The nominee list is out for the 2007 Canadian Folk Music Awards. Announcements of winners is December 1 at the Museum of Civilization, Hull Quebec.

Best Album-Traditional
This award recognizes solo artists, groups or duos. Instrumental or vocal traditional folk music is eligible.

Erynn Marshall & Chris Coole - Meet Me in the Music (BC)
La Part du Quêteux - Paye la Traite (QC)
Foggy Hogtown Boys - Pigtown Fling (ON)
John Reischman & The Jaybirds - Stellar Jays (BC)
Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer - À la grâce de Dieu (QC)
Best Album-Contemporary
This award recognizes solo artists, groups or duos. Instrumental or vocal contemporary folk music is eligible.

Jim Bryson - Where the Bungalows Roam (ON)
Oh Susanna - Short Stories (ON/BC)
The Duhks - Migrations (MB)
David Francey - Right of Passage (McDonald's Corners ON)
Jenny Whiteley - Dear (McDonald's Corners ON)
Best Childrens' Album
This award recognizes solo artists, groups or duos with a repertoire that is obviously directed towards youth.

Pied Pumkin - Pumkids : Tuneful Tales for Kids & Kin (BC)
Debbie Carroll - Simply Beautiful (ON)
Geneviève Bilodeau & Connie Kaldor - Un Canard à New York (QC)
Laura Vinson & Free Spirit - Mossbag Lullaby (AB)
Alex Mahé - Wakin' Up the Sunshine (AB)
Best Singer-Contemporary
This award recognizes a contemporary solo vocalist, or a specified vocalist within a group.

David Francey - Right of Passage (ON)
Jill Barber - For All Time (NS)
Jeremy Fisher - Goodbye Blue Monday (BC)
Dawn Tyler Watson - En Duo (QC)
T. Nile - At My Table (BC)
Bruce Cockburn - Life Short Call Now (ON)
Best Instrumentalist-Solo
This award recognizes a solo artist. The majority of the recording must be instrumental. Instrumental music from all folk genres, traditional and contemporary, is eligible.

Trish Clair-Peck - Dawson's Tumble (BC)
Brian Thomas - Prairie Rain (Surrey BC)
Les Finnigan - Things My Guitar Said (BC)
Anne Lindsay - News From Up the Street (ON)
Gordon Quinton - The Yellow Sky (NL)
Best Instrumentalist-Group
This award recognizes a group or duo. Instrumental music from all folk genres, traditional and contemporary, is eligible.

The Foggy Hogtown Boys - Pigtown Fling (ON)
Creaking Tree String Quartet - The Soundtrack (ON)
Sultans of String - Luna (ON)
Les Chauffeurs à Pieds - Au Studio des Trois Lits (QC)
Jaime RT & Andy Hillhouse - Spark (BC)
Best Songwriter-English
This award recognizes the lyrical and melodic excellence of a recording of original songs written in English. In the case of collaborations, 50% of the songwriters involved must be Canadian.

Suzie Ungerleider - Oh Susanna - Short Stories - (ON/BC)
Emm Gryner - The Summer of High Hopes (ON)
David Francey - Right of Passage (ON)
Bruce Cockburn - Life Short Call Now (ON)
Jon Brooks - Ours and the Shepherds (ON)
Keri Latimer, Shelley Marshall - Nathan - Key Principles (MB)
Best Songwriter-French
This award recognizes the lyrical and melodic excellence of a recording of original songs written in French. In the case of collaborations, 50% of the songwriters involved must be Canadian.

Sylvie Jean - Déjouer le vent (QC)
Guillaume Monette, Guillaume Meloche-Charlebois, Nicola Morel - 3 Gars Su'L'Sofa - Des Cobras, des Tarentules (QC)
Hugo Fleury - Polemil Bazar - Avale Ta Montre (QC)
Guillaume Arsenault - Le rang des Îles (QC)
Michel Marchildon - Fragments d'Identité (QC/SK)
Best Songwriter-Aboriginal
This award recognizes the lyrical and melodic excellence of a recording of original songs written in an aboriginal language or by an aboriginal artist writing in English, French or an aboriginal language. In the case of collaborations, 50% of the songwriters involved must be Canadian.

