BBC Radio 2’s Folk Awards celebrates the rich, thriving and diverse world of the contemporary folk music scene with a series of awards to some of the greatest singers and musicians. The Folk Awards album, compiled by John Leonard, producer of Radio 2’s Mike Harding Show, features the cream of the finest artists of the current folk movement including award winners as well as highly placed nominees and some of last year’s winners. This is a highly entertaining album featuring great music and performances from the year’s top artists.

Winners 2000

Folk Singer of the Year	Kate Rusby
Best Album	Kate Rusby: Sleepless
Best Traditional Track	Waterson:Carthy: Raggle Taggle Gipsies

Winners 2001

Folk Singer of the Year	Norma Waterson
Best instrumentalist	Michael McGoldrick
Best Group	Danú
Best Album	John Tams: Unity
Best Original Track	John Tams: Harry Stone
Horizon Award	Bill Jones
Best live act	Vin Garbutt
Roots Award	Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate
Lifetime Achievement Awards	Catriona Macdonald, Roy Bailey; Chris While & Julie Mathews; e2K, Niamh Parsons, Bert Jansch
Good Tradition Award	Copper Family

Tracks

1. Niamh Parsons: Bonnie Woodhall (Roud 3778; G/D 5:947; Henry H476) (4.45)
   from In My Prime (Green Linnet GLCD 1203, 2000)
2. Bert Jansch: Crimson Moon (5.26)
   from Crimson Moon
3. John Tams: Harry Stone (Hearts of Coal) (5.57)
   from Unity
4. Norma Waterson: Flower of Sweet Strabane (Roud 2745; G/D 4:722; Henry H224a) (4.42)
   from Bright Shiny Morning
5. Michael McGoldrick: Lough Mountain (4.24)
   from Fused
6. e2K: The Water Is Wide (Roud 87; Child 204) (4.52)
   from Shift
7. Bill Jones: Botany Bay (Roud 261; Laws L16; G/D 2:260; Henry H691) (2.55)
   recorded specially for a radio session
8. Kate Rusby: The Cobbler’s Daughter (2.38)
   from Sleepless
9. Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Ol’ Georgie Buck (4.12)
   from Kulanjan
10. Danu: Green Booms (Roud 379; G/D 5:950; Henry H147) / The Humours of Kill Clougher (3.47)
    from Think Before You Think (Shanachie 78030, 2000)
11. Waterson:Carthy: Raggle Taggle Gipises (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (4.19)
    from Broken Ground
12. Roy Bailey: Brigg Fair (Roud 1083) (2.49)
    from Coda
13. Chris While & Julie Matthews: The Light in My Mother’s Eye (4.20)
    from Higher Potential
14. Vin Garbutt: City of Angels (6.41)
    from Word of Mouth
15. Catriona Macdonald: Shetland Reels (3.55)
    from Bold
16. The Copper Family: Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) (3.53)
    from Coppersongs 3: The Legacy Continues

Winners 2005

Folk Singer of the Year	Martin Carthy
Best Duo	Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham
Best Group	Oysterband The Big Session
Best Album	Karine Polwart: Faultlines
Best Original Track	Karine Polwart: The Sun’s Coming Over the Hill
Best Traditional Track	Martin Carthy: Famous Flower of Serving Men
Horizon Award	Karine Polwart
Musician of the Year	Kathryn Tickell
Best live act	Bellowhead
Lifetime Achievement Awards	Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Tom Paxton (songwriting)
Best dance band	Whapweasel
Good Tradition Award	Steeleye Span
Folk Club Award	Hitchin Folk Club

Tracks

CD 1

1. Bellowhead: Rambling Sailor (Roud 518; G/D 7:1477) (5.13)
   from E.P.onymous
2. Martin Simpson: John Hardy (Roud 3262; Laws I2) (3.45)
   from Righteousness & Humidity
3. The Big Session: John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (3.52)
   from The Big Session Volume 1
4. Brass Monkey: The Swinton May Song (Roud 305) (3.09)
   from Flame of Fire
5. Susan McKeown: Eggs in Her Basket (Roud 377; G/D 2:307) (3.56)
   from Sweet Liberty
6. Uiscedwr: Everywhere [Cefn Maw / Tune from Shirley Valentine film score / Yiddish tune] (6.42)
   from Everywhere (Yucca YRCD01, 2004)
7. Steeleye Span: Van Diemen’s Land (Roud 519; Laws L18; G/D 2:252) (4.53)
   from They Called Her Babylon
8. Chris While & Julie Matthews: Westward (3.52)
   from Perfect Mistake (2003)
9. Whapweasel: Relentless (3.08)
   from Relentless
10. Seth Lakeman: Kitty Jay (3.12)
11. Chris Stout: Da Day Dawn / Greenland Man’s Tune (5.58)
12. Karine Polwart: The Sun’s Comin’ Over the Hill (4.57)
    from Faultlines
13. Andrew Cronshaw: The Shores of Turkey (7.38)

CD 2

1. Planxty: The Good Ship Kangaroo (Roud 925; G/D 6:1211) (4.36)
   from After the Break (1979)
2. Kathryn Tickell Band: Herd (Herd on the Hill / Elsie Marley) (3.25)
   from Air Dancing
3. Dick Gaughan: Song for Ireland (5.09)
   from Handful of Earth
4. Eddi Reader: Willie Stewart / Mollie Rankin (4.18)
   from The Songs of Robert Burns (2003)
5. Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham: Megan’s Wedding / The Herra Boys / The Barrowburn Reel (4.41)
6. John Spiers & Jon Boden: Prickle Eye Bush (Roud 144; Child 95; G/D 2:248) (4.36)
   from Bellow
7. The Big Session: Love Will Tear Us Apart (3.42)
   from The Big Session Volume 1
8. Anna Massie: Trip to Windsor (Reel Béatrice / Mrs Dundas of Arniston / The Trip to Windsor) (3.12)
   from Glad Company
9. Kirsty McGee: Coffee Coloured Strings (3.56)
   from Frost (2004)
10. Show of Hands: Country Life (3.58)
11. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott with Arlo Guthrie: Ridin’ Down the Canyon (4.25)
12. Lunasa: Stolen Purse (4.48)
13. Martin Carthy: Famous Flower of Serving Men (Roud 199; Child 106; G/D 1:163) (10.16)
    from Waiting for Angels
14. Tom Paxton: The Last Thing on My Mind (3.57)

