ECMA 2015 nomimations for 35 N.L. musicians, industry people

Newfoundland and Labrador artists and industry people received 20 musical, 11 industry and four Fans’ Choice 2015 nominations during an East Coast Music Awards announcement Wednesday.

Well-known bands Hey Rosetta! and The Once scored three nominations each. Steve Maloney and the Wandering Kind scored two nominations.

St. John's band The Secrets, who performed at the announcement, are nominated for country recording of the year. Members Renee Batten, Terri Lynn Eddy and Karla Pilgrim were thrilled when their nomination was announced.

"It was pretty emotional actually, I had a lump in my throat when I heard the name come up on the screen. It's great," Batten said.

"It's exciting, after all the hard work you put into something to be recognized for it is really, really exciting. And we're in good company, so it's pretty cool," Pilgrim added.

East Coast Music Week is in St. John's from April 8 to the 12, and the awards gala takes place on April 9 at the Jack Byrne arena in Torbay.

N. L. music nominations

• Classical Composition of the Year: Rob Power - Tunnel Mountain
• Classical Recording of the Year: Rob Power - Touch: Music for Percussion
• Country Recording of the Year: The Secrets - Break Even
• Electronic Recording of the Year: Rozalind MacPhail - Head First
• Folk Recording of the Year: The Once - Departures
• Gospel Recording of the Year: Dan Bursey - Sleep Not Til Morning
• Group Recording of the Year: The Once - Departures
• Group recording of the Year: Sherman Downey and The Ambiguous Case - The Sun In Your Eyes
• Loud Recording of the Year: The Combine - Witness
• Loud Recording of the Year: Monsterbator - The Libel Belt
• Producer of the Year: Chris Kirby
• R&B/Soul Recording of the Year: Baytown – Island
• Rising Star Recording of the Year: RocketRocketShip - Shake It Off!
• Rising Star Recording of the Year: Steve Maloney and the Wandering Kind - Steve Maloney and the Wandering Kind
• Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year: Duane Andrews and Craig Young - Charlie's Boogie
• Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year: Matthew Byrne - Hearts & Heroes
• Songwriter of the Year: Hey Rosetta! - Kintsukuroi (Composers: Tim Baker and Adam Hogan)
• World Recording of the Year: Randal Arsenault and Dr. Zoo - Dr. Zoo's Last Dance
• Song of the Year: Hey Rosetta! - Kintsukuroi (Producer: Marcus Paquin)

Fans' Choice Nominations

Fans' Choice Entertainer of the Year: 

• Hey Rosetta!
• The Once​

Fans' Choice Video of the Year: 

• Don Brownrigg - Sweet Dream Sleeper (Director: Germain Collinge)
• Steve Maloney and the Wandering Kind - Morning Break (Directors: Adam Penney and Justin Davis)

Industry Nominations

Graphic/Media Artist of the Year

• DC Design House
• Jud Haynes        

​Live Sound Engineer of the Year

• Louis McDonald 
• Wallace Hammond

Management/Manager of the Year

• Kilbride Music

Media Person of the Year

• Tom Power

Music Merchant of the Year

• Fred's Records

Studio Engineer of the Year

• Scott Hammond

Studio of the Year

• The Blue Room

Venue of the Year

• The Ship Pub

Video of the Year

• The Thymes - Lobotomy (Director: Jeremy Rice)

The 2015 East Coast Music Award nominees leaders include Rich Aucion with six, Jimmy Rankin with five, as well as Radio Radio and The Trews, who each received four.