# 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards

The 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented in Edmonton, Alberta on November 8, 2015.

## Nominees and recipients

Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
| Matthew Byrne, Hearts & Heroes Le Vent du Nord, Têtu Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, One Pharis and Jason Romero, A Wanderer I'll Stay Jayme Stone, Jayme Stone's Lomax Project | Catherine MacLellan, The Raven's Sun Jon Brooks, The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside Jenn Grant, Compostela The Once, Departures Gabrielle Papillon, The Tempest of Old |
| Children's Album | Traditional Singer |
| The Swinging Belles, More Sheep, Less Sleep Ginalina, Forest Friends' Nature Club Album Henri Godon, La vie rêvée! Hilary Grist, Tomorrow Is a Chance to Start Over Stella Swanson, I'm Not a Bunny | Michael Jerome Browne, Sliding Delta Matthew Byrne, Hearts & Heroes Tamar Ilana, Arrelumbre (Ventanas) Annie Lou, Tried and True Pharis Romero, A Wanderer I'll Stay (Pharis and Jason Romero) |
| Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
| Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy Peter Katz, We Are the Reckoning Sarah MacDougall, Grand Canyon Catherine MacLellan, The Raven's Sun Jory Nash, The Many Hats of Jory Nash | Adrianna Ciccone, The Back of Winter Jean-François Bélanger, Les vents orfèvres Nick Hornbuckle, 12x2(+/-1) Patti Kusturok, Milestone Wendy MacIsaac, Off the Floor |
| Instrumental Group | English Songwriter |
| Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, One Coastline, Coastline Shane Cook and Jake Charron, Head to Head Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Moorka Monsoon, Mandala | Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy Catherine Allan and Andrew James O'Brien (Fortunate Ones), The Bliss Jon Brooks, The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland (Whitehorse), Leave No Bridge Unburned Jenn Grant, Compostela |
| French Songwriter | Aboriginal Songwriter |
| Louis-Jean Cormier, Les grandes artères Jocelyne Baribeau, Entre toi et moi Benoit Pinette (Tire le coyote), Panorama Dany Placard, Santa Maria Geneviève Toupin, Willows | Raven Kanatakta and ShoShona Kish (Digging Roots), For the Light Miranda Currie, Up in the Air The Jerry Cans, Aakuluk Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power in the Blood Laura Vinson and Free Spirit, Warrior |
| Vocal Group | Ensemble |
| Fortunate Ones, The Bliss The Good Lovelies, Burn the Plan The Lucky Sisters, So Lucky Pharis and Jason Romero, A Wanderer I'll Stay The Young Novelists, Made Us Strangers | Big Little Lions, A Little Frayed, a Little Torn The Once, Departures Jayme Stone, Jayme Stone's Lomax Project The Sweet Lowdown, Chasing the Sun Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned |
| Solo Artist | World Solo Artist |
| Catherine MacLellan, The Raven's Sun Michael Jerome Browne, Sliding Delta Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy Lizzy Hoyt, New Lady on the Prairie Oh Susanna, Namedropper | Kiran Ahluwalia, Sanata: Stillness Jean-François Bélanger, Les vents orfèvres Elage, Diame Emmanuel Jal, The Key Wagner Petrilli, Confissão |
| World Group | New/Emerging Artist |
| Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Moorka Ayrad, Ayrad Alex Cuba, Healer Monsoon, Mandala Ventanas, Arrelumbre | The Young Novelists, Made Us Strangers Crooked Brothers, Thank You I'm Sorry Fortunate Ones, The Bliss The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer, A Real Fine Mess The River and the Road, Headlights |
| Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
| Daniel Ledwell, Compostela (Jenn Grant) Jory Nash and Chris Stringer, The Many Hats of Jory Nash Les Cooper, Burn the Plan (The Good Lovelies) Murray Pulver, Dave Zeglinski and Steve Bell, Pilgrimage (Steve Bell) Pharis Romero, Jason Romero and David Travers-Smith, A Wanderer I'll Stay (Pharis and Jason Romero) | Kevin Breit, Ernesto and Delilah The Jerry Cans, Aakuluk The Shoeless, The Shoeless Dana Sipos, Roll Up the Night Sky Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned |
| Young Performer | |
| Rebecca Lappa, Tattered Rose Robbie Bankes, Through February Snow Coastline, Coastline Mira Meikle, Mira Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Strong Man's Address to the Circus Crowd | |