Last night kicked off the performance and awards frenzy of East Coast Music Week, Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac and Ben Caplan sung their hearts out at Roots Room while the roots/traditional and folk awards were handed out to Prince Edward Island’s Tim Chaisson for roots/traditional solo recording of the year for The Other Side; Newfoundland’s The Once took home the Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year for Row Upon Row of the People They Know; Nova Scotia’s Rose Cousins won the Folk Recording of the Year for her album We Have Made A Spark and Natalie MacMaster received the ECMA for Traditional Instrumental Recording of the Year for Cape Breton Girl. You can guess where she’s from.
Jenn Grant popped the pop/rock stage to pieces and won Pop Recording of the Year for *The Beautiful Wild* performing with The Tom Fun Orchestra and Ria Mae.
Here’s a list of last night’s winners:
Folk Recording of the Year:
We Have Made A Spark – Rose Cousins
Pop Recording of the Year:
The Beautiful Wild – Jenn Grant
Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year:
Row Upon Row of the People They Know – The Once
Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year:
The Other Side – Tim Chaisson
Traditional Instrumental Recording of the Year:
Cape Breton Girl – Natalie MacMaster
Tonight’s (Friday, March 8) awards are Aboriginal Recording of the Year, African-Canadian Recording of the Year, Blues Recording of the Year, Country Recording of the Year, Electronic Recording of the Year, Jazz Recording of the Year, R&B/Soul Recording of the Year and Rising Star Recording of the Year. Music and glittery awards! You really can’t lose here.
This article appears in Mar 7-13, 2013.
