The East Coast Music Association announced it will give honorary awards to 10 Atlantic Canadians at the ECMA awards weekend, May 1-5 in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Cape Breton singer-songwriter Bruce Guthro, who died in September 2023, will receive the director's special achievement award, which recognizes "an exceptional contribution to the music industry on a national and/or international level," the association said in a news release. 

Another posthumous award will go to Newfoundland and Labrador bl…