The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2010 winners
Posted on January 30th, 2010 in World Music.
On February 1, the winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2010 were announced at a ceremony in London. On December 2, the Mike Harding Show on BBC Radio 2 announced the nominees and they included 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.
The Winners were:
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Nanci Griffith and Dick Gaughan
FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR:
Winner: Jon Boden
Other nominees:
Cara Dillon
Jackie Oates
Martin Simpson
BEST DUO:
Winner: Show of Hands
Other nominees:
Belshazzar’s Feast
Damien Barber & Mike Wilson
Megson
BEST GROUP:
Winner: Lau
Other nominees:
Bellowhead
Mawkin:Causley
The Unthanks
BEST ALBUM:
Winner: Hill of Thieves – Cara Dillon
Other nominees:
Here’s The Tender Coming – The Unthanks
Hyperboreans – Jackie Oates
True Stories – Martin Simpson
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
Winner: Arrogance Ignorance and Greed – Steve Knightley
(performed by Show of Hands)
Other nominees:
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:
Winner: Sir Patrick Spens – Martin Simpson
Other nominees:
Cutty Wren – Mawkin:Causley
Spencer the Rover – Cara Dillon
The Isle of France – Jackie Oates
HORIZON AWARD:
Winner : Sam Carter
Other nominees:
Hannah James and Sam Sweeney
Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts
Nancy Wallace
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR:
Winner: John Kirkpatrick
Other nominees:
John McCusker
Martin Simpson
Saul Rose
BEST LIVE ACT:
Winner: Bellowhead
Other nominees:
Edward II
Lau
The Bad Shepherds
FOLK CLUB OF THE YEAR:
The Magpies Nest