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Canadian Folk Music Award for Ensemble of the Year

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The Canadian Folk Music Award for Ensemble of the Year is a Canadian award, presented as part of the Canadian Folk Music Awards to honour the year's best work by duos and bands in Canadian folk music and related genres. Albums officially credited to solo artists can be nominated for the award, in consideration of the collective work by all musicians participating in the recording.

2000s

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Year Nominee Album Ref
2005
1st Canadian Folk Music Awards
Genticorum Malins plaisirs [1]
The Bills Let 'Em Run [2]
The Clumsy Lovers Smart Kid
Nathan Jimson Weed
Le Vent du Nord Les Amants du Saint-Laurent
2006
2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards
Mauvais Sort Koru [3]
Bebop Cowboys Canadian Dance Hall [4]
The McDades Bloom
Polémil Bazar Avale ta montre
Tandava Tandava
2007
3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards
Les Charbonniers de l'enfer À la grâce de Dieu [5]
Creaking Tree String Quartet The Soundtrack [6]
The Duhks Migrations
Harry Manx and Kevin Breit In Good We Trust
John Reichman and The Jaybirds Stellar Jays
2008
4th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Yves Lambert et Le Bébert Orchestra Le Monde à Lambert [7]
Rita Chiarelli Uptown Goes Downtown [8]
Foggy Hogtown Boys The Golden West
Hungry Hill Ride
Le Vent du Nord Dans les airs
2009
5th Canadian Folk Music Awards
The Deep Dark Woods Winter Hours [9]
Annie Lou Annie Lou [10]
The Haints Old Time Stringband Shout Monah
Oktoécho Oktoécho
Sultans of String Yalla Yalla!

2010s

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Year Nominee Album Ref
2010
6th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Le Vent du Nord La Part du feu [11]
Beyond the Pale Postcards
Nicolas Pellerin et les Grands Hurleurs
The Sojourners The Sojourners
Les Tireux d'Roches Les Tireux d'Roches Cé qu'essé?
2011
7th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Genticorum Nagez rameurs
Creaking Tree String Quartet Sundogs [12]
Harry Manx and Kevin Breit Strictly Whatever
Maz Télescope
The Wailin' Jennys Bright Morning Stars
2012
8th Canadian Folk Music Awards
The Fretless Waterbound [13]
La Bottine Souriante Appellation d'origine côntrolée
Oliver Schroer and Nuala Kennedy Enthralled
Le Vent du Nord Tromper le temps
Whitehorse Whitehorse
2013
9th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Good Lovelies Live at Revolution [14]
Genticorum Enregistré Live [15]
Mary Jane Lamond and Wendy MacIsaac Seinn
Corin Raymond and the Sundowners Paper Nickels
Vishtèn Mosaïk
2014
10th Canadian Folk Music Awards
The Fretless The Fretless [16]
Quinn Bachand Brishen [17]
The High Bar Gang Lost and Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion
Notre Dame de Grass That's How the Music Begins
Ventanas Ventanas
2015
11th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Big Little Lions A Little Frayed, a Little Torn [18]
The Once Departures [19]
Jayme Stone Jayme Stone's Lomax Project
The Sweet Lowdown Chasing the Sun
Whitehorse Leave No Bridge Unburned
2016
12th Canadian Folk Music Awards
The East Pointers Secret Victory [20]
Les Frères Berthiaume Le temps des fêtes est terminé [21]
Ten Strings and a Goat Skin Auprès du poêle
Whitehorse The Northern South, Vol. 1
Yves Lambert Trio Laissez courir les chiens
2017
13th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Mama's Broke Count the Wicked [22]
100 mile house Hiraeth [23]
Cassie and Maggie The Willow Collection
The Jerry Cans Inuusiq
Silent Winters Fireworks and a Small Brigade
2018
14th Canadian Folk Music Awards
The Lynnes Heartbreak Song for the Radio [24]
The East Pointers What We Leave Behind [25]
The Fretless Live from the Art Farm
Genticorum Avant l'orage
Pharis and Jason Romero Sweet Old Religion

2020s

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Year Nominee Album Ref
2020
15th Canadian Folk Music Awards
The Small Glories Assiniboine & The Red [26]
Haley Richardson and Quinn Bachand When the Wind Blows High and Clear [27]
Oliver the Crow Oliver the Crow
The Slocan Ramblers Queen City Jubilee
Vishtèn Horizons
2021
16th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Pharis and Jason Romero Bet on Love [28]
The Dead South Sugar & Joy [29]
OKAN Sombras
Sultans of String Refuge
Sussex The Ocean Wide
2022
17th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Elliott Brood Keeper [30]
The Fugitives Trench Songs [31]
The Hello Darlins Go by Feel
OKAN Espiral
Whitehorse Modern Love
2023
18th Canadian Folk Music Awards
The Slocan Ramblers Up the Hill and Through the Fog [32]
The Dead South Easy Listening for Jerks, Part 1 [33]
The Fretless Open House
The McDades The Empress
Over the Moon Chinook Waltz
2024
19th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Genticorum Au coeur de l'aube [34]
The Bombadils Dear Friend [35]
The East Pointers House of Dreams
Jackson Hollow Roses
Whitehorse I'm Not Crying, You're Crying

References

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  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. ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, October 22, 2011.
  13. ^ "Canadian Folk Music Award winners". Roots Music Canada, November 21, 2012.
  14. ^ Brad Wheeler, "Good Lovelies among winners at Canadian Folk Music Awards". The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2013.
  15. ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 29, 2013.
  16. ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Ottawa singer-songwriter Amanda Rheaume among folk music award winners". Ottawa Citizen, November 30, 2014.
  17. ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Folkies set to honour their own". Ottawa Citizen, September 25, 2014.
  18. ^ "Canadian Folk Music Awards recipients announced in Edmonton". CBC News, November 9, 2015.
  19. ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 9, 2015.
  20. ^ "Rail yard labourer-turned-musician David Francey wins big at Canadian Folk Music Awards". Toronto Star, December 3, 2016.
  21. ^ Calum Slingerland, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2016 Winners". Exclaim!, December 4, 2016.
  22. ^ Sarah Greene, "Six highlights From the 2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Now, November 20, 2017.
  23. ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Reveal 2017 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 21, 2017.
  24. ^ "The LYNNeS, Pharis Romero Win Multiple CFMAs". FYI Music News, December 3, 2018.
  25. ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2018 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 22, 2018.
  26. ^ Allie Gregory, "Here Are All the 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 5, 2020.
  27. ^ "Dave Gunning gets four nominations for Canadian Folk Music Awards". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, November 20, 2019.
  28. ^ "Pharis & Jason Romero Head CFMA Winners List". FYI Music News, April 11, 2021.
  29. ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.
  30. ^ Heather Kitching, "The Canadian Folk Music Awards 2022 – winners and highlights". Roots Music Canada, April 2, 2022.
  31. ^ Megan Lapierre, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2022 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 28, 2021.
  32. ^ "CFMAs Are Handed Out In Vancouver". FYI Music News, April 5, 2023.
  33. ^ Stephen Cooke, "Madison Violet, Shannon & Tony Quinn among 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees". SaltWire Network, October 5, 2022.
  34. ^ Calum Slingerland, "Here are the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 10, 2024.
  35. ^ Nika Petrosian, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2024 Nominees". Exclaim!, October 18, 2023.