16th Canadian Folk Music Awards explained

16th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Country:	Canada
Website:	folkawards.ca
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Main:	Canadian Folk Music Awards
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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.

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 Mike McKenna Jr., At the Edge of the World Joe Nolan, Drifters
Children's Album	Traditional Singer
Claire Ness, Broccoli Farm Spencer Burton, The Mountain Man Ginalina, Small But Mighty Henri Godon, Tous musiciens Charlie Hope, Goodnight to You All	Pharis Romero, Bet on Love Mike Bravener, 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	Marc Atkinson, Solo Benjamin Barrile, Esperando el Alba Gordon Grdina, Prior Street Nick Hornbuckle, 13 or So Natalie MacMaster, Sketches
Instrumental Group	English Songwriter
Beòlach, All Hands Emilyn Stam and John David Williams, Honeywood Gordon Grdina's The Marrow, Safar-E-Daroon Jessica Deutsch and Ozere, Traces Rhizome, Double capture	William Prince, Reliever Coco Love Alcorn, Rebirth Basia Bulat, Are You in Love? Pharis and Jason Romero, Bet on Love Sarah Jane Scouten, Confessions Julian Taylor, The Ridge
French Songwriter	Indigenous Songwriter
Marie-Ève Lapierre-Lemoyne, Onze Guillaume Arsenault, La partie de moi qui tremble Raphaël Delahaye, Le sens de la dérive Flavie Léger-Roy, Ce chapeau est trop grand pour moi Alexandre Poulin, Nature humaine	Leela Gilday, North Star Calling Jason and Nadia Burnstick, Kîyânaw A. W. Cardinal, Bare Knuckles & Brawn Riit, ataataga Crystal Shawanda, Church House Blues
Vocal Group	Ensemble
Pharis and Jason Romero, Bet on Love The Barrel Boys, Mainline Beauséjour, Beauséjour Big Little Lions, Inside Voice Kennedy Road, A Little Fight Left Yet	Pharis and Jason Romero, Bet on Love OKAN, Sombras Sultans of String, Refuge Sussex, 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 Aviva Chernick, La Serena Okavango African Orchestra, Africa Without Borders Mazacote, 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"	Noah Derksen, America, Dreaming Marie-Ève Laure, Onze Maya Rae, Can You See Me? Emily Rockarts, Little Flower Rum Ragged, The Thing About Fish Emily Triggs, Middletown
Producer	Pushing the Boundaries
Chris McKhool and John "Beetle" Bailey, Refuge (Sultans of String) Dave Clarke and Bill Garrett, Coming Home (Steel Rail) Roy Forbes, Edge of Blue (Roy Forbes) Marc Jenkins, Bet on Love (Pharis and Jason Romero) Dayna Manning, Morning Light (Dayna Manning)	Aerialists, Dear Sienna The East Pointers, Yours to Break The Henrys, Paydirt Mélisande (électrotrad), Les myriades Riit, ataataga
Young Performer
The Gilberts, The Gilberts: One Moscow Apartment, Better Daughter Paige Penney, Watch Out for Your Step Quin with One N, Out of the Blue Maya Rae, Can You See Me?

External links

• Canadian Folk Music Awards

Notes and References

1. https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2021/04/11/pharis-jason-romero-head-cfma-winners-list "Pharis & Jason Romero Head CFMA Winners List"
2. Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.