Nova Scotia-based rapper Classified and Prince Edward Island pop-folk trio The East Pointers lead the nominations for the thirty fifth East Coast Music Awards, with six every.
Classified’s Retrospected is nominated for album of the yr, and each he and The East Pointers are up for entertainer of the yr and video of the yr.
Newfoundland and Labrador nation singer-songwriter Jason Benoit’s 5 nominations embody album of the yr — for Time Traveller: Side A — entertainer of the yr and Indigenous artist of the yr.
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Singer-songwriter David Myles, musical duo Madison Violet, musician Andrew Waite and singer-songwriter Lisa LeBlanc every have 4 nominations.
Musical artists from Nova Scotia — exterior Cape Breton — earned probably the most nominations, with 86, adopted by artists from Newfoundland and Labrador with 58, New Brunswick with 40, P.E.I. with 29, and Cape Breton with 20.
The competition’s 2023 version is scheduled for May 3-7 in Halifax.
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In addition to Benoit, nominees for Indigenous artist of the yr are Deantha Edmunds, Gearl, Morgan Toney and Silver Wolf Band.
Aquakultre, Jah’Mila, Maggie Andrew, Owen O’Sound Lee and Zamani Folade earned nominations for African Canadian artist of the yr, whereas Caroline Savoie, Laurie LeBlanc, Les Hotesses d’Hilaire, Lisa LeBlanc, Plywood Joe and P’tit Belliveau will compete for francophone recording of the yr.
Song of the yr nominees embody Adam Baldwin for “Lighthouse in Little Lorraine,” Andrew Waite for “Ain’t Goin’ Out Like That,” and Braden Lam for “Silence feat. Wolf Castle.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 24, 2023.
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