16th Canadian Folk Music Awards

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Website| folkawards.ca
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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.[2]

Nominations were announced December 1, 2020.[2]

## Nominees and recipients

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Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Traditional Album  | Contemporary Album

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* 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?

## References

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1. ^ "Pharis & Jason Romero Head CFMA Winners List". FYI Music News, April 11, 2021.
2. ^ a b Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.

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