THE CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2020 NOMINEES

NOVEMBER 19, 2019 - MEDIA ANNOUNCE
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THE CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2020 NOMINEES 

105 nominees in 19 categories from across Canada

Assiniboine & The Red (The Small Glories) and Up Against The Sky (Dave Gunning) lead the CFMAs, honoured with four nominations each; AQQUT (Joshua Haulli), Horizons (Vishtèn), Love, Inevitable (Jenn Grant), Old Stock (Ben Caplan), and Time Travel (Lennie Gallant) are honoured with 3 nominations each; while Bhumika (Toronto Tabla Ensemble), Easy Money (Old Man Luedecke), Getaway (Abigail Lapell), Grenades (Kaia Kater), Halfway Home By Morning (Matt Andersen), Let Me Show You (Lydia Persaud), Mandorla (Pierre Schryer & Adam Dobres), Queen City Jubilee (The Slocan Ramblers), and Shorelines (Emilyn Stam & Filippo Gambetta) honoured with two nominations each. 

(HALIFAX - November 19, 2019) – The Canadian Folk Music Awards announced the nominees for its 15th edition today, celebrating this year’s 105 nominees. The nominees hail from across Canada - from Igloolik, NU to Mount Pearl, NL and from Gabriola Island, BC to Rustico, PEI  - celebrating the breadth and depth of folk music in Canada. 

NEW this year, in order to recognize more outstanding albums and performers in higher-subscribed categories, we are expanding the number of nominees in the Contemporary Album of the Year, New/Emerging Artist of the Year, Solo Artist of the Year, and English Songwriter(s) of the Year categories. 

The 15th edition of the CFMAs will take place April 3-4, 2020, in Charlottetown, PE, at the PEI Convention Centre. The weekend’s focus events will take shape as two hosted Awards Weekend Concerts, which are open to the public. More information about ticketing, the gala performance and the line-up will be announced in early 2020.

Awards will be presented throughout both evenings, April 3 and 4th, at the Awards Weekend Concerts. These concerts combine the most loved events of the Canadian Folk Music Awards’ – the vibrant energy of the live music showcases and the awards gala. The Awards Weekend Concerts will capture the true heart of the folk community, while celebrating the 2020 nominees and the category recipients.

Established by Canada’s burgeoning and internationally-recognized folk music community, the awards currently boast 19 categories. Nominees are chosen for each category. A two stage jury process by 100 jurors located across Canada representing all official provinces, territories and languages determine the official recipients in each category.

Click HERE to watch the CFMA announce video.

The 2020 Canadian Folk Music Award Nominees are:

TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR / ALBUM TRADITIONNEL DE L’ANNÉE

• Easy Money by/par Old Man Luedecke
• Horizons by/par Vishtèn
• Queen City Jubilee by/par The Slocan Ramblers
• Territoires by/par Le Vent du Nord
• Watchmaker by/par Shannon Quinn 

CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR / ALBUM CONTEMPORAIN DE L’ANNÉE

• Assiniboine & The Red by/par The Small Glories
• Citizen Alien by/par Leaf Rapids
• Getaway by/par Abigail Lapell
• Love, Inevitable by/par Jenn Grant
• The Al Purdy Songbook by/par Various
• The Maze by/par Ariana Gillis
• Time Travel by/par Lennie Gallant 
• Up Against The Sky by/par Dave Gunning
  
  
  

CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR /  ALBUM JEUNESSE DE L’ANNÉE

• It Takes a Village by/par Ginalina
• Lullabies For Big Eyes by/par The Kerplunks
• Magical Lullabies by/par Amos J & Jérôme Fortin
• Rocks and Roots by/par Will's Jams
• You, Me and the Sea by/par Splash'N Boots

TRADITIONAL SINGER OF THE YEAR / CHANTEUR TRADITIONNEL DE L’ANNÉE 

• Rachel Davis for/pour Ashlar (Còig)
• Joshua Haulli for/pour AQQUT 
• Sophie Lavoie for/pour Portraits (Sophie & Fiachra)
• Old Man Luedecke for/pour Easy Money 
• Allison Lupton for/pour Words of Love

CONTEMPORARY SINGER OF THE YEAR / CHANTEUR CONTEMPORAIN DE L’ANNÉE

• Matt Andersen for/pour Halfway Home By Morning
• Jenn Grant for/pour Love, Inevitable 
• Dave Gunning for/pour Up Against The Sky 
• Lydia Persaud for/pour Let Me Show You 
• Andrea Ramolo for/pour Homage
  
  
  

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR / INSTRUMENTISTE SOLO DE L’ANNÉE

