2013 East Coast Music Awards

The 2013 East Coast Music Awards were held on March 10, 2013, to honour achievements in Atlantic Canada's music industry in 2012.[1] The ceremony, the event's 25th anniversary, was held at the Cunard Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was hosted by singer-songwriters Rose Cousins and David Myles.[1]

2013 East Coast Music Awards
DateMarch 10, 2013 (2013-03-10)
LocationCunard Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Hosted by
Television/radio coverage
NetworkEastlink TV
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Cousins herself was one of the event's big winners, winning three awards for her album We Have Made a Spark and its single "Go First".[1] The rock band The Stanfields won two awards, Group Album of the Year and the Fan's Choice Entertainer of the Year.[2]

The event also featured a video tribute to country music legend Stompin' Tom Connors, who died just a few days before the event.[1]

Nominees and winners

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Fan's Choice Entertainer of the Year Fan's Choice Video of the Year
Aboriginal Recording of the Year African-Canadian Recording of the Year
  •   Lone Cloud, We Are Medicine People
  • City Natives, City Natives
  • Gary Sappier Band, Gary Sappier Blues Band
  • Old Self, Who?
  • Kam Speech FKA Speechless, Dangerous Methods
  •   Cam Smith, Ocean Blue
  • Jon Samuel, First Transmission
  • Stahmenah, Shades of the Heart
  • Stack Loot Divide, Now It's Time
Album of the Year Blues Recording of the Year
  •   Charlie A'Court, Triumph & Disaster
  • Chris Martin and the Trouble Shooters, A Whole 'Nother Thang
  • LeeBoy, Better Man Blues
  • Shirley Jackson and Her Good Rockin' Daddys, When the Money's All Gone
  • Working Class, Restless
Children's Recording of the Year Classical Composition of the Year
  •   Donna & Andy, La vie pour moi
  • Coach Patt, Coach Patt
  • Jamie Junger, Fishin' for Pickles
  • Pistachio Mike, Where My G's At?
  • Scotty and the Stars, Time to Get Up
  •   Derek Charke, Between the Shore and the Ships
  • Jérôme Blais, Mouvance
  • Robert Bauer, The Dykes of Acadie
  • Scott Macmillan, La Victoire
  • Steven Naylor, Aboiteau
Classical Recording of the Year Country Recording of the Year
  •   Helen Pridmore and Wesley Ferriera, Between the Shore and the Ships
  • Edmund Dawe and Lynn Johnson, Dialogue
  • Sageev Oore and Dani Oore, Radical Cycle
  • David Rogosin, Evocation
  • Saint John String Quartet, Saint John String Quartet & Jacques Dupriez
  •   RyLee Madison, Where Does the Time Go
  • The Heavy Horses, Murder Ballads & Other Love Songs
  • The Keats, Free At Last
  • Tonya Kennedy, He's Everything You're Not
  • Josh Macumber, Josh Macumber Was Here
Electronic Recording of the Year Folk Recording of the Year
  •   English Words, Red Potion
  • In Dreams, Sleepwalk
  • Steven Naylor, Lieux imaginaires
  • Sp00nfed, Sweet Fades EP
  • Joshua Van Tassel, Joshua Van Tassel
Francophone Recording of the Year Gospel Recording of the Year
Group Recording of the Year Jazz Recording of the Year
  •   Joel Miller, Swim
  • Will Fisher, Portage
  • Matt MacDougall, Familiar Faces
  • Ian Toms, Playbook
  • Jeff Torbert, Urban Poultry & Other Hopes
Pop Recording of the Year R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
  •   Charlie A'Court, Triumph & Disaster
  • Eileen Joyce, Life Is Too Short
  • Chris Kirby, Wonderizer
  • Gary Sappier Band, Gary Sappier Blues Band
  • Working Class, Restless
Rap/Hip-Hop Recording of the Year Rising Star Recording of the Year
  •   Radio Radio, Havre de Grâce
  • Mischif, Supernova
  • Quake Matthews, The Book of Matthew
  • Sampson, iLL-Mannered
  • Cam Smith, Ocean Blue
  •   Ben Caplan, In the Time of the Great Remembering
  • Heather Green, Your Last War
  • Mo Kenney, Mo Kenney
  • Breagh Mackinnon, Where the Days Went
  • Repartee, Repartee
Rock Recording of the Year Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year
Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year Solo Recording of the Year
  •   Tim Chaisson, The Other Side
  • Jim Dorie, Ghosts of Pictou County
  • Larry Foley, Free & Easy
  • Bruce Guthro, Celtic Crossing
  • Fleur Mainville, Once
Song of the Year Songwriter of the Year
Traditional Instrumental Recording of the Year World Recording of the Year
  •   Natalie MacMaster, Cape Breton Girl
  • Dwayne Côté and Duane Andrews, The Empress
  • Dominique Dupuis, Dominique Dupuis
  • Darren McMullen, Shoes for Molly
  • Sprag Session, Sprag Session
  •   Gypsophilia, Constellation
  • Andru Branch, Step Into the Light
  • Shaun Ferguson, Ascensions
  • Stack Loot Divide, Now It's Time
  • Stahmenah, Shades of the Heart

References

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