Canadian Folk Music Award for French Songwriter of the Year
The Canadian Folk Music Award for French Songwriter of the Year is a Canadian award, presented as part of the Canadian Folk Music Awards to honour the year's best French-language songwriting. 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 English Songwriter of the Year and Indigenous Songwriter of the Year.
2000s
| Year | Nominee | Album | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 1st Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| No award presented | |||
| 2006 2nd Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| 2007 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Hugo Fleury (Polémil Bazar) | Avale ta montre | [1] | |
| Guillaume Arsenault | Le rang des Îles | [2] | |
| Sylvie Jean | Déjouer le vent | ||
| Michel Marchildon | Fragments d'Identité | ||
| 3 Gars su'l sofa (Guillaume Monette, Guillaume Meloche-Charlebois, Nicola Morel) | Des Cobras, des Tarentules | ||
| 2008 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Tomas Jensen | Quelqu'un d'autre | [3] | |
| Yves Desrosiers | Chansons indociles | [4] | |
| Anique Granger | Pépins | ||
| David Jalbert | Des Histoires | ||
| Swing | Tradarnac | ||
| 2009 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Catherine Durand | Coeurs migratoires | [5] | |
| Caracol | L'Abre aux Parfums | [6] | |
| Paul Cargnello | Bras coupé | ||
| Maryse Letarte | Des pas dans la neige | ||
| 3 Gars su'l sofa (Guillaume Monette, Guillaume Meloche-Charlebois, Nicola Morel) | Cerf-volant | ||
2010s
| Year | Nominee | Album | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Francis d'Octobre | Ma bête fragile | [7] | |
| Fredric Gary Comeau | Effeuiller les vertiges | ||
| Lennie Gallant | If We Had A Fire / Le coeur hante | ||
| David Jalbert | Le Journal | ||
| Geneviève Toupin | Geneviève Toupin | ||
| 2011 7th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Alexandre Poulin | Une lumière allumée | ||
| Claude Cormier | Acoustique | [8] | |
| Jean-François Lessard | Jean-François Lessard | ||
| Les Surveillantes | La racine carrée du coeur | ||
| 2012 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Mes Aïeux | À l'aube du printemps | [9] | |
| Caracol | Blanc Mercredi | ||
| Anique Granger | Les outils qu'on a | ||
| Lisa LeBlanc | Lisa LeBlanc | ||
| André Dédé Vander | French toast et peines perdues | ||
| 2013 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Dany Placard | Démon vert | [10] | |
| Chantal Archambault | Les Élans | [11] | |
| Louis-Jean Cormier | Le treizième étage | ||
| Catherine Durand | Les murs blancs du Nord | ||
| Alexis Normand | Mirador | ||
| 2014 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Les Hay Babies | Mon Homesick Heart | [12] | |
| Antoine Corriveau | Les ombres longues | [13] | |
| Laurence Hélie | À présent le passé | ||
| Klô Pelgag | L'Alchimie des monstres | ||
| Alexandre Poulin | Le mouvement des marées | ||
| 2015 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Louis-Jean Cormier | Les grandes artères | [14] | |
| Jocelyne Baribeau | Entre toi et moi | [15] | |
| Benoit Pinette (Tire le coyote) | Panorama | ||
| Dany Placard | Santa Maria | ||
| Geneviève Toupin | Willows | ||
| 2016 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Les soeurs Boulay | 4488 de l'Amour | [16] | |
| Philippe Brach | Portraits de famine | [17] | |
| Safia Nolin | Limoilou | ||
| Richard Séguin | Les horizons nouveaux | ||
| Mara Tremblay, Michel Rivard, Luc De Larochellière, Éric Goulet, Gilles Bélanger, Ariane Ouellet, Carl Prévost | Sept jours en mai | ||
| 2017 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Luc de Larochellière | Autre monde | [18] | |
| Philippe B | La grande nuit vidéo | [19] | |
| Catherine Durand | La pluie entre nous | ||
| Patrice Michaud | Almanach | ||
| Vivianne Roy, Katrine Noël, Julie Aubé (Les Hay Babies) | La 4ième dimension (version longue) | ||
| 2018 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Anik Bérubé, Natalie Byrns, Christian Bernard, Frédéric Joyal (Ancolie) | Le soleil en bulle | [20] | |
| Danny Boudreau | Mon été | [21] | |
| Étienne Fletcher | Face A | ||
| Benoit Pinette (Tire le coyote) | Désherbage | ||
| Kristine St-Pierre | La promesse |
2020s
| Year | Nominee | Album | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Bernard Adamus | C’qui nous reste du Texas | [22] | |
| Jordane Labrie, Clement Desjardins | 12 jours | [23] | |
| Jean Leloup | L’étrange pays | ||
| Safia Nolin | Dans le noir | ||
| Caroline Savoie | Pourchasser l’aube | ||
| 2021 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Marie-Ève Lapierre-Lemoyne | Onze | [24] | |
| Guillaume Arsenault | La partie de moi qui tremble | [25] | |
| Raphaël Delahaye | Le sens de la dérive | ||
