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Sunday, October 3, 2021

GOOD LUCK! 2022 Canadian Folk Music Awards Nominees (including local artists) UPDATED WITH WINNERS!

Below is the nominee announcement that took place on line on September 28, 2021.

Links: CFMA, More CFMA Stories, Video above courtesy of prixfolkawards

Here is the complete nominee list (local acts are bolded)

NOTE: WE FORGOT TO LIST THE WINNERS OF THE 2022 EDITION SO THE THEY'LL BE ANNOUNCED BELOW AS WELL.

Traditional Album

Contemporary Album 

Contemporary Singer 

Vocal Group of the Year

Producer(s) of the Year

  • Luke Doucet, Melissa McClelland (Whitehorse ) (Hamilton)
  • Quinn Bachand (Rosier)
  • David Travers-Smith, Fernando Rosa, Annabelle Chvostek (Annabelle Chvostek)
  • Cédric Dind-Lavoie WINNER
  • Rob Lutes and Rob MacDonald (Rob Lutes)

Ensemble

Solo Artist

Children’s Album

  • Garth Prince - Falling in Africa
  • Remy Rodden - Think About the Wild
  • Penny Pom Pom - Believe in Your Magic
  • Splash'N Boots - Heart Parade WINNER
  • Peter Lenton aka Peter Puffin's Whale Tales - Campfire Time!

Traditional Singer

  • Sophie Lavoie (of Grosse Isle)
  • Nicolas Boulerice
  • Pat Chessell
  • Ewelina Ferenc (of Polky) WINNER
  • Ray Schmidt (of The Wardens) 

Instrumental Solo Artist 

Instrumental Group

English Songwriter(s)

French Songwriter(s)

  • Flavie Léger-Roy (of Les Bouches Bées)
  • Reney Ray WINNER
  • Guillaume Beaulac
  • Émilie Landry
  • Belle Grand Fille

Indigenous Songwriter(s)

  • Chelsey June & Jaaji (of Twin Flames) WINNER
  • Morgan Toney
  • David Laronde
  • Laura Niquay
  • Phyllis Sinclair

Global Roots Album 

  • Elage Diouf - Wutiko WINNER
  • Eliana Cuevas (feat. Aquiles Báez) - El Currucha
  • Polky - Songs From Home
  • OKAN - Espiral
  • Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra - VelkomBak

New/Emerging Artist(s) 

  • David Lafleche 
  • Oxlip 
  • The Hello Darlins 
  • Noah Reid 
  • Polky
  • Allison Russell WINNER

Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award

Young Performer(s) 

  • Isabella Samson - If It's Not Forever WINNER
  • Irish Millie - Thirteen
  • Paige Penney - When All is Said and Done
  • Hannah Thomas - Christmas Don't Be Late
  • Fern & Willow Marwood (of The Broken Bridges) - The Porch Sessions

Single of the Year

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Friday, June 7, 2019

News Roundup (Zero Fire, Angie & Brent Hare, Freewheelin' Folk 25th Anniversary, Mose Scarlett Passes, More)

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        Mose Scarlett Passes

        Painting by Erin Kelly Gillis
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        It's with great sadness that I mark the passing of my old friend, Moseley Stephen Scarlett, who died on May 30. When I say old friend, we became friends in the 1960's. In 1969 we made our Mariposa Folk Festival debut at the same "New Songwriters" concert. We played together often through the 70's & 80's, but the 20 years working together with our friend Jackie Washington really took our friendship to another level. As well as his amazing, baritone voice and crisp, fingerpicking guitar he will be missed for his generous spirit, great sense of humour and loquaciousness.
        I met Mose several times, played with him twice and I always loved his gentle candor and was in awe of his deep level of musical knowledge.
        I first met Mose Scarlett when he came to town to play the Underdog in the late 80s. We became fast friends and I took him on a walking tour of the town he had grown up in. We went by some of his childhood haunts, played some guitar. I was sad to see him get on the train to Toronto, but we visited many more times, in Toronto, Peterborough and many festivals over the years. Mose had an astonishing memory for some of the finest details of decades-old conversations. He was a kind, compassionate man and he played and sang like no other. I checked in on him the day before he passed and he was resting. Rest in peace, Mose.
        Doug McClemont:
        Goodbye to my friend Mose Scarlett, ragtime guitarist with the richest baritone voice I've ever recorded. Played bass with Mose on several gigs. The songs he played from the 1930's and 40's had more chords than most albums have now. He exposed me to a lot of great old-timey music from the early part of the last century. Played several intense Trivial Pursuit games with him and our buddy Norm Hacking when he lived on Major St. A classy gentleman with a wicked sense of humour, whose song introductions were often longer than the songs he performed. We'll miss you, Mose.


        Links: Mose Scarlett, Video above courtesy of randallstaffordcook

        Passings
            Adventures of Trebleclef, the Music-Loving Monkey

            Trebleclef has been very busy so he's gonna have his own blog post soon.

            MORE NEWS ROUNDUPS
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            Saturday, January 16, 2016

            CONGRATS! Stingray Music's Best Blues Albums of 2015 Packed with Local Artists


            Canadian digital audio service, Stingray Music (formerly Galaxie) included quite a number of area acts in their Best Blues Album list for 2015.

            Albums by Hamiltonians Andre Bisson and Steve Strongman reached numbers 53 and 112 respectively.


            Links: Andre Bisson, More Andre Bisson stories, Video above courtesy of Sheila Donovan



            Links: Steve Strongman, More Steve Strongman stories, Video above courtesy of Stingray Music

            That's not all from Hammertown though: a number of recordings featuring work by Steve Strongman (w Roly Platt), Harrison Kennedy (w Eric Bibb), Tom Wilson (writing w Matt Anderson) and Jack de Keyzer (w Harmonica Shah) made the cut as well.  Mark Crissinger's Blues Expression, which was recorded in Hamilton, won the 88th spot.

            Niagara's Suzie Vinnick co-wrote with Matt Anderson for his Weightless album (#115) and Oakville boy Jordan John teamed up with Roly Platt for the Inside Out CD 

            Here is the top ten list with the local performers shown below.
            1. Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar: Send The Nightingale
            2. Michael Jerome Browne: Sliding Delta
            3. Rick Fines: Driving Home
            4. Blackburn: Brothers In This World
            5. Roly Platt: Inside Out (ft Hamilton's Steve Strongman and Oakville's Jordan John)
            6. Bernard Allison: In The Mix
            7. Brad Hatfield: For A Change
            8. Lee Palmer: Like Elway
            9. Steve Earle: Terraplane
            10. Rob Paparozzi and The Ed Palermo Big Band: Electric Butter
            27. Eric Bibb: Blues People (ft Hamilton's Harrison Kennedy)
            88, Mark Crissinger: Blues Expression (Recorded in Hamilton)
            115. Matt Andersen: Weightless (Songs co-written by Hamilton's Tom Wilson and Niagara's Suzie Vinnick)
            129. Harmonica Shah: If You Live To Get Old, You Will Understand (ft Hamilton's Jack de Keyzer)

             Blast from the Past: Bisson, Strongman and de Keyzer Win Hammer Blues Awards
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            Sunday, August 22, 2010

            Rick Fines Trio @ Royal Botanical Gardens (Aug 18, 2010) Part 2

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            Saturday, August 21, 2010

            Rick Fines Trio @ Royal Botanical Gardens (Aug 18, 2010) Part 1

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