Here are the nominees for the 2023 Ontario Folk Music Awards

Folk Music Ontario has announced the nominees for this year’s Ontario Folk Music Awards.
The awards ceremony will take place in October as the grand finale of the Folk Music Ontario conference in London.
Congratulations to all the nominees! Here is the full list:
CMRRA Song of the Year
- Barbra Lica – The Ghost of Me
- Emily Schultz – What Do I Know
- Julian Taylor – Seeds
- Madison Violet – Sweet Desperado
- Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps – The Ballad of Uncle Frank
Album of the Year
- Digging Roots – Zhawenim
- Lenka Lichtenberg – Thieves of Dreams: Songs of Theresienstadt’s Secret Poetess
- Mama’s Broke – Narrow Line
- Mia Kelly – Garden Through the War
- Shakura S’Aida – Hold On To Love
ACTRA RACS Recording Artist of the Year
- Abigail Lapell
- Al Qahwa
- Amanda Rheaume
- Angelique Francis
- Aysanabee
Performing Artist of the Year
- Aysanabee
- Digging Roots
- Julian Taylor
- The Fitzgeralds
- YAO