Folk Music Ontario has just announced the nominees for the Ontario Folk Music Awards.

This year, the categories have been rearranged, and the once-lengthy list of Songs from the Heart award categories – children’s, political, blues, etc. – has been replaced by a single Song of the Year award, as part of a simple line-up of four awards:  song, album, performing artist and recording artist of the year.

The awards will be handed out at a Sunday afternoon event at the end of the FMO conference, which runs from Oct. 13 to 16 in London.

Here are the nominees.

Song of the Year

• Amanda Rheaume – “100 Years”
• Caroline Marie Brooks – “Night Drive”
• Julie Title – “Four Horsemen”
• Samson Wrote – “Little Parts”
• Sultans of String – “Mi Santuario”

Album of the Year

• Jeremy Voltz – Weekender
• John Muirhead – Traveller
• Shawna Caspi – Hurricane Coming
• The Sun Harmonic – Coast to Coast
• The Wanted – Strange Flight

Performing Artist Of The Year

• Amanda Rheaume
• Angelique Francis
• Les Rats d’Swompe
• Queen Kong
• Sultans of String

ACTRA RACS Recording Artist Of The Year

• Jaffa Road
• Nadjiwan
• Paul Cafcae
• The Fitzgeralds
• The Fretless

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