• Itamar Erez for/pour Mi Alegria 
• Sabin Jacques for/pour Grandes Rencontres (Sabin Jacques & Rachel Aucoin)
• Graham Lindsey for/pour TradHead
• Jon Pilatzke for/pour Amongst Friends 
• Richard Wood for/pour Unbroken

INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR / GROUPE INSTRUMENTAL DE L’ANNÉE 

• Emilyn Stam & Filippo Gambetta for/pour Shorelines 
• Mairi Rankin & Eric Wright for/pour The Cabin Sessions 
• Pierre Schryer & Adam Dobres for/pour Mandorla 
• The Fitzgeralds for/pour The Fitzgeralds
• Toronto Tabla Ensemble for/pour Bhumika
  
  
  

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR / GROUPE VOCAL DE L’ANNÉE  

• Fortunate Ones for/pour Hold Fast 
• Geneviève et Alain for/pour De la rivière à la mer 
• Musique à bouches for/pour L'habit de plumes 
• The Small Glories for/pour Assiniboine & The Red 
• The Sweet Lowdown for/pour Low Clouds in the Morning

ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR / GROUPE DE L’ANNÉE

• Haley Richardson & Quinn Bachand for/pour When The Wind Blows High and Clear 
• Oliver the Crow for/pour Oliver the Crow 
• The Slocan Ramblers for/pour Queen City Jubilee 
• The Small Glories for/pour Assiniboine & The Red 
• Vishtèn for/pour Horizons

SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR / ARTISTE SOLO DE L’ANNÉE

• Michael Jerome Browne for/pour That's Where It's At 
• Jenn Grant for/pour Love, Inevitable 
• Dave Gunning for/pour Up Against The Sky 
• Sarah MacDougall for/pour All The Hours I Have Left To Tell You Anything 
• Danny Michel for/pour White & Gold
• Irish Mythen for/pour Little Bones

ENGLISH SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR / AUTEUR-COMPOSITEUR(S) ANGLOPHONE DE L’ANNÉE  

• Ben Caplan, Christian Barry for/pour Old Stock (Ben Caplan)
• Lennie Gallant for/pour Time Travel 
• Dave Gunning for/pour Up Against The Sky 
• Kaia Kater for/pour Grenades 
• Abigail Lapell for/pour Getaway
• Cara Luft, JD Edwards, Neil Osborne, Catherine MacLellan for/pour Assiniboine & The Red (The Small Glories) 
• Madeleine Roger for/pour Cottonwood 
• Justin Rutledge for/pour Passages

FRENCH SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR /AUTEUR-COMPOSITEUR(S) FRANCOPHONE DE L’ANNÉE 

• Bernard Adamus for/pour C'qui nous reste du Texas
• Jordane Labrie, Clement Desjardins for/pour 12 jours (Jordane)
• Jean Leloup for/pour L'étrange pays
• Safia Nolin for/pour Dans le noir 
• Caroline Savoie for/pour Pourchasser l'aube

INDIGENOUS SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR / AUTEUR-COMPOSITEUR(S) AUTOCHTONE DE L’ANNÉE 

• Sugar Plum Croxen, Shelley Hamilton, George Elliott Clarke for/pour Constitution (The Afro-Métis Nation)
• Jenelle Duval, Danielle Benoit, Stacey Howse for/pour Qama'si (Eastern Owl)
• Joshua Haulli for/pour AQQUT 
• Diyet van Lieshout for/pour Diyet & the Love Soldiers
• Mike Paul for/pour Origine

WORLD SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR / ARTISTE DE L’ANNÉE MUSIQUE DU MONDE - SOLO

• Ben Caplan for/pour Old Stock 
• Cristian De La Luna for/pour SABES 
• Quique Escamilla for/pour Encomienda 
• Roberto López for/pour Kaleido Strópico 
• Wesli for/pour Rapadou Kreyol
  
  
  

WORLD GROUP OF THE YEAR / GROUPE DE MUSIQUE DE MONDE DE L’ANNÉE

• Al Qahwa for/pour Cairo Moon 
• Ayrad for/pour Zoubida 
• Emilyn Stam & Filippo Gambetta for/pour Shorelines 
• Pierre Schryer & Adam Dobres for/pour Mandorla
• Toronto Tabla Ensemble for/pour Bhumika

NEW/EMERGING ARTIST(S) OF THE YEAR / ARTISTE(S) DE LA RELÈVE

• Birds Of Bellwoods for/pour Victoria 
• Geneviève Racette for/pour No Water, No Flowers
• Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys for/pour Dreamland 
• Hook & Nail for/pour Ghosts of Taylorton 
• Lydia Persaud for/pour Let Me Show You 
• T. Buckley for/pour Miles We Put Behind
• The Lumber Jills for/pour The Lumber Jills 
• The Unfaithful Servants for/pour The Unfaithful Servants
  
