# Full winners list for 2023 International Folk Music Awards: Video, Photos

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2023/02/05/full-winners-list-for-2023-international-folk-music-awards-video-photos/
- Published: 2023-02-05T00:02:33+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**International Folk Music Awards presented by Folk Alliance International grant
Molly Tuttle, Janis Ian, Anaïs Mitchell, and Aoife O’Donovan Best of the Year honors!**

The International Folk Music Awards were held at the Westin Kansas City at Crown
Center in Kansas City, MO on Wednesday, February 1. Seasoned singer-songwriter Janis
Ian received a previously announced lifetime achievement award, and also won artist
of the year.

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_Crooked Tree_ by Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, also GRAMMY-nominated for best 
bluegrass album, won album of the year. For song of the year, there was a tie between“
Bright Star,” written and performed by Anaïs Mitchell, and “B61,” written and performed
by Aoife O’Donovan. Mitchell won a Tony and a Grammy for her work on the musical
_Hadestown_.

Jake Blount performed Janis Ian’s Grammy-winning song “At Seventeen,” while Wallis
Bird sang “Better Times Will Come” in tribute. In tribute to Josh White, who won
this year’s lifetime achievement award for a legacy (deceased) artist, Leyla McCalla
performed “I Gave My Love a Cherry (The Riddle Song) and Josh White Jr. sang “One
Meatball.” He tried to hold back tears, saying on stage, of his father, “I performed
with him many times on stage and those stick within your heart forever.”

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Josh White Jr. / Credit: Katie Rich

Oh Boy Records, founded in 1981 by John Prine, Al Bunetta and Dan Einstein, received
the business/academic award. The Milk Carton Kids did their rendition of “That’s
the Way the World Goes ’Round,” a song from the John Prine album _Bruised Orange_.
Iris Dement performed “Mexican Home,” a song from his album _Sweet Revenge_.

Below is the complete list of winners at the 2023 International Folk Music Awards,
as well as recipients of honorary awards:

Saturday, February 4 at 12 pm

**Valerie June Keynote Address and Artist in Residence**

Thursday, February 2 at 1:30 pm

**The Queer Pulse of Society: A Conversation About Community and Social Sustainability**

Friday, February 3 at 10 am

**Mary Gauthier: Saved by a Song**

Friday, February 3 at 2 pm

**CommUNITY Gathering: Meet the Team**

Saturday, February 4 at 9:30 am

**Janis Ian: In Her Own Words**

Saturday, February 4 at 10:45 am

**Songs of Hope, Songs of Change**

Sunday, February 5 at 10 am

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