Canadian Folk Music Award for English Songwriter of the Year

The Canadian Folk Music Award for English Songwriter of the Year is a Canadian award, presented as part of the Canadian Folk Music Awards to honour the year's best songwriting in Canadian folk music. Unlike many songwriting awards, the nomination is given in consideration of all of the songwriting on a whole album rather than singling out individual songs. Awards are also presented for French Songwriter of the Year and Indigenous Songwriter of the Year.

2000s

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Year Nominee Album Ref
2005
1st Canadian Folk Music Awards
Lynn Miles Love Sweet Love
Melwood Cutlery Campfire
Connie Kaldor Sky with Nothing to Get in the Way
James Keelaghan Then Again
Joel Plaskett La De Da
2006
2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards
Stephen Fearing Yellowjacket [1]
Lennie Gallant When We Get There [2]
Ron Hynes Ron Hynes
Romi Mayes Sweet Somethin' Steady
Sarah Noni Metzner Daybreak Mourning
2007
3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards
Suzie Ungerleider Short Stories [3]
Jon Brooks Ours and the Shepherds [4]
Bruce Cockburn Life Short Call Now
David Francey Right of Passage
Emm Gryner The Summer of High Hopes
Keri Latimer, Shelley Marshall Key Principles
2008
4th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Corb Lund Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! [5]
Tim Hus Bush Pilot Buckaroo [6]
Lindsay Jane Lovers Find Reasons
Wyckham Porteous 3AM
Garnet Rogers Get a Witness
2009
5th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Susan Crowe Greytown [7]
Jon Brooks Moth Nor Rust [8]
William Hawkins Dancing Alone: Songs by William Hawkins
Rob Heath One More Day Above Ground
Rob Lutes Truth & Fiction

2010s

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Year Nominee Album Ref
2010
6th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Ian Tamblyn Gyre [9]
Amelia Curran Hunter, Hunter
Lennie Gallant If We Had A Fire / Le coeur hante
Chris MacLean Feet Be Still
Justin Rutledge The Early Widows
2011
7th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Lynn Miles Fall for Beauty [10]
Bruce Cockburn Small Source of Comfort [11]
David Francey Late Edition
Ron Hynes Stealing Genius
Mae Moore Folklore
2012
8th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Catherine MacLellan Silhouette [12]
Annie Lou Grandma's Rules for Drinking
Jon Brooks Delicate Cages
Dala Best Day
The Deep Dark Woods The Place I Left Behind
Pear Sweet 'n Gritty
2013
9th Canadian Folk Music Awards
David Francey So Say We All [13]
John Wort Hannam Brambles and Thorns [14]
Old Man Luedecke Tender Is the Night
Lynn Miles Downpour
Justin Rutledge Valleyheart
2014
10th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Shari Ulrich Everywhere I Go [15]
Del Barber Prairieography [16]
James Keelaghan History
Lennie Gallant Live Acoustic at the Carleton
Chris Ronald Timeline
2015
11th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Amelia Curran They Promised You Mercy [17]
Catherine Allan, Andrew James O'Brien The BlissFortunate Ones [18]
Jon Brooks The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside
Luke Doucet, Melissa McClelland Leave No Bridge Unburned
Jenn Grant Compostela
2016
12th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Donovan Woods Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled [19]
Cara Luft, J. D. Edwards Wondrous TravelerThe Small Glories [20]
Danny Michel Matadora
The Strumbellas Hope
Royal Wood Ghost Light
2017
13th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Ken Yates Huntsville [21]
Scott Cook Further Down the Line [22]
Amelia Curran Watershed
Stephen Fearing Every Soul's a Sailor
Oh Susanna A Girl in Teen City
2018
14th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Lynne Hanson, Lynn Miles Heartbreak Song for the RadioThe Lynnes [23]
Noosa Al-Sarraj Wasted Time [24]
Bruce Cockburn Bone on Bone
Dana Sipos Trick of the Light
Donovan Woods Both Ways

