I was fortunate enough to attend the second night of the 2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards at Bronson Centre on November 19, 2017.
The 13th anniversary event was hosted by musicians Jean Hewson and Benoit Bourque.
There were great performances by
Cassie and Maggie
Braden Gates
Coco Méliès
Scott MacMillan & Colin Grant
Oh Susanna with Jim Bryson
Stephen Fearing
The winners of night two were:
Ken Yates for New/Emerging Artist of the Year
Moscow Apartment for Young Performers of the Year
André Brunet (Wasn’t there in attendance) for Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year
Scott MacMillan & Colin Grant for Instrumental Group of the Year
Abigail Lapell for Contemporary Album of the Year
Louis Simão for World Solo Album of the Year
Cassie and Maggie for Traditional Album of the Year
Hannah Shira Naiman for Traditional Singer of the Year
Coco Méliès (pronounced Coco May-lee-ess) for Vocal Album of the Year
Mama’s Broke (Wasn’t in attendance) for Ensemble of the Year