5th Canadian Folk Music Awards

5th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Date	November 21, 2009
Location	Dominion Chalmers Church
Country	Canada
Host	Shelagh Rogers and Benoit Bourque
Official website	folkawards.ca

The 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards were held on November 21, 2009, at the Dominion Chalmers Church in Ottawa, Ontario.

Nominees and Recipients

Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[1]

Traditional Album of the Year

• James Hill & Anne Davison – True Love Don’t Weep
  • Colette Cheverie – Hours Before Dawn
  • Dave Gossage and the Celtic Mindwarp – Dave Gossage and the Celtic Mindwarp
  • Réveillons – Malbrough n’est pas mort
  • The Haints Old Time Stringband – Shout Monah

Contemporary Album of the Year

• Joel Plaskett – Three
  • Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels
  • Jim Byrnes – My Walking Stick
  • Ndidi Onukwulu – The Contradictor
  • Romi Mayes – Achin in Yer Bones

Children's Album of the Year

• Chris McKhool – FiddleFire!
  • Kathy Reid-Naiman – Zoom Zoom Cuddle and Croon
  • Maggie G. – Around The House With Maggie G.
  • Tasha Platt – Big Bad Bantam Rooster
  • The Kerplunks – Walk On

Traditional Singer of the Year

• Colette Cheverie – Hours Before Dawn
  • Dave MacDonald – Lazy Jacks – East Coast Live
  • Ian Bell – My Pious Friends & Drunken Companions
  • Monique Jutras – Le Chant de la Mariniere
  • Peter Wynne – Lazy Jacks – East Coast Live

Contemporary Singer of the Year

• Jim Byrnes – My Walking Stick
  • Jessica Rhaye – Good Things
  • Marianne Girard – Pirate Days
  • Melissa McClelland – Victoria Day
  • Suzie Vinnick – Happy Here

Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year

• Tony McManus – The Maker’s Mark
  • Guy Donis – Paroles d’arbre
  • Don Alder – Not A Planet
  • Joel Fafard – Three Hens Escape Oblivion
  • Karrnnel – Karrnnel

Instrumental Group of the Year

• Sultans of String – Yalla Yalla!
  • De Lònga – À l’abri du temps
  • La Nef – Deserts
  • OktoEcho – OktoEcho
  • The Rakish Angles – The Rakish Angles

English Songwriter of the Year

• Susan Crowe – Greytown
  • Jon Brooks – Moth Nor Rust
  • Rob Heath – One More Day Above Ground
  • Rob Lutes – Truth & Fiction
  • William Hawkins – Various Artists – Dancing Alone: Songs by William Hawkins

French Songwriter of the Year

• Catherine Durand – Coeurs Migratoires
  • Guillaume Monette, Guillaume Meloche-Charlebois & Nicola Morel – 3 Gars su’l sofa – Cerf-Volant
  • Caracol – L’Abre aux Parfums
  • Maryse Letarte – Des Pas Dans la Neige
  • Paul Cargnello – Bras Coupé

Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year

• Don Amero - Deepening
  • Buffy Sainte-Marie – Running for the Drum
  • Vince Fontaine, Jay Bodner and Chris Burke-Gaffney (Eagle & Hawk) – Sirensong
  • Tanya Tagaq - Auk/Blood
  • Violet Naytowhow – Wind of the North

Vocal Group of the Year

• Madison Violet – No Fool For Trying
  • Cantarra – Beautiful Air
  • Dala – Everyone Is Someone
  • Serre L’Ecoute – Buveurs Philosophes
  • The Breakmen – When You Leave Town

Ensemble of the Year

• The Deep Dark Woods – Winter Hours
  • Annie Lou – Annie Lou
  • OktoEcho – OktoEcho
  • Sultans of String – Yalla Yalla!
  • The Haints Old Time Stringband – Shout Monah

Solo Artist of the Year

• Catherine MacLellan – Water in the Ground
  • Ian Tyson – Yellowhead to Yellowstone and Other Love Stories
  • Joel Plaskett – Three
  • Maria Dunn – The Peddler
  • Suzie Vinnick – Happy Here

World Solo Artist of the Year

• Karim Saada – La Danse de L’exilé
  • Florent Vollant – Eku Mamu
  • George Koufogiannakis – Generations – Greek Oud Jazz
  • Lorraine Klaasen – Africa Calling
  • Wesli – Kouraj

World Group of the Year

• Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko – Africa to Appalachia
  • Ensemble Montréal Tango – Enamorada
  • La Nef – Deserts
  • OktoEcho – OktoEcho
  • The Huppa Project – Under the Canopy

New/Emerging Artist of the Year

• The Good Lovelies – Good Lovelies
  • David Baxter – Day & Age
  • Kate Reid – I’m Just Warming Up
  • Lynne Hanson – Eleven Months
  • The Breakmen – When You Leave Town

Producer of the Year

• Joel Plaskett - Joel Plaskett – Three
  • Jocelyn Tellier & Catherine Durand - Catherine Durand – Coeurs Migratoires
  • Mike Roth - Dala – Everyone Is Someone
  • David Travers-Smith - Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko – Africa to Appalachia
  • Jonathan Goldsmith - Jenn Grant – Echos

Pushing the Boundaries

• Steve Dawson – Telescope
  • Doug Cox et Salil Bhatt – Slide to Freedom 2 – Make a Better World
  • Joel Plaskett – Three
  • Sultans of String – Yalla Yalla!
  • Wendy McNeill – A Dreamer’s Guide to Hardcore Living

Young Performer of the Year

• Ariana Gillis – To Make It Make Sense
  • Chrissy Crowley – The Departure
  • Qristina et Quinn Bachand – Relative Minors
  • Sierra Noble – Possibilities
  • Taylor Mitchell – For Your Consideration

References

1. http://folkawards.ca/past-years/results-2009/

External links

• Canadian Folk Music Awards