Canadian Folk Music Awards

The Canadian Folk Music Awards are an annual music awards ceremony, presenting awards in a variety of categories for achievements in both traditional and contemporary folk music, and other roots music genres, by Canadian musicians.^[1] The awards program was created in 2005 by a group of independent label representatives, folk music presenters, artists and enthusiasts, to celebrate and promote Canadian folk music.^[2]

Winners

2005

• Best Album – Traditional: Le Vent du Nord, Les Amants du Saint-Laurent
• Best Album – Contemporary: Nathan, Jimson Weed
• Best Singer – Traditional: Ian Robb, Jiig
• Best Singer – Contemporary: Lynn Miles, Love Sweet Love
• Best Instrumental Solo: J. P. Cormier, X8: A Mandolin Collection
• Best Instrumental Group: Beyond the Pale, Consensus
• Best Songwriter – English: Lynn Miles, Love Sweet Love
• Best Vocal Group: Nathan, Jimson Weed
• Best Solo Artist: Harry Manx, West Eats Meet
• Best World Artist Solo: Alpha Yaya Diallo, Djama
• Best New/Emerging Artist: Karla Anderson, The Embassy Sessions
• Producer of the Year: Steve Dawson (Jenny Whiteley, Hopetown) and Jordy Sharp (Harry Manx, West Eats Meet)
• Pushing the Boundaries: Creaking Tree String Quartet, Side Two

2006

• Best album – Traditional: Nicolas Boulerice et Olivier Demers, Un peu d’ci, Un peu d’ça
• Best album – Contemporary: Penny Lang, Stone & Sand & Sea & Sky
• Best childrens’ album: Ken Whiteley, Join the Band
• Best singer – Contemporary: Jim Byrnes, House of Refuge
• Best instrumentalist – Solo: Bruce Cockburn, Speechless
• Best instrumentalist – Group: The McDades, Bloom
• Best songwriter – English: Stephen Fearing
• Best songwriter – Aboriginal: Wayne Lavallee, Green Dress
• Best vocal group: Madrigaia
• Best ensemble: Mauvais Sort, Koru
• Best solo artist: Penny Lang, Stone & Sand & Sea & Sky
• Best group – World Music: The McDades, Bloom
• Best new/emerging artist: T. Nile, At My Table
• Producer of the Year: Steve Dawson (Jim Byrnes, House of Refuge) and Mike Roth (Dala, Angels & Thieves)
• Pushing the boundaries: Andrew Collins, Little Widgets
• Young performer of the year: Sarah Burnell, Sarah’ndipity

2007

• Best Album-Traditional: La Part du Quêteux, Paye la Traite
• Best Album-Contemporary: The Duhks, Migrations
• Best Childrens’ Album: Pied Pumkin, Pumkids: Tuneful Tales for Kids & Kin
• Best Singer-Contemporary: David Francey, Right of Passage
• Best Instrumentalist-Solo: Anne Lindsay, News From Up the Street
• Best Instrumentalist-Group: Creaking Tree String Quartet, The Soundtrack
• Best Songwriter-English: Suzie Ungerleider, Short Stories
• Best Songwriter-French: Hugo Fleury (Polémil Bazar), Avale ta montre
• Best Songwriter-Aboriginal: Sandy Scofield, Nikawiy Askiy
• Best Vocal Group: Tanglefoot, Dance Like Flames
• Best Ensemble: Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer, À la grâce de Dieu
• Best Solo Artist: Sarah Noni Metzner, Daybreak Mourning
• Best World Solo: Rita Chiarelli, Cuore : The Italian Sessions
• Best World Group: Mighty Popo, Muhazi
• Best New/Emerging Artist: Brigitte Saint-Aubin, Être
• Producer of the Year: Anne Lindsay and Oliver Schroer, News From Up the Street
• Pushing the Boundaries: Creaking Tree String Quartet, The Soundtrack
• Young Performer of the Year: Kyrie Kristmanson, The Kyrie K Groove

2008

• Classic Canadian Album: Gordon Lightfoot, Lightfoot
• Traditional Album of the Year: Genticorum, La Bibournoise
• Contemporary Album of the Year: Luke Doucet and the White Falcon, Blood's Too Rich
• Children’s Album of the Year: The Kerplunks, The Kerplunks
• Traditional Singer of the Year: Enoch Kent, One More Round
• Contemporary Singer of the Year: Tannis Slimmon, Lucky Blue
• Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year: Oliver Schroer, Hymns and Hers
• Instrumental Group of the Year: Sagapool, Episode Trois
• English Songwriter of the Year: Corb Lund, Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!
• French Songwriter of the Year: Tomas Jensen, Quelqu’un d’autre
• Vocal Group of the Year: Sisters of Sheynville, Sheynville Express
• Ensemble of the Year: Yves Lambert et Le Bébert Orchestra, Le Monde à Lambert
• Solo Artist of the Year: Michael Jerome Browne, Double
• World Solo Artist of the Year: Celso Machado, Jogo da Vida
• World Group of the Year: David Buchbinder's Odessa/Havana, Odessa/Havana
• New / Emerging Artist of the Year: Chloe Albert, Dedicated State
• Producer of the Year: Mathieu Dandurand (David Jalbert, Des Histoires)
• Pushing the Boundaries: Oliver Schroer, Hymns and Hers
• Young Performer of the Year: Emma Beaton, Pretty Fair Maid

