The first slate of winners at the East Coast Music Awards saw Wintersleep and Tim Baker come out ahead, although all four Atlantic provinces were well represented. Twenty-nine awards were announced as part of a pre-awards show which streamed online Friday afternoon, ahead of the main televised broadcast Saturday evening. "I think it's always exciting, and like ECMA's is a really special event for us," said band member Paul Murphy on Saturday. Baker won folk recording of the year for Forever Overhead, and video of the year for the song All Hands. April Wine's Myles Goodwyn, born in New Brunswick and raised in Nova Scotia, took home blues recording of the year for Myles Goodwyn and Friends of the Blues 2.

Source: CBC News July 11, 2020 19:18 UTC