Canadian Folk Music Awards
Canada's incredibly vibrant and diverse folk/roots/world music scene will take centre stage this coming Saturday, December 1 at the Third Annual Canadian Folk Music Awards ceremony in Gatineau, Quebec. Come celebrate the upcoming visit to our area by the Canadian Folk Music Awards! The event is unique, fun and awe-inspiring, and even includes a “jamming stage” during the Post-Awards Party. Here's your opportunity to experience a truly national celebration of our music. The Canadian Folk Music Awards Ceremony takes place on Saturday, December 1, starting at 7 p.m., at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, (100 Laurier Street, Gatineau). The show features performances by Canadian Music Hall of Fame member Sylvia Tyson, Grammy-nominated acoustic ensemble The Duhks, Juno and Felix award-winning ex-Kashtin member Florent Vollant, Juno-winner Ian Tamblyn, and Newfoundland music legend Ron Hynes. The line-up is rounded out by last year's CFMA Best New/Emerging Artist winner T. Nile, up-and-coming Acadian ensemble Vishten, and Ottawa’s own Indian world fusion ensemble Galitcha.
Tickets are $40, and are available at the Ottawa Folklore Centre, in person at 1111 Bank Street, or by phone at either 613-730-2887 or 1-800-385-FOLK, and at the Canadian Museum of Civilization Box Office, in person at 100 Laurier Street, Gatineau. Note: the ticket price includes admission to the Post-Awards Party.
This year's ceremony will be hosted in English and French by Shelagh Rogers of CBC Radio One's “Sounds Like Canada” and Benoit Bourque, the Juno Award-winning Quebecois musician known for his work with groups like Ad Vielle Que Pourra and Le Vent du Nord. The evening will be taped by CBC Radio Two for national broadcast on December 7 at 8 p.m. with Alan Neale.
Selected from a pool of over 400 submissions, the 79 nominees for this year's CFMAs exemplify the richness, diversity and innovation found in Canada's folk music communities. Among them are well-known names like Order of Canada officer Bruce Cockburn, acclaimed pop artist and David Bowie band alumnus Emm Gryner, Juno-winning Cuban music innovator Alex Cuba, and Quebec traditional music favourites Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer. New discoveries include 18-year old Kyrie Kristmanson, an artist of Veda Hille-like originality who's rumoured to play at least one song on manual typewriter. Other 2007 nominees include Brian Thomas, a Celtic music virtuoso of the hammered dulcimer; and Jon Brooks, a singer-songwriter with a voice reminiscent of Steve Earle and an album of songs about the Canadian war experience.
Launched in Ottawa in 2005, the Canadian Folk Music Awards recognize Canada's outstanding writers, producers and performers of traditional music, and the artists who are expanding the genres in innovative and exciting ways. ,While the Junos celebrate Canada's popular music success stories, the CFMAs honour the magnificent diversity of Canada's musical heritage - from the musical traditions of Aboriginal Canada to Celtic, Acadian and traditional Québécois styles; singer-songwriter music, blues, bluegrass, old-tyme country; and the myriad of global traditions brought to Canada by each new wave of immigration. The CFMAs provide an opportunity to draw Canadians' attention to our most outstanding and often under-exposed roots and world music artists.
Like the Juno Awards, the Canadian Folk Music Awards are judged by independent juries of industry experts, a separate jury for each category, and the results are tabulated by an independent chartered accountant. CFMAs will be awarded this year in 18 categories, including "Best Album - Traditional", "Best Album - Contemporary", "Young Performer of the Year", and "Pushing the Boundaries."
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