The 30th annual East Coast Music Awards wrapped up last night, with Mo Kenney, Measha Brueggergosman and producer Daniel Ledwell all taking home awards, among many others.
The first set of awards were given out on Thursday, May 3, with a big anniversary show, hosted by Jonathan Torrens and including performances by Neon Dreams, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Classified and Sloan, among others.
That night, Rose Cousins won for album and song of the year, Jenn Grant took home pop recording of the year, Kinley (formerly of Hey Rosetta!) won fans’ choice video of the year for “Microphone” as well as rising star recording of the year, City Natives won for Indigenous artist of the year and les Païens won for group recording of the year.
Read on for the full list of winners from both award ceremonies, and watch q Live at the East Coast Music Awards, recorded from Halifax yesterday before the second half of the awards were given out.
Album of the year
Rose Cousins, Natural Conclusion (producer: Joe Henry)
Bucky Adams Memorial Award
Measha Brueggergosman
Directors’ Special Achievement Award
Sloan
Fans’ choice entertainer of the year
Matt Minglewood
Fans’ choice video of the year
Kinley, “Microphone” (director: Jenna MacMillan)
Francophone recording of the year
Jacques Jacobus, Le retour de Jacobus
Group recording of the year
Les Païens, Carte noire
Indigenous artist of the year
City Natives
Pop recording of the year
Jenn Grant, Paradise
Rap/hip-hop recording of the year
Quake Matthews, Celebrate the Struggle
Rising star recording of the year
Kinley, Letters Never Sent
Song of the year
Rose Cousins, "Grace" (producer: Joe Henry)
Songwriter of the year
Joel Plaskett
Blues recording of the year
Tie! Mike Biggar, Go All In; Matt Minglewood, Fly Like Desperados
Country recording of the year
Makayla Lynn, On a Dare and a Prayer
Dance recording of the year
CRaymak, "Play With Fire" feat. Neon Dreams
Electronic recording of the year
Pineo & Loeb, Lifeblood
Folk recording of the year
Rose Cousins, Natural Conclusion
Gospel recording of the year
Measha Brueggergosman, Songs of Freedom
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
Rock recording of the year
Jessie Brown, Keeping Appearances
Roots/traditional recording of the year
Còig, Rove
Solo recording of the year
Mo Kenney, The Details
Classical composition of the year
Andrew Staniland, The River Within Us
Classical recording of the year
Duo Concertante, Incarnation
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:
Directors’ Special Achievement Award
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) (N.S.)
Jon Rehder (P.E.I.)
Liz Solo (N.L.)
Gordie Tufts (N.B.)
Winston “Scotty” Fitzgerald (CB)
More to explore:
First Play: the Once, Time Enough
Jenn Grant: a track-by-track guide to Paradise