11th Canadian Folk Music Awards

11th Canadian Folk Music Awards
11th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Date	November 8, 2015
Location	Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta
Country	Canada
Website	folkawards.ca
	← 10th; Canadian Folk Music Awards; 12th →;

The 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented in Edmonton, Alberta on November 8, 2015.^[1]

Nominees and recipients[]

Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Traditional Album	Contemporary Album
Matthew Byrne, Hearts & Heroes Le Vent du Nord, Têtu Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, One Pharis and Jason Romero, A Wanderer I'll Stay Jayme Stone, Jayme Stone's Lomax Project	Catherine MacLellan, The Raven's Sun Jon Brooks, The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside Jenn Grant, Compostela The Once, Departures Gabrielle Papillon, The Tempest of Old
Children's Album	Traditional Singer
The Swinging Belles, More Sheep, Less Sleep Ginalina, Forest Friends' Nature Club Album , La vie rêvée! Hilary Grist, Tomorrow Is a Chance to Start Over , I'm Not a Bunny	, Sliding Delta Matthew Byrne, Hearts & Heroes , Arrelumbre () , Tried and True Pharis Romero, A Wanderer I'll Stay (Pharis and Jason Romero)
Contemporary Singer	Instrumental Solo Artist
Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy Peter Katz, We Are the Reckoning Sarah MacDougall, Grand Canyon Catherine MacLellan, The Raven's Sun Jory Nash, The Many Hats of Jory Nash	, The Back of Winter , Les vents orfèvres , 12x2(+/-1) Patti Kusturok, Milestone , Off the Floor
Instrumental Group	English Songwriter
Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, One , Coastline Shane Cook and , Head to Head Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Moorka , Mandala	Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy Catherine Allan and Andrew James O'Brien (Fortunate Ones), The Bliss Jon Brooks, The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland (Whitehorse), Leave No Bridge Unburned Jenn Grant, Compostela
French Songwriter	Aboriginal Songwriter
Louis-Jean Cormier, Les grandes artères , Entre toi et moi Benoit Pinette (Tire le coyote), Panorama Dany Placard, Santa Maria , Willows	Raven Kanatakta and ShoShona Kish (Digging Roots), For the Light , Up in the Air The Jerry Cans, Aakuluk Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power in the Blood Laura Vinson and Free Spirit, Warrior
Vocal Group	Ensemble
Fortunate Ones, The Bliss The Good Lovelies, Burn the Plan , So Lucky Pharis and Jason Romero, A Wanderer I'll Stay The Young Novelists, Made Us Strangers	, A Little Frayed, a Little Torn The Once, Departures Jayme Stone, Jayme Stone's Lomax Project , Chasing the Sun Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned
Solo Artist	World Solo Artist
Catherine MacLellan, The Raven's Sun , Sliding Delta Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy , New Lady on the Prairie Oh Susanna, Namedropper	Kiran Ahluwalia, Sanata: Stillness , Les vents orfèvres , Diame Emmanuel Jal, The Key , Confissão
World Group	New/Emerging Artist
Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Moorka Ayrad, Ayrad Alex Cuba, Healer , Mandala , Arrelumbre	The Young Novelists, Made Us Strangers , Thank You I'm Sorry Fortunate Ones, The Bliss , A Real Fine Mess , Headlights
Producer	Pushing the Boundaries
*Daniel Ledwell, Compostela* (Jenn Grant)** Jory Nash and Chris Stringer, The Many Hats of Jory Nash , Burn the Plan (The Good Lovelies) , and Steve Bell, Pilgrimage (Steve Bell) Pharis Romero, Jason Romero and , A Wanderer I'll Stay (Pharis and Jason Romero)	Kevin Breit, Ernesto and Delilah The Jerry Cans, Aakuluk , The Shoeless , Roll Up the Night Sky Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned
Young Performer
, Tattered Rose , Through February Snow , Coastline , Mira Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Strong Man's Address to the Circus Crowd

References[]

^ "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2015 Winners". Exclaim, November 9, 2015.

External links[]

Canadian Folk Music Awards

[1] "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2015 Winners". Exclaim, November 9, 2015.

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