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Awards
Folk award noms published
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 4 December 2009
The noms have been published for this year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. And look, here they are, in a colourful* list format. The awards will be presented in a secret location** on 1 Feb.
Folk Singer Of The Year: Cara Dillon, Jackie Oates, Jon Boden, Martin Simpson.
Best Duo: Belshazzar’s Feast, Damien Barber & Mike Wilson, Megson, Show Of Hands.
Best Group: Bellowhead, Lau, Mawkin:Causley, The Unthanks.
Best Album: Here’s The Tender Coming – The Unthanks, Hill Of Thieves – Cara Dillon, Hyperboreans – Jackie Oates, True Stories – Martin Simpson.
Best Original Song: Arrogance Ignorance And Greed – Steve Knightley (Performed By Show Of Hands), Home Again – Martin Simpson, One Day – Martin Simpson/Martin Taylor (Performed By Martin Simpson), The Testimony Of Patience Kershaw – Frank Higgins (Performed By The Unthanks).
Best Traditional Track: Cutty Wren – Mawkin:Causley, Sir Patrick Spens – Martin Simpson, Spencer The Rover – Cara Dillon, The Isle Of France – Jackie Oates.
Horizon Award: Hannah James & Sam Sweeney, Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts, Nancy Wallace, Sam Carter.
Musician Of The Year: John Kirkpatrick, John Mccusker, Martin Simpson, Saul Rose.
Best Live Act: Bellowhead, Edward Ii, Lau, The Bad Shepherds.
*Colourful in the uncolourful sense of the word.
** Secret in that no one’s told me where it will happen.
