# 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards

The 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented in Toronto, Ontario on December 3, 2016.

## Nominees and recipients

Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
| Yann Falquet and Pascal Gemme, Princes et habitants Ten Strings and a Goat Skin, Auprès du poêle The Slocan Ramblers, Coffee Creek Vishtèn, Terre rouge Fásta, Un Canadien errant | David Francey, Empty Train Corin Raymond, Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams The Strumbellas, Hope Big Little Lions, Just Keep Moving Donovan Woods, Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled |
| Children's Album | Traditional Singer |
| The Kerplunks, Pants & Mammals Kattam, De Tombouctou à Bombay Kathy Reid-Naiman, Welcome Summer Charlie Hope, Songs, Stories and Friends 2: Where the Path Will Wind Nadia Gaudet and Jason Burnstick, Dream Big, Little One / Fais de beaux rêves, petit ange | Chaim Tannenbaum, Chaim Tannenbaum Rowen Gallant, Auprès du poêle Shannon Quinn, If All the Young Ladies Yves Lambert, Laissez courir les chiens Sophie Lavoie (Fásta), Un Canadien errant |
| Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
| Jadea Kelly, Love & Lust William Prince, Earthly Days Matt Andersen, Honest Man Megan Bonnell, Magnolia Danny Michel, Matadora | Duane Andrews, Conception Bay Don Alder, Armed & Dangerous Daniel Koulack, Frailing to Succeed Arnie Naiman, My Lucky Stars Lotus Wight, Ode to the Banjo |
| Instrumental Group | English Songwriter |
| The Andrew Collins Trio, And It Was Good Tio Chorinho, Chora Brazil NUA, Flow Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus, Round Trip The East Pointers, Secret Victory | Donovan Woods, Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled The Strumbellas, Hope Royal Wood, Ghost Light Danny Michel, Matadora Cara Luft and J. D. Edwards (The Small Glories), Wondrous Traveler |
| French Songwriter | Aboriginal Songwriter |
| Les soeurs Boulay, 4488 de l'Amour Richard Séguin, Les horizons nouveaux Safia Nolin, Limoilou Philippe Brach, Portraits de famine Mara Tremblay, Michel Rivard, Luc De Larochellière, Éric Goulet, Gilles Bélanger, Ariane Ouellet and Carl Prévost, Sept jours en mai | Twin Flames, Jaaji and Chelsey June Nadia Gaudet and Jason Burnstick, Dream Big, Little One / Fais de beaux rêves, petit ange William Prince, Earthly Days Digawolf, Great Northern Man Amanda Rheaume, Holding Patterns |
| Vocal Group | Ensemble |
| Musique à bouches, Jusqu'aux oreilles Rosie and the Riveters, Good Clean Fun! Hillsburn, In the Battle Years Big Little Lions, Just Keep Moving Sweet Alibi, Walking in the Dark | The East Pointers, Secret Victory Yves Lambert Trio, Laissez courir les chiens Les Frères Berthiaume, Le temps des fêtes est terminé Ten Strings and a Goat Skin, Auprès du poêle Whitehorse, The Northern South, Vol. 1 |
| Solo Artist | World Solo Artist |
| David Francey, Empty Train Megan Bonnell, Magnolia Shannon Quinn, If All the Young Ladies Matt Andersen, Honest Man Old Man Luedecke, Domestic Eccentric | Willy Rios, Para ti Jocelyn Pettit, Caravan Kattam, De Tombouctou à Bombay Élage Diouf, Melokáane Karim Saada, Mon frère |
| World Group | New/Emerging Artist |
| Sultans of String, Subcontinental Drift Tio Chorinho, Chora Brazil Nomadica, Dance of the Infidels Lenka Lichtenberg & Fray, Live in America Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus, Round Trip | Hillsburn, In the Battle Years Ben Caplan, Birds With Broken Wings Evening Hymns, Quiet Energies Old Whiskey Road, Under the Neon Lights The Small Glories, Wondrous Traveler |
| Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
| David Gillis, Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams (Corin Raymond) Steve Dawson, I Was So Fond of You (Matt Patershuk) Matthew Barber and Jill Barber, The Family Album (Matthew Barber and Jill Barber) Andrew Collins and David Travers-Smith, And It Was Good (The Andrew Collins Trio) Royal Wood and Bill Leflr, Ghost Light (Royal Wood) | Kaia Kater, Nine Pin Ten Strings and a Goat Skin, Auprès du poêle Ozere, Finding Anyplace Jim Bryson, Somewhere We Will Find Our Place Whitehorse, The Northern South, Vol. 1 |
| Young Performer | |
| Earle and Coffin, Live at the Citadel House Jake Vance, Eden Jessica Wedden, Fiddling Is My Passion Chanelle Albert, How Beautiful We Are Keltie Monaghan, Someone Tell Her | |