BONUS TRACKS: International Folk Music Awards Announcements + More Music News
Hilary Saunders
Posted On December 6, 2024
Earlier this week, Folk Alliance International announced numerous nominees and recipients for the Best of 2024 and International Folk Music Awards, respectively. The ceremony will take place during the first night of the industry nonprofit’s 37th annual conference, which takes place Feb. 19-23, 2025 in Montréal.
Highlights include:
Artist of the Year (sponsored by Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame)
- Flamy Grant
- Sarah Jarosz
- Kaïa Kater
- Nick Lowe
- Crys Matthews
- Allison Russell
Album of the Year
- Sierra Ferrell – Trail Of Flowers
- The Heart Collectors – The Space Between
- Kaïa Kater – Strange Medicine
- Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends
- Ordinary Elephant – Ordinary Elephant
- Susan Werner – Halfway to Houston
Song of the Year
- Tenzin Choegyal and Michael Askill – “Tenzin Sings with Nightingales”
- Connie Kaldor – “Woman Who Pays”
- Rhiannon Giddens, Crys Matthews, and The Resistance Revival Chorus – “How I Long for Peace” (written by Peggy Seeger)
- Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon – “Ukrainian Now”
- Dan Navarro and Janiva Magness – “$20 Bill (for George Floyd)” (written by Tom Prasada-Rao)
Additionally, Indigo Girls will be awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award. The complete list of awards and nominees is available on the Folk Alliance website.
Other living legends, Alison Krauss and Union Station, announced their first tour in 10 years, featuring dobro master Jerry Douglas in the band and Willie Watson opening. The Arcadia 2025 tour, as they’re calling it, currently includes 73 events across the United States and Canada. Check out the tour poster below and visit Krauss’ website for complete ticket information.
WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO
Here’s a sampling of the songs, albums, bands, and sounds No Depression staffers have been into this week:
Kim Deal – “Nobody Loves You More”
Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Sierra Ferrell – “Elk River Blues”
Kacey Musgraves – “The Architect”
Ben Sidelinger – Cherry Street
Andy Leftwich – “Talk About Suffering”
Sarah Jane Scouten – “Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry”
Beau Jennings – American Stories Major Chords
Evan Honer – “Lead Role”
Lester Slade – “Old Machine”
Remy Reilly – “Dirty Work”
Rogê – Curyman II
LA LOM – “LA TIJERA”
Dark and Twisties – “The Wild”
On the Trail – Where Do We Go From Here
