Winners of this year’s Canadian Folk Music Awards were recognized at a bilingual, celebratory and music-filled event that took place over two nights during the 2024 CFMAs, April 3-7, in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. William Prince, a Winnipeg, Manitoba-based singer-songwriter from Peguis First Nation, was the top recipient — with awards for Contemporary Album of the Year (Stand in the Joy), Solo Artist of the Year, and Single of the Year (“When You Miss Someone”).
William Prince was the recipient of awards for Contemporary Artist of the Year, Solo Artist of the Year and Single of the Year.
More information on Prince may be found online at williamprincemusic.com. Here’s a link for the official video for “When You Miss Someone,” one of the songs on William Prince’s Stand in the Joy album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxVzg0F4fcU.
Mia Kelly, a singer-songwriter from Gatineau, Quebec who writes and performs in both French and English, was the recipient of two Canadian Folk Music Awards. Kelly, who released her debut album, Garden Through the War, in August 2022, was honored as both New/Emerging Artist of the Year and Young Performer of the Year. She was previously named Emerging Artist of the Year by Culture Outaouais and represented Canada as a finalist at the 2023 Jeux De La Francophonie. Visit her website (miakellymusic.com) to learn more about this young artist and to view a few videos.
The Canadian Folk Music Awards were established in 2005 to bring greater exposure to the breadth and depth of Canadian folk music, celebrating and promoting it in all its forms. The annual awards presentation caps a few days of artist showcases. More than 100 jurors — located across Canada and representing all of its official provinces, territories and languages — determine the recipients in each category.
A complete list of winners in the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards follows, while
more information may be found online at folkawards.ca.
Children’s Album of the Year:
Ginalina for Going Back: Remembered and Remixed Family Folk Songs
Contemporary Album of the Year:
William Prince for Stand in the Joy
Contemporary Singer of the Year:
Suzie Vinnick for Fall Back Home
English Songwriter of the Year:
Jacob Brodovsky for I Love You and I’m Sorry
Ensemble of the Year:
Genticorum for Au Couer de l’aube
French Songwriter of the Year:
Aleksi Campagne & Michelle Campagne (of Aleksi Campagne) for For The Giving/ Sans rien donner
Global Roots Album of the Year:
Sophie Lukacs for Bamako
Indigenous Songwriter of the Year:
Kaeley Jade Wiebe (of Kaeley Jade) for Turpentine
Instrumental Composer of the Year:
Vinta for Beacons
Instrumental Group of the Year:
Queen Kong for Fray
Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year:
Aaron Colis for Before Daylight in the Morning
New/Emerging Artist of the Year:
Mia Kelly for Garden Through the War
Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award:
Kune for Universal Echos
Producer(s) of the Year: (Tie)
Drew Jurecka and Dan Rosenberg for Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango (Payadora Tango Ensemble)
Jill Barber and Erik P.H. Nielsen for Homemaker (Jill Barber)
Single of the Year:
“When You Miss Someone” (William Prince)
Solo Artist of the Year:
William Prince for Stand in the Joy
Traditional Album of the Year:
Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira for All It Brings
Traditional Singer of the Year:
Mary Beth Carty for Crossing the Causeway
Unsung Hero:
John Clarke
Vocal Group of the Year:
The Bombadills for Dear Friend
Young Performer of the Year:
Mia Kelly for Garden Through the War
To mark its 20th anniversary, the Canadian Folk Music Awards return next year to Ottawa, Ontario — where it all began in 2005.
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