Hey Rosetta!, Fortunate Ones, Quake Matthews, Whitney Rose, and Dumpster Mummy are the latest East Coast Music Award winners at Eastlink East Coast Music Week 2016.
The complete list of awards presented on Friday are as follows: 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
Eastlink East Coast Music Week 2016 continues in Sydney, Nova Scotia today, with the TD Pop-Up Concert at the Mayflower Mall at 1PM, the All-Ages stage at the Royal Canadian Legion Br No 12 at 2:30PM, a sold-out Hey Rosetta! Big Ticket show at the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion featuring Fortunate Ones at 8PM, the Atlantic Canadian Music Industry Town Hall conference session at 3PM, and a number of showcases throughout the city.
2016 East Coast Music 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
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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. |
