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Thread #97189 Message #1909001
Posted By: black walnut
13-Dec-06 - 09:45 PM
Thread Name: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006
Subject: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006
Has no one started a thread about this yet? If so, I can't find it.
Here are the results from last weekend's CFMA's:
Best Album - Contemporary
Penny Lang - Stone & Sand & Sea & Sky (Madeira Park, BC / formerly of Montreal)
Also nominated: Corb Lund - Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer (Edmonton, AB), Jim Byrnes - House of Refuge ( Vancouver, BC), Bruce Cockburn - Life Short Call Now (Toronto, ON), The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker (Winnipeg, MB / Montreal QC)
Best Album - Traditional
Nicolas Boulerice et Olivier Demers - Un peu d'ci, Un peu d'ça (Montreal, QC)
Also nominated: James Keelaghan - A Few Simple Verses (Winnipeg, MB), Claude Méthé - L'Amant Confesseur ( Ste-Béatrix, QC), Strada – Gamos (Québec, QC), Serre L-Écoute - Fortunes et Perditions (Québec, QC)
Best Songwriter - English
Stephen Fearing (Guelph, ON)
Also nominated: Lennie Gallant (Halifax, NS), Ron Hynes (St. John's, NF), Romi Mayes ( Winnipeg, MB), Sarah Noni Metzner (Vancouver, BC)
Best Instrumentalist - Solo
Bruce Cockburn - Speechless (Toronto, ON)
Also nominated: Oliver Schroer - Camino (Vancouver, BC), Joel Fafard - …and another thing… ( Lumsden, SK), Steve Dawson - We Belong to the Gold Coast (Vancouver, BC), James Hill - A Flying Leap (Langley, BC)
Best Instrumental Group
The McDades - Bloom (Edmonton, AB / Montreal QC)
Also nominated: Lache Cercel - Musika Konkordo (Vancouver, BC), Uzume Taiko - Undula ( Vancouver, BC), Fig For a Kiss - Fallen Leaf, L'Anche à Deux Cordes - Musique Traditionnelle du Quebec (Drummondville, QC)
Pushing the Boundaries
Andrew Collins - Little Widgets (Toronto, ON)
Also nominated: Silk Road Music - Autumn Cloud: Journey with her Pipa (Vancouver, BC), Madrigaia - Pleiades (Winnipeg, MB), The McDades - Bloom (Edmonton, AB / Montreal QC), Harry Manx - Mantras For Madmen (Salt Spring Island, BC)
Best Solo Artist
Penny Lang - Stone & Sand & Sea & Sky (Madeira Park, BC / originally from Montreal)
Also nominated: Bruce Cockburn (Toronto, ON), Stephen Fearing (Guelph, ON), Corb Lund ( Edmonton, AB), Harry Manx (Salt Spring Island, BC)
Best Vocal Group
Madrigaia (Winnipeg, MB)
Also nominated: The Wailin' Jennys (Winnipeg, MB), Serre L'Écoute (Québec, QC), Madviolet (Toronto), Dala (Toronto, ON)
Best Ensemble
Mauvais Sort - Koru (Saint-Romuald, QC)
Also nominated: The McDades (Edmonton, AB / Montreal QC), Bebop Cowboys (Toronto , ON), Jim Byrnes (Vancouver, BC), Polémil Bazar (Quebec, QC), Tandava (Vancouver, BC)
Young Performer of the Year
Sarah Burnell - Sarah ' ndipity (Ottawa, ON)
Also nominated: Daniel Gervais - Endless Possibilities (Edmonton, AB), Samantha Schultz - Part of Me (Edmonton, AB), Tubeless Girls - Tubeless Girls (Telkwa, BC), The Vissia Sisters - 3 Track Demo (Edmonton, AB)
Best Children's Album
Ken Whiteley - Join the band (Toronto, ON)
Also nominated: Various Artists - Le petit chien de laine (Montreal, QC), Connie Kaldor - A Poodle in Paris (Montreal, QC / originally from Saskatchewan), Rick Scott - Snooze Music (Nanaimo, BC), Kathy Reid-Naiman - Reaching for the Stars (Aurora, ON)
Producer of the Year
TIE:
Steve Dawson (Jim Byrnes - House of Refuge) (Vancouver, BC)
Mike Roth (Dala - Angels & Thieves) (Toronto)
Also nominated: David Travers-Smith (The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker) (Toronto, ON), Stephen Fearing (Stephen Fearing - Yellowjacket) (Guelph, ON), Jordy Sharp (Harry Manx - Mantras for Madmen)
Best New/Emerging Artist
T. Nile - At My Table (Vancouver, BC)
Also nominated: David Myles - Things Have Changed (Halifax, NS), Dave Carmichael - Spirit Dance (Terence Bay, NS), Dyad - No Pedlars or Preachers ( Vancouver, BC), Dala - Angels and Thieves (Toronto, ON)
Best Singer - Contemporary
Jim Byrnes (Vancouver, BC)
Also nominated: Stephen Fearing (Guelph, ON), Bruce Cockburn (Toronto, ON), Lennie Gallant ( Halifax, NS), Ron Hynes (St. John's, NF)
Best Singer - Traditional
James Keelaghan (Winnipeg MB / originally from Calgary)
Also nominated: Enoch Kent (Toronto, ON), Rita Chiarelli (Red Rock, ON), Raymond Lavoie of Wagonbar ( Quebec, QC), Leon Bibb (Vancouver, BC)
Best Songwriter - Aboriginal
Wayne Lavallee - Green Dress (Vancouver, BC)
Also nominated: DiggingRoots - seeds (Barrie, ON), Art Napoleon - Miyoskamin (Victoria, BC), Laura Vinson and Free Spirit - It Reminds Me (Edmonton, AB), Don Freed - The Valley of Green and Blue (Winnipeg, MB)
Best World Group
The McDades - Bloom (Edmonton, AB)
Also nominated : Strada – Gamos (Quebec, QC), Tandava - Tandava (Vancouver, BC), Silk Road Music - Journey with her Pipa (Vancouver, BC), Madrigaia - Pleiades (Winnipeg, MB), Polémil Bazar - Avale ta Monte (Quebec, QC)