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May 24, 2025

East Coast Music Awards

Atlantic

Six Indigenous acts nominated for 2023 ECMA awards

May 1, 2023 Crystal Greene
Six Indigenous acts are nominated for East Coast Music Awards and a Peskotomuhkati elder is being honoured at the upcoming ECMA awards show in Halifax on May 5. The artists are excited to attend the […]
Atlantic

City Natives wins fourth ECMA Indigenous Artist of the Year award

May 4, 2018 Karli Zschogner
It was a big night for Rap/Hip-Hop group City Natives at the East Coast Music Awards gala show in Halifax Thursday evening. The group won the Indigenous Artist of the Year award for the fourth […]
Atlantic

ECMA Indigenous Stage a chance for musical artists to shine

May 3, 2018 Maureen Googoo
Gary Sappier considers the Indigenous Stage at the East Coast Music Awards Festival a high-class event where musicians like himself can network with industry representatives. “This is like a high profile event and you have […]
Atlantic

Q&A with ECMA nominee City Natives

May 2, 2018 Karli Zschogner
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth and final profile of artists nominated for an East Coast Music Award in the Indigenous Artist of the Year category. The awards show will be held in Halifax on […]
Atlantic

Q&A with ECMA nominee Shelby Sappier aka Beaatz

May 1, 2018 Karli Zschogner
Editor’s Note: This is the third profile of artists nominated for an East Coast Music Award in the Indigenous Artist of the Year category. The awards show will be held in Halifax on May 3. […]
Atlantic

Q&A with ECMA nominee Don Ross

April 28, 2018 Karli Zschogner
Editor’s Note: This is the second profile of artists nominated for an East Coast Music Award in the Indigenous Artist of the Year category. The awards show will be held in Halifax on May 3. […]
Atlantic

Q&A with 2018 ECMA nominee Carolina East

April 17, 2018 Karli Zschogner
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of profiles of artists nominated for an East Coast Music Award in the Indigenous Artist of the Year category. The awards show will be held in […]
News

City Natives win 2016 ECMA for Aboriginal Recording of the Year

April 15, 2016 Maureen Googoo
City Natives have won their third East Coast Music award. The rap group nabbed the 2016 Aboriginal Recording of the Year during the gala show at Centre 200 in Sydney, N.S. Thursday evening. “I’m really […]
NB

Rap/Hip-Hop musical acts dominate Aboriginal category at 2016 ECMAs

April 13, 2016 Maureen Googoo
Rap/Hip-Hop musical acts dominate the Aboriginal Artist of the Year category at the East Coast Music Awards this year. The nominees include rap group City Natives and rappers Tristan Grant and Kam Speech. They are […]

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