Holy smokes! St. John’s, Newfoundland was an amazing host for East Coast Music Week and the annual East Coast Music Awards! It was an honour and pleasure to be among some of the region’s most talented artists, publicists, industry pros and journalists. Congrats to Stephen Cooke for the Media Person of the Year award, and […]
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Steve Albini announced as keynote speaker for 2015 ECMW
Cool guy Steve Albini has been announced as East Coast Music Week‘s keynote speaker for the 2015 conference. Albini will speak Saturday, April 11 from 4-5pm at the Harbourview Salon in Delta St. John’s. Please read Albini’s powerful “The Problem with Music” essay while listening to In Utero and the entire Big Black discography and […]
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Your 2015 ECMA nominees
Today East Coast Music Week announced the nominees for the 2015 East Coast Music Awards, held this year in Saint John’s, NL April 8-12. Showcases, awards, galas, panels, conferences, schmoozing—it really has it all. Rich Aucoin made out like a bandit with six nominations, Jimmy Rankin has five, Radio Radio and The Trews follow with […]
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Your complete list of ECMW 2013 winners
At last night’s East Coast Music Awards sold-out gala at the Cunard Centre, Rose Cousins and David Myles showed off their hosting chops, with Cousins herself winning three awards and The Stanfields taking home two. Jenn Grant, Jimmy Rankin, Paper Lions and Repartee performed, as the following musicians/bands/other made their way to the stage throughout […]
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Rock, rap, industry snaps and more: ECMW awards abound
You’re probably watching the awards on TV right now, but let’s cover ECMW on all possible platforms and take a look at who the big winners are as of this morning. Children’s, classical, rock, hip-hop/rap, Francophone and world recording winners join the fold with this morning’s updated list of champs. Children’s Recording of the Year […]
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ECMW in pictures
Presented for your pleasure: a few choice snaps from a few of the many, many ECMW 2013 showcases in Halifax this weekend. Make up a little local playlist and enjoy.
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More and more ECMW awards
East Coast Music Week keeps rolling along with last night’s batch of performances and winners. At the First Nations Showcase, Lone Cloud received the Aboriginal Recording of the Year ECMA for their album We Are Medicine People. Read more about Lone Cloud here. Black Vibes stage saw this week’s Coast cover star Cam Smith take […]
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All our ECMW coverage at once!
Celebrate twenty five years of ECMW-themed merrymaking, award-giving and showcase-playing with our ECMW guide. Take a page from the book of keynote speaker Seymour Stein and discover some new music this week, go for a wander to some of Ben Caplan’s must-visit spots, chill out with Andru Branch during his triumphant return to Halifax, read […]