In a whirlwind online presentation, the East Coast Music Association announced the winners of the East Coast Music Awards. Technically the 2020 ECMA Pre-Awards Show, the winners of 18 music awards, 11 industry awards, and 3 honorary awards were all announced today, leaving a generous handful of big awards and big performances for tomorrow night’s Award Show proper. Continue reading East Coast Music Association Announces First Round of 2020 ECMA Winners
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East Coast Music Association Announces Mary Walsh as 2020 Awards Show Host
This morning the East Coast Music Association announced the host of their 2020 Music Awards Show and Conference in St. John’s, NL. Continuing in their tradition of handing over the MC duties to a comedian – one that has included The Trailer Park Boys, Jonny Harris, James Mullinger and Jonathan Torrens – this year the ECMAs will be hosted by none other than Newfoundlander Mary Walsh. Continue reading East Coast Music Association Announces Mary Walsh as 2020 Awards Show Host
East Coast Music Awards — Second Wave Of 2018 Performers Includes Sloan And More
Remember the pre-Arcade Fire golden era of Canadian pop music? When artists like Alanis Morissette, Our Lady Peace and Great Big Sea ruled our CanCon-saturated airwaves? No need, because it’s coming back for you! The East Coast Music Awards have announced their second wave of performers for their 2018 Awards Show and at the top of the bill are Halifax superstars Sloan. Continue reading East Coast Music Awards — Second Wave Of 2018 Performers Includes Sloan And More
Like A Motorcycle Wins At ECMAs – Pawns Award
Last week Halifax punk quartet Like A Motorcycle left Saint John with a little more hardware than they arrived with, taking home the 2017 East Coast Music Award for Rising Star Of The Year. Rather than giving it a spot of honour over the fireplace, or even using it like some bands have as fancy chalice (we hear they taste like microwave), Like A Motorcycle have decided to pawn the award, but for a good cause.
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Eight Bands We Loved Seeing At ECMA 2017
The East Coast Music Awards are a swarm of talent. They move in, they flood your city with music, and throw a big award show. For a lot of people it’s a great introduction to some fantastic music. For us it was a great chance to catch some live performances from bands we’ve been reviewing to see how they stack up. We didn’t get to see everyone because there were just that many bands, but here’s what we liked best this year. Continue reading Eight Bands We Loved Seeing At ECMA 2017