"Maybe next year we might see some of the alt.folk types up there too. People like Foxpockets, for instance"

Maybe in 2050. In a parallel universe.
These are the Radio 2 folk awards. (The old-school Radio 2, not the Radcliffe & Maconie wing.)

I've yet to hear a better album this year than Mary Hampton's "Folly", but it'd never get nominated for the R2 awards, let alone win.

Has Alasdair Roberts ever received a nomination, as a matter of interest?