15th Canadian Folk Music Awards explained

15th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Host:	Jean Hewson, Benoit Bourque
Country:	Canada
Website:	folkawards.ca
Previous:	14th
Main:	Canadian Folk Music Awards
Next:	16th

The 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards were scheduled to presented on April 3 and 4, 2020 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.^[1] This represents the first time in the history of the awards that the organizing committee decided to present the awards in the spring rather than the fall,^[1] and thus the first time that the awards have been presented since November 2018. On March 13, however, the organizing committee announced the cancellation of the ceremony due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada;^[2] instead, the winners were announced via live streaming on April 4.^[3]

Performers were scheduled to include Vishtèn, Kaia Kater, Ayrad, Tri-Continental, Lennie Gallant, Abigail Lapell and Le Vent du Nord.^[4]

Nominations were announced on November 20, 2019.^[5]

Nominees and recipients

Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Traditional Album	Contemporary Album
The Slocan Ramblers, Queen City Jubilee Old Man Luedecke, Easy Money Shannon Quinn, Watchmaker Le Vent du Nord, Territoires Vishtèn, Horizons	The Small Glories, Assiniboine & The Red Lennie Gallant, Time Travel Ariana Gillis, The Maze Jenn Grant, Love, Inevitable Dave Gunning, Up Against the Sky Abigail Lapell, Getaway Leaf Rapids, Citizen Alien Various Artists, The Al Purdy Songbook
Children's Album	Traditional Singer
The Kerplunks, Lullabies for Big Eyes Ginalina, It Takes a Village Amos J and Jérôme Fortin, Magical Lullabies Will's Jams, Rocks and Roots Splash'N Boots, You, Me and the Sea	Rachel Davis (Còig), Ashlar Joshua Haulli, Aqqut Sophie Lavoie (Sophie & Fiachra), Portraits Old Man Luedecke, Easy Money Allison Lupton, Words of Love
Contemporary Singer	Instrumental Solo Artist
Matt Andersen, Halfway Home By Morning Jenn Grant, Love, Inevitable Dave Gunning, Up Against the Sky Lydia Persaud, Let Me Show You Andrea Ramolo, Homage	Sabin Jacques, Grandes Rencontres Itamar Erez, Mi Alegria Graham Lindsey, TradHead Jon Pilatzke, Amongst Friends Richard Wood, Unbroken
Instrumental Group	English Songwriter
Mairi Rankin and Eric Wright, The Cabin Sessions Emilyn Stam and Filippo Gambetta, Shorelines Pierre Schryer and Adam Dobres, Mandorla The Fitzgeralds, The Fitzgeralds Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Bhumika	Abigail Lapell, Getaway Ben Caplan and Christian Barry, Old Stock Lennie Gallant, Time Travel Dave Gunning, Up Against the Sky Kaia Kater, Grenades Cara Luft, J. D. Edwards, Neil Osborne and Catherine MacLellan, Assiniboine & The Red (The Small Glories) Madeleine Roger, Cottonwood Justin Rutledge, Passages
French Songwriter	Indigenous Songwriter
Bernard Adamus, C’qui nous reste du Texas Jordane Labrie and Clement Desjardins, 12 jours Jean Leloup, L’étrange pays Safia Nolin, Dans le noir Caroline Savoie, Pourchasser l’aube	Diyet van Lieshout, Diyet & the Love Soldiers Sugar Plum Croxen, Shelley Hamilton and George Elliott Clarke, Constitution (The Afro-Métis Nation) Jenelle Duval, Danielle Benoit, Stacey Howse, Qama’si (Eastern Owl) Joshua Haulli, Aqqut Mike Paul, Origine
Vocal Group	Ensemble
The Small Glories, Assiniboine & The Red Fortunate Ones, Hold Fast Geneviève et Alain, De la rivière à la mer Musique à bouches, L’habit de plumes The Sweet Lowdown, Low Clouds in the Morning	The Small Glories, Assiniboine & The Red Haley Richardson and Quinn Bachand, When the Wind Blows High and Clear Oliver the Crow, Oliver the Crow The Slocan Ramblers, Queen City Jubilee Vishtèn, Horizons
Solo Artist	World Solo Artist
Irish Mythen, Little Bones Michael Jerome Browne, That’s Where It’s At Jenn Grant, Love, Inevitable Dave Gunning, Up Against the Sky Sarah MacDougall, All the Hours I Have Left to Tell You Anything Danny Michel, White & Gold	Wesli, Rapadou Kreyol Ben Caplan, Old Stock Cristian De La Luna, SABES Quique Escamilla, Encomienda Roberto López, Kaleido Strópico
World Group	New/Emerging Artist
Ayrad, Zoubida Al Qahwa, Cairo Moon Emilyn Stam and Filippo Gambetta, Shorelines Pierre Schryer and Adam Dobres, Mandorla Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Bhumika	Geneviève Racette, No Water, No Flowers Birds of Bellwoods, Victoria Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys, Dreamland Hook & Nail, Ghosts of Taylorton Lydia Persaud, Let Me Show You T. Buckley, Miles We Put Behind The Lumber Jills, The Lumber Jills The Unfaithful Servants, The Unfaithful Servants
Producer	Pushing the Boundaries
Daniel Ledwell, Time Travel (Lennie Gallant) Erin Costelo, Grenades (Kaia Kater) Steve Dawson, Halfway Home By Morning (Matt Andersen) Luke Doucet, The Northern South, Vol. 2 (Whitehorse) Jory Nash and Chris Stringer, Wilderness Years (Jory Nash)	Elisapie, The Ballad of the Runaway Girl Ben Caplan, Old Stock Samson Wrote, Pigeon Tri-Continental, Dust Dance Vishtèn, Horizons
Young Performer	Special Awards
Joshua Haulli, Aqqut Conway, Conway Nick Earle, Breaking New Ground Keltie, Expect Inhibition Jacques Surette, Marche, marche, marche	Unsung Hero: Donnie Campbell

External links

• Canadian Folk Music Awards

Notes and References

1. Sally Cole, "Charlottetown to host 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards, April 3-4". The Guardian, December 12, 2019.
2. https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/canadian-folk-music-awards-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus-concerns-423588/ "Canadian Folk Music Awards cancelled due to coronavirus concerns"
3. Allie Gregory, "Watch the Online Ceremony for the 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 5, 2020.
4. https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/lifestyles/local-lifestyles/performances-announced-for-2020-canadian-folk-music-awards-taking-place-april-3-4-in-charlottetown-398479/ "Performances announced for 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards taking place April 3-4 in Charlottetown"
5. https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/lifestyles/entertainment/dave-gunning-gets-four-nominations-for-canadian-folk-music-awards-378458/ "Dave Gunning gets four nominations for Canadian Folk Music Awards"