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18th Canadian Folk Music Awards
18th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Date	March 31 – April 2, 2023
Location	St James Community Square; Vancouver, British Columbia
Country	Canada
Hosted by	Chelsey June, Benoît Bourque
Website	folkawards.ca

The 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented between March 31 and April 2, 2023, to honour achievements in folk music by Canadian artists in 2022.^[1] Nominees were announced in October 2022.

Nominees and recipients

Traditional Album	Contemporary Album
Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves, Hurricane Clarice Shannon Quinn and Tony Quinn, 20 Summers The Slocan Ramblers, Up the Hill and Through the Fog Le Vent du Nord, 20 printemps Ken Whiteley, Long Time Travelling	John Wort Hannam, Long Haul Shawna Caspi, Hurricane Coming Digging Roots, Zhawenim Madison Violet, eleven Kyle McKearney, Down-Home Sultans of String, Sanctuary Tanya Tagaq, Tongues Ken Yates, Cerulean
Children's Album	Traditional Singer
Gordie Crazylegs MacKeeman, Folk for Little Folk, Vol. 1 My Friend Christopher, Tuba Blues Hannah Shira Naiman, Ça suffit pour s'amuser The Oot n' Oots, Ponderosa Bunchgrass and the Golden Rule The Relative Minors, The Full Circle	Lizzy Hoyt, The Parting Glass Kim Beggs, Steel and Wool Mike Bravener, Have You Ever Heard the Story? Michael Darcy, Down to the Roots Li'l Andy, The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925–1930)
Contemporary Singer	Instrumental Solo Artist
Kyle McKearney, Down-Home Barney Bentall, Cosmic Dreamer Boy Golden, Church of Better Daze Angelique Francis, Long River Ken Yates, Cerulean	Waymzy, Inchoate Kerry Fitzgerald, Bitz & Beatz Ellen Gibling, The Bend in the Light John Reischman, New Time & Old Acoustic Mike Stevens, Breathe in the World Breathe Out Music
Instrumental Group	English Songwriter
Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves, Hurricane Clarice The McDades, The Empress Proulx-Demers, Il fera beau demain Shannon Quinn and Tony Quinn, 20 Summers RanchWriters, RanchWriters	Abigail Lapell, Stolen Time T. Buckley, Frame by Frame John Wort Hannam, Long Haul Li'l Andy, The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925–1930) Matt Patershuk, An Honest Effort Yael Wand, Saltwater Heartwood
French Songwriter	Indigenous Songwriter
Geneviève Roberge-Bouchard and Alain Barbeau, J’attends encore Anik Bérubé and Natalie Byrns, Les ébranlements Sébastien Lacombe, Le chemin des possibles Héra Ménard and Guylaine Saint-Pierre, Fleurs Matt Stern, Rien qu'un animal	Amanda Rheaume, The Spaces in Between Berk Jodoin, Half Breed ShoShona Kish and Raven Kanatakta Polson-Lahache, Zhawenim Kyle McKearney, Down-Home Adrian Sutherland, When the Magic Hits
Vocal Group	Ensemble
The McDades, The Empress Mama's Broke, Narrow Line Quote the Raven, Can't Hold the Light Les Rats d'Swompe, Elixir Le Vent du Nord, 20 printemps	The Slocan Ramblers, Up the Hill and Through the Fog The Dead South, Easy Listening for Jerks, Part 1 The Fretless, Open House The McDades, The Empress Over the Moon, Chinook Waltz
Solo Artist	Global Roots Album
John Wort Hannam, Long Haul Barney Bentall, Cosmic Dreamer James Keelaghan, Second-Hand Jocelyn Pettit, Wind Rose Suzie Ungerleider, My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider	Sultans of String, Sanctuary Ayrad, III Jaffa Road, Until When Lenka Lichtenberg, Thieves of Dreams Wesli, Tradisyon
Single of the Year	New/Emerging Artist
William Prince and Serena Ryder, "Sing Me a Song" Fortunate Ones, "Heavy Heart" Geneviève et Alain, "À travers mes yeux" The Irish Rovers, "Hey Boys Sing Us a Song" Madison Violet, "Sweet Desperado" Pretty Archie, "Familiar Feeling" Quote the Raven, "Love You the Best" Tanya Tagaq, "Teeth Agape" Julian Taylor, "100 Proof"	RedFox, Stranger Love Camie, troubadour Cheval, Singer Songwrecker Tennyson King, Good Company Alex Krawczyk, Le Olam Andrew Waite, Andrew Waite
Producer	Pushing the Boundaries
Chris McKhool and John "Beetle" Bailey — Sultans of String, Sanctuary Corwin Fox and Yael Wand — Yael Wand, Saltwater Heartwood The Fretless and Joby Baker — The Fretless, Open House Katia Makdissi-Warren — Oktoécho, Transcestral Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac — Madison Violet, eleven	Oktoécho, Transcestral Digging Roots, Zhawenim Lenka Lichtenberg, Thieves of Dreams / Zloději snů Mélisande (électrotrad), Flash de mémoire Sultans of String, Sanctuary
Young Performer
Fiddelium, Fiddelium The Fiddlaires, Fiddletainment The Oot n' Oots, Ponderosa Bunchgrass and the Golden Rule Paige Penney, Fingers Crossed The Receivers, The Receivers

References

^ Stephen Cooke, "Madison Violet, Shannon & Tony Quinn among 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees". SaltWire Network, October 5, 2022.

External links

Canadian Folk Music Awards

[1] Stephen Cooke, "Madison Violet, Shannon & Tony Quinn among 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees". SaltWire Network, October 5, 2022.

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