Canadian Folk Music Award for English Songwriter of the Year
The Canadian Folk Music Award for English Songwriter of the Year is a Canadian award, presented as part of the Canadian Folk Music Awards to honour the year's best songwriting in Canadian folk music. Unlike many songwriting awards, the nomination is given in consideration of all of the songwriting on a whole album rather than singling out individual songs. Awards are also presented for French Songwriter of the Year and Indigenous Songwriter of the Year.
2000s
Year | Nominee | Album | Ref |
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2005 1st Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Lynn Miles | Love Sweet Love | ||
Melwood Cutlery | Campfire | ||
Connie Kaldor | Sky with Nothing to Get in the Way | ||
James Keelaghan | Then Again | ||
Joel Plaskett | La De Da | ||
2006 2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Stephen Fearing | Yellowjacket | [1] | |
Lennie Gallant | When We Get There | [2] | |
Ron Hynes | Ron Hynes | ||
Romi Mayes | Sweet Somethin' Steady | ||
Sarah Noni Metzner | Daybreak Mourning | ||
2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Suzie Ungerleider | Short Stories | [3] | |
Jon Brooks | Ours and the Shepherds | [4] | |
Bruce Cockburn | Life Short Call Now | ||
David Francey | Right of Passage | ||
Emm Gryner | The Summer of High Hopes | ||
Keri Latimer, Shelley Marshall | Key Principles | ||
2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Corb Lund | Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! | [5] | |
Tim Hus | Bush Pilot Buckaroo | [6] | |
Lindsay Jane | Lovers Find Reasons | ||
Wyckham Porteous | 3AM | ||
Garnet Rogers | Get a Witness | ||
2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Susan Crowe | Greytown | [7] | |
Jon Brooks | Moth Nor Rust | [8] | |
William Hawkins | Dancing Alone: Songs by William Hawkins | ||
Rob Heath | One More Day Above Ground | ||
Rob Lutes | Truth & Fiction |
2010s
Year | Nominee | Album | Ref |
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2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Ian Tamblyn | Gyre | [9] | |
Amelia Curran | Hunter, Hunter | ||
Lennie Gallant | If We Had A Fire / Le coeur hante | ||
Chris MacLean | Feet Be Still | ||
Justin Rutledge | The Early Widows | ||
2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Lynn Miles | Fall for Beauty | [10] | |
Bruce Cockburn | Small Source of Comfort | [11] | |
David Francey | Late Edition | ||
Ron Hynes | Stealing Genius | ||
Mae Moore | Folklore | ||
2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Catherine MacLellan | Silhouette | [12] | |
Annie Lou | Grandma's Rules for Drinking | ||
Jon Brooks | Delicate Cages | ||
Dala | Best Day | ||
The Deep Dark Woods | The Place I Left Behind | ||
Pear | Sweet 'n Gritty | ||
2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
David Francey | So Say We All | [13] | |
John Wort Hannam | Brambles and Thorns | [14] | |
Old Man Luedecke | Tender Is the Night | ||
Lynn Miles | Downpour | ||
Justin Rutledge | Valleyheart | ||
2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Shari Ulrich | Everywhere I Go | [15] | |
Del Barber | Prairieography | [16] | |
James Keelaghan | History | ||
Lennie Gallant | Live Acoustic at the Carleton | ||
Chris Ronald | Timeline | ||
2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Amelia Curran | They Promised You Mercy | [17] | |
Catherine Allan, Andrew James O'Brien | The Bliss — Fortunate Ones | [18] | |
Jon Brooks | The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside | ||
Luke Doucet, Melissa McClelland | Leave No Bridge Unburned | ||
Jenn Grant | Compostela | ||
2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Donovan Woods | Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled | [19] | |
Cara Luft, J. D. Edwards | Wondrous Traveler — The Small Glories | [20] | |
Danny Michel | Matadora | ||
The Strumbellas | Hope | ||
Royal Wood | Ghost Light | ||
2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Ken Yates | Huntsville | [21] | |
Scott Cook | Further Down the Line | [22] | |
Amelia Curran | Watershed | ||
Stephen Fearing | Every Soul's a Sailor | ||
Oh Susanna | A Girl in Teen City | ||
2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Lynne Hanson, Lynn Miles | Heartbreak Song for the Radio — The Lynnes | [23] | |
Noosa Al-Sarraj | Wasted Time | [24] | |
Bruce Cockburn | Bone on Bone | ||
Dana Sipos | Trick of the Light | ||
Donovan Woods | Both Ways |
2020s
Year | Nominee | Album | Ref |
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2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Abigail Lapell | Getaway | [25] | |
Ben Caplan, Christian Barry | Old Stock | [26] | |
Lennie Gallant | Time Travel | ||
Dave Gunning | Up Against the Sky | ||
Kaia Kater | Grenades | ||
