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Thread #17925   Message #176054
Posted By: Mike Robertson
10-Feb-00 - 05:28 AM
Thread Name: The First BBC Folk Music Awads
Subject: RE: The First BBC Folk Music Awads
With apologies if I got the name of the award or the artist wrong, this is straight off the recording I made of the program:

Best original song:
A place called England - Maggie Holland

Track of the year:
Raggle taggle gypsies - Waterson/Carthy

Special services to folk music:
Joe Boyd and Lucy Duran

Horizon award for new artist:
Nancy Kerr and James Fagan

Album of the year:
Sleepless - Kate Rusby

Best duo or group:
Waterson/Carthy

Best folk club:
West Horton Folk Club, Lancs

World folk artist:
Youssou N'Dour

Best instrumentalist:
Martin Hayes

Lifetime achievement award:
Joan Baez

Best live act:
La Bottine Souriante

Folk singer of the year:
Kate Rusby

Good tradition award:
Topic records

-mike-