4th Canadian Folk Music Awards

The 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards were held on November 23, 2008, at the Arts and Cultural Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Nominees and recipients

Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Classic Canadian Album	Traditional Album
Gordon Lightfoot - Lightfoot! Éritage – La Ronde des Voyageurs Stan Rogers – Fogarty's Cove Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Kate & Anna McGarrigle	Genticorum - La Bibournoise Troy MacGillivray & Shane Cook – When Here Meets There Le Vent du Nord – Dans les airs Mariam Matossian – In the Light Yves Lambert & Le Bébert Orchestra – Le Monde à Lambert
Contemporary Album	Children's Album
Luke Doucet and the White Falcon - Blood's Too Rich Oliver Schroer - Hymns and Hers Justin Rutledge – Man Descending NQ Arbuckle – XOK Annabelle Chvostek – Resilience	The Kerplunks - The Kerplunks Rik Barron – Shine Celtic Rathskallions – All Around the Circle Funky Mamas – Rollin' Along Art Napoleon – Mocikan: Songs for Learning Cree
Traditional Singer	Contemporary Singer
Enoch Kent - One More Round Norah Rendell – Wait There Pretty One Mary Beth Carty - Voici... Bette et Wallet Allison Lupton – Fly Like Swallows Daniel Payne – Chain	Tannis Slimmon - Lucky Blue Amos Garrett – Get Way Back: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield Wyckham Porteous – 3AM Dave Carroll – Perfect Blue Rita Chiarelli – Uptown Goes Downtown
Instrumental Solo Artist	Instrumental Group
Oliver Schroer - Hymns and Hers Pierre Schryer – Mélange Sarah Burnell for The Sarah Burnell Band – Return Ticket Craig Korth – Suspicious Minds Troy MacGillivray - Live at the Music Room	Sagapool - Episode Trois Marc Atkinson Trio – Vol. IV David Buchbinder's Odessa/Havana – Odessa/Havana Troy MacGillivray & Shane Cook – When Here Meets There UCalgary String Quartet - Far Behind I Left My Country
English Songwriter	French Songwriter
Corb Lund - Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! Garnet Rogers – Get a Witness Tim Hus – Bush Pilot Buckaroo Wyckham Porteous – 3AM Lindsay Jane – Lovers Find Reasons	Tomas Jensen - Quelqu'un d'autre David Jalbert – Des Histoires Anique Granger – Pepins Yves Desrosiers – Chansons indociles Swing – Tradarnac
Vocal Group	Ensemble
Sisters of Sheynville - Sheynville Express The Sojourners – Hold On Chic Gamine – Chic gamine Dala – Who Do You Think You Are Frida's Brow – Frida's Brow	Yves Lambert et Le Bébert Orchestra - Le Monde à Lambert Foggy Hogtown Boys – The Golden West Rita Chiarelli – Uptown Goes Downtown Le Vent du Nord – Dans les airs Hungry Hill – Ride
Solo Artist	World Solo Artist
Michael Jerome Browne - Double Wyckham Porteous – 3AM Ken Whiteley - One World Dance Lindsay Jane – Lovers Find Reasons Corb Lund - Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!	Celso Machado - Jogo da Vida Musa Dieng Kala – Exile Ines Canepa – Capricho Harry Manx – Harry Manx and Friends Live at the Glenn Gould Studio Eliana Cuevas – Vidas
World Group	New/Emerging Artist
David Buchbinder's Odessa/Havana - Odessa/Havana Compadres – Buddy Where You Been? Marc Atkinson Trio – Vol. IV Sagapool - Episode Trois Constantinople et Françoise Atlan – Ay! Amor Sisters of Sheynville – Sheynville Express	Chloe Albert - Dedicated State The Polyjesters – Kitchen Radio Mariam Matossian – In the Light Chic Gamine – Chic gamine David Jalbert - Des Histoires
Producer	Pushing the Boundaries
Mathieu Dandurand - David Jalbert, Des Histoires Steve Dawson - Steve Dawson, Waiting for the Lights to Come Up Erik West-Millette - Bïa Krieger, Nocturno Oliver Schroer - Oliver Schroer, Hymns and Hers Othentic - Swing/Tradarnac	Oliver Schroer - Hymns and Hers Steve Dawson - Waiting for the Lights to Come Up Marc Atkinson Trio – Vol. IV Harry Manx – Harry Manx and Friends Live at the Glenn Gould Studio Bïa Krieger – Nocturno
Young Performer
Emma Beaton - Pretty Fair Maid Chrissy Crowley – Demo Kierah – Irish Madness Drumlin - Mackerel Skies Paul Cresey - Piece the Picture