The 2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards winners were announced on the weekend, April 10 and 11, 2021.
We’re very pleased to share the following #FACTORfunded artists and albums.
Artists, albums, and singles highlighted in yellow are FACTOR-funded.
Children’s Album of the Year
Claire Ness – Broccoli Farm
Contemporary Album of the Year
William Prince – Reliever
Contemporary Singer of the Year
Coco Love Alcorn – Rebirth
English Songwriter(s) of the Year
William Prince – Reliever
Ensemble of the Year
Pharis & Jason Romero – Bet On Love
French Songwriter(s) of the Year
Marie-Ève Lapierre-Lemoyne – Onze
Indigenous Songwriter(s) of the Year
Leela Gilday – North Star Calling
Instrumental Group of the Year
Beòlach – All Hands
Instrumental Solo artist of the Year
Marc Atkinson – Solo
New/Emerging Artist(s) of the Year
Noah Derksen – America, Dreaming
Producer(s) of the Year
Chris McKhool & John ‘Beetle’ Bailey – Refuge (Sultans of String)
Pushing the Boundaries
Aerialists – Dear Sienna
Single of the Year
Some Kind of Hell – Burnstick
Solo Artist of the Year
Julian Taylor – The Ridge
Traditional Album of the Year
All Hands – Beòlach
Traditional Singer of the Year
Pharis Romero – Bet On Love
Vocal Group of the Year
Pharis & Jason Romero – Bet On Love
World Album of the Year
Kora flamenca – Zal Sissokho
Young Performer(s) of the Year
The Gilberts – The Gilberts: One