New Brunswick artists take home East Coast Music Awards
Les Hay Babies were the big New Brunswick winners at the East Coast Music Awards, which wrapped up Sunday night with an online ceremony.
The Acadian trio won group of the year and francophone recording of the year for Boîte aux lettres.
Several other New Brunswick artists also took home prizes, including David Myles for folk recording of the year for Leave Tonight.
Joel Miller won jazz recording of the year for Unstoppable.
Dance recording of the year went to BRDGS & FWLR, made up of Nicholas Roswell Fowler of Saint John and Jon Pike of Toronto
Diner Drugs of Moncton won in the loud category for As Is.
Quispamsis-based Alex Cook won media person of the year, while the arts magazine he edits, The East, won media outlet of the year.
Another industry award went to the Cap for its COVID-related innovations as a live-music venue in downtown Fredericton.
Sackville's Levee on the Lake won event of the year for its paddle-up concerts on the shore of Silver Lake.
Fredericton is to host the ECMAs next year.
Read the full list of the music award winners below.
Fans' Choice Entertainer of the Year Award
Beòlach
Classified
David Myles
Jimmy Rankin
Lennie Gallant
Like a Motorcycle
Neon Dreams
Rich Aucoin
Rose Cousins
The East Pointers
Fans' Choice Video of the Year Award
Andrew Waite, "Faith" (director: Brendan Henry)
BRDGS, "Dancing Without Music" (director: Kostadin Kolev)
Classified, "Good News" featuring Breagh Isabel (director: Mike Boyd)
Kellie Loder, "Molded Like a Monster" (director: Ashlea Wessell)
Kim Harris, "Once you Were Wondrous" (directors: Meaghan and Marie Wright)
Levi Rowan, "Let it Go" (directors: Levi Rowan, Alex Gayoso)
Mike McKenna Jr., "At the Edge of the World" (directors: Danny Gillis, Siyi Liu)
Neon Dreams, "Sick of Feeling Useless" (directors: Frank Kadillac, Adrian Morris)
Rich Aucoin, "Walls" (director: Jason Levangie)
Rose Cousins, "The Benefits of Being Alone" (directors: Shebab Illyas, Rose Cousins)
African-Canadian artist of the year
Joe Bowden
Keonté Beals
Miokal
Owen O'Sound Lee
Shelley Hamilton
Zamani
Album of the year
Classified, Time
Joel Plaskett, 44
Neon Dreams, The Happiness of Tomorrow
Rachel Beck, Stronger Than you Know
Rose Cousins, Bravado
Children's entertainer of the year
Bingly and the Rogues
Dr G
Matt the Music Man
Silly Robbie
The Swinging Belles
Classical composition of the year
Andrew Staniland, Peter Quince at the Clavier
Bekah Simms, Granitic
Derek Charke, Tree Rings
Dinuk Wijeratne, The Spirit and the Dust
Emily Doolittle, Doolittle: Minute Etudes "Excerpt" (Live)
Peter-Anthony Togni, Sea Dreams
Classical recording of the year
Charke-Cormier Duo, Bathymetric Terrains
Duo Concertante, Franz Schubert Music for Violin and Piano
Sarah Hagen, Women of Note
Sarah Slean, Symphony Nova Scotia, Bernhard Gueller, Sarah Slean and Symphony Nova Scotia
Steve Cowan and Adam Cicchillitti, Focus
Contemporary roots recording of the year
Catherine MacLellan, Coyote
Coco Love Alcorn, Rebirth
Émilie Landry, Arroser les Fleurs
Mike McKenna Jr., At the Edge of the World
Rose Cousins, Bravado
Country recording of the year
Brooklyn Blackmore, Get a Little Crazy
Laurie LeBlanc, When it's Right it's Right
Lawrence Maxwell, Almost Natural
Norma MacDonald, Old Future
The Heavy Horses, With Darkness in my Eyes
