Sunday, December 4, 2011

Canadian Folk Music Award Winners

The Seventh Annual Canadian Folk Music Awards took place tonight at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto.

The awards went to:

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

Good Lovelies - Let The Rain Fall
 
INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

The Creaking Tree String Quartet - Sundogs

CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Benoît Archambault - Les pourquoi 
 
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Mark Howard, David Travers-Smith - Bright Morning Stars (The Wailin' Jennys)

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Jayme Stone - Room of Wonders

SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort

ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR

Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs

WORLD ARTIST OF THE YEAR - SOLO

Kiran Ahluwalia - aam zameen : common ground

CONTEMPORARY SINGER OF THE YEAR

Suzie Vinnick - Me 'n' Mabel

PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

Geoff Berner - Victory Party

ABORIGINAL SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Vince Fontaine - Songs For Turtle Island

AUTEUR-COMPOSITEUR FRANCOPHONE DE L’ANNÉE

Alexandre Poulin - Une lumière allumée

ENGLISH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Lynn Miles - Fall for Beauty 
 
YOUNG PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Molly Thomason - Beauty Queen

UNSUNG HERO

Jane Harbury 

TRADITIONAL SINGER OF THE YEAR

Dave Gunninga tribute to John Allan Cameron

NEW/EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Dave Gunning - a tribute to John Allan Cameron

WORLD ARTIST OF THE YEAR – GROUP

Minor Empire - Second Nature

TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs

CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort

Congratulations to all the nominees and recipients, to the Canadian Folk Music Awards organizers, and to Andy Frank and David Newland of Rootsmusic.ca for the webcast.

--Mike Regenstreif


2 comments:

  1. Dave Gunning has been around since at least sometime in the 1990's. How can he be considered a new/emerging artist?

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  2. Thanks Mike for the shout-out! We're thrilled to be mentioned to your audience and grateful for your support.

    Regarding the question about Dave Gunning's "New/Emerging Artist" award, which I had the honour of presenting: As per the CFMA "Categories" page, the criteria for the award are as follows:

    New/Emerging Artist of the Year : This award recognizes an up-and-coming artist, group or duo not nominated for any other major (national or international) music award in any prior year. Instrumental or vocal music from all folk genres, traditional and contemporary, is eligible.

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