The nominations were announced today for the Seventh Annual Canadian Folk MusicAwards. The award ceremony takes place Sunday, December 4 at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto.
Here are the nominations.
TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Dave Gunning - A Tribute to John Allan Cameron
Finest Kind - For Honour & For Gain
De Temps Antan - Les Habits de Papier
La Volée d’Castors - Le Retour
Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs
CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Twilight Hotel - When the Wolves Go Blind
Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer - Nouvelles fréquentations
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Kathy Reid-Naiman - I Love to Hear the Sounds
Benoît Archambault - Les pourquoi
Marky Weinstock - Songs For Dreamers
Colleen Power with Crooked Stovepipe - For Little Ones
Will Stroet - Walk & Roll
TRADITIONAL SINGER OF THE YEAR
Dave Gunning – a tribute to John Allan Cameron
Lizzy Hoyt - Home
Eileen McGann - Pocketful Of Rhymes
Joel Fafard - Cluck Old Hen
CONTEMPORARY SINGER OF THE YEAR
David Myles - Live at the Carleton
Suzie Vinnick - Me 'n' Mabel
Cat Jahnke - The Stories are Taking Their Toll
Matthew Barber - Matthew Barber
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Jayme Stone - Room of Wonders
Jaron Freeman-Fox - Manic Almanac : Slow Möbius
Anne Lindsay - Hurry On Home
April Verch - That's How We Run
Don Ross - Breakfast for Dogs
INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Creaking Tree String Quartet - Sundogs
Qristina & Quinn Bachand - Family
MAZ - Télescope
Eh?! - Eh?!
RAZ-DE-MARÉE/TIDAL WAVE - Marche du St-Laurent
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Finest Kind - For Honour & For Gain
Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer - Nouvelles fréquentations
Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs
ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR
The Creaking Tree String Quartet - Sundogs
MAZ - Télescope
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit - Strictly Whatever
Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs
SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR
ENGLISH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
AUTEUR-COMPOSITEUR FRANCOPHONE DE L’ANNÉE
Jean-François Lessard - Jean-François Lessard
Alexandre Poulin - Une lumière allumée
Claude Cormier - Acoustique
Les Surveillantes - La racine carrée du coeur
ABORIGINAL SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Vince Fontaine - Songs For Turtle Island
Robert Davidson & Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson - New Journeys
janet panic - Samples
Don Amero - The Long Way Home
Kristi Lane Sinclair - I Love You
WORLD ARTIST OF THE YEAR - SOLO
Lenka Lichtenberg - Fray
Massiel Yanira - Una Voz
Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson - New Journeys
Zekuhl - I BOLO
Kiran Ahluwalia - aam zameen : common ground
WORLD ARTIST OF THE YEAR – GROUP
Ouzo Power - Greatest Hits (Volume 1)
Nizar Tabcharani & The Backstrings - Bayati Ana
Trio Bembe - Oh My Soul
MAZ - Télescope
Minor Empire - Second Nature
NEW/EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Dave Gunning - a tribute to John Allan Cameron
Andrea Ramolo - The Shadows and the Cracks
Ashley Condon - Come In From The Cold
Joe Nolan - Goodbye Cinderella
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Dave Gunning w/ Allie Bennett & John Meir - a tribute to John Allan Cameron (Dave Gunning)
Steve Bell, Dave Zeglinski, Murray Pulver - Kindness (Steve Bell)
David Travers-Smith - Soon The Birds (Oh Susanna)
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
New Country Rehab - New Country Rehab
Twilight Hotel - When the Wolves Go Blind
Jaron Freeman-Fox - Manic Almanac : Slow Möbius
Evalyn Parry - SPIN
Geoff Berner - Victory Party
YOUNG PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Qristina & Quinn Bachand - Family
Olivia Korkola - Playing in Traffic
Rebecca Lappa - Not in Neverland
Molly Thomason - Beauty Queen
The Doll Sisters - The Road - EP
--Mike Regenstreif
