BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Leadfingers
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 06:40 AM

For no godo reason --100

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Leadfingers
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 06:42 AM

Why did it still show '99' when I started , despite a twenty minute gap ?

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Phil Edwards
Date: 25 Nov 11 - 06:17 PM

Traddie melodica bongo fury: here (last track but one).

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Reinhard
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 12:40 AM

The lifetime achievement award "to celebrate their contributions to folk and acoustic music" will go to The Dubliners and to Don McLean. Mike Harding announce it yesterday.

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 03:33 AM

Long overdue for The Dubliners, Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Ciaron Bourke and Bobby Lynch all gone now.

Dave H

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Howard Jones
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 03:45 AM

As expected, an award to someone the public will have heard of, but whose "lifetime achievement" seems to be two (admittedly very good) songs.

Well-deserved by the Dubliners though.

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Mitch the Bass
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 08:37 AM

From the BBC press anouncement -

One of the other prestigious awards of the night - the Roots Award, awarded in recognition of an outstanding contribution to Folk Music from a Grass Roots level upwards - will be presented to Malcolm Taylor OBE. Malcolm is the Director of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at the English Folk Dance and Song Society. He's receiving the Roots Award for his outstanding contribution for over 30 years of service.

Malcolm Taylor said: "I am surprised and honoured to be receiving this award. The real star of the show is the Ralph Vaughan Williams Library itself. I am absolutely delighted to be accepting the award on behalf of the library and archive collections."

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Silas
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 08:45 AM

The Dubliners - fair enough (anything is better than Donovan for christs sake), perhaps they will get round to the Spinners before they have to award this honour postumously?

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: GUEST,Folknacious
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 10:53 AM

Last year Don O'Van. This year Don MacLean. Dons of dubious folk credentials who last had hits decades ago. Who will be next, following that pattern? Jason Donovan? Don Lang & His Frantic 5? Perhaps Wizz Jones would get the one he deserves if he changed to an anagram of his real name, Raymond : Don Mary Jones . . . ?

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 11:27 AM

For what it's worth, I always thought Sonny was a bad Don.....

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: GUEST,Jon Dudley
Date: 19 Jan 12 - 11:37 AM

The award to Malcolm Taylor is richly deserved.

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 20 Jan 12 - 04:27 AM

I like the Don idea.....

Don Corleone, Don Partridge......Streets of Lon Don

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Brian Peters
Date: 20 Jan 12 - 01:32 PM

Indeed Jon D, no arguments at all about Malcolm Taylor's award. Being the modest chap that he is, of course he had to say:

"The real star of the show is the Ralph Vaughan Williams Library itself. I am absolutely delighted to be accepting the award on behalf of the library and archive collections."

Those of us who use the library know very well that, although the collection itself is fabulous, Malcolm is the perfect guide to it. Immensely knowledgable, passionately committed, unfailingly helpful and, on top of all that, a nice ordinary chap without the kind of pretensions or academic dryness that someone in his position might be expected to hide behind. He really is the star of the show.

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 20 Jan 12 - 02:11 PM

The Spinners deserve one if anybody does. Three still with us - so get a move on BBC

L in C#

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Vic Smith
Date: 20 Jan 12 - 02:13 PM

Jon Dudley wrote:-
"The award to Malcolm Taylor is richly deserved. "

Malcolm Taylor & Shirley Collins at the launch of the Take 6 project in 2009 :-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyk1zOqAyLg

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: Phil Edwards
Date: 20 Jan 12 - 06:11 PM

This is for whoever followed the link to my Bandcamp site promising "traddie melodica bongo fury". I'm afraid that track (a version of House of the Rising Sun) could only be played online for a couple of days; it's now available as an 'extra' if you download the Indigo album.

Some more Knitted Folk, complete with melodica and bongoes, here (tracks 2, 8 and 10).

Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Folk Nominations - 2012
From: GUEST,s-j in london
Date: 21 Jan 12 - 08:36 AM

'
"The real star of the show is the Ralph Vaughan Williams Library itself. I am absolutely delighted to be accepting the award on behalf of the library and archive collections."

Those of us who use the library know very well that, although the collection itself is fabulous, Malcolm is the perfect guide to it. Immensely knowledgable, passionately committed, unfailingly helpful and, on top of all that, a nice ordinary chap without the kind of pretensions or academic dryness that someone in his position might be expected to hide behind. He really is the star of the show. '

Agreed, Brian Peters!
:)