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2019 #FACTORfunded Canadian Folk Music Awards Nominees

Traditional Album of the Year
Shannon Quinn – Watchmaker
The Slocan Ramblers – Queen City Jubilee

Children’s Album of the Year
Ginalina – It Takes a Village
Splash’N Boots – You, Me and the Sea

Contemporary Singer of the Year
Dave Gunning – Up Against The Sky
Matt Andersen – Halfway Home By Morning
Andrea Ramolo – Homage
Lydia Persaud – Let Me Show You
Jenn Grant – Love, Inevitable

Instrumental Group of the Year
Toronto Tabla Ensemble – Bhumika
The Fitzgeralds – The Fitzgeralds

English Songwriter of the Year
Lennie Gallant – Time Travel
Abigail Lapell – Getaway
Dave Gunning – Up Against The Sky
Cara Luft, JD Edwards, Neil Osborne, Catherine MacLellan – Assiniboine & The Red
Kaia Kater – Grenades
Justin Rutledge – Passages

Indigenous Songwriter of the Year
Diyet van Lieshout – Diyet & the Love Soldiers

Vocal Group of the Year
Fortunate Ones – Hold Fast
The Small Glories – Assiniboine & The Red

Ensemble of the Year
The Small Glories – Assiniboine & The Red
The Slocan Ramblers – Queen City Jubilee

Solo Artist of the Year
Dave Gunning – Up Against The Sky
Danny Michel – White & Gold
Sarah MacDougall – All The Hours I Have Left To Tell You Anything
Jenn Grant – Love, Inevitable

World Solo Artist of the Year
Ben Caplan – Old Stock
Roberto López – Kaleido Strópico
Quique Escamilla – Encomienda

World Group of the Year
Toronto Tabla Ensemble – Bhumika

New/Emerging Artist of the Year
T. Buckley – Miles We Put Behind
Geneviève Racette – No Water, No Flowers
Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys – Dreamland
Birds Of Bellwoods – Victoria
Lydia Persaud – Let Me Show You

Producer of the Year
Steve Dawson – Halfway Home By Morning (Matt Andersen)
Erin Costelo – Grenades (Kaia Kater)

Pushing the Boundaries
Ben Caplan – Old Stock
Elisapie – The Ballad of the Runaway Girl

Young Performer of the Year
Keltie – Expect Inhibition
Nick Earle – Breaking New Ground