BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards is a music prize that has been given annually to folk musicians since 2000 . The prize is awarded by the British radio station BBC Radio 2 .
The winners are chosen by 120 experts.
Award winners
2000
- Folk Singer of the Year: Kate Rusby
- Best Album: Sleepless by Kate Rusby
- Best Original Song: A Place Called England , Maggie Holland
- Best Traditional Track: Raggle Taggle Gypsy , Waterson: Carthy
- Best Group: Waterson: Carthy
- Horizon Award: Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
- Instrumentalist of the Year: Martin Hayes
- Radio 2 Special Award: Joan Baez
- Radio 2 Special Roots Award: Youssou N'Dour
- Andy Kershaw Roots Award: Joe Boyd and Lucy Duran
- Good Tradition Award: Topic Records
- Folk Club Award: Westhoughton
- Best Live Act: La Bottine Souriante
2001
- Folk Singer of the Year: Norma Waterson
- Best Album: Unity , John Tams
- Best Original Song: Harry Stone (Hearts of Coal) , John Tams
- Best Group: Danú
- Horizon Award: Bill Jones
- Instrumentalist of the Year: Michael McGoldrick
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Bert Jansch
- Radio 2 Special Roots Award: Taj Mahal
- Good Tradition Award: Bob Copper
- Folk Club Award: The Davy Lamp
- Best Live Act: Vin Garbutt
2002
- Folk Singer of the Year: Martin Carthy
- Best Album: The Bramble Briar , Martin Simpson
- Best Original Song: Lullabye , Kate Rusby
- Best Traditional Track: Black is the Color , Cara Dillon
- Best Group: Cherish the Ladies
- Horizon Award: Cara Dillon
- Instrumentalist of the Year: Martin Simpson
- Lifetime Achievement Award: The Chieftains
- Lifetime Achievement Award (songwriting): Ralph McTell
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Fairport Convention
- Folk Club Award: Nettlebed
- Best Live Act: Rory McLeod
2003
- Folk Singer of the Year: Eliza Carthy
- Best Duo: Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
- Best Group: Altan
- Best album: Anglicana , Eliza Carthy
- Best Original Song: No Telling , Linda Thompson
- Best Traditional Track: Worcester City , Eliza Carthy
- Horizon Award: John Spiers and Jon Boden
- Instrumentalist of the Year: John McCusker
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Christy Moore
- Lifetime Achievement Award (songwriting): John Prine
- Best Live Act: Roy Bailey and Tony Benn
- Good Tradition Award: Oyster Band
- Folk Club Award: Edinburgh
2004
- Folk Singer of the Year: June Tabor
- Best Duo: John Spiers and Jon Boden
- Best Group: Danú
- Best album: Sweet England , Jim Moray
- Best Original Song: Co. Down , Tommy Sands
- Best Traditional Track: Hughie Graeme , June Tabor
- Horizon Award: Jim Moray
- Musician of the Year: Martin Simpson
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Dave Swarbrick
- Lifetime Achievement Award (songwriting): Steve Earle
- Best Live Act: Show of Hands
- Good Tradition Award: Celtic Connections
- Folk Club Award: Rockingham Arms, Wentworth
2005
- Folk Singer of the Year: Martin Carthy
- Best Duo: Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham
- Best group: Oyster band
- Best album: Faultlines , Karine Polwart
- Best Original Song: The Sun's Comin 'Over The Hill , Karine Polwart
- Best Traditional Track: Famous Flower Of Serving Men , Martin Carthy
- Horizon Award: Karine Polwart
- Musician of the Year: Kathryn Tickell
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Ramblin 'Jack Elliott
- Lifetime Achievement Award (songwriting): Tom Paxton
- Best Live Act: Bellowhead
- Best Dance Band: Whapweasel
- Good Tradition Award: Steeleye Span
- Folk Club Award: Hitchin Folk Club
2006
- Folk Singer of the Year: John Tams
- Best Duo: John Spiers and Jon Boden
- Best Group: Flook
- Best Album: The Reckoning , John Tams
- Best Original Song: One In A Million , Chris Wood and Hugh Lupton
- Best Traditional Track: Bitter Withy , John Tams
- Horizon Award: Julie Fowlis
- Musician of the Year: Michael McGoldrick
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Paul Brady