  
  

PRODUCER(S) OF THE YEAR / RÉALISATEUR(S) DE L’ANNÉE

• Erin Costelo for/pour Grenades (Kaia Kater)
• Steve Dawson for/pour Halfway Home By Morning (Matt Andersen)
• Luke Doucet for/pour The Northern South Vol. 2 (Whitehorse)
• Daniel Ledwell for/pour Time Travel (Lennie Gallant)
• Jory Nash, Chris Stringer for/pour Wilderness Years (Jory Nash)

OLIVER SCHROER PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES AWARD / PRIX INNOVATION MUSICALE  OLIVER SCHROER

• Ben Caplan for/pour Old Stock
• Elisapie for/pour The Ballad of the Runaway Girl
• Samson Wrote for/pour Pigeon
• Tri-Continental for/pour Dust Dance
• Vishtèn for/pour Horizons

YOUNG PERFORMER(S) OF THE YEAR / JEUNE ARTISTE(S) DE L’ANNÉE  

• Conway for/pour Conway
• Nick Earle for/pour Breaking New Ground
• Joshua Haulli for/pour AQQUT 
• Keltie for/pour Expect Inhibition 
• Jacques Surette for/pour Marche, marche, marche 

Multiple nominees are as follows  / Les nominés multiples sont les suivants:

• Assiniboine & The Red (The Small Glories) - 4

Contemporary Album of the Year
Vocal Group of the Year
Ensemble of the Year
English Songwriter(s) of the Year (Cara Luft, JD Edwards, Neil Osborne, Catherine MacLellan)

• Up Against The Sky (Dave Gunning) - 4  

Contemporary Album of the Year
Contemporary Singer of the Year
English Songwriter of the Year
Solo Artist of the Year

• AQQUT (Joshua Haulli)- 3

Traditional Singer of the Year
Indigenous Songwriter of the Year
Young Performer of the Year

• Horizons (Vishtèn) - 3

Traditional Album of the Year
Ensemble of the Year
Pushing the Boundaries

• Love, Inevitable (Jenn Grant) - 3

Contemporary Album of the Year
Contemporary Singer of the Year
Solo Artist of the Year

• Old Stock (Ben Caplan) - 3

World Solo Artist of the Year
Pushing the Boundaries
English Songwriter(s) of the Year (Ben Caplan, Christian Barry) 

• Time Travel (Lennie Gallant) - 3

Contemporary Album of the Year
English Songwriter of the Year
Producer of the Year (Daniel Ledwell)

• Bhumika (Toronto Tabla Ensemble) - 2

Instrumental Group of the Year
World Group of the Year

• Easy Money (Old Man Luedecke) - 2 

Traditional Album of the Year
Traditional Singer of the Year

• Getaway (Abigail Lapell) - 2

Contemporary Album of the Year
English Songwriter of the Year

• Grenades (Kaia Kater) - 2

English Songwriter of the Year
Producer of the Year (Erin Costelo)

• Halfway Home By Morning (Matt Andersen) - 2 

Contemporary Singer of the Year
Producer of the Year (Steve Dawson)

• Let Me Show You (Lydia Persaud) - 2  

Contemporary Singer of the Year
New/Emerging Artist of the Year

• Mandorla (Pierre Schryer & Adam Dobres) - 2  

Instrumental Group of the Year
World Group of the Year

• Queen City Jubilee (The Slocan Ramblers) - 2

Traditional Album of the Year
Ensemble of the Year

• Shorelines (Emilyn Stam & Filippo Gambetta) - 2

Instrumental Group of the Year
World Group of the Year

NOMINEES BY PROVINCE / NOMINÉS PAR PROVINCE:

Alberta, 3

• Cristian De La Luna for/pour SABES 
• Keltie for/pour Expect Inhibition
• T. Buckley for/pour Miles We Put Behind

British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique, 9

• It Takes a Village by/par Ginalina
• Itamar Erez for/pour Mi Alegria
• Lullabies For Big Eyes by/par The Kerplunks
• Pierre Schryer & Adam Dobres for/pour Mandorla
• Rocks and Roots by/par Will's Jams 
• Steve Dawson for/pour Halfway Home By Morning (Matt Andersen)
• The Sweet Lowdown for/pour Low Clouds in the Morning
• The Unfaithful Servants for/pour The Unfaithful Servants 
• Tri-Continental for/pour Dust Dance

Manitoba, 3

• Citizen Alien by/par Leaf Rapids
• Madeleine Roger for/pour Cottonwood
• The Small Glories for/pour Assiniboine & The Red

