The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2010 nominees are announced
Posted on December 4th, 2009 in World Music.
On December 2, the Mike Harding Show on BBC Radio 2 announced the nominees for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2010. The winners will be unveiled at a ceremony on February 1.
The nominees include a record six nominations for sensational guitar virtuoso Martin Simpson for Folk Singer of the Year, Best Album, Best Traditional Track, Musician of the Year and two of the nominations in the Best Original Song category. Quite a spread bet!
The other nominees display the young vibrancy of the folk scene today with the likes of Cara Dillon, Jackie Oates, Jon Boden, the Unthanks and Megson. Below is a full listing of the nominees:
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