2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards Nominees Announced
BC folk duo Pharis & Jason Romero head the just-announced list of nominees for the 2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMAs), with their album Bet On Love honoured with six nominations.
By FYI Staff
BC folk duo Pharis & Jason Romero head the just-announced list of nominees for the 2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMAs), with their album Bet On Love honoured with six nominations. Reliever (William Prince) receives five nominations and Yours To Break (The East Pointers) earns four, with Ataataga (Riit), Coyote (Catherine MacLellan) and Are You in Love? (Basia Bulat) gaining three each. Artists receiving two nominations for their recent albums are Beòlach, Maya Rae, Burnstick, Leela Gilday, Marie-Ève Laure, Coco Love Alcorn, Sultans of String, OKAN, The Dead South, Julian Taylor, and Rum Ragged.
This continues an impressive recent run for Julian Taylor, as his release The Ridge was shortlisted for a Grammy Award (Best Americana Album) and is up for a Blues & Roots Radio Worldwide Album of The Year Award.
Now in a 16th edition, The Canadian Folk Music Awards were established by Canada’s vibrant and internationally-recognized folk music community. The awards currently boast 19 categories, and 100 nominees were listed this year. Nominees are chosen for each category through a two-stage jury process. More than 100 jurors, located across Canada and representing all official provinces, territories and languages, determine the official recipients in each category.
The CFMAs present two new Award categories for 2021. Single of the Year, recognizes an artist or group, and their producer(s) for a single release recording, or a track from an album that was released as a single, open to all folk genres, songs and instrumentals, and World Music Album Of The Year replaces the former awards for World Solo Artist of the Year and World Group of the Year.
The Canadian Folk Music Awards Celebration will take place online again this year, and will present all 19 Awards, plus the Unsung Hero Award, virtually, over the weekend of April 9-10, 2021. The Awards were originally scheduled in-person over this weekend in Charlottetown, PEI, but the CFMAs have made the difficult decision to cancel the live shows and weekend celebrations due to Covid-19. The health and safety of patrons, artists, staff and the general public remains paramount. More information will be shared in early 2021.
The Awards Weekend online presentations will capture the true heart of the folk community, while celebrating the 2021 nominees and the category recipients. The virtual CFMA Awards show will announce the recipients of the 2021 CFMAs. Bilingual hosts will review all the CFMA categories, nominees, and announce recipients, including the Unsung Hero Award Presentation, along with announcing where the 2022 event will take place. “Like” the facebook page here for easier access to the live-stream.
THE 2021 CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES ARE:
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Children’s Album of the Year / Album jeunesse de l’année
Broccoli Farm by/par Claire Ness
Goodnight To You All by/par Charlie Hope
Small But Mighty by/par Ginalina
The Mountain Man by/par Spencer Burton
Tous musiciens by/par Henri Godon
Contemporary Album of the Year / Album contemporain de l’année
Are You in Love? by/par Basia Bulat
At the Edge of the World by/par Mike McKenna Jr.
Coyote by/par Catherine MacLellan
Drifters by/par Joe Nolan
Reliever by/par William Prince
Sugar & Joy by/par The Dead South
The Unconquerable Past by/par Stephen Fearing
Yours To Break by/par The East Pointers
Contemporary Singer of the Year / Chanteur contemporain de l’année
Coco Love Alcorn for/pour Rebirth
Basia Bulat for/pour Are You in Love?
Tim Chaisson for/pour Yours To Break
Catherine MacLellan for/pour Coyote
William Prince for/pour Reliever
English Songwriter(s) of the Year / Auteur compositeur(s) anglophone de l’année
Coco Love Alcorn for/pour Rebirth
Basia Bulat for/pour Are You in Love?
William Prince for/pour Reliever
Pharis & Jason Romero for/pour Bet On Love
Sarah Jane Scouten for/pour Confessions
Julian Taylor for/pour The Ridge
Ensemble of the Year / Groupe de l’année
OKAN for/pour Sombras
Pharis & Jason Romero for/pour Bet On Love
Sultans of String for/pour Refuge
Sussex for/pourThe Ocean Wide
The Dead South for/pour Sugar & Joy
French Songwriter(s) of the Year / Auteur-compositeur(s) francophone de l’année
Guillaume Arsenault pour/for La partie de moi qui tremble
Raphaël Delahaye pour/for Le sens de la dérive
Marie-Ève Lapierre-Lemoyne pour/for Onze
Flavie Léger-Roy pour/for Ce chapeau est trop grand pour moi
Alexandre Poulin pour/for Nature humaine
Indigenous Songwriter(s) of the Year / Auteur compositeur(s) autochtone de l’année
Jason & Nadia Burnstick for/pour Kîyânaw
A.W. Cardinal for/pour Bare Knuckles & Brawn
Leela Gilday for/pour North Star Calling
Riit for/pour ataataga
Crystal Shawanda for/pour Church House Blues
Instrumental Group of the Year / Groupe instrumental de l’année
Beòlach for/pour All Hands
Emilyn Stam & John David Williams for/pour Honeywood
Gordon Grdina’s The Marrow for/pour Safar-E-Daroon
Jessica Deutsch & Ozere for/pour Traces
Rhizome for/pour Double capture
Instrumental Solo artist of the Year / Instrumentiste solo de l’année
Marc Atkinson for/pour Solo
Benjamin Barrile for/pour Esperando el Alba
Gordon Grdina for/pour Prior Street
Nick Hornbuckle for/pour 13 or So
Natalie MacMaster for/pour Sketches
New/Emerging Artist(s) of the Year / Artiste(s) de la relève de l’année
Noah Derksen for/pour America, Dreaming
Marie-Ève Laure for/pour Onze
Maya Rae for/pour Can You See Me?
