Nova Scotia will be gathering in Truro, Nova Scotia once again to celebrate the best of the province’s musicians and music industry. Nova Scotia Music Week takes place from November 7-10, 2019 with an award show, conference, and a heck of a lot of music. Now we know just who’s up for an award this year. Check out the list of nominees.
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Charlottetown, PE became ground zero for music in Atlantic Canada this week with the celebration of the East Coast Music Awards. Performances took over venues across the city, but none were so busy as the Confederation Ballroom at Delta Hotels by Marriott Prince Edward. With many of the awards handed out on Thursday night’s Awards Gala, there was still the absolutely crucial Industry Awards to be served up. Tonight we learned the full extent the of the award winners with an evening that featured performances by Paper Lions and POSTDATA. Continue reading East Coast Music Awards Announce Full List of 2019 Winners
Today the East Coast Music Association did very little to settle the debate over which island is the island, with host and PEI native Jonathan Torrens squaring off, mid-musical number, against Newfoundland’s The Once. If anything, they only drew national attention to it. However, we have learned in the process, who is taking home the bulk of the East Coast Music Awards. Continue reading East Coast Music Awards Announce 2019 Winners – Jeremy Dutcher, Les Hôtesses d’Hilaire, Classified Leading the Way
If there is one thing that has been consistent about the music industry it is that change is inevitable. Artists reinvent themselves, genres merge, technology advances, and the way that audiences interact with all of them is in a perpetual state of evolution. So after 10 years of handing out awards, Music/Musique NB has reconsidered how their award categories get sorted and who is eligible for them. Continue reading Music/Musique NB Changes Up 2019 Award Categories and Eligibility
Celebrating the best of Canadian music the 48th annual JUNO Awards were held in this weekend in London, Ontario. Amongst an evening full of Shawn Mendes, Arkells and an induction of Corey Hart into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, was one particularly proud moment for Atlantic Canadians: Jeremy Dutcher taking home the 2019 JUNO Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year. Continue reading Jeremy Dutcher Wins 2019 JUNO Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year