Folk Singer of the Year	John Tams
Best Duo	John Spiers & Jon Boden
Best Group	Flook
Best Album	John Tams: The Reckoning
Best Original Track	Chris Wood & Hugh Lupton: One in a Million
Best Traditional Track	John Tams: Bitter Withy
Musician of the Year	Michael McGoldrick
Horizon Award	Julie Fowlis
Best live act	Bellowhead
Lifetime Achievement Awards	Paul Brady, Richard Thompson
Good Tradition Award	Ashley Hutchings
Folk Club Award	Red Lion, Birmingham
Most influental folk album (audience vote)	Fairport Convention: Liege & Lief

Tracks

CD 1

1. Johnny Dickinson: Into the Deep
2. Martin Simpson: Here’s Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy (Roud 165)
   from Kind Letters
3. Seth Lakeman: Setting of the Sun (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114)
   from Freedom Fields
4. Kate Rusby: No Names
   from The Girl Who Couldn’t Fly
5. Richard Thompson: Let It Blow
   from Front Parlour Ballads
6. Swåp: Mäster Åslund
   from Du Da
7. Julie Fowlis: Òganaich Ùir a Rinn M’ Fhàgail
   from Mar a Tha Mo Chridhe
8. James Raynard: Yonder He Goes
   from Strange Histories
9. John Tams: A Man of Constant Sorrow
   from The Reckoning
10. Barry Dransfield: The Grand Conversation on Napoleon (Roud 1189)
    from Unruly
11. Eliza Carthy: Gallant Hussar (Roud 1146; G/D 5:982; Henry H243a)
    from Rough Music
12. John Kirkpatrick & Chris Parkinson: Liberty Bell
    from The Sultans of Squeeze

CD 2

1. Bellowhead: Copshawholme Fair (Roud 9139)
   from E.P.onymous
2. Jim Causley: Harvest Song (Roud 1474)
   from Fruits of the Earth
3. Flook: Gone Fishing
   from Haven
4. Chris Wood: One in a Million
   from The Lark Descending
5. Chris While and Julie Matthews: On My Way
   from Here and Now (2005)
6. John Tams with Barry Coope: Amelia
   from The Reckoning
7. Catriona McMay with Chris Stout: Hangman’s Reel
8. Rosie Doonan & Ben Murray: Gypsy Davy (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (4.17)
   from Mill Lane (2004)
9. Karine Polwart: Maybe There’s a Road (4.17)
   from Scribbled in Chalk
10. Michael McGoldrick: The Hillsbrook Reels
11. John Spiers & Jon Boden: Bold Sir Rylas (Roud 29; Child 18)
    from Songs
12. June Tabor: The Cloud Factory
    from At the Wood’s Heart

Winners 2007

Folk Singer of the Year	Seth Lakeman
Best Duo	Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
Best Group	Bellowhead
Best live act	Bellowhead
Best Album	Seth Lakeman: Freedom Fields
Best Original Track	Karine Polwart: Daisy
Best Traditional Track	Tim van Eyken: Barleycorn
Musician of the Year	Chris Thile
Horizon Award	Kris Drever
Young Folk Award	Last Orders
Lifetime Achievement Awards	Pentangle, Danny Thompson
Good Tradition Award	Nic Jones
Folk Club Award	The Ram, Claygate
Favourite folk track (audience vote)	Sandy Denny: Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

Tracks

CD 1

1. Show of Hands: Roots (3.39)
   from Witness (2006)
2. Karine Polwart: Daisy (3.27)
   from Scribbled in Chalk
3. Spiers & Boden: The Old Lancashire Hornpipe / The Third Beekeeper (3.31)
   from Tunes
4. Kris Drever: Green Grows the Laurel (Roud 279; G/D 6:1138; Henry H165ab) (4.01)
   from Black Water
5. Shona Kipling & Damien O’Kane: Flighty Girls / 7/8 Tune / Ferret-Panting (5.45)
6. Julie Fowlis: Biodh an Deoch Seo ’n Làimh Mo Rùin (3.42)
   from Mar a Tha Mo Chridhe
7. Martin Simpson: Love Henry (Roud 47; Child 68) (3.56)
   from Kind Letters
8. Swarb’s Lazarus: The Brilliancy Medley / The Cherokee Shuffle (4.14)
   from Live and Kicking
9. Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Locks and Bolts (Roud 406; Laws M13; G/D 5:1012) (3.04)
   from Strands of Gold
10. Salsa Celtica: Grey Gallito (The Grey Cockerel) (Roud 179; Child 248) (5.04)
    from El Camino
11. John Tams & Barry Coope: Vulcan / Steelos (3.49)
    recorded live at the Cambridge Folk Festival 2006