Emily Rockarts for/pour Little Flower
Rum Ragged for/pour The Thing About Fish
Emily Triggs for/pour Middletown
Producer(s) of the Year / Réalisateur(s) de l’année
Dave Clarke & Bill Garrett for/pour Coming Home (Steel Rail)
Roy Forbes for/pour Edge of Blue (Roy Forbes)
Marc Jenkins for/pour Bet On Love (Pharis & Jason Romero)
Dayna Manning for/pour Morning Light (Dayna Manning)
Chris McKhool & John 'Beetle' Bailey for/pour Refuge (Sultans of String)
Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award / Prix Innovation musicale Oliver Schroer
Aerialists for/pour Dear Sienna
Mélisande [Électrotrad] for/pour Les myriades
Riit for/pour ataataga
The East Pointers for/pour Yours To Break
The Henrys for/pour Paydirt
Single of the Year / Monoplage de l’année
K'eintah Natse Ju by/par Leela Gilday (Producer / Réalisateur: Hill Kourkoutis)
Some Kind of Hell by/par Burnstick (Producers / Réalisateurs: Jason & Nadia Burnstick)
The Spark by/par William Prince (Producers / Réalisateurs: Scott Nolan, Dave Cobb)
Wintergreen by/par The East Pointers (Producer / Réalisateur: Gordie Sampson)
Yellowknife by/par Craig Cardiff (Producer / Réalisateur: Craig Cardiff)
Solo Artist of the Year / Artiste solo de l’année
Catherine MacLellan for/pour Coyote
Lynn Miles for/pour We'll Look For Stars
William Prince for/pour Reliever
Riit for/pour ataataga
Julian Taylor for/pour The Ridge
Traditional Album of the Year / Album traditionnel de l’année
All Hands by/par Beòlach
Bet On Love by/par Pharis & Jason Romero
Crowing Ignites by/par Bruce Cockburn
Debout! by/par Le Diable à Cinq
The Lost Tapes by/par Ian & Sylvia
Traditional Singer of the Year / Chanteur traditionnel de l’année
Mike Bravener for/pour Depends Upon The Pay
Kevin Harvey for/pour Hand me Down Blues
Mark Manning for/pour The Thing About Fish
Lou Natale for/pour Workin' the Mystery
Pharis Romero for/pour Bet On Love
Vocal Group of the Year / Groupe vocal l’année
Beauséjour for/pour Beauséjour
Big Little Lions for/pour Inside Voice
Kennedy Road for/pour A Little Fight Left Yet
Pharis & Jason Romero for/pour Bet On Love
The Barrel Boys for/pour Mainline
World Album of the Year / Album de musiques du monde de l’année
Africa Without Borders by/par Okavango African Orchestra
Kora flamenca by/par Zal Sissokho
La Serena by/par Aviva Chernick
Patria by/par Mazacote
Sombras by/par OKAN
Young Performer(s) of the Year / Jeune artiste(s) de l’année
Maya Rae for/pour Can You See Me?
Moscow Apartment for/pour Better Daughter
Paige Penney for/pour Watch Out For Your Step
Quin With One N for/pour Out of the Blue
The Gilberts for/pourThe Gilberts: One
The CFMAs gratefully acknowledge the financial support of FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada's private radio broadcasters.
CFMA 2021 event details:
The 16th Edition of the Canadian Folk Music Awards takes place over the weekend of April 9-10, 2021, Visit the website and join the mailing list to get information on the CFMAs delivered to your inbox.
About the Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMAs):
Created in 2005, the Canadian Folk Music Awards celebrate the breadth and depth of folk music in Canada. Established as a non-profit, the mission of the CFMAs is to celebrate and promote Canadian folk music in all its forms. Join our mailing list, follow the CFMAs on twitter @folkawards, instagram @CanadianFolkMusicAwards or “like” us on facebook.
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