18th Canadian Folk Music Awards

Date| March 31 – April 2, 2023
Location| St James Community Square
Vancouver, British Columbia
Country| Canada
Hosted by| Chelsey June, Benoît Bourque
Website| folkawards.ca
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The 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented between March 31 and April 2, 2023, to honour achievements in folk music by Canadian artists in 2022.[1] Nominees were announced in October 2022.

## Nominees and recipients

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Traditional Album  | Contemporary Album

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* Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves, Hurricane Clarice
* Shannon Quinn and Tony Quinn, 20 Summers
* The Slocan Ramblers, Up the Hill and Through the Fog
* Le Vent du Nord, 20 printemps
* Ken Whiteley, Long Time Travelling

* John Wort Hannam, Long Haul
* Shawna Caspi, Hurricane Coming
* Digging Roots, Zhawenim
* Madison Violet, eleven
* Kyle McKearney, Down-Home
* Sultans of String, Sanctuary
* Tanya Tagaq, Tongues
* Ken Yates, Cerulean

Children's Album  | Traditional Singer

* Gordie Crazylegs MacKeeman, Folk for Little Folk, Vol. 1
* My Friend Christopher, Tuba Blues
* Hannah Shira Naiman, Ça suffit pour s'amuser
* The Oot n' Oots, Ponderosa Bunchgrass and the Golden Rule
* The Relative Minors, The Full Circle

* Lizzy Hoyt, The Parting Glass
* Kim Beggs, Steel and Wool
* Mike Bravener, Have You Ever Heard the Story?
* Michael Darcy, Down to the Roots
* Li'l Andy, The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925–1930)

Contemporary Singer  | Instrumental Solo Artist

* Kyle McKearney, Down-Home
* Barney Bentall, Cosmic Dreamer
* Boy Golden, Church of Better Daze
* Angelique Francis, Long River
* Ken Yates, Cerulean

* Waymzy, Inchoate
* Kerry Fitzgerald, Bitz & Beatz
* Ellen Gibling, The Bend in the Light
* John Reischman, New Time & Old Acoustic
* Mike Stevens, Breathe in the World Breathe Out Music

Instrumental Group  | English Songwriter

* Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves, Hurricane Clarice
* The McDades, The Empress
* Proulx-Demers, Il fera beau demain
* Shannon Quinn and Tony Quinn, 20 Summers
* RanchWriters, RanchWriters

* Abigail Lapell, Stolen Time
* T. Buckley, Frame by Frame
* John Wort Hannam, Long Haul
* Li'l Andy, The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925–1930)
* Matt Patershuk, An Honest Effort
* Yael Wand, Saltwater Heartwood

French Songwriter  | Indigenous Songwriter

* Geneviève Roberge-Bouchard and Alain Barbeau, J’attends encore
* Anik Bérubé and Natalie Byrns, Les ébranlements
* Sébastien Lacombe, Le chemin des possibles
* Héra Ménard and Guylaine Saint-Pierre, Fleurs
* Matt Stern, Rien qu'un animal

* Amanda Rheaume, The Spaces in Between
* Berk Jodoin, Half Breed
* ShoShona Kish and Raven Kanatakta Polson-Lahache, Zhawenim
* Kyle McKearney, Down-Home
* Adrian Sutherland, When the Magic Hits

Vocal Group  | Ensemble

* The McDades, The Empress
* Mama's Broke, Narrow Line
* Quote the Raven, Can't Hold the Light
* Les Rats d'Swompe, Elixir
* Le Vent du Nord, 20 printemps

* The Slocan Ramblers, Up the Hill and Through the Fog
* The Dead South, Easy Listening for Jerks, Part 1
* The Fretless, Open House
* The McDades, The Empress
* Over the Moon, Chinook Waltz

Solo Artist  | Global Roots Album

* John Wort Hannam, Long Haul
* Barney Bentall, Cosmic Dreamer
* James Keelaghan, Second-Hand
* Jocelyn Pettit, Wind Rose
* Suzie Ungerleider, My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider

* Sultans of String, Sanctuary
* Ayrad, III
* Jaffa Road, Until When
* Lenka Lichtenberg, Thieves of Dreams
* Wesli, Tradisyon

Single of the Year  | New/Emerging Artist

* William Prince and Serena Ryder, "Sing Me a Song"
* Fortunate Ones, "Heavy Heart"
* Geneviève et Alain, "À travers mes yeux"
* The Irish Rovers, "Hey Boys Sing Us a Song"
* Madison Violet, "Sweet Desperado"
* Pretty Archie, "Familiar Feeling"
* Quote the Raven, "Love You the Best"
* Tanya Tagaq, "Teeth Agape"
* Julian Taylor, "100 Proof"

* RedFox, Stranger Love
* Camie, troubadour
* Cheval, Singer Songwrecker
* Tennyson King, Good Company
* Alex Krawczyk, Le Olam
* Andrew Waite, Andrew Waite

Producer  | Pushing the Boundaries

* Chris McKhool and John "Beetle" Bailey — Sultans of String, Sanctuary
* Corwin Fox and Yael Wand — Yael Wand, Saltwater Heartwood
* The Fretless and Joby Baker — The Fretless, Open House
* Katia Makdissi-Warren — Oktoécho, Transcestral
* Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac — Madison Violet, eleven

* Oktoécho, Transcestral
* Digging Roots, Zhawenim
* Lenka Lichtenberg, Thieves of Dreams / Zloději snů
* Mélisande (électrotrad), Flash de mémoire
* Sultans of String, Sanctuary

Young Performer

* Fiddelium, Fiddelium
* The Fiddlaires, Fiddletainment
* The Oot n' Oots, Ponderosa Bunchgrass and the Golden Rule
* Paige Penney, Fingers Crossed
* The Receivers, The Receivers

## References

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1. ^ Stephen Cooke, "Madison Violet, Shannon & Tony Quinn among 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees". SaltWire Network, October 5, 2022.

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