Several artists from Newfoundland and Labrador will be recognized with honorary awards at the 2025 East Coast Music Awards, happening in St. John’s next week.
The Ennis Sisters will receive the Dr. Helen Creighton Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating over 25 years of music. The trio, with 14 albums and global performances to their name, will be honoured during the Awards Gala on May 8 — where they will also perform.
Singer-songwriter Chris Ryan, who passed away late last year, will be posthumously awarded the Musician’s Achievement Award for his contributions as a performer and session musician.
Chris Ryan
Wade Pinhorn, a longtime musician, producer, and educator, will be recognized with the Industry Builder Award.
Meanwhile, music educator and Celtic Fiddlers founder Korona Brophy will receive the Stompin’ Tom Award for her nearly five decades of work preserving traditional music.
The ECMAs run May 7–11. Full event details are available at ECMA.com.
Full list of Honorary Awards
Dr. Helen Creighton Lifetime Achievement Award: The Ennis Sisters (NL)
Musician’s Achievement Award: Chris Ryan (NL)
Industry Builder Award: Wade Pinhorn (NL)
Bucky Adams Memorial Award: Marc Perry (NS)
Stompin’ Tom Awards
The five Stompin’ Tom Awards recognize one individual in each of ECMA’s five geographical regions who has made a long-term contribution to the East Coast music industry and has paved the road for many successful East Coast artists of today.
Newfoundland and Labrador: Korona Brophy
Cape Breton: Monica MacNeil
New Brunswick: Heidi Baird
Nova Scotia: Mike Campbell
Prince Edward Island: Ghislaine Cormier
