Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Album of the Year
The Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Album of the Year is an annual music award, presented by the Canadian Folk Music Awards to honour the best albums in contemporary folk music by Canadian artists.
2000s
Year | Nominee | Album | Ref |
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2005 1st Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Nathan | Jimson Weed | [1] | |
The Bills | Let 'Em Run | [2] | |
The Clumsy Lovers | Smart Kid | ||
David Francey | Waking Hour | ||
Jenny Whiteley | Hopetown | ||
2006 2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Penny Lang | Stone & Sand & Sea & Sky | [3] | |
Jim Byrnes | House of Refuge | [4] | |
Bruce Cockburn | Life Short Call Now | ||
Corb Lund | Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer | ||
The Wailin' Jennys | Firecracker | ||
2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
The Duhks | Migrations | [5] | |
Jim Bryson | Where the Bungalows Roam | [6] | |
David Francey | Right of Passage | ||
Oh Susanna | Short Stories | ||
Jenny Whiteley | Dear | ||
2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Luke Doucet and the White Falcon | Blood's Too Rich | [7] | |
Annabelle Chvostek | Resilience | [8] | |
NQ Arbuckle | XOK | ||
Justin Rutledge | Man Descending | ||
Oliver Schroer | Hymns and Hers | ||
2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Joel Plaskett | Three | [9] | |
Jim Byrnes | My Walking Stick | [10] | |
Great Lake Swimmers | Lost Channels | ||
Romi Mayes | Achin in Yer Bones | ||
Ndidi Onukwulu | The Contradictor |
2010s
Year | Nominee | Album | Ref |
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2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
John Wort Hannam | Queen's Hotel | [11] | |
Amelia Curran | Hunter, Hunter | [12] | |
Dala | Girls from the North Country | ||
Lennie Gallant | If We Had A Fire / Le coeur hante | ||
Old Man Luedecke | My Hands Are on Fire and Other Love Songs | ||
2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Bruce Cockburn | Small Source of Comfort | [13] | |
Les Charbonniers de l'enfer | Nouvelles fréquentations | [14] | |
The Good Lovelies | Let The Rain Fall | ||
Lynn Miles | Fall for Beauty | ||
Twilight Hotel | When the Wolves Go Blind | ||
2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
The Deep Dark Woods | The Place I Left Behind | [15] | |
Rose Cousins | We Have Made a Spark | [16] | |
Old Man Luedecke and Lake of Stew | Sing All About It | ||
Linda McRae | Rough Edges and Ragged Hearts | ||
Whitehorse | Whitehorse | ||
2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Justin Rutledge | Valleyheart | [17] | |
Annabelle Chvostek | Rise | [18] | |
David Francey | So Say We All | ||
Lynn Miles | Downpour | ||
Ruth Moody | These Wilder Things | ||
2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
The Strumbellas | We Still Move on Dance Floors | [19] | |
Matt Andersen | Weightless | [20] | |
The Bros. Landreth | Let it Lie | ||
Colleen Rennison | See the Sky About to Rain | ||
Jill Zmud | Small Matters of Life and Death | ||
2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Catherine MacLellan | The Raven's Sun | [21] | |
Jon Brooks | The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside | [22] | |
Jenn Grant | Compostela | ||
The Once | Departures | ||
Gabrielle Papillon | The Tempest of Old | ||
2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
David Francey | Empty Train | [23] | |
Big Little Lions | Just Keep Moving | [24] | |
Corin Raymond | Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams | ||
The Strumbellas | Hope | ||
Donovan Woods | Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled | ||
2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Abigail Lapell | Hide Nor Hair | [25] | |
The Fretless | Bird's Nest | [26] | |
Tomato Tomato | I Go Where You Go | ||
Braden Gates | Much Rather Be Sleeping | ||
Leif Vollebekk | Twin Solitude | ||
2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Donovan Woods | Both Ways | [27] | |
Dave Gunning and J.P. Cormier | Two | [28] | |
The Lynnes | Heartbreak Song for the Radio | ||
Gabrielle Papillon | Keep the Fire | ||
The Wailin' Jennys | Fifteen |
2020s
Year | Nominee | Album | Ref |
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2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
The Small Glories | Assiniboine & The Red | [29] | |
Lennie Gallant | Time Travel | [30] | |
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 | ||
2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
William Prince | Reliever | [31] | |
Basia Bulat | Are You in Love? | [32] | |
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 | ||
2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Allison Russell | Outside Child | [33] | |
Beyries | Encounter | [34] | |
Craig Cardiff | All This Time Running | ||
Rick Fines | Solar Powered Too | ||
David Leask | Voyageur in Song | ||
Rob Lutes | Come Around | ||
Ryland Moranz | XO, 1945 | ||
Reney Ray | À l'ouest du réel | ||
2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
John Wort Hannam | Long Haul | [35] | |
Shawna Caspi | Hurricane Coming | [36] | |
Digging Roots | Zhawenim | ||
Madison Violet | eleven | ||
Kyle McKearney | Down-Home | ||
Sultans of String | Sanctuary | ||
Tanya Tagaq | Tongues | ||
Ken Yates | Cerulean | ||
2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
William Prince | Stand in the Joy | [37] | |
Jill Barber | Homemaker | [38] | |
The East Pointers | House of Dreams | ||
Lynn Miles | TumbleWeedyWorld | ||
Tami Neilson | Kingmaker | ||
NQ Arbuckle | Love Songs for the Long Game | ||
The Sadies | Colder Streams | ||
Terra Spencer, Ben Caplan | Old News |
References
- ^ "Canada's Folk Music Awards begin a tradition". The Globe and Mail, December 12, 2005.