Sandy Scofield - Nikawiy Askiy (BC)
Leela Gilday - Sedze (BC/NT)
Ry Moran - Groundwater (BC)
Laura Vinson - Mossbag Lullaby (AB)
Karen Donaldson Shepherd - The Crow Girls - Where the Green Grass Grows (AB)
Best Vocal Group
This award recognizes a group or duo which focuses on ensemble singing. Music from all folk genres, traditional and contemporary, is eligible. The majority of the tracks must be vocal numbers.

Nathan - Key Principles (MB)
The Be Good Tanyas - Hello Love (BC)
Tanglefoot - Dance Like Flames (ON)
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings - Let's Frolic (ON)
Sirens - Look Up (ON)
Best Ensemble
This award recognizes a group or duo which can be instrumental or instrumental/vocal. Music from all folk genres, traditional and contemporary, is eligible.

Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer - À la grâce de Dieu (QC)
Creaking Tree String Quartet -The Soundtrack (ON)
The Duhks - Migrations (MB)
John Reichman & The Jaybirds - Stellar Jays (BC)
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit - In Good We Trust (BC/ON)
Best Solo Artist
This award recognizes a solo artist. Instrumental or vocal music from all folk genres, traditional and contemporary, is eligible.

Jeremy Fisher - Goodbye Blue Monday (BC)
Rose Cousins - If You Were For Me (NS)
Sarah Noni Metzner - Daybreak Mourning (BC)
Ian Tamblyn - Superior : Spirit and Light (QC)
Bruce Cockburn - Life Short Call Now (ON)
Best World Solo
This award recognizes a solo artist. Instrumental or vocal world music is eligible.

Duane Andrews - Crocus (NL)
Kiran Ahluwalia - Wanderlust (ON)
Rita Chiarelli - Cuore : The Italian Sessions (ON)
Alex Cuba - Agua del Pozo (BC)
Sara Renelik - Aube (QC)
Best World Group
This award recognizes a group or duo. Instrumental or vocal world music is eligible.

Mighty Popo - Muhazi (ON)
Kobo Town - Independence (ON)
Labess - Tout Va Bien (QC)
Autorickshaw - So the Journey Goes (ON)
Les Gitans de Sarajevo - Opa! (QC)
Best New/Emerging Artist
This award recognizes an up and coming artist, duo or group. Instrumental or vocal music from all folk genres, traditional and contemporary, is eligible.

The Gruff - The Gruff (BC)
Kim Beggs - Wanderer's Paean (YT)
Jacob & Lily - The Cathedral (MB)
Notre Dame de Grass - New Canada Road (QC)
Brigitte Saint-Aubin - Être (QC)
Producer of the Year
This award recognizes excellence in craft through acknowledgment of the individual(s) who produce recordings. In case of collaborations, 50% of the team must be Canadian. International releases are permitted.

Joby Baker, Alexis Puentes - Alex Cuba - Agua del Pozo (BC)
Colin Linden - Blackie and the Rodeo Kings - Let's Frolic (ON)
Lewis Melville - Tannis Slimmon - Lucky Blue (ON)
Anne Lindsay, Oliver Schroer - Anne Lindsay - News From Up the Street (ON)
Jonathan Goldsmith - Bruce Cockburn - Life Short Call Now (ON)
Pushing the Boundaries
This award recognizes a solo artist or group that takes creative risks by creating music with folk roots that is innovative, original and imaginative.

Creaking Tree String Quartet - The Sound Track (ON)
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit - In Good We Trust (BC)
Joey Wright - Jalopy (ON)
The Fugitives - In Streetlight Communion (BC)
Autorickshaw - So the Journey Goes (ON)
Young Performer of the Year
This award recognizes a young (19 and under) solo artist or group. Music from all folk genres is eligible.

Kyrie Kristmanson - The Kyrie K Groove (ON)
The Vissia Sisters - Chrysalis (AB)
Chrissy Crowley - Chrissy Crowley (NS)
Nerea - Footprints (NS)
John Fettes - Poor Art for Poor People (SK)

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I'll be at the awards ceremony. Are any other Mudcatters planning to go?

~black walnut