CD 2

1. Bellowhead: London Town (Roud 868; G/D 2:299) (5.35)
   from Burlesque
2. Tim van Eyken: Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (6.04)
   from Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves
3. Waterson:Carthy: Jack Frost (4.33)
   from Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man
4. John McCusker: Stella’s Welcome to Kamploops / The King of Innishboffin / Sean Maguire’s (4.24)
   from Goodnight Ginger (2002)
5. Nic Jones: Billy Don’t You Weep for Me (Roud V2845) (4.51)
   from Game Set Match
6. Seth Lakeman: The Colliers (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (3.22)
7. Chris Thile: Wayside (Back in Times) (2.44)
8. Vin Garbutt: Punjabi Girl (4.48)
9. Martha Tilston: Artificial (4.37)
   from Of Milkmaids & Architects
10. The Devil’s Interval: Silver Dagger (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (3.20)
    from Blood and Honey
11. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick: Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (Roud 4; Child 73; G/D 2:212) (5.52)
    from Straws in the Wind

CD 3: BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Finalists

1. Ewen & Megan Henderson: Banks of the Allan Water / The Furze Bush / Donegal Barn Dance (5.53)
2. David Delarre: Roundabout (2.15)
3. Ryan Young: Catharsis / Humours of Tulla / Mitten’s Breakdown (3.50)
4. Last Orders: O’Keeffe’s / Glen Cottage / Campdown Races (3.52)
   from Last Orders
5. Ruth Notman & Bryony Bainbridge: Billy Don’t You Weep for Me (5.04)
6. Wilber: Yestapol (3.01)

Winners 2008

Folk Singer of the Year	Julie Fowlis
Best Duo	John Tams & Barry Coope
Best Group	Lau
Best live act	Bellowhead
Best Album	Martin Simpson: Prodigal Son
Best Original Track	Martin Simpson: Never Any Good
Best Traditional Track	The Imagined Village: Cold Haily Rainy Night
Musician of the Year	Andy Cutting
Horizon Award	Rachel Unthank & The Winterset
Young Folk Award	Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller
Lifetime Achievement Award	John Martyn
Good Tradition Award	Shirley Collins
Folk Club Award	Dartford Folk Club

Tracks

CD 1

1. The Imagined Village: Cold Haily Rainy Night (Roud 135; G/D 4:778) (6.10)
   from The Imagined Village
2. Julie Fowlis: Hùg Air A’ Bhonaid Mhòir (2.57)
   from Cuilidh
3. John McCusker: The Big Man Set / Waiting for Janet (3.51)
   from Goodnight Ginger (2002)
4. Rachel Unthank & The Winterset: Felton Lonnin (Roud 3166) (7.22)
   from The Bairns
5. John Tams & Barry Coope: Unity (Raise Your Banners High) (4.47)
   from Unity
6. Joe Townsend & Martin Green: Pulse (4.46)
7. Jez Lowe: Jack Common’s Anthem (3.57)
   from Jack Common’s Anthem (2007)
8. Bella Hardy: Three Black Feathers (3.58)
   from Night Visiting
9. Blowzabella feat. Andy Cutting: Oliver’s and Two Beers (3.51)
   from Octomento
10. Lisa Knapp: Blacksmith (Youth Remix) (Roud 816) (5.35)
    from Wild and Undaunted

CD 2

1. Bellowhead: Jordan (Roud 2103) (4.07)
   from Burlesque
2. Tunng: Bircks (4.19)
3. Kate Rusby: The Bitter Boy (4.54)
   from Awkward Annie
4. Spiers & Boden: Flapjacks and Firesticks / The Minor Rigged Ship (3.42)
   from Tunes
5. Chris While and Julie Matthews: The Here and Now (3.57)
   from Here and Now (2005)
6. Martin Simpson: Never Any Good (5.23)
   from Prodigal Son
7. Show of Hands: Are We Alright (3.05)
8. Richard Thompson: Dad’s Gonna Kill Me (5.16)
   from Sweet Warrior
9. Jackie Oates: The Cruel Ship’s Carpenter (Roud 15; Laws P36A; G/D 2:201, 2:202) (4.36)
   from Jackie Oates
10. Lau: Hinba / Funny Weather (5.07)
    from Lightweights & Gentlemen

CD 3: BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Finalists

1. One String Loose: Homer’s Reel / Magician’s Wedding / Dick Gossips (4.10)
2. Emily Hoile: Will You Run Away With Me / Mouth of the Tobique / Famous Bridge (3.25)
3. Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys: The Train (3.48)
   from Light Up All the Beacons
4. Dogan Mehmet: A Turkish Melody (4.44)
5. Ryan Young: Mike Foley’s Bodhran Problems / Rastafarian Camel & The Singing Clouds / Humours of Tulla (5.29)
6. Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller: Mad Tom of Bedlam (Roud V53999) (3.24)
   from In a Bleeze

Winners 2009

Folk Singer of the Year	Chris Wood
Best Duo	Chris While & Julie Matthews
Best Group	Lau
Best Album	Chris Wood: Trespasser
Best Original Track	Andy Partridge: All You Pretty Girls (performed by Jim Moray)
Best Traditional Track	Jackie Oates: Lark in the Morning
Musician of the Year	Tom McConville
Horizon Award	Jackie Oates
Young Folk Award	Megan & Joe Henwood
Best live act	The Demon Barbers
Lifetime Achievement Awards	James Taylor, Judy Collins
Folk Club Award	The Black Swan Folk Club, York

