Ria Mae, Classified, War Horses and Old Man Luedecke were among Thursday night's winners at the East Coast Music Awards gala, held at Harbour Station in Saint John, N.B. on April 27.
Acadian group Les hôtesses d’Hilaire took home two awards, the most of the night — beating Repartee, Paper Lions, Hillsburn and the Town Heroes for group recording of the year, and winning for Francophone recording of the year — while Ria Mae won for solo recording of the year, Classified for song of the year, Old Man Luedecke for album of the year and War Horses took home Indigenous artist of the year.
Hosted by comedian James Mullinger, the show included performances by Repartee, Lisa LeBlanc, Like a Motorcycle, winners Classified and Ria Mae, and more.
Twelve of the awards were handed out that evening, and the rest have been announced. Read the up-to-date winners list below, and hit play on the playlist to hear (almost) all the winners.
2017 East Coast Music Award winners
Album of the year
Old Man Luedecke, Domestic Eccentric (producer: Tim O’Brien)
Bucky Adams Memorial Award
Ced Marty & Dave
Country recording of the year
Tristan Horncastle, Turnin’ Up a Sundown
Francophone recording of the year
Les hôtesses d’Hilaire, Touche-moi pas là!
Fans’ choice entertainer of the year
Lennie Gallant
Fans’ choice video of the year
Hillsburn, "Run Down" (director: Mat Barkley, Badfunmedia)
Group recording of the year
Les hôtesses d’Hilaire, Touche-moi pas là!
Indigenous artist of the year
War Horses
Rising Star recording of the year
Like a Motorcycle, High Hopes
Rock recording of the year
The Motorleague, Holding Patterns
Solo recording of the year
Ria Mae, Ria Mae
Song of the year
Classified, "No Pressure" (producer: Classified)
Blues recording of the year
Beauwater, Lovers, Fools and Kings
Pop recording of the year
Ria Mae, Ria Mae
Rap/hip-hop recording of the year
Classified, Greatful
Roots/traditional recording of the year
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin, Auprès du poêle
Traditional instrumental recording of the year
Scott Macmillan & Colin Grant, GOOD2GO
Classical composition of the year
Scott Macmillan, "Currents of Sable Island"
Classical recording of the year
Duo Concertante, J.S. Bach Six Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard
Folk recording of the year
Lennie Gallant, Searching For Abegweit
Jazz recording of the year
Joel Miller, Dream Cassette
Loud recording of the year
Lionsault, Are You Feeling Lucky?
Electronic recording of the year
Rozalind MacPhail, From the River to the Ocean
R&B/soul recording of the year
Erin Costelo, Down Below, the Status Quo
Dance recording of the year
Pineo & Loeb, Soul Shakin'
Company of the year
SpinCount
Event of the year
Celtic Colours International Festival
Graphic/media artist of the year
Deep Hollow Print
Live sound engineer of the year
Stephen “Snickers” Smith
Management/manager of the year
Jones & Company
Media outlet of the year
Halifax Is Burning
Media person of the year
Adria Young
Producer of the year
Daniel Ledwell
Studio engineer of the year
Darren van Niekerk
Studio of the year
The Sonic Temple
Venue of the year
Plan b Lounge
Video of the year
Classified, "Work Away" feat. David Myles (director: Jason Levangie)
Stompin’ Tom Awards
Merlin Waye (CB)
Jim Bradley (NB)
James Faraday (NS)
Jim Payne (NL)
Garnet Buell (PE)
Dr. Helen Creighton Lifetime Achievement Award
Carole Chouinard
Musician's Achievement Award
Danny Bourgeois
Industry Builder Award
Accros de la chanson
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