CFMAs ANNOUNCE 2021 NOMINEES

THE CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2021 NOMINEES

100 nominees in 19 categories from across Canada

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Bet on Love (Pharis & Jason Romero) lead the CFMAs, honoured with six nominations; Reliever (William Prince) is honoured with 5 nominations; Yours To Break (The East Pointers) honoured with four nominations; Ataataga (Riit), Coyote (Catherine MacLellan) and Are You in Love? (Basia Bulat) are honoured with 3 nominations each; while All Hands (Beòlach), Can You See Me? (Maya Rae), Kîyânaw (Burnstick), North Star Calling (Leela Gilday), Onze (Marie-Ève Laure), Rebirth (Coco Love Alcorn), Refuge (Sultans of String), Sombras (OKAN), Sugar & Joy (The Dead South), The Ridge (Julian Taylor), and The Thing About Fish (Rum Ragged), are all honoured with two nominations each.

(December 1, 2020 – HALIFAX) The Canadian Folk Music Awards celebrates its 16th edition, with a roster of nominations that celebrates the breadth and depth of Canadian folk music. This year’s nominees span the country from Baie-Egmont, Prince Edward Island to Pangnirtung, Nunavut, and from Horsefly, British Columbia to St. John’s, Newfoundland — celebrating the diversity and talent of artists and musicians across Canada.

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

CFMAs are pleased to present two NEW Award categories for 2021. A new award for “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. Another award has been added, “World Music Album Of The Year,” which replaces the former awards for “World Solo Artist of the Year,” and “World Group of the Year.”

The 16th edition of the Canadian Folk Music Awards Celebration will take place online again this year, and will present all 19 Awards, plus the Unsung Hero Award bringing the total to 20 Awards, virtually, over the weekend of April 9-10, 2021. The Awards were originally scheduled in-person over this weekend in Charlottetown, PEI, however, the CFMAs have made the difficult decision to cancel the live shows and weekend celebrations due to COVID-19. The health and safety of our 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 Canadian Folk Music Awards. Our bilingual hosts will review all the CFMA categories, nominees, and announce recipients, including the Unsung Hero Award Presentation, along with announcing where our 2022 event will take place. Please be sure to “like” our facebook page here for easier access to the live stream → https://www.facebook.com/prixfolkawards/

THE 2021 CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES ARE:

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 (Producer / Réalisateur: 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 de 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

Stream 2021 CFMA Nominees on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2aOsbji9MfCjnVJ6Y3EeI5

2021 CFMA MULTIPLE NOMINEES: https://bit.ly/3obhGIu

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