Tracks

CD 1

1. Bellowhead: Fakenham Fair (4.57)
   from Matachin
2. Julie Fowlis: Lon-Dubh / Blackbird (2.49)
   from Culidh (2008)
3. Jim Moray: All You Pretty Girls (4.12)
   from Low Culture
4. Chris While & Julie Matthews: Together Alone (4.53)
   from Together Alone (2008)
5. John McCusker: Jack Seward’s / Boys of the Puddle (4.00)
   from Under One Sky (2009)
6. Chris Wood: Come Down Jehovah (5.27)
   from Trespasser
7. Martin Simpson: Duncan and Brady (Roud 4177; Laws I9) (2.41)
   from Prodigal Son
8. Eliza Carthy: Mr Magnifico (6.06)
   from Dreams of Breathing Underwater
9. The Shee: Chilly Winds (3.11)
   from A Different Season
10. Tom McConville: Pretty Fair Maid (3.41)
11. Faustus: The Hostesses Daughter (Roud 914) (3.55)
    from Faustus
12. Jackie Oates: Lark in the Morning (Roud 151) (3.36)
    from The Violet Hour

CD 2

1. Karine Polwart: Sorrowlessfield (4.39)
   from This Earthly Spell
2. The Demon Barbers: The Good Old Days (4.02)
   from +24db
3. Bob Fox & Stu Luckley: The Bonnie Gateshead Lass (3.57)
   from Box of Gold
4. Seth Lakeman: Solomon Browne (2.52)
5. Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller: Edward (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (3.57)
   from In a Bleeze
6. Lau: Banks of Marble (4.46)
   from Arc Light
7. Mawkin:Causley: Come My Lads (Roud 1238) (2.57)
   from Cold Ruin
8. Judy Collins: Born to the Breed (4.11)
9. Phil Beer: Blow the Man Down (Roud 2624) (3.25)
   with Jim Causley, vocals, and Jackie Oates, fiddle and vocals;
   from a forthcoming Phil Beer anthology
10. Megson: O Mary Will You Go (5.03)
    from Take Yourself a Wife
11. Spiers & Boden: Rambling Robin (Roud V5416) (3.11)
    from Vagabond
12. Bella Hardy: Alone, Jane? (3.18)
    from Night Visiting

CD 3: BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Finalists

1. Tyde: Chairdance / The Gale / Skipping over the Bridge (4.07)
2. Lucy Ward: Stitch in Time (3.37)
3. Megan & Joe Henwood: White Lies (4.20)
4. Emily Hoile and Alice Burn: Boreal Owl / What Is Is / Trip to Brittany / Valley of the Moon (4.07)
5. Maz O’Connor: The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (5.22)
6. Jaywalkers: Run Sister Run (3.22)

Winners 2010

Folk Singer of the Year	Jon Boden
Best  duo  trio	Show of Hands
Best Group	Lau
Best live act	Bellowhead
Best Album	Cara Dillon: Hill of Thieves
Best Original Track	Steve Knightley: Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed (performed by Show of Hands)
Best Traditional Track	Martin Simpson: Sir Patrick Spens
Musician of the Year	John Kirkpatrick
Horizon Award	Sam Carter
Young Folk Award	James Findlay
Lifetime Achievement Awards	Nanci Griffith, Dick Gaughan
Good Tradition Award	The Transatlantic Sessions
Folk Club Award	The Magpie’s Nest

Tracks

CD 1

1. Show of Hands: Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed (3.39)
   from Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed
2. Cara Dillon: Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) (4.05)
3. Sam Carter: Yellow Sign (3.02)
   from Keepsakes
4. Cara Dillon: Spencer the Rover
5. The Unthanks: The Testimony of Patience Kershaw (TYG 139) (4.05)
   from Here’s the Tender Coming
6. The Bad Shepherds: Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (4.26)
7. Megson: Take Yourself a Wife (3.04)
   from Take Yourself a Wife
8. Mawkin:Causley: Cutty Wren (Roud 236) (3.54)
   from The Awkward Recruit
9. Martin Simpson: One Day (4.00)
   from True Stories
10. Maclaine Colston & Saul Rose: The Lazy Farmer (Roud 438; Laws H13) (4.13)
    from Sand & Soil
11. Hannah James & Sam Sweeney: The Ploughboy’s Dream (Roud 1545) (3.41)
    from Catches & Glees
12. Bellowhead: Unclothed Nocturnal Manuscript Crisis (3.43)
    from Umbrellowhead

CD 2

1. Edward II: People Get Ready (3.58)
2. Martin Simpson: Sir Patrick Spens (Roud 41; Child 58; G/D 1:17) (3.54)
   from True Stories
3. Jackie Oates: The Isle of France (Roud 1575) (2.58)
   from Hyperboreans
4. Lau: The Burrian (6.37)
   from Arc Light
5. Damien Barber & Mike Wilson: My Old Man (3.02)
   from Under the Influence
6. John Kirkpatrick: The Dance of the Demon Daffodils (3.05)
   from The Dance of the Demon Daffodils
7. Jon Boden: Going Down to the Wasteland (3.12)
   from Songs Songs From the Floodplain
8. Belshazzar’s Feast: King Herod and the Cock (Roud 306; Child 55) / Parson’s Farewell (2.17)
   from Frost Bites (2009)
9. Nancy Wallace: I Live Not Where I Love (Roud 593) (3.51)
10. Drever, McCusker, Woomble: The Poorest Company (4.40)
    from Before the Ruin (2008)
11. Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts: Travelling in Time (5.08)
    from Shadows and Half Light

CD 3: BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Finalists

1. Cinnte: Walnut Grove / The Broken Sofa / Buntata’s Sgadan (4.28)
2. Mairi & Steaphanaidh Chaimbeul: Set of Puirt-a-Beul (3.51)
3. Chris Keatinge: Tartar Frigate / Contradiction Reel / The Doom of Lord Soulis (4.34)
4. Niamh Boadle: Oceana’s Lullaby (4.30)
   from Wild Rose
5. James Findlay: British Man of War (Roud 372) (3.41)
   from As I Carelessly Did Stray (2009)
6. The Carrivick Sisters: Piggy Bank (2.21)

