# 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards

The 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented on April 6 and 7, 2024, to honour achievements in folk music by Canadian artists in 2023. Nominations were announced in October 2023.

## Nominees and recipients

| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
| Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira, All It Brings The Bookends with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra, A Celtic Celebration Mary Beth Carty, Crossing the Causeway La Déferlance, Le feu aux poudres Meredith Moon, Constellations | William Prince, Stand in the Joy Jill Barber, Homemaker The East Pointers, House of Dreams Lynn Miles, TumbleWeedyWorld Tami Neilson, Kingmaker NQ Arbuckle, Love Songs for the Long Game The Sadies, Colder Streams Terra Spencer and Ben Caplan, Old News |
| Children's Album | Traditional Singer |
| Ginalina, Going Back: Remembered and Remixed Family Fold Songs Darrelle London, Primary Mr. Ben, Here Comes the Train The Relative Minors, Minor Third The Swinging Belles, Welcome to the Flea Circus | Mary Beth Carty, Crossing the Causeway Tianna Lefebvre, Roses Hannah Shira Naiman, The Wheels Won't Go François-Félix Roy, Peines perdues La Yeni, Yarrow Under the Moon |
| Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
| Suzie Vinnick, Fall Back Home Kaeley Jade, Turpentine Joe Nolan, Lost Verses Terra Spencer, Old News Julian Taylor, Beyond the Reservoir | Aaron Collis, Before Daylight in the Morning Steve Dawson, Phantom Threshold Joy Lapps, Girl in the Yard Troy McLaggan, Wood, Steel & Bones Paul Pike, Echoes of Our Ancestors Don Ross, Water |
| Instrumental Group | English Songwriter |
| Queen Kong, Fray Archetype Trad, Explorer Medusa, Medusa So Long Seven, only elephants know her name Vinta, Beacons | Jacob Brodovsky, I Love You and I'm Sorry Noah Derksen, Sanctity of Silence Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland, I'm Not Crying, You're Crying Tim Chaisson, Koady Chaisson, Jake Charron, Colin MacDonald and Carleton Stone, House of Dreams Dave Gunning, The Same Storm Noah Zacharin, Points of Light |
| French Songwriter | Indigenous Songwriter |
| Aleksi Campagne and Michelle Campagne, For the Giving / Sans rien donner Éric Dion and André Lavergne, La nouvelle saison Catherine Durand, La maison orpheline Catherine-Audrey Lachapelle and Léandre Joly-Pelletier, Là-bas-Veranda Marie-Ève Laure, Reviens | Kaeley Jade Wiebe, Turpentine Cynthia Hamar, Joint & Marrow Kyle McKearney, A Traveler's Lament Qattuu, Midnight Sun Geneviève Toupin, Maison vent |
| Vocal Group | Ensemble |
| The Bombadils, Dear Friend Basset, In the Clay Big Little Lions, AMPM Musique à bouches, Il est grand temps Twin Flames, Twin Flames Unplugged Live | Genticorum, Au coeur de l'aube The Bombadils, Dear Friend The East Pointers, House of Dreams Jackson Hollow, Roses Whitehorse, I'm Not Crying, You're Crying |
| Solo Artist | Global Roots Album |
| William Prince, Stand in the Joy Dave Gunning, The Same Storm Barbra Lica, Imposter Syndrome Julian Taylor, Beyond the Reservoir Julie Title, After the Sun | Sophie Lukacs, Bamako Empress Nyiringango, Ubuntu Tarek Ghiri, Refugee in the Sea Roberto López, Ritual Taraf Syriana, Taraf Syriana |
| Single of the Year | New/Emerging Artist |
| William Prince, "When You Miss Someone" Aruna and the Sirens, "Have You Seen My Sister?" Big Little Lions, "Worth the Time" The Bombadils, "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming" Barbra Lica, "In 40 Years" Moira & Claire, "Delaney's Dad" Zaac Pick, "Light Under the Door" Julian Taylor, "Seeds" | Mia Kelly, Garden through the War La Déferlance, Le feu aux poudres Kaeley Jade, Turpentine Moonfruits, Salt Steven Taetz, Late Bloom Youngtree and the Blooms, Youngtree and the Blooms |
| Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
| Drew Jurecka and Dan Rosenberg, Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango (Payadora Tango Ensemble) Jill Barber and Erik P. H. Nielsen, Homemaker (Jill Barber) Steve Dawson, Eyes Closed, Dreaming (Steve Dawson) Jeremy Ledbetter, Seré Libre (Eliana Cuevas with the Angel Falls Orchestra) Kaitlin Milroy, Alex Millaire, Charles Fairfield and Olivier Fairfield, Salt (Moonfruits) | Kuné, Universal Echoes Al Qahwa, Weyn Allah De Lònga, Codex XXI Kyle McKearney, A Traveler's Lament So Long Seven, only elephants know her name |
| Instrumental Composer | Young Performer |
| Nathan Smith, Emilyn Stam, John David Williams and Alan Mackie, Beacons Steve Dawson, Phantom Threshold Dario Montanino, Rio Lyon Don Ross, Water Lorie Wolf, Fray | Mia Kelly, Garden Through the War Abigale, Different Roads Fiddelium, Lit Up Irish Millie, The Trilogy La Famille LeBlanc, Perdrais-je mon temps… (Would I be losing my time…) Paige Penney, Game Changer |