T. Nile
British Columbia

Canadian Folk Music Awards
Ottawa
2007

Until their creation in 2005,
there existed no awards that celebrated
and promoted folk music in Canada

The awards were presented at the Canadian Museum of Civilization

   
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Shelagh Rogers, host of CBC Radio "Sounds Like Canada"
Benoit Bourque, musician and step dancer


Florent Vollant


Rita Chiarelli
Best Solo Artist - World
"Cuore" -
The Italian Sessions
Ontario


Ron Hynes
Sonny's Dream


Brigitte Saint-Aubin
Best New Emerging Artist
 "Être"
Quebec


Alan Neal, Host "All in a Day," CBC Radio One


Sylvia Tyson


The Mighty Popo
Best World Artist, Group
"Muhazi"
Ontario


Sarah Dugas

The Duhks
Best Album-Contemporary
"Migrations"
Manitoba


Leonard Podolak


Jordan McConnell, Tania Elizabeth


Jordan McConnell


Sarah Noni Metzner
Best Solo Artist
"Daybreak Mourning"
British Columbia


Ian Tamblyn


Kyrie Kristmanson
Young Performer of the Year
"The Kyrie K. Groove"
Ontario


La Part du Quêteux
Best Album - Traditional
 "Paye la Traite"
Quebec


Elmer Deagle

 


Roddy Campbell
Editor, Penguin Eggs
Canada's Folk, Roots and World Magazine


Brad Keller (guitar), John Showman (fiddle), Andrew Collins (mandolin), Brian Kobayakawa (bass)

The Creaking Tree String Quartet
Best Instrumentalist, Group
"The Sound Track"
&
Pushing the Boundaries
"The Soundtrack"
Ontario


Pascal Miousse

Vishten


Pastelle LeBlanc


Sam Gesser
One of Canada's leading impresarios
Member of the Order of Canada
Resonance Award Presented by the Canadian Museum of Civilization
for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Promoting, Preserving or Performing Music in Canada

On Left
Dr. Sheldon Posen, Curator, Canadian Folklife, Canadian Museum of Civilization
 Conceiver of the Resonance Award


Sam Gesser
Atesh Sonneborn
Associate Director
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Washington, D.C.


Dr. Sheldon Posen


Mary Gick
Carleton University
Former Chair, Department of Psychology

Chris White
Ottawa Folk Festival
Founding Artistic Director


Steve Ritchie
Tanglefoot
Best Vocal Group
"Dance Like Flames"
Ontario


Sandra Swannell, Terry Young


Al Parrish


Shelagh Rogers


Galitcha
Kuljit Sodhi


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