Folk Alliance Awards 2026 Winners Named [Full List]The 2026 International Folk Music Awards were announced by Folk Alliance International in New Orleans this week. Top honors went to I’m With Her (Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan) and Carsie Blanton as joint Artists of the Year. Other key winners included Crys Matthews for Song of the Year (“Sleeves Up”) and I’m With Her for Album of the Year (Wild and Clear and Blue). Here is the complete list of the 2026 winners and honorees. Bruce Houghton is Founder & Editor of Hypebot, Senior Advisor at Bandsintown, a Berklee College Of Music professor and founder of Skyline Artists.