| Flavie Léger-Roy | Ce chapeau est trop grand pour moi | ||
| Alexandre Poulin | Nature humaine | ||
| 2022 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Reney Ray | À l'ouest du réel | [26] | |
| Guillaume Beaulac | Guillaume Beaulac | [27] | |
| Anne-Sophie Doré-Coulombe | Nos maisons | ||
| Émilie Landry | Arroser les fleurs | ||
| Flavie Léger-Roy | Les trous dans les coeurs | ||
| 2023 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Geneviève Roberge-Bouchard, Alain Barbeau | J’attends encore | ||
| Anik Bérubé, Natalie Byrns | Les ébranlements | [28] | |
| Sébastien Lacombe | Le chemin des possibles | ||
| Héra Ménard, Guylaine Saint-Pierre | Fleurs | ||
| Matt Stern | Rien qu'un animal | ||
| 2024 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Aleksi Campagne, Michelle Campagne | For the Giving / Sans rien donner | [29] | |
| Éric Dion, André Lavergne | La nouvelle saison | [30] | |
| Catherine Durand | La maison orpheline | ||
| Catherine-Audrey Lachapelle, Léandre Joly-Pelletier | Là-bas-Veranda | ||
| Marie-Ève Laure | Reviens | ||
| 2025 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards | |||
| Alexandre Poulin | La somme des êtres aimés | [31] | |
| Sara Dufour, Dany Placard | On va-tu prendre une marche? | [32] | |
| Lennie Gallant, Patricia Richard (Sirène et Matelot) | Un monde de dissonances | ||
| Reney Ray | L'Album temporaire | ||
| Michel Robichaud | Rallumer l'effort |
References
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- ^ "Bruce Cockburn up for 4 Canadian Folk Music Awards". CBC News, October 17, 2007.
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- ^ "Late fiddler Oliver Schroer leads Canadian Folk Music nominations". CBC News, October 8, 2008.
- ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Folk musicians honoured". Regina Leader-Post, November 23, 2009.
- ^ "Results 2009". Canadian Folk Music Awards.
- ^ "The Once wins big in Winnipeg". Ottawa Citizen, November 21, 2010.
- ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, October 22, 2011.
- ^ "Canadian Folk Music Award winners". Roots Music Canada, November 21, 2012.
- ^ Brad Wheeler, "Good Lovelies among winners at Canadian Folk Music Awards". The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2013.
- ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 29, 2013.
- ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Ottawa singer-songwriter Amanda Rheaume among folk music award winners". Ottawa Citizen, November 30, 2014.
- ^ Lynn Saxberg, "Folkies set to honour their own". Ottawa Citizen, September 25, 2014.
- ^ "Canadian Folk Music Awards recipients announced in Edmonton". CBC News, November 9, 2015.
- ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 9, 2015.
- ^ "Rail yard labourer-turned-musician David Francey wins big at Canadian Folk Music Awards". Toronto Star, December 3, 2016.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2016 Winners". Exclaim!, December 4, 2016.
- ^ Sarah Greene, "Six highlights From the 2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Now, November 20, 2017.
- ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Reveal 2017 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 21, 2017.
- ^ "The LYNNeS, Pharis Romero Win Multiple CFMAs". FYI Music News, December 3, 2018.
- ^ Michael Kornfeld, "Nominees Named for 2018 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Acoustic Music Scene, September 22, 2018.
- ^ Allie Gregory, "Here Are All the 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 5, 2020.
- ^ "Dave Gunning gets four nominations for Canadian Folk Music Awards". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, November 20, 2019.
- ^ "Pharis & Jason Romero Head CFMA Winners List". FYI Music News, April 11, 2021.
- ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.
- ^ Heather Kitching, "The Canadian Folk Music Awards 2022 – winners and highlights". Roots Music Canada, April 2, 2022.
- ^ Megan Lapierre, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2022 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 28, 2021.
- ^ Stephen Cooke, "Madison Violet, Shannon & Tony Quinn among 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees". SaltWire Network, October 5, 2022.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Here are the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 10, 2024.
- ^ Nika Petrosian, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2024 Nominees". Exclaim!, October 18, 2023.
- ^ Kerry Doole, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Turn 20: Full Winners List". Billboard, April 8, 2025.
- ^ Heather Kitching, "Here are your nominees for the 2025 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Roots Music Canada, October 30, 2024.