The nominees for this year's Canadian Folk Music Awards were announced today (September 21), with artists like Royal Wood, Old Man Luedecke, White Horse and more potentially taking home a statue this December.
The full list of nominees were revealed today at Toronto City Hall during the National Strum event, which featured a performance from James Keelaghan. All told 19 categories of nominees were announced, with 72 artists and groups from across the country receiving noms.
PEI's Ten Strings and a Goat Skin garnered the most nominations, racking up four salutes for their Auprès du Poêle collection.
Some of the other artists that garnered multiple nominations include the Strumbellas, Whitehorse, Donovan Woods, Royal Wood and Danny Michel. Other nominees include Jim Bryson, Matthew and Jill Barber, and Megan Bonnell, among others.
The CFMA Awards Gala is being held December 3 at Toronto's Isabel Bader Theatre and will be hosted by Newfoundland's Jean Hewson and La Bottine Souriante's Benoit Bourque. Tickets are $45, plus service charges, and can be picked up over here.
UPDATE (10/27, 3:40 p.m. EDT): The gala performers have now been announced, and they include Bruce Cockburn, Colin Linden, the Ennis Sisters, Sultans of String, Red Moon Road and Klô Pelgag.
You'll find all of the nomination details down below.
Canadian Folk Music Awards 2016 Nominees:
Young Performer of the Year:
Jake Vance - Eden
Jessica Wedden - Fiddling is My Passion
Chanelle Albert - How Beautiful We Are
Nick Earle and Joe Coffin - Live at the Citadel House
Keltie Monaghan - Someone Tell Her
New/Emerging Artist of the Year:
Ben Caplan - Birds With Broken Wings
Hillsburn - In the Battle Years
Evening Hymns - Quiet Energies
Old Whiskey Road - Under The Neon Lights
The Small Glories - Wondrous Traveler
The Oliver Schroer Pushing The Boundaries Award:
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin - Auprès du Poêle
Ozere - Finding Anyplace
Kaia Kater - Nine Pin
Jim Bryson - Somewhere We Will Find Our Place
Whitehorse - The Northern South Vol. 1
English Songwriter(s) of the Year:
Royal Wood - Ghost Light
Donovan Woods - Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled
The Strumbellas - Hope
Danny Michel - Matadora
The Small Glories (Songwriters: Cara Luft, JD Edwards) - Wondrous Traveler
French Songwriter(s) of the Year:
Les soeurs Boulay - 4488 de l'Amour
Richard Séguin - Les horizons nouveaux
Safia Nolin - Limoilou
Philippe Brach - Portraits de famine
Sept jours en mai - Songwriters: Mara Tremblay, Michel Rivard, Luc De Larochellière, Éric Goulet, Gilles Bélanger, MountainDaisies (Ariane Ouellet, Carl Prévost) - Sept jours en mai
Aboriginal Songwriter(s) of the Year:
Nadia Gaudet & Jason Burnstick - Dream Big, Little One * Fais de beaux rêves, petit ange
William Prince - Earthly Days
Digawolf - Great Northern Man
Amanda Rheaume - Holding Patterns
Twin Flames - Jaaji and Chelsey June
World Group of the Year:
Tio Chorinho - Chora Brazil
Nomadica - Dance of the Infidels
Lenka Lichtenberg & Fray - Live in America
Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus - Round Trip
Sultans of String - Subcontinental Drift
World Solo Artist of the Year:
Jocelyn Pettit - Caravan
Kattam - De Tombouctou à Bombay
Élage Diouf - Melokáane
Karim Saada - Mon frère
Willy Rios - Para ti
Traditional Album of the Year:
Auprès du Poêle by Ten Strings And A Goat Skin
Coffee Creek by The Slocan Ramblers
Princes et Habitants by Yann Falquet & Pascal Gemme
Terre Rouge by Vishtèn
Un Canadien Errant by Fásta
Traditional Singer of the Year:
Rowen Gallant from Ten Strings And A Goat Skin - Auprès du Poêle
Chaim Tannenbaum - Chaim Tannenbaum
Shannon Quinn - If All The Young Ladies
Yves Lambert from the Yves Lambert Trio - Laissez courir les chiens
Sophie Lavoie from Fásta - Un Canadien Errant
Contemporary Album of the Year:
Empty Train by David Francey
Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams by Corin Raymond
Hope by The Strumbellas
Just Keep Moving by Big Little Lions
Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled by Donovan Woods
Contemporary Singer of the Year:
William Prince - Earthly Days
Matt Andersen - Honest Man
Jadea Kelly - Love & Lust
Megan Bonnell - Magnolia
Danny Michel - Matadora
Instrumental Group of the Year:
The Andrew Collins Trio - And It Was Good
Tio Chorinho - Chora Brazil
NUA - FLOW
Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus - Round Trip
The East Pointers - Secret Victory
Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year:
Don Alder - Armed & Dangerous
Duane Andrews - Conception Bay
Daniel Koulack - Frailing To Succeed
Arnie Naiman - My Lucky Stars
Lotus Wight - Ode to the Banjo
Vocal Group of the Year:
Rosie & the Riveters - Good Clean Fun!