Winners 2011

Folk Singer of the Year	Chris Wood
Best Duo	Nancy Kerr & James Fagan
Best Group	Bellowhead
Best Album	Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson: Gift
Best Original Track	Chris Wood: Hollow Point
Best Traditional Track	Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson: Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Musician of the Year	Andy Cutting
Horizon Award	Ewan McLennan
Young Folk Award	Moore Moss Rutter
Best live act	Bellowhead
Lifetime Achievement Award	Donovan
Good Tradition Award	Fisherman’s Friends
Roots Award	The Levellers

Tracks

CD 1

1. Bellowhead: New York Girls (Roud 486) (4.31)
   from Hedonism
2. Heidi Talbot: Willie Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (3.52)
   from The Last Star
3. Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson: Poor Wayfaring Stranger (Roud 3339) (6.25)
   from Gift
4. Breabach: Good Drying (3.54)
   from The Desperate Battle of the Birds
5. Coope Boyes & Simpson: Now Is the Cool of the Day (3.54)
   from As If …
6. Emily Portman: Stick Stock (3.02)
   from The Glamoury
7. Adam Holmes: I Can’t Be Right (4.06)
   from a BBC Radio 2 session; later on Heirs and Graces
8. Brian Finnegan: Belfast (5.03)
9. Chris Wood: Hollow Point (7.30)
   from Handmade Life
10. Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Queen of Waters (4.13)
    from Twice Reflected Sun
11. Richard Thompson: A Brother Slips Away (4.40)
    from Dream Attic (2010)
12. Moore Moss Rutter: William Taylor’s Tabletop Hornpipe / The Savage Hornpipe (3.16)
    from Moore Moss Rutter
13. Chris While & Julie Matthews: Rock of Gelt (4.51)
14. Fiddlers’ Bid: The Fiddlers’ Bid Ode to Joy (5.40)

CD 2

1. Kris Drever: Sweet Honey in the Rock (3.02)
   from Mark the Hard Earth
2. The Fisherman’s Friends: South Australia (Roud 325) (2.13)
3. Michael McGoldrick: Freefalling: If You Go First / Frankie’s / Freefalling Reel (4.29)
4. Ewan McLennan: Tramps and Hawkers (Roud 1874; G/D 3:487) (3.53)
   from Rags & Robes
5. Fay Hield: Mad Family (Roud 19704) (2.25)
   from Looking Glass
6. David Gibb & Elly Lucas: Mingulay Boat Song (3.34)
7. Andy Cutting: Potato / Theatre (4.14)
   from Andy Cutting (2010)
8. Andy Irvine: The Demon Lover (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (5.52)
   from Abocurragh (2010)
9. Megson: Working Town (2.17)
   from The Longshot
10. The Unthanks: Because He Was a Bonny Lad (Roud 22834) (2.33)
    from Here’s the Tender Coming
11. Mairi & Steaphanaidh Chaimbeul: Reul Na Maidne: Maol Donn / Reul Na Maidne / ThaMi Dol A’ Dheanamh Bainis (4.22)
12. The Demon Barbers: Captain Ward (Roud 224; Child 287; G/D 1:39) (3.51)
    from The Adventures of Captain Ward
13. Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell: Hares on the Mountain (Roud 329) (4.20)
    from The North Farm Sessions

Winners 2012

Folk Singer of the Year	June Tabor
Best Duo	Tim Edey & Brendan Power
Best Group	June Tabor & Oysterband
Best Album	June Tabor & Oysterband: Ragged Kingdom
Best Original Track (same number of votes)	Bella Hardy: The Herring Girl Steve Tilston: The Reckoning
Best Traditional Track	June Tabor & Oysterband: Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155)
Musician of the Year	Tim Edey
Horizon Award	Lucy Ward
Young Folk Award	Ioscaid
Best live act	Home Service
Lifetime Achievement Awards	Don McLean, The Dubliners
Good Tradition Awards	Bill Leader, Ian Campbell
Roots Award	Malcolm Taylor, Librarian of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library

Tracks

CD 1

1. June Tabor & Oysterband: Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (4.59)
   from Ragged Kingdom
2. Emily Smith: Sweet Lover of Mine (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329) (3.50)
   from Traiveller’s Joy
3. Steve Tilston: The Reckoning (3.19)
   from The Reckoning
4. Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight: Windy Day (2.56)
   from The Days That Shaped Me
5. Martin Simpson: Lakes of Ponchartrain (Roud 1836; Laws H9; Henry H619) (4.18)
   from Purpose and Grace
6. Spiers & Boden: Bold Sir Rylas (Roud 29; Child 18) (4.20)
   from The Works
7. Lady Maisery: The Colour of Amber (Roud 1716) (4.07)
   from Weave and Spin
8. Tim Edey & Brendan Power: Wriggle & Writhe (3.44)
9. Lucy Ward: Maids When You’re Young (Roud 210) (3.27)
   from Adelphi Has to Fly
10. Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell: Green Leaved Trees (4.04)
    from Kite
11. Peatbog Faeries: The Naughty Step (5.36)

CD 2

1. Bellowhead: A-Begging I Will Go (Roud 286; G/D 3:488) (4.29)
   from Hedonism
2. Bella Hardy: The Herring Girl (4.15)
   from Songs Lost & Stolen
3. Andy Cutting: Edges / Thin Waltz (6.10)
   from Andy Cutting (2010)
4. Pilgrims’ Way: The Handweaver and the Factory Maid (Roud 17771) (2.24)
   from Wayside Courtesies
5. Christy Moore: On Morecambe Bay (3.40)
6. The Unthanks: Last (7.09)
   from Last
7. Home Service: Alright Jack (6.05)
   from Live 1986
8. June Tabor: The Oggie Man (3.42)
   from Ashore
9. Megan Henwood: Counting the Birds (4.45)
   from Making Waves
10. Walsh & Pound: The Jolly Beggarman (Roud 118; Child 279; G/D 2:274) (2.37)
    from Walsh & Pound
11. Jackie Oates: Brigg Fair (Roud 1083) (3.16)
    from Saturnine