Dance recording of the year
BRDGS & FWLR, "Suspicious"
Cloverdale, Keep Dancing
Karate Kactus, "Shut up and say It"
Kin Crew x LNY TNZ, No Limits
Pineo & Loeb, "Free" featuring Liinks & Kayo
Electronic recording of the year
Elephant Skeletons, Sleep
Grej, In Search Of…
Rich Aucoin, United States
Scientists of Sound, The Beginning (Of the Beginning of the End)
Sparkee, Moon Mist
Francophone recording of the year
Émilie Landry, Arroser les fleurs
Joey Robin Haché, Trente
Les Hay Babies, Boîte aux lettres
Matt Boudreau, Armageddon
Menoncle Jason, La grosse piastre
Folk recording of the year
David Myles, Leave Tonight
Dylan Menzie, Lost in Dreams
Jennah Barry, Holiday
Rube & Rake, Leaving With Nothing
Sherman Downey, New Beautiful
Group recording of the year
Beòlach, All Hands
Jessica Rhaye & the Ramshackle Parade, Just Like a Woman: Songs of Bob Dylan
Les Hay Babies, Boîte aux lettres
Rube & Rake, Leaving With Nothing
Sorrey, In Full Bloom
Indigenous artist of the year
Alan Syliboy & the Thundermakers
Mike Bern
Shift from tha 902
Silver Wolf Band
Wolf Castle
Inspirational recording of the year
Jordan Musycsyn, Around the Fire
Justin Fancy, Sure Beats a Good Time
Kristen Martell, Coming Home
Martine Kelsey, Sweet Hallelujah
Natasha Blackwood, Ease Back
Instrumental recording of the year
Beòlach, All Hands
Grej, In Search Of…
Maxim Cormier, Maxim and Gervais Cormier: Live at the Fortress of Louisbourg
Sarah Hagen, Women of Note
Taktus, Mirrored Glass
Wrong Planet Band, Wrong Planet Band
Jazz recording of the year
Anteater, Anteater
Joe Bowden, Roots, Tales of the Urban Yoda
Joel Miller, Unstoppable
Lee Park, Lee Park
Loud recording of the year
Diner Drugs, As Is
Hero's Last Rite, Behind the Darkest Days
Sonic Detour, Sonic Detour
Sound Drown, Selfish Reasons
WinterheartH, Riverbed Empire
Pop recording of the year
BRDGS, ie+
Kim Harris, Heirloom
Kinley, Kinley
Rachel Beck, Stronger Than you Know
Sorrey, In Full Bloom
R&B/soul recording of the year
Kam Sparks, "Witness" featuring Jamie Sparks
Keonté Beals, King
Rey D, "Loyal"
Arenye, 23/97
Zamani, Outside
Rap/hip-hop recording of the year
Atay & Jax, Last Night
Classified, Time
Owen O'Sound Lee, "Listen"
Shift from tha 902, This One's for You
Wolf Castle, Gold Rush
Rising star recording of the year
Beauts, Dalliance
Braden Lam, Inside Four Walls
Hauler, Hauler
Mike McKenna Jr., At the Edge of the World
Moira Bren, 6 is Green
Rube & Rake, Leaving With Nothing
Rock recording of the year
Beauts, Dalliance
Chris Colepaugh, 2019
Kestrels, Dream or Don't Dream
Like a Motorcycle, Dead Broke
Nap Eyes, Snapshot of a Beginner
Roots/traditional recording of the year
Beòlach, All Hands
Matthew Byrne, Matthew Byrne with the Lady Cove Women's Choir: In Concert
Maxim Cormier, Maxim and Gervais Cormier: Live at the Fortress of Louisbourg
Pretty Archie, Running for Cover
Rum Ragged, The Thing About Fish
Solo recording of the year
Catherine MacLellan, Coyote
Classified, Time
David Myles, Leave Tonight
Dylan Menzie, Lost in Dreams
Rose Cousins, Bravado
Song of the year
Classified, "Good News" featuring Breagh Isabel
Like a Motorcycle, "Wide Awake"
Neon Dreams, "Sick of Feeling Useless"
Rachel Beck, "Warrior"
Rich Aucoin, "Walls"
Songwriter of the year
Catherine MacLellan
Classified
David Myles
Joel Plaskett
Rose Cousins