Hillsburn - In the Battle Years
Musique à bouches - Jusqu'aux oreilles
Big Little Lions - Just Keep Moving
Sweet Alibi - Walking In The Dark
The full list of nominees were revealed today at Toronto City Hall during the National Strum event, which featured a performance from James Keelaghan. All told 19 categories of nominees were announced, with 72 artists and groups from across the country receiving noms.
PEI's Ten Strings and a Goat Skin garnered the most nominations, racking up four salutes for their Auprès du Poêle collection.
Some of the other artists that garnered multiple nominations include the Strumbellas, Whitehorse, Donovan Woods, Royal Wood and Danny Michel. Other nominees include Jim Bryson, Matthew and Jill Barber, and Megan Bonnell, among others.
The CFMA Awards Gala is being held December 3 at Toronto's Isabel Bader Theatre and will be hosted by Newfoundland's Jean Hewson and La Bottine Souriante's Benoit Bourque. Tickets are $45, plus service charges, and can be picked up over here.
UPDATE (10/27, 3:40 p.m. EDT): The gala performers have now been announced, and they include Bruce Cockburn, Colin Linden, the Ennis Sisters, Sultans of String, Red Moon Road and Klô Pelgag.
You'll find all of the nomination details down below.
Canadian Folk Music Awards 2016 Nominees:
Young Performer of the Year:
Jake Vance - Eden
Jessica Wedden - Fiddling is My Passion
Chanelle Albert - How Beautiful We Are
Nick Earle and Joe Coffin - Live at the Citadel House
Keltie Monaghan - Someone Tell Her
New/Emerging Artist of the Year:
Ben Caplan - Birds With Broken Wings
Hillsburn - In the Battle Years
Evening Hymns - Quiet Energies
Old Whiskey Road - Under The Neon Lights
The Small Glories - Wondrous Traveler
The Oliver Schroer Pushing The Boundaries Award:
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin - Auprès du Poêle
Ozere - Finding Anyplace
Kaia Kater - Nine Pin
Jim Bryson - Somewhere We Will Find Our Place
Whitehorse - The Northern South Vol. 1
English Songwriter(s) of the Year:
Royal Wood - Ghost Light
Donovan Woods - Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled
The Strumbellas - Hope
Danny Michel - Matadora
The Small Glories (Songwriters: Cara Luft, JD Edwards) - Wondrous Traveler
French Songwriter(s) of the Year:
Les soeurs Boulay - 4488 de l'Amour
Richard Séguin - Les horizons nouveaux
Safia Nolin - Limoilou
Philippe Brach - Portraits de famine
Sept jours en mai - Songwriters: Mara Tremblay, Michel Rivard, Luc De Larochellière, Éric Goulet, Gilles Bélanger, MountainDaisies (Ariane Ouellet, Carl Prévost) - Sept jours en mai
Aboriginal Songwriter(s) of the Year:
Nadia Gaudet & Jason Burnstick - Dream Big, Little One * Fais de beaux rêves, petit ange
William Prince - Earthly Days
Digawolf - Great Northern Man
Amanda Rheaume - Holding Patterns
Twin Flames - Jaaji and Chelsey June
World Group of the Year:
Tio Chorinho - Chora Brazil
Nomadica - Dance of the Infidels
Lenka Lichtenberg & Fray - Live in America
Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus - Round Trip
Sultans of String - Subcontinental Drift
World Solo Artist of the Year:
Jocelyn Pettit - Caravan
Kattam - De Tombouctou à Bombay
Élage Diouf - Melokáane
Karim Saada - Mon frère
Willy Rios - Para ti
Traditional Album of the Year:
Auprès du Poêle by Ten Strings And A Goat Skin
Coffee Creek by The Slocan Ramblers
Princes et Habitants by Yann Falquet & Pascal Gemme
Terre Rouge by Vishtèn
Un Canadien Errant by Fásta
Traditional Singer of the Year:
Rowen Gallant from Ten Strings And A Goat Skin - Auprès du Poêle
Chaim Tannenbaum - Chaim Tannenbaum
Shannon Quinn - If All The Young Ladies
Yves Lambert from the Yves Lambert Trio - Laissez courir les chiens
Sophie Lavoie from Fásta - Un Canadien Errant
Contemporary Album of the Year:
Empty Train by David Francey
Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams by Corin Raymond
Hope by The Strumbellas
Just Keep Moving by Big Little Lions
Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled by Donovan Woods
Contemporary Singer of the Year:
William Prince - Earthly Days
Matt Andersen - Honest Man
Jadea Kelly - Love & Lust
Megan Bonnell - Magnolia
Danny Michel - Matadora
Instrumental Group of the Year:
The Andrew Collins Trio - And It Was Good
Tio Chorinho - Chora Brazil
NUA - FLOW
Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus - Round Trip
The East Pointers - Secret Victory
Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year:
Don Alder - Armed & Dangerous
Duane Andrews - Conception Bay
Daniel Koulack - Frailing To Succeed
Arnie Naiman - My Lucky Stars
Lotus Wight - Ode to the Banjo
Vocal Group of the Year:
Rosie & the Riveters - Good Clean Fun!
Hillsburn - In the Battle Years
Musique à bouches - Jusqu'aux oreilles
Big Little Lions - Just Keep Moving
Sweet Alibi - Walking In The Dark