Gisteravond werden de BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013 uitgereikt. Nic Jones die afgelopen jaar zijn comeback maakte na jarenlange afwezigheid werd Folk Singer Of The Year, Lau werd uitgeroepen tot Best Group en Dougie MacLean kreeg een Lifetime Achievement Award. Het publiek mocht stemmen in de categorie Best Album, dat werd Broadside van Bellowhead.

Hieronder de lijst met genomineerden en winnaars:

 

FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR

Winner - NIC JONES
Sam Lee
Jim Moray
Karine Polwart

BEST DUO

Winner - KATHRYN ROBERTS & SEAN LAKEMAN
Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts
Hannah James & Sam Sweeney
O'Hooley & Tidow

BEST GROUP

Winner - LAU
Bellowhead
Treacherous Orchestra
The Unthanks

BEST ALBUM [Public vote]

Winner - BROADSIDE – BELLOWHEAD
Ground Of Its Own - Sam Lee
Race The Loser – Lau
Skulk - Jim Moray
Traces - Karine Polwart

HORIZON AWARD

Winner - BLAIR DUNLOP
Luke Jackson
Maz O'Connor
Rura

ROOTS AWARD

Recipient - BILLY BRAGG

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

Winner - KATHRYN TICKELL
Ross Ainslie
Duncan Chisholm
Sam Sweeney

BBC RADIO 2 YOUNG FOLK AWARD

Winner - GREG RUSSELL & CIARAN ALGAR
Luke Jackson
Graham Mackenzie & Ciorstaidh Beaton
Thalla

BEST TRADITIONAL TRACK?

Winner - LORD DOUGLAS by JIM MORAY
Tha Sneachd‘ air Druim Uachdair by Kathleen MacInnes
Unknown Air by Duncan Chisholm
Wild Wood Amber by Sam Lee

BEST ORIGINAL SONG?

Winner - HATCHLINGS by EMILY PORTMAN
King of Birds by Karine Polwart
Tailor by Anaïs Mitchell
The Ballad of Andy Jacobs by Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Recipient - ALY BAIN
Recipient - ROY HARPER

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO SONGWRITING

Recipient - DOUGIE MACLEAN

De avond werd gepresenteerd door Mark Radcliffe en Julie Fowlis en is nog t/m dinsdag 5 februari 2013 te beluisteren, zie: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ps9dy.