Newfoundland and Labrador has made a good showing among this year’s East Coast Music Nominations.
Chris Kirby is among the leaders of the local nominations with two: one for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year, and one for Solo Recording of the Year for his album “Wonderizer.” Kirby won two MusicNL awards for the same record last October.
The Once also received two nominations, for Fan’s Choice Award and Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year, for which The Dardanelles have also been nominated. The Dardanelles are also up for Group Recording of the Year.
Repartee, who swept the 2012 MusicNL awards, is nominated for the ECMA for Rising Star Recording of the Year for their self-titled debut album.
The Long Distance Runners are vying for Rock Recording of the Year, Larry Foley is up for Roots/Traditional Solo Record of the Year, and Duane Andrews and Dwayne Coté have been nominated for the award for Traditional Instrumental Recording of the Year.
Twin sister duo The Keats, from Gambo, now living in Halifax, have been nominated for Country Recording of the Year, as are Tonya Kennedy and Steady Brook native Justin Mahoney, a.k.a. The Heavy Horses."
The 2013 ECMA nominations were announced at a media conference in Halifax this morning. Nova Scotia band Wintersleep is leading the nominations overall with six, followed by Matt Mays with five, and Rose Cousins, Radio Radio, Rich Aucoin and Tim Chaisson with four each.
This is the 25th anniversary for East Coast Music Week, which will happen in Halifax March 6-10. A special collaboration with Symphony Nova Scotia will see artists like Rita MacNeil, Lennie Gallant and Newfoundland’s own Ennis performing with the orchestra, while a number of local artists will take to the RBC Breakout State and the Rising Star Showcase: Hear/Say, The Benoits, The Secrets, Long Distance Runners and Pilot to Bombardier.
ECMA week will wrap up with the Chronicle Herald East Coast Music Award Gala on Sunday, March 8.
A full list of 2013 nominees is available online at www.ecma.com.
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The East Coast Music Award nominees have been named. The nominees are:
Aboriginal Recording of the Year
City Natives - City Natives
Gary Sappier Band - Gary Sappier Blues Band
Lone Cloud - We Are Medicine People
Old Self - Who?
Speechless - Dangerous Methods
Blues Recording of the Year
Charlie A'Court - Triumph & Disaster
Chris Martin and the Troubleshooters - A Whole 'Nother Thang
Leeboy - Better Man Blues
Shirley Jackson & Her Good Rockin' Daddys - When The Money's All Gone
Working Class - Restless
Classical Composition of the Year
Derek Charke - Between the Shore and the Ships
Jérôme Blais - Mouvance
Robert Bauer - The Dykes of Acadie
Scott Macmillan - La Victoire
Steven Naylor - Aboiteau
Country Recording of the Year
Josh Macumber - Josh Macumber Was Here
RyLee Madison - Where Does The Time Go
The Heavy Horses - Murder Ballads & Other Love Songs
The Keats - Free At Last
Tonya Kennedy - He's Everything You're Not
Folk Recording of the Year
Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers - In the Time of the Great Remembering
Dave Gunning No More Pennies
David Myles - Into The Sun
Gabrielle Papillon - Little Bug
Rose Cousins - We Have Made A Spark
Gospel Recording of the Year
Eleanor McCain - Holiday
Kingswood University Chorale - You Are Holy
Life Support - Life Support Live
Matt Brouwer - Till The Sunrise
Stephanie Mainville - Old Man Winter
Jazz Recording of the Year
Ian Toms - Playbook
Jeff Torbert - Urban Poultry & Other Hopes
Joel Miller Swim
Matt MacDougall - Familiar Faces
Will Fisher - Portage
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
Charlie A'Court - Triumph & Disaster
Chris Kirby - Wonderizer
Eileen Joyce – Life is Too Short
Gary Sappier Band – Gary Sappier Blues Band
Working Class - Restless
Rising Star Recording of the Year
Ben Caplan - In the Time of the Great Remembering
Breagh Mackinnon - Where The Days Went
Heather Green - Your Last War
Mo Kenney - Mo Kenney
Repartee - Repartee
Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year
Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac - Seinn
The Barra MacNeils - The Barra MacNeils live with Symphony Nova Scotia
The Dardanelles - The Eastern Light
The Once - Row Upon Row of the People They Know
Vishten - Mōsaïk
