Jon Boden accepting his award
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 performing at the Folk Awards
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
