# 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards

The 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented on April 9 and 10, 2021, to honour achievements in folk music by Canadian artists in 2020. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the awards were presented in a virtual livestream rather than a physical gala.
Nominations were announced December 1, 2020.

## Nominees and recipients

Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
| Beòlach, All Hands Bruce Cockburn, Crowing Ignites Le Diable à Cinq, Debout! Ian and Sylvia, The Lost Tapes Pharis and Jason Romero, Bet on Love | William Prince, Reliever Basia Bulat, Are You in Love? The Dead South, Sugar & Joy The East Pointers, Yours to Break Stephen Fearing, The Unconquerable Past Catherine MacLellan, Coyote Mike McKenna Jr., At the Edge of the World Joe Nolan, Drifters |
| Children's Album | Traditional Singer |
| Claire Ness, Broccoli Farm Spencer Burton, The Mountain Man Ginalina, Small But Mighty Henri Godon, Tous musiciens Charlie Hope, Goodnight to You All | Pharis Romero, Bet on Love Mike Bravener, Depends Upon the Pay Kevin Harvey, Hand Me Down Blues Mark Manning, The Thing About Fish Lou Natale, Workin' the Mystery |
| Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
| Coco Love Alcorn, Rebirth Basia Bulat, Are You in Love? Tim Chaisson, Yours to Break (The East Pointers) Catherine MacLellan, Coyote William Prince, Reliever | Marc Atkinson, Solo Benjamin Barrile, Esperando el Alba Gordon Grdina, Prior Street Nick Hornbuckle, 13 or So Natalie MacMaster, Sketches |
| Instrumental Group | English Songwriter |
| Beòlach, All Hands Emilyn Stam and John David Williams, Honeywood Gordon Grdina's The Marrow, Safar-E-Daroon Jessica Deutsch and Ozere, Traces Rhizome, Double capture | William Prince, Reliever Coco Love Alcorn, Rebirth Basia Bulat, Are You in Love? Pharis and Jason Romero, Bet on Love Sarah Jane Scouten, Confessions Julian Taylor, The Ridge |
| French Songwriter | Indigenous Songwriter |
| Marie-Ève Lapierre-Lemoyne, Onze Guillaume Arsenault, La partie de moi qui tremble Raphaël Delahaye, Le sens de la dérive Flavie Léger-Roy, Ce chapeau est trop grand pour moi Alexandre Poulin, Nature humaine | Leela Gilday, North Star Calling Jason and Nadia Burnstick, Kîyânaw A. W. Cardinal, Bare Knuckles & Brawn Riit, ataataga Crystal Shawanda, Church House Blues |
| Vocal Group | Ensemble |
| Pharis and Jason Romero, Bet on Love The Barrel Boys, Mainline Beauséjour, Beauséjour Big Little Lions, Inside Voice Kennedy Road, A Little Fight Left Yet | Pharis and Jason Romero, Bet on Love OKAN, Sombras Sultans of String, Refuge Sussex, The Ocean Wide The Dead South, Sugar & Joy |
| Solo Artist | World Album |
| Julian Taylor, The Ridge Catherine MacLellan, Coyote Lynn Miles, We'll Look For Stars William Prince, Reliever Riit, ataataga | Zal Sissokho, Kora flamenca Aviva Chernick, La Serena Okavango African Orchestra, Africa Without Borders Mazacote, Patria OKAN, Sombras |
| Single of the Year | New/Emerging Artist |
| Burnstick, "Some Kind of Hell" Craig Cardiff, "Yellowknife" The East Pointers, "Wintergreen" Leela Gilday, "K'eintah Natse Ju" William Prince, "The Spark" | Noah Derksen, America, Dreaming Marie-Ève Laure, Onze Maya Rae, Can You See Me? Emily Rockarts, Little Flower Rum Ragged, The Thing About Fish Emily Triggs, Middletown |
| Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
| Chris McKhool and John "Beetle" Bailey, Refuge (Sultans of String) Dave Clarke and Bill Garrett, Coming Home (Steel Rail) Roy Forbes, Edge of Blue (Roy Forbes) Marc Jenkins, Bet on Love (Pharis and Jason Romero) Dayna Manning, Morning Light (Dayna Manning) | Aerialists, Dear Sienna The East Pointers, Yours to Break The Henrys, Paydirt Mélisande (électrotrad), Les myriades Riit, ataataga |
| Young Performer |
| The Gilberts, The Gilberts: One Moscow Apartment, Better Daughter Paige Penney, Watch Out for Your Step Quin with One N, Out of the Blue Maya Rae, Can You See Me? |