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.