The East Coast Music Awards have announced the nominees for this year’s awards.
The prizes will be handed out at a gala Thursday, May 21, at Centre 200 in Sydney, Cape Breton.
It’s part of East Coast Music Week, which runs from the 20 to the 24.
It should be noted that the Album of the Year category is packed with folk/roots artists, including Cassie and Maggie, Morgan Toney and Kellie Loder.
But here are the nominees in the craft categories that intersect with folk/roots and world music.
Congratulations everyone!
African Canadian Artist of the Year
• Blessing Tangban
• Judith Ifeadi
• JupiterReign
• Mayaya
• Michael J Foxx
• Rightflow
Blues Release of the Year
• Aging Disgracefully – Shatter the Mirror
• Angelo Spinazzola – Harp-Centric
• Geoff Arsenault – Hired Hand
• Jon Hines – Memphis Sun
• JP LeBlanc – All In My Blood / Je l’ai dans l’sang
Country Release of the Year
• Danny Drouin – Five O’clock Shadow
• Jamie Fontaine – Jamie Fontaine
• Mallory Johnson – Over the Party
• The Mainlanders – Just About Ready
• The Martin Boys – Burn the Boats
Folk Release of the Year
• Daniel James McFadyen – Back to the Country
• Joel Plaskett – One Real Reveal
• Lennie Gallant – Shelter from the Storms
• Logan Richard – Character Traits
• Mallory Johnson – Over the Party
Global Music Release of the Year
• Ana Luísa Ramos – Clareia (Live)
• Dee Hernandez – Danzón
• Diana Delirio – Junto a mí
• HieroPhunk – Dragon Bone
• XIA-3 – Interworlds
Indigenous Artist of the Year
• Bailey Jordan-Neil
• Gearl
• Joseph Rue
• Little Stone Crow
• Morgan Toney
• Summer Bennett
Roots Release of the Year
• Cassie and Maggie – Gold and Coal
• Charlie A’Court – San Palarino
• Mike McKenna Jr. – Smokey Mountain High
• Morgan Toney – Heal the Divide
• Robert Thomas and the Sessionmen – The Way We Roll
• Shane Pendergast – Winter Grace
Traditional Release of the Year
• Cassie and Maggie – Gold and Coal
• La famille LeBlanc – Perdrais-je mon temps…
• Matthew Byrne – Stealing Time
• Richard Wood – Richard Wood Live! An Evening of Celtic Music
• The Irish Descendants – Those Were the Days
