Nominees for the 2027 Canadian Folk Music Awards

Recently, the nominees for the 2027 Canadian Folk Music Awards were announced and a few local artists are in the running.

Below is the nominee announcement.

Links: Video above courtesy of prixfolkawards

Below is a complete list of nominees, Local musicians are bolded.

Children’s Album of the Year

• Chris McKhool (Burlington)- Little Leaf
  
  
  
  Links: Chris McKhool , More Chris McKhool Stories, Album above courtesy of Chris McKhool - Topic
  
  
• Eddie Wiens - Hey Eddie!
• Molly Whuppie - Home Grown: Music For Childrenfolk
• Pete Moss - The Wood Wide Web
• Will's Jams - My Best Friends

Instrumental Group of the Year

• Emilyn Stam and John David Williams (Guelph)
  
  
  
  Links: Emilyn Stam and John David Williams, Video above courtesy of Emilyn Stam and John David Williams
  
  
• Keltic Drive - Keltic Drive
• Medusa Quartet - Weaving Gold in Broken Places
• The Andrew Collins Trio - Retro
• Zal Sissokho & Laurent Perrault-Jolicoeur - Racines

New Artist(s) of the Year

• Dana Sipos (Hamilton) - Golden Molten
  
  
  
  Links: Dana Sipos  More Dana Sipos Stories, Album above courtesy of Dana Sipos - Topic
  
  
• Drea Lake (Elora) - A Call from Somewhere Else
  
  
  
  Links: Drea Lake, Album above courtesy of Drea Lake - Topic
  
  
• Gairloch - The Whisky Stone
• Jed and the Valentine - in like a lion, out like a lamb
• Satellite Birdhouse - Satellite Birdhouse
• Vicki Brittle - The Hardest Things
• Oliver Schroer -  Pushing the Boundaries
• Kate Weekes - Rideau Roots
• Malcolm MacNeil - The Bridge
• Medusa Quartet - Weaving Gold in Broken Places
• The Andrew Collins Trio - Retro

Album Artwork of the Year

• Doug Taylor (Gentlemen Of The Woods - November Embers)
• Roberta Landreth (Jocelyne Baribeau - 200 acres)
• Mikey Lavi (John Muirhead - The Nomad)
• Relief Création, Olivier Ménard (Le Vent du Nord - Voisinages)
• Francis Champoux (Veranda - Veranda)

Contemporary Album of the Year

• John Muirhead - The Nomad
• Jordan Hart - The Optimist
• Moira & Claire - it's all a mess!
• The East Pointers - Schoonertown
• William Prince - Further From the Country

Contemporary Singer of the Year

• Allen Dobb
• Angelique Francis 
• Cara Luft
• Miss Emily
• Laura Spink (The Young Novelists)

Ensemble of the Year

• Angelique Francis Band
• Jed and the Valentine
• Le Vent du Nord 
• Medusa Quartet
• The East Pointers

Folk Music Video of the Year

• Diyet and Matthew Lien - The Kluane Compositions
• Kaeley Jade Wiebe - Never Come Home Again 
• Kaeley Jade - Wisest Fool (directed by Emily Anne Corcoran)
• Kaeley Jade - The Ceiling (directed by Dale Bailey)
• Malia Rogers - Sunlight (A Good Death)

Francophone Songwriter of the Year

• Héron
• Les Tireux d'Roches
• Paruline
• Philippe B
• Veranda

Global Roots Album of the Year

• Beny Esguerra & New Tradition Music x Gaita Loop - Somos El Dorado
• Daughters of Donbas - Songs of Stolen Children
• Gordon Grdina's Qalandar - REZA
• Medusa Quartet - Weaving Gold in Broken Places
• Parisa Karimi Molan and Tehrani Drom - Unveiled
• Yiddish Glory - The Silenced Songs of World War II

Indigenous Songwriter(s) of the Year

• Aysanabee
• BirdBelly
• Blue Moon Marquee & Northern Cree
• Gabrielle Fontaine (Indian City)
• Mike Paul Kuekuatsheu

Instrumental Composer(s) of the Year

• Jean-François Bélanger
• Justin Gray
• Mélodie LeBlanc and Robin LeBlanc (La Famille LeBlanc)
• Andrew Collins
• The McDades

Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year

• Itamar Erez - Songs Reimagined
• Jean-François Bélanger- Nouvelle vieille musique
• Kimberley Fraser - At This Moment
• Malcolm MacNeil - The Bridge
• Nerea the Fiddler - Off the Beaten Path

Producer(s) of the Year

• Kiran Francis, Angelique Francis (Angelique Francis Band) - Not Defeated
• Justin Gray & Drew Jurecka (Justin Gray) - Immersed
• Stephen Muise (Men of the Deeps) - Diamond Sunset - 60 Years of Song and Story
• Carlin Nicholson (The Young Novelists) - These Dark Canyons
• Drew Jurecka, Anna Shternshis, Dan Rosenberg (Yiddish Glory) - The Silenced Songs of World War II

Single of the Year

• Lights - Carleton Stone
• Keep Her Warm - Jordan Hart & Emily Schultz
• Coin in the Cake - Mia Kelly
• She Got Away - The East Pointers
• For the First Time - William Prince

Solo Artist of the Year

• Abigail Lapell
• Allen Dobb
• Cara Luft 
• Joe Nolan
• Maria Dunn

Songwriter of the Year

• Aysanabee
• Mia Kelly 
• Noah Derksen 
• The East Pointers
• William Prince

Stan Rogers Traditional Singer of the Year

• Cikwes 
• Tianna Lefebvre (Jackson Hollow)
• Maria Dunn 
• Pharis Romero (Pharis & Jason Romero)
• George Millar (The Irish Rovers) 

Traditional Album of the Year

• Le Vent du Nord - Voisinages
• Maria Dunn - Hardscrabble Hope
• Pharis & Jason Romero - These Are The Days That Turn In To Years
• The McDades - Thread The Light
• Veranda - Veranda

Vocal Group of the Year

• Gairloch
• Jessica Pearson and the East Wind
• Le Vent du Nord
• Marchands de mémoire
• Veranda

Young Performer(s) of the Year

• Ella Gunning Parker
• Irish Millie
• La Famille LeBlanc
• Lily Gunn
• Victoria McDougall

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