Sunday, February 4, 2024

Local Connections in East Coast Music Award Nominee List


The 2024 East Coast Music Award nominations were recently released.

Below is the East Coast Music Awards 2024 Nominee Press Conference



Jimmy Rankin, an artist signed to Waterdown's True North Records is up for a four awards.


Links: Jimmy RankinVideo above courtesy of Jimmy Rankin

International Roots & Blues Kitchen Party, an album that teams up East Coast musician Charlie A'Courtnull with Vineland's Suzie Vinnick and Australian Llyod Spiegel is in the running for Blues Recording of the Year.


Winners will be announced during an amazing festival in Charlottetown, PE from May 1 - 5, 2024!

GOOD LUCK! 

Below is a complete listing of nominees.

Blues Recording of the Year

Album of the Year

  • Jimmy Rankin - Harvest Highway
  • Braden Lam - Strange Paradise
  • Jenn Grant - Champagne Problems
  • Neon Dreams - Love Child Baby Dolphin
  • The East Pointers - Safe In Sound
  • Tim Baker - The Festival

Contemporary Roots Recording of the Year

  • Jimmy Rankin - Harvest Highway
  • Sirène et Matelot - Un monde de dissonance
  • Tara MacLean - Sparrow
  • The East Pointers - Safe In Sound
  • Villages - Dark Island

Entertainer of the Year (Fan's Choice)

  • Jimmy Rankin
  • Dave Gunning
  • Derina Harvey Band
  • Christina Martin
  • Classified
  • Cloverdale
  • Kellie Loder
  • Lennie Gallant
  • Mallory Johnson
  • Neon Dreams
  • PINEO & LOEB
  • Rum Ragged
  • The East Pointers
  • Tim Baker

Solo Recording of the Year

African Canadian Artist of the Year

  • Baraka
  • Gary Beals
  • Jah'Mila
  • Maggie Andrew
  • Valmy

Artist Management of the Year

  • Derrick Sturge (Pharos Music Inc.)
  • Dwayne Marcial
  • Faye WilliamsWood
  • Hurricane Music
  • Todd Mercer

Audio Engineer of the Year

  • Ben B. Creelman
  • Jamie Foulds
  • John D.S. Adams
  • Matt Dines
  • Scott Ferguson

Children's Entertainer of the Year

  • Bingly and the Rogues
  • Donna & Andy
  • Levon the Prince
  • Mi'kmaq Heritage Actors
  • The Swinging Belles

Choral Recording of the Year

  • Choeur Louisbourg - L’appel
  • Halifax Gay Men's Chorus - Winter Awakening
  • Luminous Ensemble - In the Crystalline Vault of Heaven
  • Nova Voce - Painter of Wintertime
  • Polaris - Truly Home

Classical Composer of the Year

  • Adam Vincent Clarke - Prélude
  • Andrew Staniland - Blackwood Sketches
  • Edward Enman - Insights
  • Jason Noble - Folk Suite
  • Monica Pearce - Etiquette

Classical Recording of the Year 

  • Bill Brennan - Kaleidoscope - Music for Mallet Instruments
  • Kate Read - After
  • Ofra Harnoy & Mike Herriott - Portrait
  • Tutta Musica - Ovation
  • V2C Cello Duo - I and Thou

Country Recording of the Year

  • Ben Chase - That Was Then, This Is Now
  • Émilie Landry - Enfiler mes bottes
  • Jason Benoit - Time Traveller the album
  • Justin Fancy - Whiskey & Me
  • Youngtree & The Blooms - Youngtree and The Blooms

Dance Recording of the Year

  • Alex Byrne - In My Head
  • Cloverdale - Up To No Good
  • DeeDee Austin - Stay Dancin’
  • Lee Rosevere - Needed you feat KINLEY
  • The VOLTA - Save the Night

Electronic Recording of the Year

  • Leaving Laurel - when the quiet comes
  • Lee Rosevere - Samplextra
  • Nicole Ariana - Crybaby
  • Qwinn - Welcome to My Life
  • Rich Aucoin - Space

Event of the Year

  • 2023 Canada Games IllumiNATION Festival
  • Halifax Jazz Festival
  • Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival
  • Under the Spire
  • We Stand On Guard Again

Folk Recording of the Year

  • Dave Gunning - The Same Storm
  • Jenn Grant - Champagne Problems
  • Nico Paulo - Nico Paulo
  • Sirène et Matelot - Un monde de dissonance
  • Tim Baker - The Festival

Francophone Recording of the Year

  • BAIE - Grand Bleu
  • Beauxmont - Beauxmont
  • Émilie Landry - Enfiler mes bottes
  • Julie Aubé - Contentement
  • La Patente - Le paradis des infidèles

Fusion Recording of the Year 

  • Gina Burgess - Anuri
  • KAYO - Afrobeats Affirmations ft. aRENYE & Million Vibes Tribe
  • Morgan Toney - Netukulimk
  • Pallmer - Freshet
  • XIA-3 - Dance of the Yi

Global Recording of the Year

  • Ana & Eric - Our House From Here
  • Cuerpos - En Dos Partes
  • Tzu-Cheng Wang - Hello, PEI!
  • XIA-3 - XIA​-​3
  • Yanan Liu (Tiffany Liu) - Riding the Waves

Group Recording of the Year

  • Hillsburn - "Stories" EP
  • Jessica Rhaye & The Ramshackle Parade - Sunshine Baby
  • Neon Dreams - Love Child Baby Dolphin
  • The East Pointers - Safe In Sound
  • Voodoo Sometimes - A Hummingbird's Vice