New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick, 2

• Caroline Savoie for/pour Pourchasser l'aube
• The Lumber Jills for/pour The Lumber Jills

Newfoundland & Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, 4

• Conway for/pour Conway
• Fortunate Ones for/pour Hold Fast 
• Jenelle Duval, Danielle Benoit, Stacey Howse for/pour Qama'si (Eastern Owl)
• Nick Earle for/pour Breaking New Ground

Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse, 11

• Ben Caplan for/pour Old Stock
• Daniel Ledwell for/pour Time Travel (Lennie Gallant)
• Dave Gunning for/pour Up Against The Sky
• Erin Costelo for/pour Grenades (Kaia Kater)
• Jacques Surette for/pour Marche, marche, marche
• Jenn Grant for/pour Love, Inevitable 
• Lennie Gallant for/pour Time Travel
• Matt Andersen for/pour Halfway Home By Morning
• Old Man Luedecke for/pour Easy Money 
• Rachel Davis (Còig) for/pour Ashlar
• Watchmaker by/par Shannon Quinn

Nunavut, 1

• Joshua Haulli for/pour AQQUT

Ontario, 27 

• Abigail Lapell for/pour Getaway 
• Allison Lupton for/pour Words of Love 
• Andrea Ramolo for/pour Homage 
• Al Qahwa for/pour Cairo Moon 
• Birds Of Bellwoods for/pour Victoria 
• Danny Michel for/pour White & Gold 
• Emilyn Stam & Filippo Gambetta for/pour Shorelines 
• Graham Lindsey for/pour TradHead
• Jon Pilatzke for/pour Amongst Friends 
• Jory Nash, Chris Stringer for/pour Wilderness Years (Jory Nash)
• Justin Rutledge for/pour Passages 
• Kaia Kater for/pour Grenades 
• Luke Doucet for/pour The Northern South Vol. 2 (Whitehorse)
• Lydia Persaud for/pour Let Me Show You 
• Mairi Rankin & Eric Wright for/pour The Cabin Sessions 
• Oliver the Crow for/pour Oliver the Crow 
• Quique Escamilla for/pour Encomienda 
• Samson Wrote for/pour Pigeon
• Sarah MacDougall for/pour All The Hours I Have Left To Tell You Anything 
• Sugar Plum Croxen, Shelley Hamilton, George Elliott Clarke for/pour Constitution (The Afro-Métis Nation)
• Queen City Jubilee by/par The Slocan Ramblers
• The Fitzgeralds for/pour The Fitzgeralds
• The Maze by/par Ariana Gillis
• The Slocan Ramblers for/pour Queen City Jubilee 
• Toronto Tabla Ensemble for/pour Bhumika 
• The Al Purdy Songbook by/par Various
• You, Me and the Sea by/par Splash'N Boots

Prince Edward Island / Île-du-Prince-Édouard, 4

• Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys for/pour Dreamland
• Irish Mythen for/pour Little Bones
• Richard Wood for/pour Unbroken 
• Vishtèn for/pour Horizons 

Québec, 18

• Ayrad for/pour Zoubida
• Bernard Adamus for/pour C'qui nous reste du Texas
• Elisapie for/pour The Ballad of the Runaway Girl
• Geneviève et Alain for/pour  De la rivière à la mer 
• Geneviève Racette for/pour No Water, No Flowers
• Haley Richardson & Quinn Bachand for/pour When The Wind Blows High and Clear
• Jean Leloup for/pour L'étrange pays
• Jordane Labrie, Clement Desjardins for/pour 12 jours (Jordane)
• Magical Lullabies by/par Amos J & Jérôme Fortin
• Michael Jerome Browne for/pour That's Where It's At 
• Mike Paul for/pour Origine 
• Musique à bouches for/pour L'habit de plumes
• Roberto López for/pour Kaleido Strópico 
• Sabin Jacques for/pour Grandes Rencontres
• Safia Nolin for/pour Dans le noir 
• Sophie Lavoie for/pour Portraits 
• Territoires by/par Le Vent du Nord
• Wesli for/pour Rapadou Kreyol 

Saskatchewan, 1

• Hook & Nail for/pour Ghosts of Taylorton

Yukon, 1

• Diyet van Lieshout for/pour Diyet & the Love Soldiers

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada's private radio broadcasters.

CFMA 2020 event details:
The 15th Edition of the Canadian Folk Music Awards takes place over the weekend of April 3-4, 2020 at The PEI Convention Centre, in beautiful downtown, Charlottetown, PEI at 4 Queen St. Tickets and wristbands will go on sale in early 2020, please visit our website, www.folkawards.ca and join our mailing list to be the first to know about our events and announcements.

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