of the Year
Ryan Hemsworth - Alone For the First Time
Eastlink East Coast Music Week 2016 wraps up today in Sydney, NS, with the presentation of the Industry Awards (2pm), the Songwriters’ Circle featuring Heather Rankin, Jenn Grant, Tim Chaisson, Old Man Luedecke, Christina Martin, and more (5pm), and the ECMA Hand Over Party: Sydney to Saint John (9pm).
2016 East Coast Music Award Winners To Date:
Aboriginal Artist of the Year
City Natives – Voltron
Album of the Year
Hey Rosetta! - Second Sight
(Producer: Marcus Paquin)
Songwriter of the Year
Amelia Curran
Group Recording of the Year
Hey Rosetta! - Second Sight
Traditional Instrumental Recording of the Year
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy - One
Solo Recording of the Year
Jenn Grant - Compostela
Song of the Year
Hey Rosetta! -"Soft Offering (For the Oft Suffering)"
(Producer: Marcus Paquin)
Fans' Choice Entertainer of the Year
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy
Fans' Choice Video of the Year
Everglow - "Feel Your Heart"
(Director: Devin Sooley)
Enregistrement francophone de l'année
Joey Robin Haché - Repaver l'âme
Pop Recording of the Year - *TIE*
Coyote - Proof of Life
Christina Martin - It'll Be Alright
Loud Recording of the Year
Dumpster Mummy - Trenchfoot
Rock Recording of the Year
Hey Rosetta! - Second Sight
Rising Star Recording of the Year
Fortunate Ones - The Bliss
Country Recording of the Year
Whitney Rose - Heartbreaker of the Year
Rap/Hip Hop Recording of the Year
Quake Matthews - Rap Music
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The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) is a regional collaboration of people in the music industry of Atlantic Canada that fosters, develops and celebrates East Coast music and its artists locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. The ECMA annually produces one of the top music industry events in Canada, Eastlink East Coast Music Week, which includes Awards, a Festival, an Industry Conference and the International Export Buyers Program. ECMA and its programs are generously funded by the Government of Canada through the International Business Development Agreement (represented by Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, and Industry Canada), the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund), the four provincial governments in Atlantic Canada, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and MUSICACTION. ECMA recognizes the support of the province of Nova Scotia, the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, ECMW Title Sponsor Eastlink, Nova Scotia Provincial Lotteries and Casino Corporation, The Membertou Trade and Convention Centre, Gold Partners Molson Canadian, Newcap Radio, TD Bank Group, and The Cape Breton Post.
This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters.
This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada and the Roadmap for Canada's Official Languages 2013-2018.
