16th Canadian Folk Music Awards

16th Canadian Folk Music Awards
16th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Country	Canada
Website	folkawards.ca
	← 15th; Canadian Folk Music Awards; 17th →;

The 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented on April 9 and 10, 2021, to honour achievements in folk music by Canadian artists in 2020.^[1] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the awards were presented in a virtual livestream rather than a physical gala.^[2]

Nominations were announced December 1, 2020.^[2]

Nominees and recipients[]

Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Traditional Album	Contemporary Album
Beòlach, All Hands Bruce Cockburn, Crowing Ignites Le Diable à Cinq, Debout! Ian and Sylvia, The Lost Tapes Pharis and Jason Romero, Bet on Love	William Prince, Reliever Basia Bulat, Are You in Love? The Dead South, Sugar & Joy The East Pointers, Yours to Break Stephen Fearing, The Unconquerable Past Catherine MacLellan, Coyote , At the Edge of the World , Drifters
Children's Album	Traditional Singer
, Broccoli Farm Spencer Burton, The Mountain Man Ginalina, Small But Mighty , Tous musiciens Charlie Hope, Goodnight to You All	Pharis Romero, Bet on Love , Depends Upon the Pay Kevin Harvey, Hand Me Down Blues Mark Manning, The Thing About Fish Lou Natale, Workin' the Mystery
Contemporary Singer	Instrumental Solo Artist
Coco Love Alcorn, Rebirth Basia Bulat, Are You in Love? Tim Chaisson, Yours to Break (The East Pointers) Catherine MacLellan, Coyote William Prince, Reliever	, Solo , Esperando el Alba , Prior Street , 13 or So Natalie MacMaster, Sketches
Instrumental Group	English Songwriter
Beòlach, All Hands and John David Williams, Honeywood , Safar-E-Daroon and , Traces , Double capture	William Prince, Reliever Coco Love Alcorn, Rebirth Basia Bulat, Are You in Love? Pharis and Jason Romero, Bet on Love , Confessions Julian Taylor, The Ridge
French Songwriter	Indigenous Songwriter
Marie-Ève Lapierre-Lemoyne, Onze , La partie de moi qui tremble , Le sens de la dérive , Ce chapeau est trop grand pour moi , Nature humaine	Leela Gilday, North Star Calling Jason and Nadia Burnstick, Kîyânaw , Bare Knuckles & Brawn Riit, ataataga Crystal Shawanda, Church House Blues
Vocal Group	Ensemble
Pharis and Jason Romero, Bet on Love , Mainline , Beauséjour , Inside Voice , A Little Fight Left Yet	Pharis and Jason Romero, Bet on Love OKAN, Sombras Sultans of String, Refuge , The Ocean Wide The Dead South, Sugar & Joy
Solo Artist	World Album
Julian Taylor, The Ridge Catherine MacLellan, Coyote Lynn Miles, We'll Look For Stars William Prince, Reliever Riit, ataataga	Zal Sissokho, Kora flamenca , La Serena Okavango African Orchestra, Africa Without Borders , Patria OKAN, Sombras
Single of the Year	New/Emerging Artist
Burnstick, "Some Kind of Hell" Craig Cardiff, "Yellowknife" The East Pointers, "Wintergreen" Leela Gilday, "K'eintah Natse Ju" William Prince, "The Spark"	, America, Dreaming Marie-Ève Laure, Onze , Can You See Me? , Little Flower Rum Ragged, The Thing About Fish , Middletown
Producer	Pushing the Boundaries
*Chris McKhool and John "Beetle" Bailey, Refuge* (Sultans of String)** Dave Clarke and Bill Garrett, Coming Home () Roy Forbes, Edge of Blue (Roy Forbes) Marc Jenkins, Bet on Love (Pharis and Jason Romero) Dayna Manning, Morning Light (Dayna Manning)	, Dear Sienna The East Pointers, Yours to Break The Henrys, Paydirt Mélisande (électrotrad), Les myriades Riit, ataataga
Young Performer
, The Gilberts: One Moscow Apartment, Better Daughter , Watch Out for Your Step Quin with One N, Out of the Blue , Can You See Me?

References[]

^ "Pharis & Jason Romero Head CFMA Winners List". FYI Music News, April 11, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.

External links[]

Canadian Folk Music Awards

[1] "Pharis & Jason Romero Head CFMA Winners List". FYI Music News, April 11, 2021.

[exclaim-2] Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.

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