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Richard Thompson
- Best Live Act: Kate Rusby
- Good Tradition Award: Ashley Hutchings
- Folk Club Award: Red Lion, Birmingham
- Most Influential Folk Album Of All Time: Liege and Lief , Fairport Convention (audience vote)
2007
- Folk Singer of the Year: Seth Lakeman
- Best Duo: Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick
- Best Group Bellowhead
- Best album: Freedom Fields , Seth Lakeman
- Best Original Song: Daisy , Karine Polwart
- Best Traditional Song: Barleycorn , Tim van Eyken
- Musician of the Year: Chris Thile
- Horizon Award: Kris Drever
- Best Live Act: Bellowhead
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Pentangle
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Danny Thompson
- Good Tradition Award: Nic Jones
- Folk Club Award: The Ram, Claygate
- Favorite Folk Track: Who Knows Where The Time Goes , Sandy Denny , Fairport Convention
2008
- Folk Singer of the Year: Julie Fowlis
- Best Duo: John Tams and Barry Coope
- Best Group Lau
- Best album: Prodigal Son , Martin Simpson
- Best Original Song: Never any good , Martin Simpson
- Best Traditional Song: Cold Haily Rainy Night, The Imagined Village
- Musician of the Year: Andy Cutting
- Horizon Award: Rachel Unthank & The Winterset
- Best Live Act: Bellowhead
- Lifetime Achievement Award: John Martyn
- Good Tradition Award: Shirley Collins
- Folk Club Award: Dartford Folk Club
2009
- Folk Singer of the Year: Julie Fowlis
2010
- Folk Singer of the Year: Jon Boden
- Best Duo: Show of Hands
- Best Group: Lau
- Best album: Hill of Thieves, Cara Dillon
- Best Original Song: Arrogance Ignorance and Greed , Steve Knightley (played by Show of Hands)
- Best Traditional Track: Sir Patrick Spens , Martin Simpson
- Horizon Award: Sam Carter
- Musician of the Year: John Kirkpatrick
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Nanci Griffith and Dick Gaughan
- Good Tradition Award: The Transatlantic Sessions
- Folk Club Of The Year: The Magpies Nest
- Best Live Act: Bellowhead
2011
- Folk Singer of the Year: Chris Wood
- Best Duo: Nancy Kerr & James Fagan
- Best Group: Bellowhead
- Best Album: Gift by Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson
- Best Original Song: Hollow Point , Chris Wood
- Best Traditional Track: Poor Wayfaring Stranger , Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson
- Horizon Award: Ewan McLennan
- Musician of the Year: Andy Cutting
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Donovan
- Good Tradition Award: Fisherman's Friends
- Roots Award: The Levellers
- Best Live Act: Bellowhead
- Young Folk Award: Moore, Moss and Rutter
2012
- Folk Singer of the Year: June Tabor
- Best duo: Tim Edey & Brendan Power
- Best Group: June Tabor & Oysterband
- Best Album: Ragged Kingdom by June Tabor & Oysterband
- Best Original Song: The Herring Girl , Bella Hardy and The Reckoning , Steve Tilston
- Best Traditional Track: Bonny Bunch of Roses , June Tabor & Oysterband
- Horizon Award: Lucy Ward
- Musician of the Year: Tim Edey
- Lifetime Achievement Award: The Dubliners
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Don McLean
- Good Tradition Award: Ian Campbell
- Good Tradition Award: Bill Leader
- Roots Award: Malcolm Taylor
- Best Live Act: The Home Service
- BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award: Ioscaid
2013
- Folk singer of the year: Nic Jones
- Best duo: Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman
- Best Group: Lau
- Best album: Broadside, Bellowhead
- Horizon Award: Blair Dunlop
- Musician of the year: Kathryn Tickell
- Young Folk Award: Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar
- Best Original Song: Hatchlings, Emily Portman
- Best Traditional Track: Lord Douglas, Jim Moray
- Lifetime achievement award: Aly Bain and Roy Harper
- Lifetime achievement award for contribution to songwriting: Dougie Maclean
- Roots Award: Billy Bragg
Web links
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