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Canadian Folk Music 2018 Winners
Matthew Byrnes and Earle/Coffin Newfoundland Winners
www.folkawards.ca
By John Gavin, Monday, December 10, 2018

 

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The Canadian Folk Music Awards were established in 2005 to bring greater exposure to the breadth and depth of Canadian folk music, celebrating and promoting it in all its forms.

Here’s a list of the award winners. More information may be found online at www.folkawards.ca.

Traditional Album of the Year:- Matthew Byrne – Horizon Lines

Contemporary Album of the Year:- Donovan Woods – Both Ways

Children’s Album of the Year:- Edgar, LeBlanc, Cool, Farmeur, Vishten, Savoie, Butler – Grand tintamarre! – Chansons et comptines acadiennes

Traditional Singer of the Year:- Pharis Romero (of Pharis & Jason Romero) – Sweet Old Religion

Contemporary Singer of the Year:- Rob Lutes – Walk in the Dark

Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year:- Jean-Francois Belanger – Les enrailles de la montagne

Instrumental Group of the Year:- The Fretless – Live from the Art Farm

English Songwriter(s) of the Year:- Lynne Hanson and Lynn Miles (of the LYNNeS) – Heartbreak Song For The Radio

French Songwriter(s) of the Year:- Anike Berube, Natalie Byrns (of Ancolie) – Le soleil en bulle

Indigenous Songwriter(s) of the Year:- Shanit – Apu peikussiak

Vocal Group of the Year:- Pharis & Jason Romero – Sweet Old Religion

Ensemble of the Year:- The Lynnes – Heartbreak Song For the Radio

Solo Artist of the Year:- Bruce Cockburn – Bone On Bone

World Solo Artist of the Year:- Elaiana Cnevas – Golpes & Flores

World Group of the Year:- Autorickshaw – Meter

New/Emerging Artist of the Year:- Raine Hamilton – Night Sky

Producer(s) of the Year:- Steve Dawson – Same As I Ever Have Been ((Matt Patershuk)

Young Performer of the Year:- Nick Earle, Joseph Coffin (of Earle and Coffin) – A Day in July

 

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