2009

• Traditional Album of the Year: James Hill & Anne Davison, True Love Don't Weep
• Contemporary Album of the Year: Joel Plaskett, Three
• Children’s Album of the Year: Chris McKhool, FiddleFire!
• Traditional Singer of the Year: Colette Cheverie, Hours Before Dawn
• Contemporary Singer of the Year: Jim Byrnes, My Walking Stick
• Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year: Tony McManus, The Maker's Mark
• Instrumental Group of the Year: Sultans of String, Yalla Yalla!
• English Songwriter of the Year: Susan Crowe, Greytown
• French Songwriter of the Year: Catherine Durand, Coeurs migratoires
• Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year: Don Amero, Deepening
• Vocal Group of the Year: Madison Violet, No Fool for Trying
• Ensemble of the Year: The Deep Dark Woods, Winter Hours
• Solo Artist of the Year: Catherine MacLellan, Water in the Ground
• World Solo Artist of the Year: Karim Saada, La Danse de L'exilé
• World Group of the Year: Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko, Africa to Appalachia
• New/Emerging Artist of the Year: The Good Lovelies, The Good Lovelies
• Producer of the Year: Joel Plaskett (Joel Plaskett, Three)
• Pushing the Boundaries: Steve Dawson, Telescope
• Young Performer of the Year: Ariana Gillis, Ariana Gillis

2010

• Traditional Album of the Year: The Once, The Once
• Contemporary Album of the Year: John Wort Hannam, Queen's Hotel
• Children's Album of the Year: Andrew Queen, Too Tall
• Traditional Singer of the Year: Yves Lambert, Bal à l'huile
• Contemporary Singer of the Year: Rose Cousins, The Send Off
• Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year: Wendell Ferguson, Ménage à moi
• Instrumental Group of the Year: Beyond the Pale, Postcards
• English Songwriter of the Year: Ian Tamblyn, Gyre
• French Songwriter of the Year: Francis d'Octobre, Ma bête fragile
• Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year: Asani, Listen
• Vocal Group of the Year: Dala, Girls from the North Country
• Ensemble of the Year: Le Vent du Nord, La Part du Feu
• Solo Artist of the Year: Amelia Curran, Hunter, Hunter
• World Artist of the Year - Solo: Dominic Mancuso, Comfortably Mine
• World Artist of the Year - Group: Sokoun Trio, Zanneh
• New/Emerging Artist of the Year: The Once, The Once
• Producer of the Year: Steve Dawson, Things About Comin' My Way
• Pushing the Boundaries: Beyond the Pale, Postcards
• Young Performer of the Year: Alexandre Boivin-Caron, La Tradition

2011

• Traditional Album of the Year: Genticorum, Nagez Rameurs
• Contemporary Album of the Year: Bruce Cockburn, Small Source Of Comfort
• Children’s Album of the Year: Benoît Archambault, Les Pourquoi
• Traditional Singer of the Year: Dave Gunning, A Tribute To John Allan Cameron
• Contemporary Singer of the Year: Suzie Vinnick, Me ‘N’ Mabel
• Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year: Jayme Stone, Room Of Wonders
• Instrumental Group of the Year: The Creaking Tree String Quartet, Sundogs
• Vocal Group of the Year: Good Lovelies, Let The Rain Fall
• Ensemble of the Year: Genticorum, Nagez Rameurs
• Solo Artist of the Year: Bruce Cockburn, Small Source Of Comfort
• English Songwriter of the Year: Lynn Miles, Fall For Beauty
• French Songwriter of the Year: Alexandre Poulin, Une Lumière Allumée
• Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year: Vince Fontaine, Songs For Turtle Island
• World Artist of the Year – Solo: Kiran Ahluwalia, Aam Zameen : Common Ground
• World Artist of the Year – Group: Minor Empire, Second Nature
• New/Emerging Artist of the Year: Dave Gunning, A Tribute To John Allan Cameron
• Producer of the Year: Mark Howard, David Travers-Smith, Bright Morning Stars (The Wailin’ Jennys)
• Pushing the Boundaries: Geoff Berner, Victory Party
• Young Performer of the Year: Molly Thomason, Beauty Queen

References

External links

• Canadian Folk Music Awards