GOOD LUCK! Local 2018 Canadian Folk Music Award Nominees

It's great to see that the 2018 Canadian Folk Music Awards will feature a number of local artists. We're keeping our fingers crossed a few of them will bring home some CFMA's. The event takes place November 30 to December 1, 2018 at the Gateway in Alberta.

Hamilton is well-represented with Dana Sipos (English Songwriter of the Year), Annie Sumi (New/Emerging Artists of the Year) and Jeremy Fisher Junior (Children's Album of the Year).



Links: Dana Sipos  More Dana Sipos Stories, Video above courtesy of Dana Sipos - Topic



Links: Annie Sumi, More Annie Sumi Stories, Tannis Slimmon, More Tannis Slimmon Stories, Video above courtesy of Duncan Showroom



Links: Jeremy Fisher Junior, More Jeremy Fisher Stories, Video above courtesy of JeremyFisherJunior

Guelph's The Lifers were also nominated. 




Links:  Lifers, More Lifers Stories, Video above courtesy of The Lifers - Topic

Suzie Vinnick and Mark Lalama from the Niagara region are both up as Producers of the year for Suzie's latest album Shake the Love Around.



Links: Suzie Vinnick, More Suzie Vinnick Stories, Video above courtesy of Suzie Vinnick-Topic

Here's the complete list of nominees:

English Songwriter(s)

• Dana Sipos
• Bruce Cockburn
• The Lynnes
• Noosa Al-Sarraj
• Donovan Woods

New/Emerging Artist(s)

• Anni Sumi
• The Lifers
• Aerialists
• Raine Hamilton
• Jack Pine and the Fire
• Mattie Leon

Children’s Album

• Jeremy Fisher Junior: Highway to Spell
• The Oot n' Oots: Electric Jellyfish Boogaloo
• Les Petit Mots-Dit: Grand Tintamarre! Chansons Et Comptines Acadiennes 
• Splash'n Boots: Love, Kisses And Hugs
• The Swinging Belles: The Superstar Sibling Detective Agency

Producer(s)

• Suzie Vinnick, Mark Lalama
• Ozan Boz 
• Steve Dawson
• Jean-François Bélanger
• Chris McKhool, John “Beetle” Bailey

Traditional Album

• Genticorum: Avant L’orage 
• Alexis Chartrand, Nicolas Babineau: Gigues a 2 Faces 
• Matthew Byrne: Horizon Lines 
• The Fretless: Live from the Art Farm 
• Buffy Sainte-Marie: Medicine Songs

Contemporary Album

• Donovan Woods: Both Ways 
• The Wailin’ Jennys: Fifteen
• The Lynnes: Heartbreak Song for the Radio 
• Gabrielle Papillon: Keep The Fire 
• Gunning and Cormier: Two 

Traditional Singer

• Matthew Byrne
• Diana Erb (Twas Now)
• Lenka Lichtenberg
• Pharis Romero
• Buffy Sainte-Marie

Contemporary Singer

• Kellie Loder
• Rob Lutes
• Catherine Maclellan
• Dylan Menzie
• Dana Wylie

Instrumental Solo Artist

• Jean-François Bélanger
• Andrea Bettger
• Holly Blazina
• Justin Gray (Synthesis)
• Dan MacDonald

Instrumental Group

• Andrew Collins Trio
• The Fretless
• Miller | Macdonald | Cormier
• So Long Seven
• West of Mabou

Vocal Group

• The Fugitives
• Good Lovelies
• Gunning and Cormier
• The Lynnes
• Pharis and Jason Romero

Ensemble

• The East Pointers
• The Fretless
• Genticorum 
• The Lynnes
• Pharis and Jason Romero

Solo Artist

• Bruce Cockburn
• David Francey
• Little Miss Higgins
• Catherine Maclellan
• Buffy Sainte-Marie

French Songwriter(s)

• Ancolie
• Danny Boudreau 
• Étienne Fletcher
• Tire Le Coyote
• Kristine St-Pierre

Indigenous Songwriter(s)

• Quantum Tangle
• Buffy Sainte-Marie
• Shauit
• Dennis Shorty
• Sandra Sutter

World Solo Artist

• Jean-François Bélanger
• Daniel Bellegarde
• Eliana Cuevas
• Lenka Lichtenberg
• Buffy Sainte-Marie

World Group

• Autorickshaw
• Lemon Bucket Orkestra
• Minor Empire
• Near East
• Oktopus

Pushing the Boundaries

• Beatrice Deer
• Cindy Doire
• Quantum Tangle
• La Suite

Young Performer(s)

• Earle and Coffin
• Ben Heffernan
• Christian Hows
• Marley Mullan
• Jessica Wedden

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: CFMA, More CFMA Stories

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