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The BBC Radio 2 folk awards took place last night with awards for many of the leading new and traditional folk artists. Jon Boden won both the Folk Singer (see review of Songs from the Floodplain) and, as part of Bellowhead, Live Act awards. Cara Dillon won the Best Album award for Hill of Thieves, and solo debutant Sam Carter won the Horizon Award – see the Everything Folk review of his album Keepsakes. Show of Hands also went away with two awards, best Duo and Best Original Song for Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed, which is released as a single on the 22nd February. Below is the new video, shot in and around the City of London:

The full list of awards is below:

Lifetime Achievement Awards:

Nanci Griffith and Dick Gaughan

Good Tradition Award:

Transatlantic Sessions

Folk Singer of the Year:

Jon Boden

Other nominees were:

Cara Dillon
Jackie Oates
Martin Simpson

Best Duo:

Show of Hands

Other nominees were:

Belshazzar’s Feast
Damien Barber & Mike Wilson
Megson

Best Group:

Lau

Other nominees were:

Bellowhead
Mawkin:Causley
The Unthanks

Best Album:

Hill of Thieves – Cara Dillon

Other nominees were:

Here’s The Tender Coming – The Unthanks
Hyperboreans – Jackie Oates
True Stories – Martin Simpson

Best Original Song:

Arrogance Ignorance and Greed – Steve Knightley (performed by Show of Hands)

Other nominees were:

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:

Sir Patrick Spens – Martin Simpson

Other nominees were:

Cutty Wren – Mawkin:Causley
Spencer the Rover – Cara Dillon
The Isle of France – Jackie Oates

Horizon Award:

Sam Carter

Other nominees were:

Hannah James and Sam Sweeney
Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts
Nancy Wallace

Musician of the Year:

John Kirkpatrick

Other nominees were:

John McCusker
Martin Simpson
Saul Rose

Best Live Act:

Bellowhead

Other nominees were:

Edward II
Lau
The Bad Shepherds

Folk Club of the Year:

The Magpies Nest

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