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Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
P.E.I. artists bring home 4 East Coast Music Awards
P.E.I. artists are bringing home a handful of East Coast Music Awards from the 37th annual award gala held Sunday. The East Coast Music Awards festival and conference recognized and showcased the work of East Coast artists from May 7-11 in St. John's. The Acadian group Vishtèn Connexions won the album of the year award for their album Expansion, which pays tribute to founding member Pastelle LeBlanc. LeBlanc died of breast cancer in 2022. "This Connexions project was an homage to LeBlanc, who left over 150 pieces on her iPhone," Emmanuelle LeBlanc said during her acceptance speech. "It's really meaningful for us because we just keep going to work with her and be able to keep going and play … her music," said Pascal Miousse. The group also won awards for folk release of the year and fusion release of the year for their song, Kouma. P.E.I. folk-pop artist Noah Malcolm won the award for pop release of the year with his song, January. The win marks Malcolm's first East Coast Music Award. The Stompin' Tom Award — recognizing the long-term contributions of one individual in each of the East Coast Music Association's five geographic regions — was given to was given to Ghislaine Cormier. Cormier is the executive director of the Fédération culturelle de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. Here's a complete list of P.E.I.'s 2025 East Coast Music Award winners: Album of the year: Vishtèn Connexions — Expansion. Folk release of the year: Vishtèn Connexions — Kouma. Fusion release of the year: Vishtèn Connexions — Kouma. Pop release of the year: Noah Malcolm — January. Stompin' Tom Award: Ghislaine Cormier.
CBC
09-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
And the winners are… Here's who took home 2025 Music P.E.I. Awards
Social Sharing Music P.E.I. Week was capped off by Saturday night's awards gala, with a slew of artists and producers taking home some hardware. Absolute Losers, Vishtèn Connexions and Dylan Menzie each won twice during the gala at Charlottetown's Confederation Centre of the Arts. Vishtèn Connextions earned Album of the Year and Traditional Roots Recording of the Year for Expansion, a collaborative album with fellow Island entertainers. Here's who won what at the 2024 Music P.E.I. Awards Both the year's best single and pop recording went to Absolute Losers for By Fright and At the Mall, respectively. Menzie was named Songwriter of the Year, while the album art for his North American Dream Kid was also honoured. That cover was created by graphic designer Niyi Adeogun and photographer Justin Rix. Here's a complete list of the 2025 Music P.E.I. Award winners: Achievement in Classical Music: Sarah Hagen. Achievement in Jazz Music: Carlie Howell. Achievement in World Music: Tiffany Liu. Album Art of the Year: Dylan Menzie — North American Dream Kid (graphic design by Niyi Adeogun, photography by Justin Rix). Album of the Year: Vishtèn Connexions — Expansion. Leo Cheverie Community Contributor Award : Rory O'Donnell. Contemporary Roots Recording of the Year: Tara MacLean — Live in my Hometown. Digital Presence of the Year: Hikado. Educator of the Year: Mark Parsons. Entertainer of the Year: Brad Milligan. Instrumental Recording of the Year: Inn Echo — Hemispheres. Lifetime Achievement Award: Phase II. Live Music Production Professional of the Year: Chris Knox. Live Sector Award: Craig Fair Productions. Music Video of the Year: Lawrence Maxwell — What You See In Me (feat. Brooke MacArthur). Directed by Jesse Duarte. Musician of the Year: Maya Márquez. New Artist of the Year: Bettii — Shyyyyyy:). Pop Recording of the Year: Absolute Losers — At The Mall. Rising Tide Community Fund Prix de L'Acadie: Aubin pi la S.C.B. R&B/Soul Recording of the Year: Joce Reyome — Mr. Rain. Rap/Hip-hop Recording of the Year: Cavy — Bad Games (feat. Merkules). Recording Sector Award: Colin Buchanan. Rock Recording of the Year: Gizmo — Buddy System. Single of the Year: Absolute Losers — By Fright. Songwriter of the Year: Dylan Menzie.