2020s

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Year Nominee Album Ref
2020
15th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Abigail Lapell Getaway [25]
Ben Caplan, Christian Barry Old Stock [26]
Lennie Gallant Time Travel
Dave Gunning Up Against the Sky
Kaia Kater Grenades
Cara Luft, J. D. Edwards, Neil Osborne, Catherine MacLellan Assiniboine & The RedThe Small Glories
Madeleine Roger Cottonwood
Justin Rutledge Passages
2021
16th Canadian Folk Music Awards
William Prince Reliever [27]
Coco Love Alcorn Rebirth [28]
Basia Bulat Are You in Love?
Pharis and Jason Romero Bet on Love
Sarah Jane Scouten Confessions
Julian Taylor The Ridge
2022
17th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Allison Russell Outside Child [29]
Scott Cook Tangle of Souls [30]
Rick Fines Solar Powered Too
Rob Lutes Come Around
Noah Reid Gemini
Ian Tamblyn A Longing for Innocence
2023
18th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Abigail Lapell Stolen Time [31]
T. Buckley Frame by Frame [32]
John Wort Hannam Long Haul
Li'l Andy The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925–1930)
Matt Patershuk An Honest Effort
Yael Wand Saltwater Heartwood
2024
19th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Jacob Brodovsky I Love You and I'm Sorry [33]
Tim Chaisson, Koady Chaisson, Jake Charron, Colin MacDonald, Carleton Stone House of Dreams [34]
Noah Derksen Sanctity of Silence
Luke Doucet, Melissa McClelland I'm Not Crying, You're Crying
Dave Gunning The Same Storm
Noah Zacharin Points of Light

References

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  1. ^ "Veteran Lang tops Canadian folk awards". CBC News, December 11, 2006.
  2. ^ "Wailin' Jennys, Madrigaia nominated for Canadian Folk Music Awards". CBC News, November 1, 2006.
  3. ^ Greg Quill, "Toronto roots musicians snag prizes". St. Catharines Standard, December 3, 2007.
  4. ^ "Bruce Cockburn up for 4 Canadian Folk Music Awards". CBC News, October 17, 2007.
  5. ^ "Late Toronto fiddler honoured at Folk Music Awards". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, November 24, 2008.
  6. ^ "Late fiddler Oliver Schroer leads Canadian Folk Music nominations". CBC News, October 8, 2008.
  7. ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Folk musicians honoured". Regina Leader-Post, November 23, 2009.
  8. ^ "Results 2009". Canadian Folk Music Awards.
  9. ^ "The Once wins big in Winnipeg". Ottawa Citizen, November 21, 2010.
  10. ^ "Lynn Miles delivers a memorable performance". Waterloo Region Record, March 11, 2012.
  11. ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, October 22, 2011.
  12. ^ "Canadian Folk Music Award winners". Roots Music Canada, November 21, 2012.
  13. ^ Brad Wheeler, "Good Lovelies among winners at Canadian Folk Music Awards". The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2013.
  14. ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 29, 2013.
  15. ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Ottawa singer-songwriter Amanda Rheaume among folk music award winners". Ottawa Citizen, November 30, 2014.
  16. ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Folkies set to honour their own". Ottawa Citizen, September 25, 2014.
  17. ^ "Canadian Folk Music Awards recipients announced in Edmonton". CBC News, November 9, 2015.
  18. ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 9, 2015.
  19. ^ "Rail yard labourer-turned-musician David Francey wins big at Canadian Folk Music Awards". Toronto Star, December 3, 2016.
  20. ^ Calum Slingerland, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2016 Winners". Exclaim!, December 4, 2016.
  21. ^ Sarah Greene, "Six highlights From the 2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Now, November 20, 2017.
  22. ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Reveal 2017 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 21, 2017.
  23. ^ "The LYNNeS, Pharis Romero Win Multiple CFMAs". FYI Music News, December 3, 2018.
  24. ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2018 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 22, 2018.
  25. ^ Allie Gregory, "Here Are All the 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 5, 2020.
  26. ^ "Dave Gunning gets four nominations for Canadian Folk Music Awards". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, November 20, 2019.
  27. ^ "Pharis & Jason Romero Head CFMA Winners List". FYI Music News, April 11, 2021.
  28. ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.
  29. ^ Heather Kitching, "The Canadian Folk Music Awards 2022 – winners and highlights". Roots Music Canada, April 2, 2022.
  30. ^ Megan Lapierre, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2022 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 28, 2021.
  31. ^ "CFMAs Are Handed Out In Vancouver". FYI Music News, April 5, 2023.
  32. ^ Stephen Cooke, "Madison Violet, Shannon & Tony Quinn among 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees". SaltWire Network, October 5, 2022.
  33. ^ Calum Slingerland, "Here are the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 10, 2024.
  34. ^ Nika Petrosian, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2024 Nominees". Exclaim!, October 18, 2023.