Classic Canadian Folk Album - “Lightfoot!” - Gordon Lightfoot
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Gordon Lightfoot, Oliver Schroer and klezmer music feted at Canadian Folk Music Awards
Posted: November 24, 2008, 7:48 AM by Brad Frenette
Music, Awards, Gordon Lightfoot, Folk
The Canadian Folk Music Awards were handed out Sunday night at a ceremony in St.John's. The big winner was the late Toronto-based fiddler Oliver Schroer, who won in the Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year and the Pushing The Boundaries categories for his album Hymns and Hers.
Klezmer music also fared well last night. David Buchbinder's Odessa/Havana, critically-acclaimed klezmer meets Cuba ensemble was named World Group of the Year. Montreal's klezmer/gypsy/jazz group Sagapool took home the award for Instrumental Group of the Year and The Sisters of Sheynville, an all-female klezmer sextet took Vocal Group of the Year.
And where would Canadian Folk Music be without Gordon Lightfoot? The legendary Canadian singer was feted with CFMA Classic Canadian Album Award for his album Lightfoot!, his debut release from 1967.
Other winners included Montreal's Michael Jerome Brown (Solo Artist of the Year), Albertan Corb Lund (English Songwriter of the Year), and Tannis Slimmon of Guelph (Contempoary Singer of the Year). Album of the Year winners were Luke Doucet and the White Falcon for Blood's Too Rich (Contemporary Album) and Genticorum for La Bibournoise (Traditional).
Here is the complete list of winners:
1. Classic Canadian Folk Album - “Lightfoot!” - Gordon Lightfoot
2. Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year - Oliver Schroer for Hymns and Hers (Toronto)
3. Instrumental Group of the Year – Sagapool for Episode Trois (montreal)
4. French Songwriter of the Year - Tomas Jensen for Quelqu’un d’Autre (montreal)
5. Children’s Album of the Year - The Kerplunks – The Kerplunks (gabriola island, b.C.)
6. English Songwriter of the Year - Corb Lund for Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! (Edmonton)
7. Pushing the Boundaries - Oliver Schroer for Hymns and Hers (Toronto)
8. Producer of the Year - Mathieu Dandurand for David Jalbert – des histoires
9. Traditional Album of the Year – Genticorum – La Bibournoise (montreal)
10. Contemporary Album of the Year - Luke Doucet & The White Falcon – Blood’s Too Rich (toronto)
11. Traditional Singer of the Year - Enoch Kent for One More Round (Toronto)
12. Vocal Group of the Year - Sisters of Sheynville for Sheynville Express (Toronto)
13. New / Emerging artist of the Year - Chloe Albert for Dedicated State (Edmonton)
14. Contemporary singer of the Year - Tannis Slimmon for Lucky Blue (Guelph, ON)
15. Ensemble of the Year - Yves Lambert et le Bébert Orchestra for le monde à lambert (Joliette, qc)
16. Solo Artist of the Year - Michael Jerome Browne for Double (montreal)
17. World Solo artist of the Year - Celso Machado for jogo da vida (gibsons, bc)
18. World Group of the Year – David Buchbinder’s Odessa / Havana for Odessa / Havana (Toronto)
19. Young performer of the Year – Emma Beaton for Pretty Fair Maid (Qualicum Beach, B.C.)
[Gordon Lightfoot at Massey Hall, Toronto, Ont. Credit: Kasra Ganjavi/via Wikipedia]
CFMA -
http://canadianfolkmusicawards.ca/aw.../winners-2008/
Lightfoot - award for "Lightfoot" album at CFMA event
