East Coast Music Awards celebrate region’s best with live music in Fredericton

FREDERICTON – The 2022 East Coast Music Awards were handed out during a ceremony Thursday evening in Fredericton, N.B. Here is a list of the winners:

— Album of the Year: Hillsburn — “Slipping Away”

— African Canadian Artist of the Year: Zamani

— Contemporary/Roots Recording of the Year: Quote the Raven — “Can’t Hold the Light”

— Francophone Recording of the Year: Chloé Breault — “Plage des morons”

— Fans’ Choice Entertainer of the Year: Justin Fancy

— Fans’ Choice Video of the Year: Mallory Johnson and Twin Kennedy — “Wise Woman” (Director: Cecil Johnson)

— Group Recording of the Year: Hillsburn — “Slipping Away”

— Indigenous Artist of the Year: Morgan Toney

— Rap/Hip-Hop Recording of the Year: One8tea — “Ventilation 2”

— Rock Recording of the Year: Kelly McMichael — “Waves”

— Solo Recording of the Year: Andrew Waite — “Andrew Waite”

— Song of the Year: Breagh Isabel – “Girlfriends”&Dylan Menzie — “A Heart That Doesn’t Want Mine”

— Songwriter of the Year — Rube & Rake