# 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards

The 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards were held on December 4, 2011, at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.

## Nominees and recipients

Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
| Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs Dave Gunning - ...a tribute to John Allan Cameron Finest Kind - For Honour and For Gain De Temps Antan - Les Habits de Papier La Volée d'Castors - Le Retour | Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort Twilight Hotel - When the Wolves Go Blind Les Charbonniers de l'enfer - Nouvelles fréquentations Lynn Miles - Fall for Beauty The Good Lovelies - Let The Rain Fall |
| Children's Album | Traditional Singer |
| Benoît Archambault - Les pourquoi Kathy Reid-Naiman - I Love to Hear the Sounds Marky Weinstock - Songs For Dreamers Colleen Power with Crooked Stovepipe - For Little Ones Will Stroet - Walk 'n' Roll | Dave Gunning - ...a tribute to John Allan Cameron Enoch Kent - Take A Trip With Me Lizzy Hoyt - Home Eileen McGann - Pocketful Of Rhymes Joel Fafard - Cluck Old Hen |
| Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
| Suzie Vinnick - Me 'n' Mabel David Myles - Live at the Carleton Cat Jahnke - The Stories are Taking Their Toll Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort Matthew Barber - Matthew Barber | Jayme Stone - Room of Wonders Jaron Freeman-Fox - Manic Almanac : Slow Möbius Anne Lindsay - Hurry On Home April Verch - That's How We Run Don Ross - Breakfast for Dogs |
| Instrumental Group | English Songwriter |
| Creaking Tree String Quartet - Sundogs Qristina & Quinn Bachand - Family Maz - Télescope Eh?! - Eh?! Raz-de-Marée/Tidal Wave - Marche du St-Laurent | Lynn Miles - Fall for Beauty Ron Hynes - Stealing Genius David Francey - Late Edition Mae Moore - Folklore Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort |
| French Songwriter | Aboriginal Songwriter |
| Alexandre Poulin - Une lumière allumée Jean-François Lessard - Jean-François Lessard Claude Cormier - Acoustique Les Surveillantes - La racine carrée du coeur | Vince Fontaine - Songs for Turtle Island Robert Davidson & Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson - New Journeys Janet Panic - Samples Don Amero - The Long Way Home Kristi Lane Sinclair - I Love You |
| Vocal Group | Ensemble |
| The Good Lovelies - Let The Rain Fall Finest Kind - For Honour and For Gain Les Charbonniers de l'enfer - Nouvelles fréquentations The Wailin' Jennys - Bright Morning Stars Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs | Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs Creaking Tree String Quartet - Sundogs Maz - Télescope The Wailin' Jennys - Bright Morning Stars Harry Manx & Kevin Breit - Strictly Whatever |
| Solo Artist | World Solo Artist |
| Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort Ken Whiteley - Another Day's Journey David Francey - Late Edition Mae Moore - Folklore Ruth Moody - The Garden | Kiran Ahluwalia - aam zameen : common ground Lenka Lichtenberg - Fray Massiel Yanira - Una Voz Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson - New Journeys Zekuhl - I BOLO |
| World Group | New/Emerging Artist |
| Minor Empire - Second Nature Nizar Tabcharani & The Backstrings - Bayati Ana Trio Bembe - OH MY SOUL Maz - Télescope Ouzo Power - Ouzo Power Greatest Hits (Volume 1) | Dave Gunning - ...a tribute to John Allan Cameron Andrea Ramolo - The Shadows and the Cracks Ruth Moody - The Garden Ashley Condon - Come In From The Cold Joe Nolan - Goodbye Cinderella |
| Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
| Mark Howard & David Travers-Smith - Bright Morning Stars (The Wailin' Jennys) Dave Gunning w/ Allie Bennett & John Meir - a tribute to John Allan Cameron (Dave Gunning) Paul Mills - Stealing Genius (Ron Hynes) Dave Zeglinski, Steve Bell & Murray Pulver - Kindness (Steve Bell) David Travers-Smith - Soon The Birds (Oh Susanna) | Geoff Berner - Victory Party New Country Rehab - New Country Rehab Twilight Hotel - When the Wolves Go Blind Jaron Freeman-Fox - Manic Almanac : Slow Möbius Ruth Moody - The Garden Evalyn Parry - SPIN |
| Young Performer | |
| Molly Thomason - Beauty Queen Qristina & Quinn Bachand - Family Olivia Korkola - Playing in Traffic Rebecca Lappa - Not in Neverland The Doll Sisters - The Road EP | |