CD 3: BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Finalists

1. Sunjay Brayne: Love You Like a Man (3.00)
2. Ioscaid: The Close Shave (3.41)
3. We Are Sweden: The King’s Shilling (3.50)
4. Graham Mackenzie: The Cape Breton Set: Kitchener’s Army / Rannie Maclennan / The Cairngorn Brooch / The Contradiction (5.40)
5. Flats & Sharps: Girl (2.11)
6. Blair Dunlop: Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair) (Roud 3103) (5.00)
   from Blight & Blossom
7. Jessica Lamb: Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms / Peewit’s Hornpipe / Biddy The Bowl Wife (4.57)
8. Ryan Young & David Foley: Ormond Sound / The Prince of Wales / Smellin’ Fresh (5.00)
9. StevieRay: South Coast Blues (2.30)
10. Tri: The Hare’s Lament (Roud 3574; Henry H172) (4.00)

Winners 2013

Folk Singer of the Year	Nic Jones
Best Duo	Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Best Group	Lau
Best Album	Bellowhead: Broadside
Best Original Track	Emily Portman: Hatchling
Best Traditional Track	Jim Moray: Lord Douglas (Roud 23; Child 7; G/D 2:220)
Musician of the Year	Kathryn Tickell
Horizon Award	Blair Dunlop
Young Folk Award	Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
Lifetime Achievement Awards	Roy Harper, Aly Bain, Dougie MacLean
Roots Award	Billy Bragg

Tracks

CD 1

1. Bellowhead: Roll the Woodpile Down (Roud 4443) (3.03)
   from Broadside
2. Hannah James & Sam Sweeney: The Farmer’s Cursed Wife (Roud 160; Child 278; G/D 2:320) (4.00)
   from State and Ancientry
3. Anaïs Mitchell: Tailor (3.46)
4. Duncan Chisholm: Unknown Air (4.27)
5. Kathleen MacInnes: Tha Sneachd’ air Druim Uachdair (1.52)
6. Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts: Doctor James (4.29)
   from The Innocent Left
7. Nic Jones: Texas Girl at the Funeral of her Father (2.30)
   previously unreleased live recording
8. Emily Portman: Hatchling (4.20)
   from Hatchling
9. Rura: Mary (4.16)
   from Break It Up
10. Kathryn Tickell: Small Coals (2.40)
    from Northumbrian Voices

CD 2

1. Lau: The Bird That Winds the Spring (4.12)
   from Race the Loser
2. Maz O’Connor: Caw the Yowes (Roud 857; G/D 5:1014; Henry H175) (5.07)
   from Upon a Stranger Shore
3. Ross Ainslie: Lullaby for Mel (5.40)
4. O’Hooley & Tidow: Gentleman Jack (2.27)
   from The Fragile
5. Luke Jackson: Last Train (4.28)
6. Karine Polwart: King of Birds (4.16)
   from Traces
7. Blair Dunlop: Billy in the Lowground (4.50)
   from Blight & Blossom
8. Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman: The Ballad of Andy Jacobs (6.45)
   from Hidden People (2012)
9. The Unthanks: Black Trade (4.36)
   from Songs From the Shipyards
10. Sam Lee: Wild Wood Amber (Roud 1716) (6.15)
    from Ground of Its Own
11. Treacherous Orchestra: Sea of Okhotsk (8.42)

CD 3: BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Finalists

1. Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar: Working on the New Railroad (Roud 17886) (4.40)
   from The Queen’s Lover
2. Thalla: St Andrew’s Flight / Last Tango in Harris (5.17)
3. Luke Jackson: More Than Boys (5.02)
4. Graham Mackenzie & Ciorstaidh Beaton: Father Eugene’s Welcome to Cape North / St Kilda’s Wedding (3.35)
5. Mae Bradbury: Shiver (3.47)
6. Jack Pout: Breaking of Old Branches (3.11)
7. Matt Tighe: Were You at the Rock / The College Groves (4.00)
8. Rosie Hodgson: Liverpool Lullaby (2.53)
9. The Crosstown Trio: My Heart Is Holding Up a Shield (3.54)
10. Hugh Sheenan & Jack McCaughrty: The Night Before (5.15)

Winners 2014

Folk Singer of the Year	Bella Hardy
Best Duo	Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
Best Group	The Full English
Best Album	The Full English: The Full English
Best Traditional Track	Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer: Willie o’ Winsbury (Roud 64; Child 100; G/D 5:999; Henry H221)
Best Original Track	Lisa Knapp: Two Ravens
Musician of the Year	Aidan O’Rourke
Horizon Award	Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
Young Folk Award	The Mischa Macpherson Trio
Lifetime Achievement Awards	Clannad, Martin Carthy
Good Tradition Awards	Cambridge Folk Festival

