The breakdown of all awards nominations:

Cape Breton 14 - New Brunswick 44 - Newfoundland and Labrador 27 - Nova Scotia 99 - PEI 27

ECMA announced that ECMA 2018 will be held in Halifax, NS, May 2-6 and ECMA 2019 will be held in Charlottetown, PEI May 1-5

Here are the nominees for some of the main categories. Balance of all other nominees can be found on the ECMA website:ecma.com:

Blues Recording:

Bedauwater - Blues Merchantgs - Earle & Coffin - Furlong & Smith The Honey Boys

Country Recording:

The Divorcees - Jason Price - Rylee Madison - Tj King - Tristan Hornecastle

Folk Recording:

Dave Gunning - Heather Rankin - Lennie Gallant - Quiet Parade - Thom Swift

Gospel Recording:

The McGuires - One8Tea - Rootsdeepdown - The Ryan Sisters - We The Rescued

Group Recording:

Hillsburn - Les Hotesses - Paper Lions - REPARTEE - The Town Heroes

Pop Recording:

Caroline Savoie - Dylan Menzie - Hello Delaware - REPARTEE - Ria Mae

Rising Star:

Devarrow - Hillsburn - Like A Motorcycle - Shannon Quinn - Waterfront Fire

Rock Recording:

Adam Baldwin - Kestrels - Les Hotesses d'Hilaire - Long Distance Runners - The Motorleague

Roots/Traditional Recording:

Coig - Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys - Rum Ragged - Shannon Quinn - Ten Strings And A Goat Skin

Solo Recording:

Ben Chaplan - Classiied - Erin Costelo - Old Man Luedecke - Ria Mae

Songwriter:

Ben Chaplan - Dave Gunning - Erin Costelo - John McLaggan (Tomato, Tomato) - Paper Liona - Ria Mae

Traditional Instrumental Recording of The Year:

Andrea - Christine Melanson - Doug Dorward - Fretboard Journey - Samantha Robichaud - Scott MacMillan & Colin Grant

Song:

Classified (No Pressure) - Caroline Savoie (Y'en aura) - David Myles (It Don't Matter) - REPARTEE (Dukes) - Ria Mae (Ooh Love)

Album:

Classified - Erin Costelo - Old Man Luedecke - REPARTEE - Willie Stratton

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