Joel Plaskett dominates ECMAs

[Jesse Joe]

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Plaskett dominates ECMAs

Published Monday March 8th, 2010



Metro artists pick up music awards


SYDNEY, N.S. - On his fourth trip to collect an East Coast Music Award yesterday, Joel Plaskett decided to forego the typical acceptance speech and instead offer up a poem to the crowd.

Flanked by his bandmates from The Emergency, Plaskett rhymed off an amusing ode to Cape Breton, drawing laughs from music lovers who had already seen the lanky pop-rocker walk away with more of the treble clef-shaped awards than anyone else on the night in Sydney, N.S.

"Half an hour before I got here, I thought I might write a poem if it got into winning multiple awards, I might try to do something different," a laughing Plaskett told reporters shortly after winning entertainer of the year.
"So, I wrote it as I was walking over here in my head and scribbled it onto a piece of paper."

Released last March, Plaskett's album "Three" was a charm for the perennial ECMA nominee during the awards gala at Centre 200.
In all, the singer-songwriter from the Halifax suburb of Dartmouth snagged six music awards: entertainer of the year; male solo recording; recording of the year; songwriter of the year; pop recording of the year; and single of the year for the song "Through and Through and Through" from his aptly named three-disc album.

Plaskett, who also won producer of the year during an industry awards brunch on Friday, said he was humbled by his multiple wins.
"I feel kind of sheepish, but I also feel lucky to be acknowledged for the work and the time that I've put in," said Plaskett, clutching the small, shiny award. "If we could carve this up into five pieces and share it, that would be my idea of a good time."

Plaskett headed into the awards ceremony at the head of the pack with eight nominations, including two in the category of single of the year. His only loss of the night was in the video of the year category, which was won by Cape Breton-based cluster-rock ensemble The Tom Fun Orchestra.
Halifax's In-Flight Safety landed alternative recording of the year early in the awards show for their album "We are an Empire, My Dear."
In all, 24 awards were up for grabs at the gala, which were streamed online.

Moncton-based loud quartet The Motorleague walked away with the ECMA's first-ever fan's choice video of the year and loud recording of the year -- a genre the group said has been steadily growing.

[Jesse Joe]

I really am happy for Catherine MacLellan !

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The winners

Published Monday March 8th, 2010



SYDNEY, N.S. - A list of winners at the East Coast Music Awards:

Entertainer of the Year: Joel Plaskett.

Female Solo Recording of the Year: Catherine MacLellan - "Water In The Ground."

Group Recording of the Year: In-Flight Safety - "We Are an Empire, My Dear."

Male Solo Recording of the Year: Joel Plaskett - "Three."

Recording of the Year: Joel Plaskett - "Three."

Rising Star Recording of the Year: Kim Wempe - "Where I Need To Be."

Single of the Year: Joel Plaskett - "Through & Through & Through."

Songwriter of the Year: Joel Plaskett - "Through & Through & Through."

Video of the Year: The Tom Fun Orchestra - "Throw Me to the Rats."

Aboriginal Recording of the Year: Forever - "Reborn."

Alternative Recording of the Year: In-Flight Safety - "We Are an Empire, My Dear."

Bluegrass Recording of the Year: The Grass Mountain Hobos - "ZOOT!"

Blues Recording of the Year: The Hupman Brothers - "Countin' Quarters."

Country Recording of the Year: The Divorcees - "Last of the Free Men."

Folk Recording of the Year: Catherine MacLellan - "Water In The Ground."

Francophone Recording of the Year: BLOU - "Noel Blou."

Gospel Recording of the Year: The Ascensions - "No Greater Love."

Instrumental Recording of the Year: Andrea Beaton - "Branches."

Jazz Recording of the Year: Gypsophilia - "Sa-ba-da-OW!"

Loud Recording of the Year: The Motorleague - "Black Noise."

Pop Recording of the Year: Joel Plaskett - "Three."

Rap/Hip-Hop Single Track Recording of the Year: Classified - "Anybody Listening."

Rock Recording of the Year: The Novaks - "Things Fall Apart."

Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year: Lennie Gallant - "If We Had a Fire."

Roots /Traditional Group Recording of the Year: Dawn and Margie Beaton - "Taste of Gaelic."

R&B/Soul Single Track Recoding of the Year: Jamie Sparks - "All I Need - Remix."

Fan's Choice Video of the Year: The Motorleague - "Hymn For The Newly Departed."

Fan's Choice Artist/Group of the Year: Samantha Robichaud.

Director's Special Achievement Award: The Rankin Family

Dr. Helen Creighton Lifetime Achievement Award: Scotty Turner

[charlene]

congrats to Catherine!