15th Canadian Folk Music Awards
# 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards

The 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards were scheduled to presented on April 3 and 4, 2020 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. This represents the first time in the history of the awards that the organizing committee decided to present the awards in the spring rather than the fall, and thus the first time that the awards have been presented since November 2018. On March 13, however, the organizing committee announced the cancellation of the ceremony due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada; instead, the winners were announced via live streaming on April 4.

Performers were scheduled to include Vishtèn, Kaia Kater, Ayrad, Tri-Continental, Lennie Gallant, Abigail Lapell and Le Vent du Nord.

Nominations were announced on November 20, 2019.

## Nominees and recipients

Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
| - | - |
| The Slocan Ramblers, Queen City Jubilee Old Man Luedecke, Easy Money Shannon Quinn, Watchmaker Le Vent du Nord, Territoires Vishtèn, Horizons | The Small Glories, Assiniboine & The Red Lennie Gallant, Time Travel Ariana Gillis, The Maze Jenn Grant, Love, Inevitable Dave Gunning, Up Against the Sky Abigail Lapell, Getaway Leaf Rapids, Citizen Alien Various Artists, The Al Purdy Songbook |
| Children's Album | Traditional Singer |
| The Kerplunks, Lullabies for Big Eyes Ginalina, It Takes a Village Amos J and Jérôme Fortin, Magical Lullabies Will's Jams, Rocks and Roots Splash'N Boots, You, Me and the Sea | Rachel Davis (Còig), Ashlar Joshua Haulli, Aqqut Sophie Lavoie (Sophie & Fiachra), Portraits Old Man Luedecke, Easy Money Allison Lupton, Words of Love |
| Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
| Matt Andersen, Halfway Home By Morning Jenn Grant, Love, Inevitable Dave Gunning, Up Against the Sky Lydia Persaud, Let Me Show You Andrea Ramolo, Homage | Sabin Jacques, Grandes Rencontres Itamar Erez, Mi Alegria Graham Lindsey, TradHead Jon Pilatzke, Amongst Friends Richard Wood, Unbroken |
| Instrumental Group | English Songwriter |
| Mairi Rankin and Eric Wright, The Cabin Sessions Emilyn Stam and Filippo Gambetta, Shorelines Pierre Schryer and Adam Dobres, Mandorla The Fitzgeralds, The Fitzgeralds Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Bhumika | Abigail Lapell, Getaway Ben Caplan and Christian Barry, Old Stock Lennie Gallant, Time Travel Dave Gunning, Up Against the Sky Kaia Kater, Grenades Cara Luft, J. D. Edwards, Neil Osborne and Catherine MacLellan, Assiniboine & The Red (The Small Glories) Madeleine Roger, Cottonwood Justin Rutledge, Passages |
| French Songwriter | Indigenous Songwriter |
| Bernard Adamus, C’qui nous reste du Texas Jordane Labrie and Clement Desjardins, 12 jours Jean Leloup, L’étrange pays Safia Nolin, Dans le noir Caroline Savoie, Pourchasser l’aube | Diyet van Lieshout, Diyet & the Love Soldiers Sugar Plum Croxen, Shelley Hamilton and George Elliott Clarke, Constitution (The Afro-Métis Nation) Jenelle Duval, Danielle Benoit, Stacey Howse, Qama’si (Eastern Owl) Joshua Haulli, Aqqut Mike Paul, Origine |
| Vocal Group | Ensemble |
| The Small Glories, Assiniboine & The Red Fortunate Ones, Hold Fast Geneviève et Alain, De la rivière à la mer Musique à bouches, L’habit de plumes The Sweet Lowdown, Low Clouds in the Morning | The Small Glories, Assiniboine & The Red Haley Richardson and Quinn Bachand, When the Wind Blows High and Clear Oliver the Crow, Oliver the Crow The Slocan Ramblers, Queen City Jubilee Vishtèn, Horizons |
| Solo Artist | World Solo Artist |
| Irish Mythen, Little Bones Michael Jerome Browne, That’s Where It’s At Jenn Grant, Love, Inevitable Dave Gunning, Up Against the Sky Sarah MacDougall, All the Hours I Have Left to Tell You Anything Danny Michel, White & Gold | Wesli, Rapadou Kreyol Ben Caplan, Old Stock Cristian De La Luna, SABES Quique Escamilla, Encomienda Roberto López, Kaleido Strópico |
| World Group | New/Emerging Artist |
| Ayrad, Zoubida Al Qahwa, Cairo Moon Emilyn Stam and Filippo Gambetta, Shorelines Pierre Schryer and Adam Dobres, Mandorla Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Bhumika | Geneviève Racette, No Water, No Flowers Birds of Bellwoods, Victoria Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys, Dreamland Hook & Nail, Ghosts of Taylorton Lydia Persaud, Let Me Show You T. Buckley, Miles We Put Behind The Lumber Jills, The Lumber Jills The Unfaithful Servants, The Unfaithful Servants |
| Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
| Daniel Ledwell, Time Travel (Lennie Gallant) Erin Costelo, Grenades (Kaia Kater) Steve Dawson, Halfway Home By Morning (Matt Andersen) Luke Doucet, The Northern South, Vol. 2 (Whitehorse) Jory Nash and Chris Stringer, Wilderness Years (Jory Nash) | Elisapie, The Ballad of the Runaway Girl Ben Caplan, Old Stock Samson Wrote, Pigeon Tri-Continental, Dust Dance Vishtèn, Horizons |
| Young Performer | Special Awards |
| Joshua Haulli, Aqqut Conway, Conway Nick Earle, Breaking New Ground Keltie, Expect Inhibition Jacques Surette, Marche, marche, marche | Unsung Hero: Donnie Campbell |
