Tag: Awards

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Here are the nominees for the first ever Arctic Music ...

Before we talk about the awards, can we just take a moment to acknowledge that a lot has happened in the Nunavut music scene this year? Until recently, Nunavut was the only Canadian province or territory without an official music ...
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Here’s the line-up for the Canadian Folk Music Awards’ children’s ...

The Canadian Folk Music Awards have announced the lineup for the Family Folk, children and family music showcase that will take place during CFMA weekend In Vancouver. Co-Presented with The Vancouver International Children’s Festival, the showcase takes place on Sunday, ...
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Canadian Folk Music Awards announce performers

The board of the Canadian Folk Music Awards has announced the performer line-up for the 18th edition of the awards, which will unfold this year in Vancouver. You can see the full list at the bottom of this article. The ...
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Watch Steve Edge of the Rogue Folk Club receive the ...

The annual Folk Alliance International conference got underway in Kansas City, MO yesterday with its International Folk Awards event.  The organization gives out prizes for Artist, Album and Song of the Year, along with a variety of lifetime achievement awards ...
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Here are your 2023 Maple Blues Winners

The 26th annual Maple Blues Awards ceremony unfolded last night at Harbourfront Centre, featuring performances by AV Ann Vriend, Blue Moon Marquee, Meghan Parnell and Dave Barnes (of Bywater Call), Kevin Harvey and Neil Elsemore (of the Durham County Poets), ...
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Here are this year’s ECMA nominees in the roots, world ...

The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) announced the 2023 East Coast Music Award nominees on Tuesday. The East Pointers tied with Classified for the most nominations with six each. David Myles, Madison Violet, Andrew Waite, and Lisa Leblanc each have ...
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Eve Goldberg is your 2021 Estelle Klein Award winner

Twenty-one years ago, Eve Goldberg, part-time emerging artist and full-time administrator for Borealis Records, sat on a stage in front of several dozen delegates at the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals (OCFF) conference and interviewed the first ever winner of ...
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2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards nightly showcases present the future ...

  What, is it time for the 16th annual Canadian Folk Music Awards already? This mostly volunteer organization has been celebrating Canada’s rich community and niche song cultures in the late fall for years, giving a sense of closure and consensus to ...
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Songs for the Revolution: acknowledging folk alliances

I want to acknowledge that I am writing this article from unceded Algonquin Territory. Songs for the Revolution is a monthly column digging into folk culture, the music and what lies beneath.  This one is about the International Folk Alliance ...
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Here are your 2021 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees

The board of the Canadian Folk Music Awards has just announced the nominees for the 16th annual awards, scheduled to take place online April 9-10. Pharis and Jason Romero lead the nominees with six for their gorgeous album, Bet on ...