ECMA Announces First Four Music Awards Winners!
Sunday, March 07, 2010

(Sydney, NS) - The East Coast Music Association has officially cracked open their music awards segment this weekend, handing out four awards prior to Sunday night's Bell Aliant ECMA 2010 Music Awards presented by RBC at Centre 200.

On Saturday night, the winning began at Maxwell's, when New Brunswick's The Motorleague took home the Capri Cabaret Loud Recording of the Year for their album Black Noise.

On Sunday afternoon, just prior to the SOCAN Songwriter's Circle, three more awards were handed out. Prince Edward Island's Catherine MacLellan won Folk Recording of the Year for Water in the Ground, Halifax's Joel Plaskett won the MapleMusic Pop Recording of the Year for Three, and Prince Edward Island's Lennie Gallant won Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year for If We Had a Fire.

Of course, the celebration has just begun. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., Bell Aliant Brings ECMA Live to the World at bj@josephscott.ca