Old Man Luedecke, Ria Mae, Classified Among Early East Coast Music Awards Winners
Published: April 27, 2017
As originally seen on
Exclaim.ca.
It's time for the annual
East Coast Music Awards, and tonight (April 17), several awards were handed out during an awards show at Harbour Station in Saint John, NB.
Among the early ECMA winners, there was Old Man Luedecke taking home the Album of the Year Award for his
Domestic Eccentric, Ria Mae getting Solo Recording of the Year for the artist's self-titled effort, Classified earning Song of the Year with "No Pressure," the Motorleague winning Rock Recording of the Year for
Holding Patterns, and War Horses getting Indigenous Artist of the Year.
Adding to that, Tristan Horncastle got Country Recording of the Year, Hillsburn won Fans' Choice Video of the Year, Lennie Gallant took home Fans' Choice Entertainer of the Year, and Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire got Group Recording of the Year.
"Congratulations to all of tonight's awards show winners and nominees! Thank you to all of the incredible performers and especially to James Mullinger, who hosted what was surely one of the best awards shows yet," said ECMA executive director Andy McLean in a statement. "Once again, the awards show proved to be an excellent way to kick off the ECMAs. We've got so many great shows and events coming up this week in Saint John. We can't wait to see all of you there!"
All the remaining ECMAs will be handed out over the weekend, including the Industry Awards.
For now you can see the complete list of winners so far below, with all the winners for the announced awards in bold.
2017 Music Awards Nominees:
Blues Recording of the Year
Beauwater
Lovers, Fools and Kings
Blues Merchants
Davis Street
Earle & Coffin
Nick Earle & Joseph Coffin: Live at the Citadel House
Furlong & Smith
Blues You Can Use
The Honeyboys
The Honeyboys
Bucky Adams Memorial Award
2 Kings
Ced Marty & Dave
Jody Upshaw
Keonté Beals
Classical Composition of the Year
Amy Brandon "Artificial Light"
Duane Andrews "Gigues"
Ian Bent "Old Moon"
Sean Kemp "Lost Time"
Scott Macmillan "Currents of Sable Island"
Classical Recording of the Year
Allison Angelo
Moon Loves Its Light
Atlantic String Machine
Lost Time
Duo Concertante
J.S. Bach Six Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard
Halifax Camerata Singers
A Time For All Things
Taktus
Glass Houses for Marimba
Country Recording of the Year
The Divorcees
From Labour to Refreshment
Jason Price
Grit, Guts and Country Pride
RyLee Madison
RyLee Madison Live in Nashville
Tj King
Feels Right
Tristan Horncastle Turnin' Up A Sundown
Dance Recording of the Year
Alex Byrne "New Life ft. TIM3BOMB"
Alex Byrne "Turn Me Up"
FWLR "Never Coming Home ft. KINLEY"
Lonely Kid "For Your Happiness"
PINEO & LOEB "Soul Shakin'"
Electronic Recording of the Year
Ben Rama
Initiate
Bustin'
Crystal Clouds EP
It Could Be Franky
Your Friends Don't Buy It At All
Paranerd
Writ EP
Rozalind MacPhail
From the River to the Ocean
Folk Recording of the Year
Dave Gunning
Lift
Heather Rankin
A Fine Line
Lennie Gallant
Searching for Abegweit
Quiet Parade
Quiet Parade
Thom Swift
The Legend of Roy Black
Francophone Recording of the Year
Caroline Savoie
Caroline Savoie
Cy
Deuxième nation
Kevin McIntyre
L'Axe du viseur
Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire Touche-moi pas là!
Simon Daniel
Jaune
Gospel Recording of the Year
The McGuires
Livin' For That Day
One8Tea
Reverence
Rootsdeepdown
Awoke & Raised
The Ryan Sisters
I Can Breathe
We The Rescued
Living Proof
Group Recording of the Year
Hillsburn
In The Battle Years
Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire Touche-moi pas là!
Paper Lions
Full Colour
REPARTEE
All Lit Up
The Town Heroes
Please, Everyone
Indigenous Artist of the Year
City Natives
Eskasoni Schools
Old Self & Kam Speech
Tristan Grant
War Horses (Tian Wigmore)
Jazz Recording of the Year
Donald MacLennan
Belleville
Florian Hoefner
Luminosity
Joel Miller
Dream Cassette
Scott 'n the Rocks
Live at Stayner's Wharf
Zoe Leger
The Girl From Yesterday
Loud Recording of the Year
Abysseral Throne
Storming the Black Gate
Counter Clockwork
Counter Clockwork
Last Call Chernobyl
Last Call Chernobyl
Lionsault
Are You Feeling Lucky?
Orchid's Curse
Cynics & Liars
Pop Recording of the Year
Caroline Savoie
Caroline Savoie
Dylan Menzie
Adolescent Nature
Hello Delaware
My Mistake
REPARTEE
All Lit Up
Ria Mae
Ria Mae
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
Elise Besler
Lean In
Emily Stuart
Expression
Erin Costelo
Down Below, the Status Quo
Josh Lake
40cm of Funk
Unidentified Funk Object
Space Funk Party
Rap/Hip-Hop Recording of the Year
Cess
RISE
City Natives
Nomadic
Classified
Greatful
Phakt
Dropping Inwards
Quake Matthews & Kayo (The Search)
Lost & Found
Rising Star Recording of the Year
Devarrow
The Great Escape
Hillsburn
In The Battle Years
Like A Motorcycle High Hopes
Shannon Quinn
If All The Young Ladies
Waterfront Fire
First Light
Rock Recording of the Year
Adam Baldwin
No Telling When (Precisely Nineteen-Eighty-Five)
Kestrels
Kestrels
Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire
Touche-moi pas là!
