TheStar.com | entertainment | Toronto roots musicians snag prizes

Violinist/songwriter Anne Lindsay and the Creaking Tree String Quartet, both staples of the Toronto roots music scene, were multiple winners in instrumental categories in the third annual Canadian Folk Music Awards Saturday night at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Que.Lindsay, who records and performs regularly with Blue Rodeo, the Jim Cuddy Band and Celtic balladeer John McDermott, and was a featured instrumentalist in the stage production of The Lord of the Rings during its Toronto run, received the Best Instrumentalist (Solo) award for her sophomore album News From Up the Street. Lindsay and violinist/composer Oliver Schroer also won the Producer of the Year award for their work on the album.For their CD The Soundtrack, jazz/newgrass/folk/chamber music ensemble the Creaking Tree String Quartet received Best Instrumentalist (Group) and the Pushing the Boundaries award %26ndash; the latter for the second time in three years. Best Contemporary Album honours went to Grammy-nominated Winnipeg acoustic band The Duhks for its album Migrations. Other prizes handed out included: Best Traditional Album: La Part du Queteux of QuebecBest Ensemble: Quebec folk band Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer Best Songwriter (English): Oh Susanna (Suzie Ungerleider) of TorontoBest Songwriter (French): Hugo Fleury of Quebec.Best Songwriter (Aboriginal): Sandy Scofield of VancouverBest Solo Artist: Sarah Noni Metzner of Toronto (formerly Vancouver) Best Vocal Group: Tanglefoot of southern Ontario.The concert gala, with performances by Sylvia Tyson, The Duhks, Florent Vollant, Ron Hynes, Ian Tamblyn, T. Nile, Vishten and Galitcha, will air on CBC Radio Two Friday at 8 p.m.Canadianfolkmusicawards.ca has a complete winners’ list.