2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards Presented
Two Ontario-based groups -- Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything and the Good Lovelies -- led the winners at the 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards that were presented in Calgary, Alberta on Sunday evening, Nov. 10.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 10-04-13
These Wilder Things, the latest album by Canadian singer-songwriter Ruth Moody, returned to the #1 position on the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart last week. Blind, Crippled and Crazy , the first duo release by singer-songwriters Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark in 40 years, continues to top the Americana/roots country chart.
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Nominees Named for 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards
With four nominations each, Ontario’s 15-piece Lemon Bucket Orkestra, fiddler Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything, and multiple Juno award-winning singer-songwriter David Francey are the top nominees vying for 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards that are slated to be presented during a gala event at the University of Calgary Theatre in Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 10.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-13-13
Canadian singer-songwriter Ruth Moody's These Wilder Things (Red House) tops this week's Roots Music Report folk radio chart. Blind, Crippled and Crazy (New West), the first duo release by singer-songwriters Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark in 40 years, rises to #1 on the Americana/roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 08-09-13
Canadian singer-songwriter Ruth Moody's These Wilder Things tops the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week, while Maine-raised and Texas-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves' Still Fighting the War retains the #1 position on the roots country/ Americana chart. Both charts are posted, with permission, on AcousticMusicScene.com.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 07-19-13
Canadian singer-songwriter Ruth Moody's These Wilder Things continued to top the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart last week, while Maine-raised and Texas-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves' Still Fighting the War moves into the #1 position on the roots country/ Americana chart. Both charts are posted, with permission, on AcousticMusicScene.com.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 07-12-13
Canadian singer-songwriter Ruth Moody's These Wilder Things continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week, while Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)' The Low Highway retains the #1 position on the roots country/ Americana chart. Both charts are posted, with permission, on AcousticMusicScene.com.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 07-05-13
Canadian singer-songwriter Ruth Moody's These Wilder Things moves up to the #1 position on the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week, while Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)' The Low Highway continues to top the roots country/Americana chart. Both charts are posted, with permission, on AcousticMusicScene.com.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 05-31-13
Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin's American Kid and Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)' The Low Highway, both New West releases, have continued to top the Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country/Americana radio airplay charts for the past several weeks. Moving up several notches to the #2 position on each of the charts are Ruth Moody's These Wilder Things and Billy Bragg's Tooth & Nail, respectively.
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Bruce Cockburn and The Wailin’ Jennys Win Juno Awards
True North recording Artists Bruce Cockburn and The Wailin’ Jennys were named as winners in the 41st annual Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys). The awards were presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) in Ottawa over the weekend.
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Nominees Named for 2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards
With four nominations each, Bruce Cockburn and Dave Gunning are the top nominees vying for awards during the seventh annual Canadian Folk Music Awards slated to be presented during a gala event in Toronto, Dec. 4. The awards were established to bring greater exposure to the breadth and depth of Canadian folk music, celebrating and promoting it in all its forms. Outstanding achievements will be recognized in 19 categories, while a new “Unsung Hero” award also will be bestowed.
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Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 09-17-10
Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg tops the Roots Music Report's Folk Radio Chart this week, followed by albums by Red Horse, Frazey Ford, The John Hartford Stringband and Mumford & Sons. New or returning this week on the Folk Top 50 are albums by The YaYas, LJ Booth, Suzie Vinnick, Joe Crookston, Cheryl Wheeler, Anne & Pete Sibley, Dala, Caroline Herring, The Once, Natalie Merchant, 3 Penny Acre, Hey Mavis, John McVey, Phil Selway, Julian Moon, Sam Buckingham, Ruth Moody, Jennie DeVoe and Ellis Paul.
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