Tracks

CD 1

1. Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer: Willie o’ Winsbury (Roud 64; Child 100; G/D 5:999; Henry H221) (5.52)
   from Child Ballads
2. Breabach: Hi Ho Ro Tha Mi Duilich (3.32)
   from Ùrlar
3. Will Pound: A Cut Above / The Hesleyside Reel (4.19)
   from A Cut Above
4. Bella Hardy: Whiskey You’re the Devil (Roud 21715) (2.58)
   from Battleplan
5. Martin Simpson: Delta Dreams (4.14)
   from Vagrant Stanzas
6. Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker: Anyone But Me (3.31)
   from Fire and Fortune
7. Rant: Mary MacDonald’s: Miss Ferguson of Raith / Miss Mary MacDonald’s (5.07)
   from Rant
8. Linda Thompson: Love’s for Babies and Fools (3.38)
   from Won’t Be Long Now
9. The Full English: Man in the Moon (Roud 21397) (4.05)
   from The Full English
10. Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita: Les Bras de Mer (6.03)
    from Clychau Dibon
11. Melrose Quartet: Fifty Verses (5.04)
    from Fifty Verses
12. Lau: Throwing Pennies (4.28)
    from Race the Loser

CD 2

1. Lucy Ward: Marching Through the Green Grass (Roud 1302) (2.51)
   from Single Flame
2. Chris Wood: None the Wiser (4.08)
   from None the Wiser
3. Hannah James & Sam Sweeney: The Battered Hake Polka / Jack’s Maggot (4.08)
   from State and Ancientry
4. Georgia Ruth: Codi Angor (3.23)
   from Week of Pines
5. Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin: The Nailmakers’ Strike Part II (5.26)
   from Mynd
6. Aidan O’Rourke: Hotline (6.43)
   from Hotline
7. Olivia Chaney: Swimming in the Longest River (3.39)
   from Olivia Chaney
8. Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar: The Queen’s Lover (4.40)
   from The Queen’s Lover
9. Lisa Knapp: Two Ravens (4.03)
   from Hidden Seam
10. Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson: Full Moon (7.45)
    from Air-Fix
11. Fay Hield: The Weaver’s Daughter (Roud 1277; TYG 48) (3.26)
    from Orfeo
12. Gentlemen of Few: This Is Getting Old (live)
13. Mischa Macpherson Trio: Leanabh An Oir (live)
14. Granny’s Attic: All for Me Grog (Roud 475; G/D 3:580) (live)
    from Better Weather (2014)
15. Hattie Briggs: Tilly’s Song (live)

Winners 2015

Folk Singer of the Year	Nancy Kerr
Best Duo	Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
Best Group	The Young’uns
Best Album	9Bach: Tincian
Best Traditional Track	The Gloaming: Samhradh Samhradh
Best Original Track	Peggy Seeger, Calum MacColl: Swim to the Star
Musician of the Year	Sam Sweeney
Horizon Award	The Rails
Young Folk Award	Talisk
Lifetime Achievement Awards	Loudon Wainwright III, Yusuf (Cat Stevens)
Good Tradition Award	Meredydd Evans
Folk Awards Hall of Fame	Ewan MacColl

Tracks

CD 1

1. Cara Dillon: Moorlough Mary (Roud 2742; Henry H173) (3.45)
   from A Thousand Hearts
2. Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker: It Would Not Be a Rose (3.22)
   from Nothing Can Bring Back the Hour
3. The Will Pound Band: Jimmy Ward’s (6.16)
   from The New Tradition
4. Jez Lowe: The Pitmen Poets (4.11)
   from The Ballad Beyond
5. Cruinn: Manus Mo Rùin (4.00)
   from Stòras
6. Nancy Kerr: Never Ever Lay Them Down (4.46)
   from Sweet Visitor
7. Maz O’Connor: London Lights (Roud 18815) (3.12)
   from This Willowed Light
8. Chris While & Julie Matthews: Dancing Under the Gallows (4.25)
   from Who We Are
9. Loudon Wainright III: God and Nature (3.31)
   from Haven`t Got the Blues (Yet)
10. The Furrow Collective: Handsome Molly (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H625) (3.42)
    from At Our Next Meeting
11. 9Bach: Pa Le? (4.44)
    from Tincian
12. Peggy Seeger: Swim to the Star (3.05)
    from Everything Changes
13. The Young’uns: John Hill (4.27)
    from Never Forget

CD 2

1. Martin & Eliza Carthy: Waking Dreams (Awake, Awake) (Roud 22620; Laws M4) (3.49)
   from The Moral of the Elephant
2. Naomi Bedford: The Spider and the Wolf (3.24)
   from A History of Insolence
3. Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar: The Cockfight (Roud 211; TYG 81) (3.34)
   from The Call
4. Sam Sweeney and Rob Harbron: Rose Howard (4.40)
   from Made in the Great War
5. Ange Hardy: The Raising and the Letting Go (3.43)
   from The Lament of the Black Sheep
6. O’Hooley & Tidow: Two Mothers (5.49)
   from The Hum
7. Kathryn Tickell & The Side: The Prior’s Standard (4.37)
   from Kathryn Tickell & The Side
8. Stick in the Wheel: Bedlam (3.14)
   from Bones
9. Martin Green ft Becky Unthank: I Saw the Dead (6.39)
   from Crows’ Bones
10. Julie Fowlis: Do Chalum (To Calum) (3.17)
    from Gach Sgeul

2015 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Nominees

11. Talisk: Charlie / Waterfall (5.28)
12. Wildwood Kin: The Valley (4.09)
13. Roseanne Reid: What I’ve Done (2.42)
14. Cup O’Joe: Pretty Fair Maid in Her Garden (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471) (live) (4.07)
    all four tracks are live recordings

Winners 2016

Folk Singer of the Year	Rhiannon Giddens
Best Duo	Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Best Group	The Young’uns
Best Album	The Unthanks: Mount the Air
Best Traditional Track	Sam Lee: Lovely Molly
Best Original Track	The Rheingans Sisters: Mackerel
Musician of the Year	Andy Cutting
Horizon Award	Sam Kelly
Young Folk Award	Brìghde Chaimbeul
Lifetime Achievement Awards	Joan Armatrading, Norma Waterson
Good Tradition Award	John McCusker
Folk Awards Hall of Fame	Sandy Denny