Solo Recording of the Year
Chris Kirby - Wonderizer
Jenn Grant - The Beautiful Wild
Matt Mays - Coyote
Raylene Rankin - All The Diamonds
Rose Cousins - We Have Made A Spark
Traditional Instrumental Recording of the Year
Darren McMullen - Shoes for Molly
Dominique Dupuis - Dominique Dupuis
Dwayne Côté and Duane Andrews - The Empress
Natalie MacMaster - Cape Breton Girl
Sprag Session - Sprag Session
World Recording of the Year
Andru Branch - Step Into The Light
Gypsophilia - Constellation
Laurinton Garreth Warren - Shades Of The Heart
Shaun Ferguson (Page Officielle) - Ascensions
Stewart Drummond - Now It's Time
Fan’s Choice Video of the Year
David Myles - "Long Dark Night" (Director: Hiep Vu)
George Canyon - "Saddle Up" (Director: Warren Sonoda)
Gloryhound - "Electric Dusk" (Director: Jack Brayer)
Matt Mays - "Take It On Faith" (Director: Michael Maxxis)
Radio Radio - "Gong Hotel" (Directors: BAZ and Gabriel Poirier-Galarneau)
Rich Aucoin - "It" (Director: Noah Pink)
The Divorcees - "The Crows" (Director: Scott Simpson)
The Once - "You're My Best Friend" (Director: Justin Davis)
Tim Chaisson - "Beat This Heart" (Director: Ante Kovac)
Wintersleep - "In Came The Flood" (Director: Sean Wainsteim)
Fan’s Choice Entertainer of the Year
Dave Gunning
David Myles
George Canyon
Gypsophilia
Joel Plaskett
Rich Aucoin
The Once
The Stanfields
The Trews
Tim Chaisson
Wintersleep
Song of the Year
Dave Gunning - "These Hands"
Ria Mae - "Leaving Today"
Rich Aucoin - "It"
Rose Cousins - "The Darkness"
Tim Chaisson - "Beat This Heart"
Songwriter of the Year
Bruce Guthro - "Stan's Tune" (Composer: Bruce Guthro)
Christina Martin - "Marina" (Composer: Christina Martin)
Matt Mays - "Take It On Faith" (Composer: Matt Mays)
Rose Cousins - "Go First" (Composer: Rose Cousins)
Wintersleep - "In Came The Flood" (Composer: Paul Murphy/ Tim D'eon/ Loel Campbell)
Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year
Bruce Guthro - Celtic Crossing
Fleur Mainville - Once
Jim Dorie - Ghosts of Pictou County
Larry Foley - Free & Easy
Tim Chaisson - The Other Side
Rock Recording of the Year
Joel Plaskett - Scrappy Happiness
The Long Distance Runners - Tracks
Matt Mays - Coyote
The Stanfields - Death & Taxes
Wintersleep - Hello Hum
Rap/Hip-Hop Recording of the Year
Cam Smith - Ocean Blue
mischief - Supernova
Quake Matthews - The Book Of Matthew
Radio Radio - Havre de Grâce
Sampson - iLL-Mannered
Pop Recording of the Year
Christina Martin - Sleeping With A Stranger
Heather Green - Your Last War
Jenn Grant - The Beautiful Wild
Paper Lions - At Long Creek
Rich Aucoin - We're All Dying To Live
Group Recording of the Year
MADISON VIOLET (aka Madviolet) - The Good in Goodbye
Paper Lions - At Long Creek
The Dardanelles - The Eastern Light
The Stanfields - Death & Taxes
Wintersleep - Hello Hum
Francophone Recording of the Year
Lisa LeBlanc - Lisa LeBlanc
Monique Poirier - Parler de paradis
Pascal Lejeune - Le bruit des machines
Radio Radio - Havre de Grâce
Vishtèn - Mōsaïk
Electronic Recording of the Year
English Words - Red Potion
In Dreams - Sleepwalk
Joshua Van Tassel - Joshua Van Tassel
Sp00nfed - Sweet Fades EP
Steven Naylor - Lieux imaginaires
Classical Recording of the Year
David Rogosin - Evocation
Edmund Dawe & Lynn Johnson, Duo Pianists - Dialogue
Helen Pridmore and Wesley Ferriera - Between the Shore and the Ships
Sageev Oore & Dani Oore - Radical Cycle
Saint John String Quartet - Saint John String Quartet & Jacques Dupriez
Children’s Recording of the Year
Coach Patt - Coach Patt
Donna & Andy - La vie pour moi
Jamie Junger Music - Fishin' For Pickles
Pistachio Mike - Where My G's At?
Scotty and the Stars - Time to Get Up
African-Canadian Recording of the Year
Cam Smith - Ocean Blue
Jon Samuel - First Transmission
Laurinton Garreth Warren - Shades Of The Heart
Stewart Drummond - Now It's Time
Related websites
http://www.facebook.com/EastCoastMusicAssociation
http://www.ecma.com
https://twitter.com/EastCoastMusic
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Earlier story
This year's East Coast Music Award nominations will be announced this morning in Nova Scotia.
The event is taking place at 11 a.m. at Casino Nova Scotia in Halifax. That's 11:30 a.m. Newfoundland time.
Stay tuned to the Telegram website for breaking news on the award nominees.
Halifax will host the awards this year March 6-10.
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