Results from Canadian Folk Music Awards, ARIAs, and Americana Music Awards

December 12, 2007

Winners of recent music award contests include:

Canadian Folk Music Awards
Best Album-Traditional: La Part du Queteux, "Paye la Traite"
Best Album-Contemporary: The Duhks, "Migrations"
Best Singer-Contemporary: David Francey, "Right of Passage"
Best Instrumentalist: Anne Lindsay, "News From Up the Street"
Best Instrumentalist-Group: Creaking Tree String Quartet, "The Soundtrack"
Best New-Emerging Artist: Brigitte Saint-Aubin, "Etre"

ARIA Awards
Best Blues and Roots Album: The John Butler Trio, "Grand National"
Best Female Artist: Missy Higgins, "On A Clear Night"
Best Adult Contemporary Album: Josh Pyke, "Memories & Dust"

Americana Music Awards
Album of the Year: Patty Griffin, "Children Running Through"
Artist of the Year: Patty Griffin
Duo/Group of the Year: The Avett Brothers
Instrumentalist of the Year: Buddy Miller
New/Emerging Artist of the Year: The Avett Brothers
Song of the Year: Darrell Scott, "Hank Williams' Ghost"