The board of the Canadian Folk Music Awards announced this year’s nominees earlier today.

The awards will be handed out April 1-3 in Charlottetown, PEI, the city that appears poised to finally see the in-person ceremony after originally being tapped to host the 2020 awards, only to have them twice moved into the virtual sphere due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

More details on the ceremony will come at a later date.  Meanwhile, here is the full list of nominees.  Congratulations to all!

Children’s Album of the Year 

• Campfire Time! by Peter Lenton aka Peter Puffin’s Whale Tales (AB)

• Falling in Africa by Garth Prince (AB)

• Believe in Your Magic by Penny Pom Pom (BC)

• Heart Parade by Splash’N Boots (ON)

• Think About the Wild by Remy Rodden (YT)

Contemporary Album of the Year 

• XO, 1945 by Ryland Moranz (AB)

• All This Time Running by Craig Cardiff (ON)

• Solar Powered Too by Rick Fines (ON)

• Voyageur In Song by David Leask (ON)

• Outside Child by Allison Russell (QC)

• À l’ouest du réel by Reney Ray (QC)

• Come Around by Rob Lutes (QC)

• Encounter by BEYRIES (QC)

Contemporary Singer of the Year / Chanteur contemporain de l’année

• Kelly Bado for Hey Terre (MB)

• Terra Spencer for Chasing Rabbits (NS)

• Craig Cardiff for All This Time Running (ON)

• Denise Flack for Good Water (ON)

• Rob Lutes for Come Around (QC)

English Songwriter(s) 

• Scott Cook for Tangle of Souls (AB)

• Noah Reid for Gemini (ON)

• Rick Fines for Solar Powered Too (ON)

• Allison Russell for Outside Child (QC)

• Ian Tamblyn for A Longing for Innocence (QC)

• Rob Lutes for Come Around (QC)

Ensemble of the Year 

• The Hello Darlins for Go By Feel (AB)

• The Fugitives for Trench Songs (BC)

• Elliott BROOD for Keeper (ON)

• OKAN for Espiral (ON)

• Whitehorse for Modern Love (ON)

French Songwriter(s) of the Year

• Émilie Landry for Arroser les fleurs (NB)

• Anne-Sophie Doré-Coulombe for Nos maisons (QC)

• Flavie Léger-Roy for Les trous dans les coeurs (QC)

• Guillaume Beaulac for Guillaume Beaulac (QC)

• Reney Ray for À l’ouest du réel (QC)

Global Roots Album of the Year 

• El Currucha by Eliana Cuevas (feat. Aquiles Báez) (ON)

• Espiral by OKAN (ON)

• Songs From Home by Polky (ON)

• VelkomBak by Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra (QC)

• Wutiko by Elage Diouf (QC)

Indigenous Songwriter(s) of the Year

• Phyllis Sinclair for Ghost Bones (AB)

• Morgan Toney for First Flight (NS)

• David Laronde for I Know I Can Fly (ON)

• Chelsey June & Jaaji for Omen (QC)

• Laura Niquay for Waska Matisiwin (QC)

Instrumental Group of the Year 

• Amber & Zebulun for South of North, East of West (ON)

• Shane Cook & The Woodchippers for Be Here for a While (ON)

• Frank Evans & Ben Plotnick for Madison Archives (ON)

• Bùmarang for Echo Land (QC)

• Oktopus for Créature (QC)

Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year 

• Adam Young for Yearbook (NS)

• Maneli Jamal for Soul Odyssey (ON)

• Cédric Dind-Lavoie for Archives (QC)

• Dave Clarke for The Healing Garden (QC)

• Olivier Demers for À l’envers d’un monde (QC)

New/Emerging Artist(s) of the Year

• The Hello Darlins for Go By Feel (AB)

• Oxlip for Your Mother Was A Peacock (BC)

• Noah Reid for Gemini (ON)

• Polky for Songs From Home (ON)

• Allison Russell for Outside Child (QC)

• David Lafleche for Everyday Son (QC)

Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award 

• Decoration Day for Makeshift Future (ON)

• Speaker Face for Crescent (ON)

• Briga for Territoire (QC)

• Allison Russell for Outside Child (QC)

• Cédric Dind-Lavoie for Archives (QC)

• Rosier for Légèrement (QC)

Producer(s) of the Year 

• David Travers-Smith, Fernando Rosa, Annabelle Chvostek for String of Pearls (ON)

• Luke Doucet, Melissa McClelland for Modern Love (ON)

• Cédric Dind-Lavoie, Corne de brume for Archives (QC)

• Quinn Bachand for Légèrement (QC)

• Rob Lutes, Rob MacDonald for Come Around (QC)

Single of the Year 

• “Still Waters” by The Hello Darlins (feat. Matt Andersen) (AB)

• “Never Mind The Weather” by Big Little Lions (BC)

• “Gospel First Nation” by William Prince (MB)

• “Everything Reminds Me” by The Deep Dark Woods (NS)

• “Yellow Snow” by Andrea Bettger (NT)

• “Elmira (Remix)” by The East Pointers (feat. Lonely Kid) (PEI)

• “Pontoise” by Rosier (QC)

• “The River” by Loryn Taggart (QC)

Solo Artist of the Year

• Dana Sipos for The Astral Plane (BC)

• William Prince for Gospel First Nation (MB)

• Laura Smith for As Long As I’m Dreaming (NS)

• Maneli Jamal for Soul Odyssey (ON)

• Rick Fines for Solar Powered Too (ON)

• Alicia Toner for Joan (PEI)

Traditional Album of the Year 

• Kitchen Days by Braden Gates (AB)

• Alive by Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn (ON)

• Be Here for a While by Shane Cook & The Woodchippers (ON)

• Le bonhomme Sept Heures / The Bonesetter by Grosse Isle (QC)

• Les sessions du Vices & Versa – 15th Anniversary by David Boulanger (QC)

Traditional Singer of the Year 

• Ray Schmidt for Sold Out at the Ironwood (AB)

• Pat Chessell for The Road Not Taken (BC)

• Ewelina Ferenc for Songs From Home (ON)

• Nicolas Boulerice for Maison de pierre – Confiné au voyages (QC)

• Sophie Lavoie for Le bonhomme Sept Heures / The Bonesetter (QC)

Vocal Group of the Year 

• The Fugitives for Trench Songs (BC)

• The Gilberts for Tell Me (NS)

• Whitehorse for Modern Love (ON)

• Les Bouches Bées for Les trous dans les coeurs (QC)

• Twin Flames for Omen (QC)

Young Performer(s) of the Year

• Paige Penney for When All is Said and Done (NL)

• Isabella Samson for If It’s Not Forever (NS)

• Hannah Thomas for Christmas Don’t Be Late (ON)

• Irish Millie for Thirteen (ON)

• The Broken Bridges for The Porch Sessions (ON)

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