11th Canadian Folk Music Awards


The 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented in Edmonton, Alberta on November 8, 2015.

Nominees and recipients

Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Traditional AlbumContemporary Album

  • Matthew Byrne, Hearts & Heroes
  • Le Vent du Nord, Têtu
  • Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, One
  • Pharis and Jason Romero, A Wanderer I'll Stay
  • Jayme Stone, Jayme Stone's Lomax Project
  • Catherine MacLellan, The Raven's Sun
  • Jon Brooks, The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside
  • Jenn Grant, Compostela
  • The Once, Departures
  • Gabrielle Papillon, The Tempest of Old
  • Children's AlbumTraditional Singer
  • The Swinging Belles, More Sheep, Less Sleep
  • Ginalina, Forest Friends' Nature Club Album
  • Henri Godon, La vie rêvée!
  • Hilary Grist, Tomorrow Is a Chance to Start Over
  • Stella Swanson, I'm Not a Bunny
  • Michael Jerome Browne, Sliding Delta
  • Matthew Byrne, Hearts & Heroes
  • Tamar Ilana, Arrelumbre
  • Annie Lou, Tried and True
  • Pharis Romero, A Wanderer I'll Stay
  • Contemporary SingerInstrumental Solo Artist
  • Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy
  • Peter Katz, We Are the Reckoning
  • Sarah MacDougall, Grand Canyon
  • Catherine MacLellan, The Raven's Sun
  • Jory Nash, The Many Hats of Jory Nash
  • Adrianna Ciccone, The Back of Winter
  • Jean-François Bélanger, Les vents orfèvres
  • Nick Hornbuckle, 12x2
  • Patti Kusturok, Milestone
  • Wendy MacIsaac, Off the Floor
  • Instrumental GroupEnglish Songwriter
  • Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, One
  • Coastline, Coastline
  • Shane Cook and Jake Charron, Head to Head
  • Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Moorka
  • Monsoon, Mandala
  • Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy
  • Catherine Allan and Andrew James O'Brien, The Bliss
  • Jon Brooks, The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside
  • Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland, Leave No Bridge Unburned
  • Jenn Grant, Compostela
  • French SongwriterAboriginal Songwriter
  • Louis-Jean Cormier, Les grandes artères
  • Jocelyne Baribeau, Entre toi et moi
  • Benoit Pinette, Panorama
  • Dany Placard, Santa Maria
  • Geneviève Toupin, Willows
  • Raven Kanatakta and ShoShona Kish, For the Light
  • Miranda Currie, Up in the Air
  • The Jerry Cans, Aakuluk
  • Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power in the Blood
  • Laura Vinson and Free Spirit, Warrior
  • Vocal GroupEnsemble
  • Fortunate Ones, The Bliss
  • The Good Lovelies, Burn the Plan
  • The Lucky Sisters, So Lucky
  • Pharis and Jason Romero, A Wanderer I'll Stay
  • The Young Novelists, Made Us Strangers
  • Big Little Lions, A Little Frayed, a Little Torn
  • The Once, Departures
  • Jayme Stone, Jayme Stone's Lomax Project
  • The Sweet Lowdown, Chasing the Sun
  • Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned
  • Solo ArtistWorld Solo Artist
  • Catherine MacLellan, The Raven's Sun
  • Michael Jerome Browne, Sliding Delta
  • Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy
  • Lizzy Hoyt, New Lady on the Prairie
  • Oh Susanna, Namedropper
  • Kiran Ahluwalia, Sanata: Stillness
  • Jean-François Bélanger, Les vents orfèvres
  • Elage, Diame
  • Emmanuel Jal, The Key
  • Wagner Petrilli, Confissão
  • World GroupNew/Emerging Artist
  • Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Moorka
  • Ayrad, Ayrad
  • Alex Cuba, Healer
  • Monsoon, Mandala
  • Ventanas, Arrelumbre
  • The Young Novelists, Made Us Strangers
  • Crooked Brothers, Thank You I'm Sorry
  • Fortunate Ones, The Bliss
  • The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer, A Real Fine Mess
  • The River and the Road, Headlights
  • ProducerPushing the Boundaries
  • Daniel Ledwell, Compostela
  • Jory Nash and Chris Stringer, The Many Hats of Jory Nash
  • Les Cooper, Burn the Plan
  • Murray Pulver, Dave Zeglinski and Steve Bell, Pilgrimage
  • Pharis Romero, Jason Romero and David Travers-Smith, A Wanderer I'll Stay
  • Kevin Breit, Ernesto and Delilah
  • The Jerry Cans, Aakuluk
  • The Shoeless, The Shoeless
  • Dana Sipos, Roll Up the Night Sky
  • Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned
  • Young Performer
  • Rebecca Lappa, Tattered Rose
  • Robbie Bankes, Through February Snow
  • Coastline, Coastline
  • Mira Meikle, Mira
  • Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Strong Man's Address to the Circus Crowd