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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2001
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The Folk Awards Topic Records TSCD850 (CD, UK, 2001) |
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 |
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Best Album | Kate Rusby: Sleepless |
Best Traditional Track | Waterson:Carthy: Raggle Taggle Gipsies |
Winners 2001
Folk Singer of the Year | Norma Waterson |
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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
- Niamh Parsons: Bonnie Woodhall
(Roud 3778; G/D 5:947; Henry H476)
(4.45)
from In My Prime (Green Linnet GLCD 1203, 2000) - Bert Jansch: Crimson Moon
(5.26)
from Crimson Moon - John Tams: Harry Stone (Hearts of Coal)
(5.57)
from Unity - Norma Waterson: Flower of Sweet Strabane
(Roud 2745; G/D 4:722; Henry H224a)
(4.42)
from Bright Shiny Morning - Michael McGoldrick: Lough Mountain (4.24)
- e2K: The Water Is Wide
(Roud 87; Child 204)
(4.52)
from Shift - Bill Jones: Botany Bay (Roud 261; Laws L16; G/D 2:260; Henry H691) (2.55)
- Kate Rusby: The Cobbler's Daughter
(2.38)
from Sleepless - Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Ol' Georgie Buck (4.12)
- 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) - Waterson:Carthy: Raggle Taggle Gipises
(Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124)
(4.19)
from Broken Ground - Roy Bailey: Brigg Fair
(Roud 1083)
(2.49)
from Coda - Chris While & Julie Matthews: The Light in My Mother's Eye
(4.20)
from Higher Potential - Vin Garbutt: City of Angels
(6.41)
from Word of Mouth - Catriona Macdonald: Shetland Reels (3.55)
- The Copper Family: Spencer the Rover
(Roud 1115; TYG 3)
(3.53)
from Coppersongs 3: The Legacy Continues
> Folk Music > Records > BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2002
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2002
Winners 2002
Folk Singer of the Year | Martin Carthy |
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Best Album | Martin Simpson: The Bramble Briar |
> Folk Music > Records > BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2003
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2003
Winners 2003
Folk Singer of the Year | Eliza Carthy |
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Best Album | Eliza Carthy: Anglicana |
Best Original Track | Linda Thompson: No Telling |
Best Traditional Track | Eliza Carthy: Worcester City |
> Folk Music > Records > BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2004
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2004
Winners 2004
Folk Singer of the Year | June Tabor |
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Best Duo | John Spiers & Jon Boden |
Best Group | Danú |
Best Album | Jim Moray: Sweet England |
Best Original Track | Tommy Sands: County Down |
Best Traditional Track | June Tabor: Hughie Graeme |
Horizon Award | Jim Moray |
Musician of the Year | Martin Simpson |
Best live act | Show of Hands |
Lifetime Achievement Awards | Dave Swarbrick, Steve Earle (songwriting) |
Best dance band | Whapweasel |
Good Tradition Award | Celtic Connections |
Folk Club Award | Rockingham Arms, Wentworth |
> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2005
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2005
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Folk Awards 2005 Proper Music Distribution PROPERFOLK01 (2CD, UK, 2005) |
Winners 2005
Folk Singer of the Year | Martin Carthy |
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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 | CD 2 |
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> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2006
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2006
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Folk Awards 2006 Proper Music Distribution PROPERFOLK02 (2CD, UK, 2006) |
Winners 2006
Folk Singer of the Year | John Tams |
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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 and Lief |
Tracks
CD 1 | CD 2 |
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> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2007
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2007
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Folk Awards 2007 Proper Music Distribution PROPERFOLK03 (3CD, UK, 2007) |
Winners 2007
Folk Singer of the Year | Seth Lakeman |
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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 | CD 2 |
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CD 3: BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Finalists | |
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> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2008
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008
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Folk Awards 2008 Proper Music Distribution PROPERFOLK05 (3CD, UK, 2008) |
Winners 2008
Folk Singer of the Year | Julie Fowlis |
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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 | CD 2 |
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CD 3: BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Finalists | |
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> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2009
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009
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Folk Awards 2009 Proper Music Distribution PROPERFOLK08 (3CD, UK, 2009) |
Winners 2009
Folk Singer of the Year | Chris Wood |
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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 | CD 2 |
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CD 3: BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Finalists | |
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> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2010
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2010
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Folk Awards 2010 Proper Music Distribution PROPERFOLK10 (3CD, UK, 2010) |
Winners 2010
Folk Singer of the Year | Jon Boden |
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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 | CD 2 |
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CD 3: BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Finalists | |
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> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2011
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011
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Folk Awards 2011 Proper Music Distribution PROPERFOLK11 (2 CD, UK, 2011) |
Winners 2011
Folk Singer of the Year | Chris Wood |
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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 | CD 2 |
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> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2012
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012
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Folk Awards 2012 Proper Music Distribution PROPERFOLK12 (3 CD, UK, 2012) |
Winners 2012
Folk Singer of the Year | June Tabor |
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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 | CD 2 |
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CD 3: BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Finalists | |
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> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2013
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013
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Folk Awards 2013 Proper Music Distribution PROPERFOLK14 (3 CD, UK, 2013) |
Winners 2013
Folk Singer of the Year | Nic Jones |
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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 | CD 2 |
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CD 3: BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Contenders | |
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> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2014
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014
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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014 Proper Music Distribution PROPERFOLK15 (2 CD, UK, 17 February 2014) |
Winners 2014
Folk Singer of the Year | Bella Hardy |
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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 | CD 2 |
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> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2015
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015
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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015 Proper Music Distribution PROPERFOLK16 (2 CD, UK, 20 April 2015) |
Winners 2015
Folk Singer of the Year | Nancy Kerr |
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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 | CD 2 |
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2015 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Nominees
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> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2016
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016
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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016 Proper Music Distribution PROPERFOLK17 (2 CD, UK, 22 April 2016) |
Winners 2016
Folk Singer of the Year | Rhiannon Giddens |
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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 | CD 2 |
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2016 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Nominees
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> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2017
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017
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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017 Proper Music Distribution PROPERFOLK18 (2 CD, UK, 31 March 2017) |
Winners 2017
Folk Singer of the Year | Kris Drever |
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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 | CD 2 |
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2017 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Nominees
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> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2018
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018
Winners 2018
Folk Singer of the Year | Karine Polwart |
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Best Duo | Chris Stout & Catriona McKay |
Best Group | Lankum |
Best Album | The Young'uns: Strangers |
Best Traditional Track | Siobhan Miller: Banks of Newfoundland (Roud 1812; Laws K25) |
Best Original Track | Lankum: The Granite Gaze |
Musician of the Year | Mohsen Amini |
Horizon Award | Ímar |
Young Folk Award | Mera Royle |
Lifetime Achievement Awards | Dónal Lunny |
Good Tradition Award | Armagh Pipers Club |
Folk Awards Hall of Fame | Nick Drake |
> Folk Music > Records > Folk Awards 2019
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019
Winners 2019
Folk Singer of the Year | Ríoghnach Connolly |
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Best Duo/Group | Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita |
Best Album | The Trials of Cato: Hide and Hair |
Best Traditional Track | Ye Vagabonds: The Foggy Dew (Roud 558; Laws O3; G/D 7:1496) |
Best Original Track | Karine Polwart: I Burn But I Am Not Consumed |
Musician of the Year | Seckou Keita |
Horizon Award | Brìghde Chaimbeul |
Lifetime Achievement Awards | Dervish Wizz Jones |
Radio 2 Folk Awars Hall of Fame | Leonard Cohen |