Cara Luft, J. D. Edwards, Neil Osborne, Catherine MacLellan | Assiniboine & The Red — The Small Glories | ||
Madeleine Roger | Cottonwood | ||
Justin Rutledge | Passages | ||
2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
William Prince | Reliever | [27] | |
Coco Love Alcorn | Rebirth | [28] | |
Basia Bulat | Are You in Love? | ||
Pharis and Jason Romero | Bet on Love | ||
Sarah Jane Scouten | Confessions | ||
Julian Taylor | The Ridge | ||
2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Allison Russell | Outside Child | [29] | |
Scott Cook | Tangle of Souls | [30] | |
Rick Fines | Solar Powered Too | ||
Rob Lutes | Come Around | ||
Noah Reid | Gemini | ||
Ian Tamblyn | A Longing for Innocence | ||
2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Abigail Lapell | Stolen Time | [31] | |
T. Buckley | Frame by Frame | [32] | |
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 | ||
2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
Jacob Brodovsky | I Love You and I'm Sorry | [33] | |
Tim Chaisson, Koady Chaisson, Jake Charron, Colin MacDonald, Carleton Stone | House of Dreams | [34] | |
Noah Derksen | Sanctity of Silence | ||
Luke Doucet, Melissa McClelland | I'm Not Crying, You're Crying | ||
Dave Gunning | The Same Storm | ||
Noah Zacharin | Points of Light |
References
- ^ "Veteran Lang tops Canadian folk awards". CBC News, December 11, 2006.
- ^ "Wailin' Jennys, Madrigaia nominated for Canadian Folk Music Awards". CBC News, November 1, 2006.
- ^ Greg Quill, "Toronto roots musicians snag prizes". St. Catharines Standard, December 3, 2007.
- ^ "Bruce Cockburn up for 4 Canadian Folk Music Awards". CBC News, October 17, 2007.
- ^ "Late Toronto fiddler honoured at Folk Music Awards". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, November 24, 2008.
- ^ "Late fiddler Oliver Schroer leads Canadian Folk Music nominations". CBC News, October 8, 2008.
- ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Folk musicians honoured". Regina Leader-Post, November 23, 2009.
- ^ "Results 2009". Canadian Folk Music Awards.
- ^ "The Once wins big in Winnipeg". Ottawa Citizen, November 21, 2010.
- ^ "Lynn Miles delivers a memorable performance". Waterloo Region Record, March 11, 2012.
- ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, October 22, 2011.
- ^ "Canadian Folk Music Award winners". Roots Music Canada, November 21, 2012.
- ^ Brad Wheeler, "Good Lovelies among winners at Canadian Folk Music Awards". The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2013.
- ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 29, 2013.
- ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Ottawa singer-songwriter Amanda Rheaume among folk music award winners". Ottawa Citizen, November 30, 2014.
- ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Folkies set to honour their own". Ottawa Citizen, September 25, 2014.
- ^ "Canadian Folk Music Awards recipients announced in Edmonton". CBC News, November 9, 2015.
- ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 9, 2015.
- ^ "Rail yard labourer-turned-musician David Francey wins big at Canadian Folk Music Awards". Toronto Star, December 3, 2016.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2016 Winners". Exclaim!, December 4, 2016.
- ^ Sarah Greene, "Six highlights From the 2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Now, November 20, 2017.
- ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Reveal 2017 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 21, 2017.
- ^ "The LYNNeS, Pharis Romero Win Multiple CFMAs". FYI Music News, December 3, 2018.
- ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2018 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 22, 2018.
- ^ Allie Gregory, "Here Are All the 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 5, 2020.
- ^ "Dave Gunning gets four nominations for Canadian Folk Music Awards". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, November 20, 2019.
- ^ "Pharis & Jason Romero Head CFMA Winners List". FYI Music News, April 11, 2021.
- ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.
- ^ Heather Kitching, "The Canadian Folk Music Awards 2022 – winners and highlights". Roots Music Canada, April 2, 2022.
- ^ Megan Lapierre, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2022 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 28, 2021.
- ^ "CFMAs Are Handed Out In Vancouver". FYI Music News, April 5, 2023.
- ^ Stephen Cooke, "Madison Violet, Shannon & Tony Quinn among 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees". SaltWire Network, October 5, 2022.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Here are the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 10, 2024.
- ^ Nika Petrosian, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2024 Nominees". Exclaim!, October 18, 2023.
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