Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Singer of the Year

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The Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Singer of the Year is an annual music award, presented by the Canadian Folk Music Awards to honour the best vocal performances in contemporary folk music by Canadian artists.

2000s

Year Nominee Album Ref
2005
1st Canadian Folk Music Awards
Lynn Miles Love Sweet Love [1]
Dave Gunning Two Bit World [2]
John Wort Hannam Dynamite and Dozers
Connie Kaldor Sky with Nothing to Get in the Way
Gordie Sampson Sunburn
2006
2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards
Jim Byrnes
 		House of Refuge [3]
Bruce Cockburn Life Short Call Now [4]
Stephen Fearing Yellowjacket
Lennie Gallant When We Get There
Ron Hynes Ron Hynes
2007
3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards
David Francey Right of Passage [5]
Jill Barber For All Time [6]
Bruce Cockburn Life Short Call Now
Jeremy Fisher Goodbye Blue Monday
T. Nile At My Table
Dawn Tyler Watson En Duo
2008
4th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Tannis Slimmon Lucky Blue [7]
Dave Carroll
 Perfect Blue [8]
Rita Chiarelli Uptown Goes Downtown
Amos Garrett Get Way Back: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield
Wyckham Porteous 3AM
2009
5th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Jim Byrnes My Walking Stick [9]
Marianne Girard Pirate Days [10]
Melissa McClelland Victoria Day
Jessica Rhaye Good Things
Suzie Vinnick Happy Here

2010s

Year Nominee Album Ref
2010
6th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Rose Cousins The Send Off [11]
James Keelaghan House of Cards
Lynn Miles Black Flowers Volume 1 & 2
Nathan Rogers The Gauntlet
Justin Rutledge The Early Widows
2011
7th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Suzie Vinnick Me 'n' Mabel [12]
Matthew Barber Matthew Barber [13]
Bruce Cockburn Small Source of Comfort
Cat Jahnke The Stories are Taking Their Toll
David Myles
 Live at the Carleton
2012
8th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Rose Cousins We Have Made a Spark [14]
Craig Cardiff Floods and Fires
Geraldine Hollett Row Upon Row of the People They Know
Keri Latimer Crowsfeet and Greyskull
Catherine MacLellan Silhouette
2013
9th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Ian Sherwood Live at the Hive [15]
Stephen Fearing Between Hurricanes [16]
John Wort Hannam Brambles and Thorns
Old Man Luedecke Tender Is the Night
Justin Rutledge Valleyheart
2014
10th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Matt Andersen Weightless [17]
Del Barber Prairieography [18]
Matthew Barber Big Romance
James Keelaghan History
Jadea Kelly Clover
2015
11th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Amelia Curran They Promised You Mercy [19]
Peter Katz We Are the Reckoning [20]
Sarah MacDougall Grand Canyon
Catherine MacLellan The Raven's Sun
Jory Nash The Many Hats of Jory Nash
2016
12th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Jadea Kelly Love & Lust [21]
Matt Andersen Honest Man [22]
Megan Bonnell Magnolia
Danny Michel Matadora
William Prince Earthly Days
2017
13th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Stephen Fearing Every Soul's a Sailor [23]
Coco Love Alcorn Wonderland [24]
Abigail Lapell Hide Nor Hair
Lisa LeBlanc Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
Oh Susanna A Girl in Teen City
2018
14th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Rob Lutes Walk in the Dark [25]
Kellie Loder Benefit of the Doubt [26]
Catherine MacLellan If It's Alright With You: The Songs of Gene MacLellan
Dylan Menzie As the Clock Rewinds
Dana Wylie The Earth That You're Made Of