Long Distance Runners
Elements
The Motorleague Holding Patterns
Roots/Traditional Recording of the Year
Còig
Carols
Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys
Laugh, Dance & Sing
Rum Ragged
Rum Ragged
Shannon Quinn
If All The Young Ladies
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin
Auprès du poêle
Solo Recording of the Year
Ben Caplan
Birds With Broken Wings
Classified
Greatful
Erin Costelo
Down Below, the Status Quo
Old Man Luedecke
Domestic Eccentric
Ria Mae Ria Mae
Songwriter of the Year
Ben Caplan
Dave Gunning
Erin Costelo
John McLaggan (Tomato Tomato)
Paper Lions (John MacPhee, Rob MacPhee, Colin Buchanan, David Cyrus MacDonald)
Ria Mae
Traditional Instrumental Recording of the Year
Andrea Beaton
With Betty and Dave
Christine Melanson
Constellations
Doug Dorward
Waves
Fretboard Journey
Fretboard Journey
Samantha Robichaud
Simplicity
Scott Macmillan & Colin Grant
GOOD2GO
Song of the Year
Classified "No Pressure" (Producer: Classified)
Caroline Savoie "Y'en aura" (Producer: Jay Newland)
David Myles "It Don't Matter" (Producer: Classified)
REPARTEE "Dukes" (Producer: REPARTEE, Young Wolf Hatchlings)
Ria Mae "Ooh Love" (Producer: Classified)
Album of the Year
Classified
Greatful (Producer: Classified)
Erin Costelo
Down Below, the Status Quo (Producer: Erin Costelo)
Old Man Luedecke Domestic Eccentric (Producer: Tim O'Brien)
REPARTEE
All Lit Up (Producers: Matt DeMatteo, Alexandre Bonenfant, Young Wolf Hatchlings, Howard Redekopp, and Adam King)
Willie Stratton
Della Rosa (Producer: Willie Stratton)
Fans' Choice Entertainer of the Year
Adam Baldwin
Ben Caplan
Classified
Dave Gunning
Dylan Menzie
The East Pointers
Fortunate Ones
Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys
Lennie Gallant
The Motorleague
Paper Lions
REPARTEE
Ria Mae
The Stanfields
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin
Fans' Choice Video of the Year
Adam Baldwin "Daylight" (Director: Scott Simpson)
Alana Yorke "Anthem" (Director: Paul McCurdy)
Ben Caplan "Birds With Broken Wings" (Director: John Rosborough)
Caroline Savoie "Y'en aura" (Director: Dominique Laurence)
Classified "Work Away ft. David Myles" (Director: Jason Levangie)
Heather Rankin "We Walk As One" (Director: Scott Simpson)
Hillsburn "Run Down" (Director: Mat Barkley, Badfunmedia)
Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire "Fais faillite" (Director: Jean Vital Joliat)
Long Distance Runners "You Gotta Remind Me" (Director: Jeremy Rice)
The Motorleague "The Boards" (Directors: Don Levandier & The Motorleague)
Paper Lions "Believer" (Director: Mike Enns)
Ria Mae "Gold" (Director: Alon Isocianu)
Walrus "Wearing It" (Director: Jeff Miller)
2017 Industry Awards Nominees:
Company of the Year
The Citadel House
GroundSwell Music
Rocking Horse Road Productions
Sound of Pop
SpinCount
Event of the Year
Cavendish Beach Music Festival
Celtic Colours International Festival
Future Forest Music & Arts Festival
In The Dead of Winter
PEI Mutual Festival of Small Halls
Graphic/Media Artist of the Year
Abracazebra Productions
Deep Hollow Print
mark young
Tara Thompson
Live Sound Engineer of the Year
Alex Ford
Devin Farrell
Jon Matthews
Kory Bayer
Stephen "Snickers" Smith
Management/Manager of the Year
GroundSwell Music
Jones & Company
Kilbride Music
Nigel Jenkins
Sonic Entertainment Group
Media Outlet of the Year
The Barbershop Sessions
Canadian Beats
East of the Dial
Halifax is Burning
What's the Finish? Podcast
Media Person of the Year
Adria Young
Jean-Étienne Sheehy
Joee Adams
Producer of the Year
Classified
Daniel Ledwell
Jon Landry
Jon Matthews
Scott Ferguson
Studio Engineer of the Year
Classified
Darren van Niekerk
Erien Eady-Ward
Jon Matthews
Michael "Sheppy" Shepherd
Studio of the Year
Lakewind Sound Studio
New Scotland Yard Studio
Shell Lane Studio
The Sonic Temple
Studio FMP Matrix
Venue of the Year
The Citadel House
Garrick Theatre
The Marquee Ballroom
Plan b Lounge
The Seahorse Tavern
Video of the Year
Classified - "Work Away ft. David Myles" (Director: Jason Levangie)
Like A Motorcycle - "Nobody Knows" (Director: Dillon Garland)
The Motorleague - "The Boards" (Directors: Don Levandier & The Motorleague)
Ria Mae - "Gold" (Director: Alon Isocianu)
The Town Heroes - "Outer Space" (Director: Dillon Garland)