The East Coast Music Awards will have little Steeltown colour this year. Hamilton-Born Easterner Ben Caplan is in the running for three categories: Album, Folk Recording and Song.
Hopefully, he'll be bringing home som hardware at the ECMA gala on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the Centre 200 in Sydney, NS. GOOD LUCK BEN!
Links: Ben Caplan, More Ben Caplan Stories, Video above courtesy of Ben Caplan
Indie Rockers Hey Rosetta! lead with seven nominations. Folk singer/songwriter Jenn Grant earned six.
GOOD LUCK!
Click here for the winners
Here are some of the nomination highlights:
Hopefully, he'll be bringing home som hardware at the ECMA gala on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the Centre 200 in Sydney, NS. GOOD LUCK BEN!
Links: Ben Caplan, More Ben Caplan Stories, Video above courtesy of Ben Caplan
Indie Rockers Hey Rosetta! lead with seven nominations. Folk singer/songwriter Jenn Grant earned six.
GOOD LUCK!
Click here for the winners
Here are some of the nomination highlights:
Album
- Ben Caplan: Birds With Broken Wings
- Fortunate Ones: The Bliss
- Hey Rosetta!: Second Sight
- Jenn Grant Compostela
- Mo Kenney: In My Dreams
Folk Recording
Blues Recording
- Ben Caplan: Birds With Broken Wings
- Amelia Curran: They Promised You Mercy
- Jenn Grant: Compostela
- Gabrielle Papillon: The Tempest of Old
- Old Man Luedecke: Domestic Eccentric
Song
- The Carson Downey Band: Catch Me If You Can
- Ced Marty and Dave: To Our 3%
- Dan Doiron: Stand Back I Don't Know How Loud This Thing Gets
- John Campbelljohn: Chin Up
- The Matt Landry Band: Are You Ever Gonna Go?
Roots/Traditional Group Recording
- Ben Miller and Anita MacDonald: A Day at the Lake
- Danny Boudreau: DANNY PARTY
- The East Pointers: Secret Victory
- The Ennis Sisters: Stages
- Vishtèn: Terre Rouge
- The BackYard Devils: Honky Tonk Heartbreaker
- Pretty Archie: North End Sky
- Quentin Reddy: Diamond In the Rough
- Tim Chaisson: Lost In Light
- Whitney Rose: Heartbreaker of the Year
Gospel Recording
- Glenn Vincent Breen: Waiting
- Informants: Ezekiel
- Josh Lake: 40cm of Funk
- Kelley Mooney: Still
- Marcell Symonds: Just A Closer Walk
Jazz Recording
Group Recording of the Year- Gypsophilia: Night Swimming
- Jerry Granelli: What I Hear Now
- Kirk MacDonald: Vista Obscura
- Matt MacDougall: Boy Goes to City
- Ouroboros: Ouroboros
Rock Recording
- Hey Rosetta!: Second Sight
- Jerry Stamp: Rogue Doubt
- Racoon Bandit: Close Your Eyes
- Rain Over St. Ambrose: Still Waking Up
- The Stanfields: Modem Operandi
- Coyote: Proof of Life
- Fortunate Ones: The Bliss
- Gypsophilia: Night Swimming
- Hey Rosetta!: Second Sight
- Rain Over St. Ambrose: Still Waking Up
The Bucky Adams Memorial Award
Rising Star Recording- Ced Marty and Dave: To Our 3%
- Chelsea Amber: Introducing Chelsea Amber
- Marcell Symonds: Just A Closer Walk
- Samm Splash: The Breakup EP
- Alana Yorke: Dream Magic
- Brianna Gosse: AERA
- Coyote: Proof of Life
- Fortunate Ones: The Bliss
- Kat McLevey: Evergrown
- Amelia Curran: They Promised You Mercy
- Gabrielle Papillon: The Tempest of Old
- Jenn Grant: Compostela
- Mo Kenney: In My Dreams
- Ryan Hemsworth: Alone For the First Time
Songwriter
- Andrew James O'Brien/Catherine Allan (Fortunate Ones)
- Amelia Curran
- Chris Luedecke (Old Man Luedecke)
- Jenn Grant
- Tim Baker (Hey Rosetta!)
- Aaron Collis and Duane Andrews: The Mallard Cottage Sessions
- DOC: DesRoches Ouellette Chaisson
- Jeff Jodrey: Carnival
- Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy: One
- Nuallan: The EP
- Amelia Curran
- Christina Martin
- Hey Rosetta!
- In-Flight Safety
- Jenn Grant
- Joel Plaskett
- Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy
- The Once
- Ryan Hemsworth
- Tim Chaisson
- David Myles: Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo
- Everglow: Feel Your Heart
- Hey Rosetta!: Soft Offering (For The Oft Suffering)
- In-Flight Safety: Animals
- Jenn Grant: Bring Me A Rose
Video above courtesy of Outside Music
- Mo Kenney: Telephones
- Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy: The Chase
- The Once: We Are All Running
- Raphaël Butler: Harley 1970
- Ria Mae: Clothes Off
- Tomato/Tomato: Toss It All Away
- Christina Martin: Take Me Back In A Dream
- David Myles: Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo
- Mo Kenney: Telephones
- Ria Mae: Clothes Off
- Ryan Hemsworth: Snow In Newark
Blast From the Past: Ben Wins Rising Star Award at 2013 ECMAs
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