The 10th annual Canadian Folk Music Awards
last night at the Bronson Centre in Ottawa was a magnificent celebration of
Canadian folk music. In fact, the past three days – with Thursday and Friday
evening concerts at the Bronson Centre featuring some of the nominees and a
folk-festival-day’s-worth of workshops, sessions and song circles at and nearby
the Ottawa Folklore Centre – was a magnificent celebration of Canadian Folk
Music in many of its forms and genres.
In addition to the award presentations, the
evening included stellar performances by Lynn Miles, Finest Kind, The Good
Lovelies, Laura Smith, Lennie Gallant, and De Temps Antan.
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| Laura Smith with Bill Garrett & Paul Mills |
The Canadian Folk Music Awards recipients (in order of presentation) were:
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Fred Penner – Where in the World
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Tom Terrell and Karl Falkenham – City Ghosts by The Modern Grass
INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Andrew Collins Trio – A Play on Words
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
The High Bar Gang – Lost and Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion
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| Lynn Miles |
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Jayme Stone – The Other Side of the Air
SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Lennie Gallant – Live Acoustic at The
Carleton
ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR
The Fretless – The Fretless
CONTEMPORARY SINGER OF THE YEAR
Matt Anderson – Weightless
THE OLIVER SCHROER PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES AWARD
Tanya Tagaq – Animism
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| Harvey Glatt |
UNSUNG HERO AWARD
Harvey Glatt
FRENCH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Julie Aubé, Vivianne Roy and Katrine Noël –
Mon Homesick Heart by Les Hay Babies
FOLK MUSIC CANADA INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
The Black Sheep Inn (Wakefield, Quebec)
ABORIGINAL SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Amanda Rheaume and John MacDonald – Keep a
Fire
WORLD SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Quique Escamilla – 500 Years of Night
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| Shari Ulrich |
ENGLISH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Shari Ulrich – Everywhere I Go
YOUNG PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Kacy & Clayton – The Day is Past & Gone
THE SUE GOLDBERG AWARD FOR TRADITIONAL
SINGER OF THE YEAR
Mélisande – Les metamorphoses
NEW/EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
The Bros. Landreth – Let It Lie
WORLD GROUP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Moustafa Kouyaté & Romain Malagnoux –
Les frontiers imaginaires
TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Còig – Five
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| Shelagh Rogers and Benoit Bourque |
CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Strumbellas – We Still Move on Dance Floors
Congratulations to all of the recipients,
to the other nominees, to MCs Shelagh Rogers and Benoit Bourque, to all the volunteers who worked behind the scenes, and to the Canadian Folk Music Awards board for their
outstanding work.
All photos courtesy of the Canadian Folk Music Awards.
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