The 2010 Folk Awards took place yesterday and these are the lucky winners. Mr Harding of BBC Radio 2 will be playing highlights on his show tomorrow.
The Winners were:
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS WENT TO:
Nanci Griffith and Dick Gaughan
FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR:
And the winner was: Jon Boden
Other nominees were:
Cara Dillon
Jackie Oates
Martin Simpson
BEST DUO:
The winner was: Show of Hands
Other nominees were:
Belshazzar’s Feast
Damien Barber & Mike Wilson
Megson
BEST GROUP:
The winner was: Lau
Other nominees were:
Bellowhead
Mawkin:Causley
The Unthanks
BEST ALBUM:
The winner was: 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:
The winner was: 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:
The winner was: 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:
The winner was : Sam Carter
Other nominees were:
Hannah James and Sam Sweeney
Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts
Nancy Wallace
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR:
The winner was: John Kirkpatrick
Other nominees were:
John McCusker
Martin Simpson
Saul Rose
BEST LIVE ACT:
The winner was: Bellowhead
Other nominees were:
Edward II
Lau
The Bad Shepherds
FOLK CLUB OF THE YEAR:
The Magpies Nest
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Thank you for posting this -incredibly not one of the many Twitter users who attended seems to have done so (so I suppose it must have been a great night!).
Seems a a shame that the wonderful Mawkin: Causley and Nancy Wallace missed out, but it was a strong field.