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
THE CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2021 NOMINEES
100 nominees in 19 categories from across Canada
Traditional Album of the Year
Le Diable à Cinq - Debout!
Bruce Cockburn - Crowing Ignites
Ian & Sylvia - The Lost Tapes
Pharis & Jason Romero - Bet On Love
Beòlach - All Hands
Contemporary Album of the Year
Catherine MacLellan - COYOTE
The East Pointers - Yours To Break
Joe Nolan - Drifters
Mike McKenna Jr. - At the Edge of the World
Basia Bulat - Are You in Love?
William Prince - Reliever
The Dead South - Sugar & Joy
Stephen Fearing - The Unconquerable Past
Children’s Album of the Year
Ginalina - Small But Mighty
Claire Ness - Broccoli Farm
Spencer Burton - The Mountain Man
Henri Godon - Tous musiciens
Charlie Hope - Goodnight To You All: Traditional Lullabies from Ireland and the UK
Traditional Singer of the Year
Kevin Harvey (of Durham County Poets) - Hand me Down Blues
Mark Manning (of Rum Ragged) - The Thing About Fish
Mike Bravener - Depends Upon The Pay Traditional Miramichi and New Brunswick Folk Songs
Pharis Romero (of Pharis & Jason Romero) - Bet On Love
Lou Natale - Workin' the Mystery
Contemporary Singer of the Year
Catherine MacLellan - COYOTE
Coco Love Alcorn - Rebirth
Tim Chaisson (of The East Pointers) - Yours To Break
Basia Bulat - Are You in Love?
William Prince - Reliever
Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year
Nick Hornbuckle - 13 or So
Marc Atkinson - Solo
Benjamin Barrile - Esperando el Alba
Natalie MacMaster - Sketches
Gordon Grdina - Prior st
Instrumental Group of the Year
Rhizome - Double capture
Gordon Grdina's The Marrow - Safar-E-Daroon
Jessica Deutsch and Ozere - Traces
Emilyn Stam and John David Williams - Honeywood
Beòlach - All Hands
English Songwriter(s) of the Year
Coco Love Alcorn - Rebirth
Julian Taylor - The Ridge
Basia Bulat - Are You in Love?
Sarah Jane Scouten - Confessions
William Prince - Reliever
Pharis & Jason Romero - Bet On Love
French Songwriter(s) of the Year
Flavie Léger-Roy (of Flavie) - Ce chapeau est trop grand pour moi
Raphaël Delahaye (of MONSIEUR RAPH) - LE SENS DE LA DÉRIVE
Alexandre Poulin - Nature humaine
Guillaume Arsenault - La partie de moi qui tremble
Marie-Ève Laure - Onze
Indigenous Songwriter(s) of the Year
Leela Gilday - North Star Calling
Crystal Shawanda - Church House Blues
A.W. Cardinal (of Blue Moon Marquee) - Bare Knuckles & Brawn
Jason & Nadia Burnstick (of Burnstick) - Kîyânaw
Riit - ataataga
Vocal Group of the Year
Kennedy Road - A Little Fight Left Yet
Big Little Lions - Inside Voice
Beauséjour - Beauséjour
The Barrel Boys - Mainline
Pharis & Jason Romero - Bet On Love
Ensemble of the Year
Sultans of String - Refuge
Sussex - The Ocean Wide
The Dead South - Sugar & Joy
Pharis & Jason Romero - Bet On Love
OKAN - Sombras
Solo Artist of the Year
Catherine MacLellan - COYOTE
Julian Taylor - The Ridge
Lynn Miles - We'll Look For Stars
William Prince - Reliever
Riit - ataataga
World Album of the Year
Mazacote - Patria
Okavango African Orchestra - Africa Without Borders
Zal Sissokho - Kora flamenca
OKAN - Sombras
Aviva Chernick - La Serena
New/Emerging Artist(s) of the Year
Maya Rae - Can You See Me?
Noah Derksen - America, Dreaming
Rum Ragged - The Thing About Fish
Emily Triggs - Middletown
Emily Rockarts - Little Flower
Marie-Ève Laure - Onze
Producer(s) of the Year
Chris McKhool and John 'Beetle' Bailey - Refuge (Sultans of String)
Roy Forbes - Edge of Blue (Roy Forbes)
Dave Clarke, Bill Garrett - Coming Home (Steel Rail)
Marc Jenkins - Bet On Love (Pharis & Jason Romero)
Dayna Manning - Morning Light (Dayna Manning)
Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award
The Henrys - Paydirt
The East Pointers - Yours To Break
Mélisande [Électrotrad] - Les myriades
Aerialists - Dear Sienna
Riit - ataataga
Young Performer(s) of the Year
Quin With One N - Out of the Blue
Paige Penney - Watch Out For Your Step
Maya Rae - Can You See Me?
Moscow Apartment - Better Daughter
The Gilberts - The Gilberts: One
Single of the Year
Leela Gilday - K'eintah Natse Ju
The East Pointers - Wintergreen
Burnstick - Some Kind of Hell
Craig Cardiff - Yellowknife
William Prince - The Spark
Website: folkawards.ca/
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