8th Canadian Folk Music Awards

The 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented in Saint John, New Brunswick on November 17, 2012, and streamed online on Roots Music Canada’s website. Winners were named in 17 categories, while recipients also were honored with special Innovator of the Year and Unsung Hero awards during a gala event at the Imperial Theatre that was hosted by Benoit Bourque of La Bottine Souriante.^[1]

Nominees and Recipients

Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[2]

Traditional Album of the Year

• Metis Fiddler Quartet - Northwest Voyage Nord Ouest
  • Nicolas Pellerin - Petit grain d'or
  • Le Vent du Nord - Tromper le temps
  • Sheesham and Lotus & 'Son - 1929
  • Lenka Lichtenberg - Songs for the Breathing Walls

Contemporary Album of the Year

• The Deep Dark Woods - The Place I Left Behind
  • Linda McRae - Rough Edges and Ragged Hearts
  • Whitehorse - Whitehorse
  • Old Man Luedecke and Lake of Stew - Sing All About It
  • Rose Cousins - We Have Made a Spark

Children's Album of the Year

• Henri Godon - Chansons pour toutes sortes d'enfants
  • Kathy Reid-Naiman and Hannah Naiman - Here We Go Zodeo
  • Andrew Queen - GROW
  • Will Stroet - Ensemble, en cadence
  • Shelley Bean & The Duckety Muds - Shelley Bean & The Duckety Muds

Traditional Singer of the Year

• Lenka Lichtenberg - Songs for the Breathing Walls
  • Peter Wynne (The Wynnes) - The Wynnes
  • Kim Beggs (The Blue Warblers) - Pretty Good
  • Fred Jorgensen (The Navigators) - Soldiers & Sailors
  • Sneezy Waters - Sneezy Waters

Contemporary Singer of the Year

• Rose Cousins - We Have Made a Spark
  • Keri Latimer - Crowsfeet and Greyskull
  • Geraldine Hollett (The Once) - Row Upon Row of the People They Know
  • Catherine MacLellan - Silhouette
  • Craig Cardiff - Floods and Fires

Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year

• Trent Freeman - Rock Paper Scissors
  • Rik Barron - Speechless
  • Darren McMullen - Shoes for Molly
  • Andrew Collins - Cats and Dogs
  • Shaun Ferguson - Ascensions

Instrumental Group of the Year

• The Fretless - Waterbound
  • Sultans of String - MOVE
  • Oliver Schroer and Nuala Kennedy - Enthralled
  • Metis Fiddler Quartet - Northwest Voyage Nord Ouest
  • Gypsophilia - Constellation

English Songwriter of the Year

• Catherine MacLellan - Silhouette
  • Dala - Best Day
  • The Deep Dark Woods - The Place I Left Behind
  • Jon Brooks - Delicate Cages
  • Annie Lou - Grandma's Rules for Drinking
  • PEAR - Sweet 'n Gritty

French Songwriter of the Year

• Mes Aïeux - À l'aube du printemps
  • Anique Granger - Les outils qu'on a
  • Caracol - Blanc Mercredi
  • André Dédé Vander - French toast et peines perdues
  • Lisa LeBlanc - Lisa LeBlanc

Vocal Group of the Year

• The Once - Row Upon Row of the People They Know
  • Scarlett Jane - Stranger
  • Dala - Best Day
  • Whitehorse - Whitehorse
  • Sweet Alibi - Sweet Alibi

Ensemble of the Year

• The Fretless - Waterbound
  • Whitehorse - Whitehorse
  • Oliver Schroer and Nuala Kennedy - Enthralled
  • Le Vent du Nord - Tromper le temps
  • La Bottine Souriante - Appellation d'origine côntrolée

Solo Artist of the Year

• Michael Jerome Browne - The Road Is Dark
  • Matt Andersen - Coal Mining Blues
  • Del Barber - Headwaters
  • Anne Louise Genest (Annie Lou) - Grandma's Rules for Drinking
  • Rose Cousins - We Have Made a Spark

World Group of the Year

• Sultans of String - MOVE
  • Roberto Lopez Afro-Colombian Jazz Orchestra - Azul
  • Zhambai Trio - Tambanavo
  • Sagapool - Sagapool
  • Surkalén - Essence de lumière

New/Emerging Artist of the Year

• Pharis and Jason Romero - A Passing Glimpse
  • Scarlett Jane - Stranger
  • Lisa LeBlanc - Lisa LeBlanc
  • Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers - In the Time of the Great Remembering
  • Three Little Birds - Three Little Birds

Producer of the Year

• Rob Szabo - A Natural Fact (Steve Strongman)
  • Chris McKhool - MOVE (Sultans of String)
  • Mike Roth - Best Day (Dala)
  • Glen Simmons - Soldiers & Sailors (The Navigators)
  • François Couture - YAHNDAWA' (YAHNDAWA')

Pushing the Boundaries

• Sagapool - Sagapool
  • Sultans of String - MOVE
  • Briga - Turbo Folk Stories
  • Gadji-Gadjo - La Folle Allure
  • The Fretless - Waterbound

Young Performer of the Year

• Lucas Chaisson - Growing Pains
  • Emily Madronich - Take It Away
  • The Archers - Much More Than Merry Men
  • Rebecca Lappa - Myths and Monsters
  • Cassie & Maggie MacDonald - Fresh Heirs

Other Special Awards

Two other special presentations were made at the ceremony. Harmonica genius Mike Stevens was named Innovator of the Year for 2012 for his work founding and dedication to Arts Can Circle. This award was created and presented by Folk Music Canada. Also, Saint John, New Brunswick's Gerry Taylor was recognized as Atlantic Canada's Unsung Hero of folk music in the region, for his contribution for over half a century as a newspaper columnist, talent scout and judge.^[3]

References

External links

• Canadian Folk Music Awards