Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006

Subject: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006
From: black walnut
Date: 13 Dec 06 - 09:45 PM

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)

Subject: RE: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006
From: Metchosin
Date: 13 Dec 06 - 10:06 PM

Love the cut Stone & Sand & Sea & Sky From Penny Lang's CD.....and Cockburn's....well I'm speachless. Great to see the west coast finally getting a bit more recognition in the nominees, for a change.

Subject: RE: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006
From: bobad
Date: 13 Dec 06 - 10:17 PM

There is this thread. Maybe someone could combine them.

Subject: RE: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006
From: GEST
Date: 14 Dec 06 - 10:07 AM

Metchosin is right... Except for the two nominations for Ron Hynes, the provinces of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick weren't even in the running this year.

GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador

Subject: RE: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006
From: GUEST,dax
Date: 14 Dec 06 - 03:21 PM

Aw, they disqualified anyone from Cape Breton to give others a chance, but that's okay. As the old song goes "We got along without ya before we met ya, gonna get along without ya now.

Subject: RE: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006
From: Metchosin
Date: 14 Dec 06 - 04:28 PM

You got it anyways Guest dax, I'm pretty certain the song Stone and Sand and Sea and Sky was written by someone from the east coast.....my mind's blank at the moment though.

Subject: RE: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006
From: Metchosin
Date: 14 Dec 06 - 07:22 PM

ah yes, Rose Vaughan of Halifax I believe.

Subject: RE: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Dec 06 - 08:13 AM

Canada coast to coast...Montreal to Vancouver, as usual. Oh well, we do have our own awards "out" here. But it is amazing to have folk awards with nearly no one from Atlantic Canada involved.

Subject: RE: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006
From: C. Ham
Date: 15 Dec 06 - 12:53 PM

But it is amazing to have folk awards with nearly no one from Atlantic Canada involved.

One of the main orgainzers is Jean Hewson of Newfoundland.

Subject: RE: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Dec 06 - 12:56 PM

I meant in terms of Artists. Considering how much great music originates in Atlantic Canada , it surprising not to see more (or any) perfermers mentioned.

Subject: RE: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2006
From: Peace
Date: 15 Dec 06 - 05:45 PM

I have been a fan of Penny's for about 35 years. This is great news for both her and Borealis Records.