Canadian Folk Music Awards Nights 1&2 @ Bronson Centre

The Canadian Folk Music Awards happened in Ottawa this past weekend. The concert series paired with award ceremony was held at The Bronson Centre and featured nominated artists from across Canada showcasing talent from coast to coast to coast! (Bolded artists within the nomination lists below are the recipients of the awards.)

Contemporary Album of the Year

Abigail Lapell – Hide Nor Hair

The Fretless – Bird’s Nest

Tomato Tomato – I Go Where You Go

Leif Vollebekk – Twin Solitude

Braden Gates – Much Rather Be Sleeping

Children’s Album of the Year

Fred Penner – Hear The Music

Ginalina – Home Is Family

Jessie Farrell – Chirp Chirp Happy

Stella Swanson and the Rosie Joyfuls – Pants on Backwards

Madame Diva et Micah le jeune voyageur – Zing-E-Zing!

Traditional Singer of the Year

Hannah Shira Naiman – Know The Mountain

Cassie and Maggie – The Willow Collection

Mélisande Gelinas-Fauteux (of Mélisande [Électrotrad]) – Les millésimes

Sarah Jane Scouten – When the Bloom Falls From the Rose

Dave Penny – All Turned Around

Contemporary Singer of the Year

Stephen Fearing – Every Soul’s A Sailor

Lisa LeBlanc – Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?

Coco Love Alcorn – Wonderland

Abigail Lapell – Hide Nor Hair

Oh Susanna – A Girl In Teen City

Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year

André Brunet – La grosse maison rouge

Roberto López – Criollo Electrik

Maneli Jamal – The Mardom Movement

Glenn Chatten – Dragonfly

Don Ross – A Million Brazilian Civilians

Instrumental Group of the Year

Scott Macmillan & Colin Grant – Good2Go

MacIsaac and MacKenzie – The Bay Street Sessions

The Fretless – Bird’s Nest

Beyond The Pale – Ruckus

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy – A Celtic Family Christmas

English Songwriter of the Year

Ken Yates – Huntsville

Scott Cook – Further Down the Line

Amelia Curran – Watershed

Stephen Fearing – Every Soul’s A Sailor

Oh Susanna – A Girl In Teen City

French Songwriter of the Year

Luc De Larochellière – Autre monde

Philippe B – La grande nuit vidéo

Vivianne Roy, Katrine Nöel & Julie Aubé (of Les Hay Babies) – La 4ième dimension (version longue)

Patrice Michaud – Almanach

Catherine Durand – La pluie entre nous

Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year

Chelsey June & Jaaji (of Twin Flames) – Signal Fire

Julian Taylor, Kinnie Starr, John Parente & Bill Bell (of Julian Taylor Band) – Desert Star

Cindy Paul – The Flight

Desiree Dorion – Tough Street

Lisa Muswagon – Buffalo and Rabbits

Vocal Group of the Year

Coco Méliès – The Riddle

The Big East – Hungry Ghosts

Cassie and Maggie – The Willow Collection

Twin Flames – Signal Fire

The Bombadils – New Shoes

Ensemble of the Year

Mama’s Broke – Count the Wicked

Cassie and Maggie – The Willow Collection

Silent Winters – Fireworks & a Small Brigade

100 mile house – Hiraeth

The Jerry Cans – Inuusiq

Solo Artist of the Year

Leeroy Stagger – Love Versus

Zachary Lucky – Everywhere A Man Can Be

BEYRIES – Landing

Amelia Curran – Watershed

Stephen Fearing – Every Soul’s A Sailor

World Solo Artist of the Year

Louis Simão – A Luz (The Light)

Briga – Femme

Maneli Jamal – The Mardom Movement

Farnaz Ohadi & The Mashregh Ensemble – Bird Dance

Kelly Bado – Entre deux

World Group of the Year

Kobo Town – Where The Galleon Sank

MAZ – ID

Turkwaz – Nazar

Twin Flames – Signal Fire

Beyond The Pale – Ruckus

New/Emerging Artist of the Year

Ken Yates – Huntsville

Hidden Roots Collective – Come Up, Honey

Braden Gates – Much Rather Be Sleeping

Silent Winters – Fireworks & a Small Brigade

The Bombadils – New Shoes

Producer of the Year

Danny Michel and Rob Carli – Khlebnikov (Danny Michel)

Joel Plaskett – Solidarity (Bill & Joel Plaskett)

Amelia Curran and Chris Stringer – Watershed (Amelia Curran)

Stephen Fearing and David Travers-Smith – Every Soul’s A Sailor (Stephen Fearing)

Jim Bryson – A Girl In Teen City (Oh Susanna)

Pushing the Boundaries

Danny Michel – Khlebnikov

Turkwaz – Nazar

Tanya Tagaq – Retribution

Mélisande [Électrotrad] – Les millésimes

Shreem – Celtic Remixing