5th Canadian Folk Music Awards

The 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards were held on November 21, 2009, at the Dominion Chalmers Church in Ottawa, Ontario.

5th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Date	November 21, 2009
Location	Dominion Chalmers Church Ottawa, Ontario
Country	Canada
Hosted by	Shelagh Rogers and Benoit Bourque
Website	folkawards.ca

Nominees and recipients

Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[1]

Traditional Album	Contemporary Album
James Hill & Anne Davison – True Love Don't Weep Colette Cheverie – Hours Before Dawn Dave Gossage and the Celtic Mindwarp – Dave Gossage and the Celtic Mindwarp Réveillons – Malbrough n'est pas mort The Haints Old Time Stringband – Shout Monah	Joel Plaskett – Three Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels Jim Byrnes – My Walking Stick Ndidi Onukwulu – The Contradictor Romi Mayes – Achin in Yer Bones
Children's Album	Traditional Singer
Chris McKhool – FiddleFire! Kathy Reid-Naiman – Zoom Zoom Cuddle and Croon Maggie G. – Around The House With Maggie G. Tasha Platt – Big Bad Bantam Rooster The Kerplunks – Walk On	Colette Cheverie – Hours Before Dawn Dave MacDonald – Lazy Jacks – East Coast Live Ian Bell – My Pious Friends & Drunken Companions Monique Jutras – Le Chant de la Mariniere Peter Wynne – Lazy Jacks – East Coast Live
Contemporary Singer	Instrumental Solo Artist
Jim Byrnes – My Walking Stick Jessica Rhaye – Good Things Marianne Girard – Pirate Days Melissa McClelland – Victoria Day Suzie Vinnick – Happy Here	Tony McManus – The Maker's Mark Guy Donis – Paroles d'arbre Don Alder – Not A Planet Joel Fafard – Three Hens Escape Oblivion Karrnnel – Karrnnel
Instrumental Group	English Songwriter
Sultans of String – Yalla Yalla! De Lònga – À l'abri du temps La Nef – Deserts OktoEcho – OktoEcho The Rakish Angles – The Rakish Angles	Susan Crowe – Greytown Jon Brooks – Moth Nor Rust Rob Heath – One More Day Above Ground Rob Lutes – Truth & Fiction William Hawkins – Various Artists – Dancing Alone: Songs by William Hawkins
French Songwriter	Aboriginal Songwriter
Catherine Durand – Coeurs Migratoires Guillaume Monette, Guillaume Meloche-Charlebois & Nicola Morel – 3 Gars su'l sofa – Cerf-Volant Caracol – L'Abre aux Parfums Maryse Letarte – Des Pas Dans la Neige Paul Cargnello – Bras Coupé	Don Amero - Deepening Buffy Sainte-Marie – Running for the Drum Vince Fontaine, Jay Bodner and Chris Burke-Gaffney (Eagle & Hawk) – Sirensong Tanya Tagaq - Auk/Blood Violet Naytowhow – Wind of the North
Vocal Group	Ensemble
Madison Violet – No Fool For Trying Cantarra – Beautiful Air Dala – Everyone Is Someone Serre L'Ecoute – Buveurs Philosophes The Breakmen – When You Leave Town	The Deep Dark Woods – Winter Hours Annie Lou – Annie Lou OktoEcho – OktoEcho Sultans of String – Yalla Yalla! The Haints Old Time Stringband – Shout Monah
Solo Artist	World Solo Artist
Catherine MacLellan – Water in the Ground Ian Tyson – Yellowhead to Yellowstone and Other Love Stories Joel Plaskett – Three Maria Dunn – The Peddler Suzie Vinnick – Happy Here	Karim Saada – La Danse de L'exilé Florent Vollant – Eku Mamu George Koufogiannakis – Generations – Greek Oud Jazz Lorraine Klaasen – Africa Calling Wesli – Kouraj
World Group	New/Emerging Artist
Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko – Africa to Appalachia Ensemble Montréal Tango – Enamorada La Nef – Deserts OktoEcho – OktoEcho The Huppa Project – Under the Canopy	The Good Lovelies – Good Lovelies David Baxter – Day & Age Kate Reid – I'm Just Warming Up Lynne Hanson – Eleven Months The Breakmen – When You Leave Town
Producer	Pushing the Boundaries
Joel Plaskett - Joel Plaskett – Three Jocelyn Tellier & Catherine Durand - Catherine Durand – Coeurs Migratoires Mike Roth - Dala – Everyone Is Someone David Travers-Smith - Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko – Africa to Appalachia Jonathan Goldsmith - Jenn Grant – Echos	Steve Dawson – Telescope Doug Cox et Salil Bhatt – Slide to Freedom 2 – Make a Better World Joel Plaskett – Three Sultans of String – Yalla Yalla! Wendy McNeill – A Dreamer's Guide to Hardcore Living
Young Performer
Ariana Gillis – To Make It Make Sense Chrissy Crowley – The Departure Qristina & Quinn Bachand – Relative Minors Sierra Noble – Possibilities Taylor Mitchell – For Your Consideration

References

1. "Results 2009 | Canadian Folk Music Awards". folkawards.ca.

External links

• Official website