Plaskett, Timber Timbre, Malajube Up For ECHO Songwriting Prizes

09/02/09 1:20pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Joel Plaskett, Timber Timbre, Land Of Talk, D-Sisive, Malajube and Sebastien Grainger are among the nominees for this year's ECHO Songwriting Prize.

The ECHO Songwriting Prize, presented by SOCAN, is a $5,000 award given each year. Five songs are picked by a panel of "tastemakers" each year, and the winner is determined by votes from the public. There are separate prizes for songs written in English and French.

You can vote for the anglophone and francophone nominees at the ECHO Songwriting Prize's website.

The Weakerthans and Karkwa won last year's prizes.

Here are the English-language nominees for this year's ECHO Songwriting Prize:

Joel Plaskett — "Through And Through And Through"
Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains — "Love Can Be So Mean"
Timber Timbre — "Lay Down In The Tall Grass"
Land Of Talk — "Some Are Lakes"
D-Sisive — "Nobody With A Notepad"

Here are the francophone nominees for this year's Prix De La Chanson ECHO:

Malajube — "Porte Disparu"
Marie-Pierre Arthur — "Pourquoi"
Paul Cargnello & The Frontline — "Bras Coupe"
Bernard Adamus — "La Question A 100 Plasses"
Yann Perreau — "Beau Comme On S'Aime"