Corby's Orbit

Corby's Orbit
Listening in All the High Places illustration by John Kricfalusi

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

The Canadian Folk Music Awards Nominees for 2015 Have Just Been Announced.

The year's most important annual event for roots / trad and new / rad music in Canada has just kicked off today.
This year's ceremony, at Edmonton's Citadel Theatre on November 8, will be hosted by 
Connie Kaldor and Benoit Bourque. You will be hearing much of this music on Corby's Orbit over the next two months. 



Music in rose text has been programmed already. I am gathering more, currently, and I'm ready to share.

Young Performer of the Year:

Robbie Bankes - Through February Snow
Coastline - Coastline
Rebecca Lappa - Tattered Rose
Mira Meikle - MIRA
Benjamin Dakota Rogers - Strong Man's Address to the Circus Crowd

New/Emerging Artist of the Year:
Crooked Brothers - Thank You I'm Sorry
Fortunate Ones - The Bliss
The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer - A Real Fine Mess
The River and the Road - Headlights
The Young Novelists - made us strangers

Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award:

Kevin Breit - Ernesto and Delilah
The Jerry Cans- Aakuluk
The Shoeless - The Shoeless
Dana Sipos - Roll Up the Night Sky
Whitehorse - Leave No Bridge Unburned
  
English Songwriter of the Year:

Catherine Allan and Andrew James O'Brien - The Bliss (Fortunate Ones)
Jon Brooks - The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside (Jon Brooks)
Amelia Curran - They Promised You Mercy (Amelia Curran)
Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland - Leave No Bridge Unburned (Whitehorse)
Jenn Grant - Compostela (Jenn Grant)

French Songwriter of the Year:


Jocelyne Baribeau - Entre toi et moi (Jocelyne Baribeau)
Louis-Jean Cormier -  Les grandes artères (Louis-Jean Cormier)
Benoit Pinette - Panorama (Tire le Coyote)
Dany Placard - Santa Maria (Dany Placard)
Geneviève Toupin - Willows (Willows)

The Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year:
Miranda Currie - Up in the Air (Miranda Currie)
The Jerry Cans - Aakuluk (The Jerry Cans)
Raven Kanatakta and ShoShona Kish - For the Light (Digging Roots)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Power in the Blood (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
Laura Vinson and Free Spirit - Warrior (Laura Vinson and Free Spirit)

World Group of the Year:

Ayrad - Ayrad
Alex Cuba - Healer
Lemon Bucket Orkestra - Moorka
Monsoon - Mandala
Ventanas- Arrelumbre

World Solo Artist of the Year:
  
Kiran Ahluwalia - Sanata: Stillness
Jean-François Bélanger - Les vents orfèvres
Elage - Diame
Emmanuel Jal - The Key
Wagner Petrilli - Confissão
   

Traditional Album of the Year:



Matthew Byrne - Hearts & Heroes
Le Vent du Nord - Têtu
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy - ONE
Pharis & Jason Romero - A Wanderer I'll Stay
Jayme Stone - Jayme Stone's Lomax Project
  
Traditional Singer of the Year:

Michael Jerome Browne - Sliding Delta
Matthew Byrne - Hearts & Heroes
Tamar Ilana - Arrelumbre by Ventanas
Annie Lou - Tried and True
Pharis Romero - A Wanderer I'll Stay (Pharis and Jason Romero)

Contemporary Album of the Year:
Jon Brooks - The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside
Jenn Grant - Compostela
Catherine MacLellan - The Raven's Sun
The Once - Departures
Gabrielle Papillon - The Tempest of Old
  
Contemporary Singer of the Year:
Amelia Curran - They Promised You Mercy
Peter Katz - We Are the Reckoning
Sarah MacDougall - Grand Canyon
Catherine MacLellan - The Raven's Sun
Jory Nash - The Many Hats of Jory Nash


Instrumental Group of the Year:

Coastline - Coastline
Shane Cook and Jake Charron - Head to Head
Lemon Bucket Orkestra - Moorka
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy - ONE
Monsoon - Mandala

Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year:

Jean-François Bélanger - Les vents orfèvres
Adrianna Ciccone - The Back of Winter
Nick Hornbuckle - 12x2(+/-1)
Patti Kusturok - Milestone
Wendy MacIsaac -  Off the Floor
Vocal Group of the Year:

Fortunate Ones - The Bliss
Good Lovelies - Burn The Plan
The Lucky Sisters - So Lucky
Pharis & Jason Romero - A Wanderer I'll Stay
The Young Novelists - made us strangers
Ensemble of the Year:

Big Little Lions - A Little Frayed, a Little Torn
The Once - Departures
Jayme Stone - Jayme Stone's Lomax Project
The Sweet Lowdown - Chasing the Sun
Whitehorse - Leave No Bridge Unburned  

Solo Artist of the Year:

Michael Jerome Browne - Sliding Delta
Amelia Curran - They Promised You Mercy
Lizzy Hoyt - New Lady on the Prairie
Catherine MacLellan - The Raven's Sun
Oh Susanna - Namedropper

Children's Album of the Year:

Ginalina - Forest Friends' Nature Club Album
Henri Godon - La vie rêvée!
Hilary Grist - Tomorrow is a Chance to Start Over
Stella Swanson - I'm Not a Bunny
The Swinging Belles - More Sheep, Less Sleep
Producer of the Year:

Daniel Ledwell - Compostela (Jenn Grant)
Jory Nash, Chris Stringer - The Many Hats of Jory Nash (Jory Nash)
Les Cooper - Burn The Plan (Good Lovelies)
Murray Pulver, Dave Zeglinski, Steve Bell - Pilgrimage (Steve Bell)
Pharis & Jason Romero, David Travers-Smith - A Wanderer I'll Stay (Pharis & Jason Romero)

1 comment:

  1. Hi Paul,
    My name is Miranda Currie. I was recently nominated for aboriginal songwriter of the year by the CFMA. I was wondering how I might get my music to you, so that you might also be able to include it in your programming. You can also visit my website at www.mirandacurrie.ca
    Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you.
    M.

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