- ^ "Sampson, Nathan among inaugural folk nominees". Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune, November 4, 2005.
- ^ "Veteran Lang tops Canadian folk awards". CBC News, December 11, 2006.
- ^ "Wailin' Jennys, Madrigaia nominated for Canadian Folk Music Awards". CBC News, November 1, 2006.
- ^ Greg Quill, "Toronto roots musicians snag prizes". St. Catharines Standard, December 3, 2007.
- ^ "Bruce Cockburn up for 4 Canadian Folk Music Awards". CBC News, October 17, 2007.
- ^ "Late Toronto fiddler honoured at Folk Music Awards". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, November 24, 2008.
- ^ "Late fiddler Oliver Schroer leads Canadian Folk Music nominations". CBC News, October 8, 2008.
- ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Folk musicians honoured". Regina Leader-Post, November 23, 2009.
- ^ "Results 2009". Canadian Folk Music Awards.
- ^ Greg Quill, "Top Canadian Folk Music Awards announced". Toronto Star, November 21, 2010.
- ^ "Folk music award nominations released". CBC News, October 6, 2010.
- ^ "Bruce Cockburn nabs two Canadian Folk Music Awards". CTV News, December 5, 2011.
- ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, October 22, 2011.
- ^ "Canadian Folk Music Award winners". Roots Music Canada, November 21, 2012.
- ^ "Results 2012". Canadian Folk Music Awards.
- ^ Brad Wheeler, "Good Lovelies among winners at Canadian Folk Music Awards". The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2013.
- ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 29, 2013.
- ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Ottawa singer-songwriter Amanda Rheaume among folk music award winners". Ottawa Citizen, November 30, 2014.
- ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Folkies set to honour their own". Ottawa Citizen, September 25, 2014.
- ^ "Canadian Folk Music Awards recipients announced in Edmonton". CBC News, November 9, 2015.
- ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 9, 2015.
- ^ "Rail yard labourer-turned-musician David Francey wins big at Canadian Folk Music Awards". Toronto Star, December 3, 2016.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2016 Winners". Exclaim!, December 4, 2016.
- ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Canadian Folk Music Awards celebrate music, artists old and new". Ottawa Citizen, November 19, 2017.
- ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Reveal 2017 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 21, 2017.
- ^ "The LYNNeS, Pharis Romero Win Multiple CFMAs". FYI Music News, December 3, 2018.
- ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2018 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 22, 2018.
- ^ Allie Gregory, "Here Are All the 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 5, 2020.
- ^ "Dave Gunning gets four nominations for Canadian Folk Music Awards". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, November 20, 2019.
- ^ "Pharis & Jason Romero Head CFMA Winners List". FYI Music News, April 11, 2021.
- ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.
- ^ Heather Kitching, "The Canadian Folk Music Awards 2022 – winners and highlights". Roots Music Canada, April 2, 2022.
- ^ Megan Lapierre, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2022 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 28, 2021.
- ^ "CFMAs Are Handed Out In Vancouver". FYI Music News, April 5, 2023.
- ^ Stephen Cooke, "Madison Violet, Shannon & Tony Quinn among 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees". SaltWire Network, October 5, 2022.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Here are the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 10, 2024.
- ^ Nika Petrosian, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2024 Nominees". Exclaim!, October 18, 2023.
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