2020s

Year Nominee Album Ref
2020
15th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Matt Andersen Halfway Home By Morning [27]
Jenn Grant Love, Inevitable [28]
Dave Gunning Up Against the Sky
Lydia Persaud Let Me Show You
Andrea Ramolo Homage
2021
16th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Coco Love Alcorn Rebirth [29]
Basia Bulat Are You in Love? [30]
Tim Chaisson Yours to Break
Catherine MacLellan Coyote
William Prince Reliever
2022
17th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Rob Lutes Come Around [31]
Kelly Bado Hey Terre [32]
Craig Cardiff All This Time Running
Denise Flack Good Water
Terra Spencer Chasing Rabbits
2023
18th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Kyle McKearney Down-Home [33]
Barney Bentall Cosmic Dreamer [34]
Boy Golden Church of Better Daze
Angelique Francis Long River
Ken Yates Cerulean

References

  1. ^ "Canada's Folk Music Awards begin a tradition". The Globe and Mail, December 12, 2005.
  2. ^ "Sampson, Nathan among inaugural folk nominees". Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune, November 4, 2005.
  3. ^ "Veteran Lang tops Canadian folk awards". CBC News, December 11, 2006.
  4. ^ "Wailin' Jennys, Madrigaia nominated for Canadian Folk Music Awards". CBC News, November 1, 2006.
  5. ^ Greg Quill, "Toronto roots musicians snag prizes". St. Catharines Standard, December 3, 2007.
  6. ^ "Bruce Cockburn up for 4 Canadian Folk Music Awards". CBC News, October 17, 2007.
  7. ^ "Late Toronto fiddler honoured at Folk Music Awards". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, November 24, 2008.
  8. ^ "Late fiddler Oliver Schroer leads Canadian Folk Music nominations". CBC News, October 8, 2008.
  9. ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Folk musicians honoured". Regina Leader-Post, November 23, 2009.
  10. ^ "Results 2009". Canadian Folk Music Awards.
  11. ^ "The Once wins big in Winnipeg". Ottawa Citizen, November 21, 2010.
  12. ^ David R. Rowat, "Suzie Vinnick". The Canadian Encyclopedia, March 17, 2013.
  13. ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, October 22, 2011.
  14. ^ "Canadian Folk Music Award winners". Roots Music Canada, November 21, 2012.
  15. ^ Brad Wheeler, "Good Lovelies among winners at Canadian Folk Music Awards". The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2013.
  16. ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 29, 2013.
  17. ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Ottawa singer-songwriter Amanda Rheaume among folk music award winners". Ottawa Citizen, November 30, 2014.
  18. ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Folkies set to honour their own". Ottawa Citizen, September 25, 2014.
  19. ^ "Canadian Folk Music Awards recipients announced in Edmonton". CBC News, November 9, 2015.
  20. ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 9, 2015.
  21. ^ "Rail yard labourer-turned-musician David Francey wins big at Canadian Folk Music Awards". Toronto Star, December 3, 2016.
  22. ^ Calum Slingerland, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2016 Winners". Exclaim!, December 4, 2016.
  23. ^ Sarah Greene, "Six highlights From the 2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Now, November 20, 2017.
  24. ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Reveal 2017 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 21, 2017.
  25. ^ "The LYNNeS, Pharis Romero Win Multiple CFMAs". FYI Music News, December 3, 2018.
  26. ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2018 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 22, 2018.
  27. ^ Allie Gregory, "Here Are All the 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 5, 2020.
  28. Halifax Chronicle-Herald
    , November 20, 2019.
  29. ^ "Pharis & Jason Romero Head CFMA Winners List". FYI Music News, April 11, 2021.
  30. ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.
  31. ^ Heather Kitching, "The Canadian Folk Music Awards 2022 – winners and highlights". Roots Music Canada, April 2, 2022.
  32. ^ Megan Lapierre, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2022 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 28, 2021.
  33. ^ "CFMAs Are Handed Out In Vancouver". FYI Music News, April 5, 2023.
  34. ^ Stephen Cooke, "Madison Violet, Shannon & Tony Quinn among 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees". SaltWire Network, October 5, 2022.
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