Indigenous Artist of the Year

  • City Natives
  • Jason Benoit
  • Morgan Toney
  • Silver Wolf Band
  • Summer Bennett

Innovator of the Year

  • Before The Dinosaurs
  • Eirinn Fraser
  • Katrina Lopes
  • Lindsay Connolly
  • Tara MacLean

Instrumental Recording of the Year

  • Bill Brennan - Kaleidoscope – Music for Mallet Instruments
  • Duane Andrews and The Hot Club of Conception Bay - Djangology
  • Flying Pooka! - Flying Pooka! The Ecstasy of Becoming
  • Inn Echo - Hemispheres
  • Nicole Rampersaud - Saudade

Jazz Recording of the Year

  • Flying Pooka! - Flying Pooka! The Ecstasy of Becoming
  • Jackson\Wilson Duo - New Doors
  • James Shaw - III/V
  • Jeremie Carrier - Flowing
  • Paul Tynan - Bicoastal Collective; Chapter 6

Loud Recording of the Year

  • Dad Patrol - Pleaser
  • Diner Drugs - 42
  • Electric Spoonful - Still 2 Poor
  • Kilmore - From the Inside
  • Orchid’s Curse - The Decay

Media Person of the Year

  • Doug Gallant
  • Katie Kelly
  • Mike and Kristen
  • Richard Lann
  • Zach Snow

Pop Recording of the Year

  • Good Dear Good - Arrival
  • KINLEY - Daylight
  • Leanne Hoffman - The Text Collector
  • Neon Dreams - Love Child Baby Dolphin
  • The East Pointers - Safe In Sound

Producer of the Year

  • Andrew A. Melzer
  • Clint Curtis
  • Corey LeRue
  • Jenn Grant & Daniel Ledwell
  • Keith Mullins

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

  • Avery Dakin - Bloom
  • Gary Beals - The Melody Within
  • JupiterReign - Intergalactic
  • KAYO - Trip
  • Lindsay Misiner & The 7th Mystic - Lindsay Misiner & The 7th Mystic

Rap/Hip-Hop Recording of the Year

  • Black Rook - Black Rook
  • Cavy - Energy Thief
  • City Natives - Still Chief'n
  • Harmz - Better Watch
  • Stephen Hero - Paper Flowers
  • The Umbrella Collective - WELCOME TO STUDIO UC!

Rising Star Recording of the Year

  • Good Dear Good - Coffee and Sunshine
  • Jay Heart - After The Tone
  • Kilmore - Firestone
  • Noah Malcolm - Feel The Same
  • Terra Spencer - At Your Service
  • The Bombadils - Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming

Rock Recording of the Year

  • Andre Pettipas and the Giants - Under Control
  • Elyse Aeryn - Joy State of Mind
  • Fairgale - The Way It Was Before
  • Good Dear Good - Arrival
  • Hillsburn - "Stories" EP
  • Kilmore - From the Inside

Roots/Traditional Recording of the Year

  • Brad Reid - The Bridge
  • Inn Echo - Hemispheres
  • Kitchinparti - No Word of a Lie
  • La Famille LeBlanc - Perdrais-je mon temps...Would I be losing my time…
  • Morgan Toney - Resilience

Song of the Year

  • Classified - “People”
  • Jenn Grant - “Judy”
  • Tara MacLean - “Sparrow”
  • The Bombadils - “Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming”
  • The East Pointers - “We Will Meet Again”
  • Tim Baker - “Some Day”

Songwriter of the Year

  • Braden Lam
  • Carleton Stone
  • Jenn Grant
  • KINLEY
  • The Bombadils
  • The East Pointers

Venue of the Year

  • First Light Centre for Performance & Creativity
  • The Arts Guild PEI
  • The Carleton
  • The Ship Pub
  • Under the Spire

Video Director of the Year

  • Brothers Boyd
  • Cecil Johnson
  • Karen Robinson
  • MOOSECANFLY
  • Noah Malcolm

Video of the Year (Fan's Choice)

  • 2nd Generation - “Kina'mu” (Director: Matthew Ingraham)
  • Ben Chase - “Saltwater Cowboy” (Director: Matt Gaudet)
  • Brooklyn Blackmore - “Great Minds Drink Alike” (Director: Robb Medwid, Devin Deuville)
  • Classified - “People” (Director: Brothers Boyd)
  • Daniel James McFadyen - “Sunshine” (Director: Griffin O'Toole)
  • DeeDee Austin - “Buried Truth” (Director: Michael Reid Boyd)
  • Jenn Grant - “Judy” (Director: Tessa Fleming)
  • Jessica Rhaye & The Ramshackle Parade - “Come a Little Closer” (Director: Jordan Mattie & Jessica Rhaye)
  • Lennie Gallant - “On the Minnehaha” (Director: Patricia Richard and Lennie Gallant)
  • Mallory Johnson - “Surprise Party” (Director: Cecil Johnson)
  • POSTDATA - “Try” (Director: Griffin O'Toole)
  • Rum Ragged - “Lazy Afternoon (Live)” (Director: Tom Cochrane)
  • Tim Baker - “Echo Park” (Director: Tim Baker)

Visual Artist of the Year

  • Ashley Anne Clark
  • Heidi-Lyn O'Connor - East Track Mind
  • Jessica Rhaye
  • Jud Haynes
  • Krista Power

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