So, the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards are here. Finally made open to the public and the choice of venue was The Lowry in Salford.
There were live performances on the night from Seth Lakeman, The Unthanks and the Brighouse and Rastrick Band, Martin Simpson, June Tabor and Don McLean and The Dubliners who both received Lifetime Achievment Awards.
Martin Simpson opened the awards to with Lakes of Ponchatrain from his Purpose and Grace album. In terms of the biggest exposure on the night June Tabor and the Oysterband took three awards and June Tabor also received Folksinger of the Year Award.
So, on to the full list, the winners are in bold:
FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR
Jon Boden
Jackie Oates
Emily Smith
June Tabor
BEST DUO
Tim Edey & Brendan Power
Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell
Spiers & Boden
Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight
BEST GROUP
Bellowhead
The Home Service
June Tabor & Oysterband
The Unthanks
BEST ALBUM
Last – The Unthanks
Purpose & Grace – Martin Simpson
Ragged Kingdom – June Tabor & Oysterband
Saturnine – Jackie Oates
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
The Herring Girl – Bella Hardy
Last – Adrian McNally (performed by The Unthanks)
On Morecambe Bay – Kevin Littlewood (performed by Christy Moore)
The Reckoning – Steve Tilston
BEST TRADITIONAL TRACK
Bonny Bunch of Roses – June Tabor & Oysterband
Lakes of Ponchartrain – Martin Simpson
Maids When You’re Young – Lucy Ward
Sweet Lover of Mine – Emily Smith
HORIZON AWARD
Megan Henwood
Lady Maisery
Pilgrims’ Way
Lucy Ward
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Andy Cutting
Tim Edey
Will Pound
Martin Simpson
BEST LIVE ACT
Bellowhead
The Home Service
Peatbog Faeries
The Unthanks
BBC RADIO 2 YOUNG FOLK AWARD
Sunjay Brayne
Blair Dunlop
Ioscaid
Graham Mackenzie
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Dubliners
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Don McLean
GOOD TRADITION AWARD
Ian Campbell
GOOD TRADITION AWARD
Bill Leader
ROOTS AWARD
Malcolm Taylor
And so, the evening finished with the Dubliners performing two songs: Dirty Old Town and Whiskey in the Jar….
Roll on next year…
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