Tracks

CD 1

1. Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band: Great Grey Back (3.17)
   from Wayward Daughter
2. Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin: Stones (4.08)
   from Watershed
3. The Rheingans Sisters: Mackerel (5.25)
   from Already Home
4. Spiro: The Vapourer (4.42)
   from The Vapourer
5. Joan Armatrading: Baby Blue Eyes (3.57)
6. False Lights: Polly on the Shore (5.19) (Roud 811)
   from Salvor
7. The Furrow Collective: The Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78a) (4.02)
   from Blowout the Moon
8. Ghazalaw: Moliannwn / Ishq Karo (4.36)
9. Lynched: Cold Old Fire (4.26)
   from Cold Old Fire
10. Ross Ainslie: Skins (5.23)
11. Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman: 52 Hertz (4.14)
    from Tomorrow Will Follow Today
12. The Young’uns: Waiting for the Ferry (4.02)
    from Another Man’s Ground
13. Leveret: Bagpipers (4.55)
    from New Anything
14. Sam Lee: Lovely Molly (Roud 1446; Henry H780) (5.19)
    from The Fade in Time

CD 2

1. Richard Thompson: Long John Silver (4.00)
   from Still
2. Simpson Cutting Kerr: Richmond Cotillion (3.03)
   from Murmurs
3. Emily Portman: Seed Stitch (3.19)
   from Coracle
4. Damien O’Kane: ’Til Next Market Day (Roud 6547; G/D 7:1428) (4.49)
   from Areas of High Traffic
5. Show of Hands: Hambledon Fair (4.03)
   from The Long Way Home
6. Stick in the Wheel: Seven Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (4.11)
   from From Here
7. Dan Walsh: Lost Rambler (2.15)
   from Incidents & Accidents
8. Gilmore & Roberts: Cecilia (4.20)
   from Conflict Tourism
9. Marry Waterson & David A. Jaycock: Sing Me Into Your Tune (2.22)
   from Two Wolves
10. Rhiannon Giddens: Shake Sugaree (4.24)
11. Rosie Hood: William’s Sweetheart (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (3.10)
    not previously published
12. Sam Kelly: Jolly Waggoners (Roud 1088) (3.20)
    from The Lost Boys
13. The Unthanks: Madam (Roud 542; G/D 8:1588) (4.55)
    from Mount the Air

2016 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Nominees

14. Brìghde Chaimbeul: Rattlin Roarin Wullie / The Deil’s Awa wi’ th’ Exciseman / Kelly MacInnes’ / Lord MacDonald’s / Mary Ann MacIsaac’s (5.35)
15. Jack Cookson: Old Chapels o’ Stone (4.40)
16. Benammi Swift: Great North Run / Country Gardens (3.53)
17. Causeway Trio: Changing Places / Dlùth / Ruidhle an Dotair (10.02)

Winners 2017

Folk Singer of the Year	Kris Drever
Best Duo	Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton
Best Group	The Furrow Collective
Best Album	Songs of Separation: Songs of Separation
Best Traditional Track	Daoirí Farrell: Van Diemen’s Land (Roud 519; Laws L18; G/D 2:252)
Best Original Track	Kris Drever: If Wishes Were Horses
Musician of the Year	Rachel Newton
Horizon Award	Daoirí Farrell
Young Folk Award	Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente
Lifetime Achievement Awards	Al Stewart, Ry Cooder
Folk Awards Hall of Fame	Woody Guthrie

Tracks

CD 1

1. O’Hooley & Tidow: Colne Valley Hearts (3.40)
   from Shadows
2. Fara: Three Fishers (3.49)
   from Cross the Line
3. Jim Causley: Home (4.07)
   from Forgotten Kingdom
4. Nancy Kerr: Fragile Water (4.47)
   from Instar
5. Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton: Sisters (5.21)
   from Symbiosis
6. Shirley Collins: Cruel Lincoln (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735) (4.47)
   from Lodestar
7. Songs of Separation: Echo Mocks the Corncrake (Roud 2736; G/D 5:945; Henry H18b) (3.42)
   from Songs of Separation
8. Talisk: Echo (4.55)
   from Abyss
9. The Furrow Collective: Many’s the Night’s Rest (Roud 293; G/D 6:1141; Henry H215) (3.02)
   from Wild Hog
10. 9Bach: Cyfaddefa (5.30)
    from Anian

CD 2

1. Breabach: Coisich a’ Rùin (4.22)
   from Astar
2. Ninebarrow: Weave Her a Garland (Roud 1247) (3.32)
   from Releasing the Leaves
3. John McSherry: Carrowmore (5.06)
   from The Seven Suns
4. Jarlath Henderson: Courting Is a Pleasure (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H625) (4.00)
   from Hearts Broken, Heads Turned
5. Julie Murphy: Willie Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (5.39)
   from Every Bird That Flies
6. John McCusker: Under One Sky (3.47)
   from Hello, Goodbye
7. The Gloaming: Cucunandy (5.59)
   from 2
8. Jim Moray: Sounds of Earth (6.43)
   from Upcetera
9. Rachel Newton: Don’t Go Out Tonight, My Darling (Roud 3521) (2.54)
   from Here’s My Heart Come Take It
10. Megson: Generation Rent (3.47)
    from Good Times Will Come Again

2017 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Nominees

11. Amelia Coburn: Song of the Sea Rover (3.29)
12. Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach: Ristol (3.41)
13. Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente: Auchengeich Mining Disaster (3.50)
14. Eryn Rae: Scott Skinner’s Compliments to Dr. MacDonald / Craigellachie Brig / The Baker (3.41)