Mo Kenney, Measha Brueggergosman, Rose Cousins, Kevin Davison,and Daniel Ledwell are among the winners of East Coast Music Awards handed out last evening at the 2018 East Coast Music and Industry Awards celebration.
The list of winners:
MUSIC AWARDS
MUSIC AWARDS
Album of the Year:
Rose Cousins – Natural Conclusion (Producer: Joe Henry)
Blues Recording of the Year:
Tie! Mike Biggar – Go All In and Matt Minglewood – Fly Like Desperados
Bucky Adams Memorial Award:
Measha Brueggergosman
Classical Composition of the Year:
Andrew Staniland – “The River Within Us”
Classical Recording of the Year:
Duo Concertante – Incarnation
Country Recording of the Year:
Makayla Lynn – On A Dare and a Prayer
Dance Recording of the Year:
CRaymak – Play With Fire ft Neon Dreams
Electronic Recording of the Year:
PINEO & LOEB – LIFEBLOOD
Fans’ Choice Entertainer of the Year:
Matt Minglewood
Fans’ Choice Video of the Year:
KINLEY – “Microphone” (Director: Jenna MacMillan)
Folk Recording of the Year:
Rose Cousins – Natural Conclusion
Francophone Recording of the Year:
Jacques Jacobus – Le retour de Jacobus
Group Recording of the Year:
Les Païens – Carte noire
Gospel Recording of the Year:
Measha Brueggergosman – Songs of Freedom
Indigenous Artist of the Year:
City Natives
Instrumental Recording of the Year:
Rosie MacKenzie – Atlantic
Jazz Recording of the Year:
Paul Tynan and Aaron Lington – Bicoastal Collective: Chapter 5
Loud Recording of the Year:
ZAUM – Eidolon
Pop Recording of the Year:
Jenn Grant – Paradise
Rap/Hip Hop Recording:
Quake Matthews – Celebrate the Struggle
Rising Star Recording of the Year:
KINLEY – Letters Never Sent
Rock Recording of the Year:
Jessie Brown – Keeping Appearances
Roots/Traditional Recording of the Year:
Còig – Rove
Song of the Year:
Rose Cousins – “Grace” (Producer: Joe Henry)
Solo Recording of the Year:
Mo Kenney – The Details
Songwriter of the Year:
Joel Plaskett
INDUSTRY AWARDS
Company of the Year:
SpinCount
Event of the Year:
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival
Graphic / Media Artist of the Year:
Jud Haynes
Live Sound Engineer of the Year:
Stephen “Snickers” Smith
Management / Manager of the Year:
Sonic Entertainment Group
Media Outlet of the Year:
Halifax Is Burning
Media Person of the Year:
Hillary Windsor
Producer of the Year:
Daniel Ledwell
Studio Engineer of the Year:
Jamie Foulds
Studio of the Year:
New Scotland Yard
Venue of the Year:
The Carleton Music Bar & Grill
Video of the Year:
Kevin Davison – “When Those Sirens Are Gone”
ECMA Aficionados:
Dalhousie’s Fountain School of Performing Arts
Deloitte
Fred and Elizabeth Fountain
Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel
O’Regan’s Lexus
Stewart McKelvey
Rob Sobey
HONORARY AWARDS
Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction:
Allister MacGillivray for “Song for the Mira”
Directors’ Special Achievement Award:
Sloan
Kevin Macmichael
Dr. Helen Creighton Lifetime Achievement Award:
Lynn Horne
Industry Builder Award:
Louis Thomas
Musicians’ Achievement Award:
Geoff Arsenault
Stompin’ Tom Awards:
James McQuaid (MCJ) and Richard Gray (Cool G) (NS)
Jon Rehder (PEI)
Liz Solo (NL)
Gordie Tufts (NB)
Winston “Scotty” Fitzgerald (CB)
