BBC Folk Awards - Results

Subject: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: Annie144
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 08:04 AM

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards - The Results for 2002 =

*Folk Singer of the Year : Martin Carthy =

*Best Album : Martin Simpson's The Bramble Briar (Topic) =

Best Group : Cherish The Ladies =

*Best Live Act : Rory McLeod =

*Instrumentalist of the Year : Martin Simpson =

*Horizon Award ; Cara Dillon =

*Best Traditional Track : Cara Dillon's Black is the Colour =

Best Original Song : Kate Rusby's Who Will Sing Me Lullabies =

Lifetime Achievement Award ; The Chieftains & * Fairport Convention =

Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting : Ralph McTell =

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Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 08:20 AM

OK, I'm a very big Carthy fan. What has he actually done this year, apart from turning 60?

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 08:22 AM

Not as much as you, mate. Jeez, you're active today.

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 08:25 AM

yes Skipjack K8, it's the medicine, I think

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: bradfordian
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 08:30 AM

The OAPs deserve their bit of glory, but lets look to the future. Lovely to see some recognition and encouragement for Cara Dillon.

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 08:30 AM

Glad to see Martin Simpson getting two richly deserved awards.

Murray

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 08:33 AM

I'm going to miss you. Good construction, impeccable grammar, very few typo's (yes, conjunction), although I did spot today's, and you really know how to work a crowd. But I suspect you are wilfully orchestrating the Guest demise, which is clever in itself.

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: GUEST,Aldus
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 08:33 AM

Very good choices. I was especially pleased to see Both Carthy and Simpson rewarded.

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: GUEST,And Toto Too
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 08:54 AM

God, this gong show thing for folk music has to be about the most idiotic thing...

And do they come in limos, with tuxes and pretty prom dresses?

Yah--THIS is what folk music needs, prizes.

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: Annie144
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 08:59 AM

The following is the report from the BBC website:

"*Folk honours its heroes*

Ralph McTell, The Chieftans and Fairport Convention have each won lifetime achievement awards at BBC Radio 2's Folk Awards in London.

Guests at the event included former Catatonia singer Cerys Matthews, who appeared with Eliza Carthy to sing a duet.

Carthy's father Martin was named folk singer of the year, succeeding his wife Norma Waterson, who took the prize last year.

Other guests at the awards, held at the Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square, included Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell.

McTell won the lifetime achievement prize for his songwriting. His track Streets of London has been covered more than 200 times, by acts from Aretha Franklin to the Anti-Nowhere League.

*Traditional tunes*

Fairport Convention, who are celebrating 35 years together, collected their prize from Jethro Tull's frontman Ian Anderson. Their 1969 Liege and Lief was voted best folk album ever by Radio 2 listeners.

Radio 2 controller James Moir handed over The Chieftans' prize to Paddy Moloney's band, who interpret traditional tunes in a semi-classical way.

Mr Moir said: "It is thrilling to see truly great artists being recognised for their outstanding contribution to the world of folk and both exciting and reassuring to see so many new, talented performers emerging and rightly taking their place in the spotlight.

"I am delighted we can give folk music a national platform on BBC Radio 2."

*Winners in full*

Folk singer of the year: Martin Carthy Horizon award: Cara Dillon Best album: The Bramble Briar - Martin Simpson Best group: Cherish The Ladies Best live act: Rory McLeod Best original song: Who Will Sing Me Lullabies? by Kate Rusby Best traditional track: Black Is The Colour, performed by Cara Dillon Instrumentalist of the year: Martin Simpson Lifetime achievement award for songwriting: Ralph McTell Lifetime achievement award: Fairport Convention Lifetime achievement award: The Chieftains"

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: GUEST,And Toto Too
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 09:06 AM

Hearty chuckle. And for the Liftetime Achievements of the Chieftains, see Drumcree threads!

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: The Shambles
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 01:24 PM

There are details and where (will) you will hopefully be able to hear the webcast of the event.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/folk/features/folk_results.shtml

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: swirlygirl
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 01:28 PM

About the only Kate Rusby song I actually like...it did deserve to win even though I think she's pants...

:)

xxx

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: DMcG
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 02:04 PM

"Martin Carthy was named folk singer of the year, succeeding his wife Norma Waterson, who took the prize last year."

So when do they want my vote for Eliza in?

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: Mac Tattie
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 02:34 PM

Ah, yes. The usual suspects. cheers.

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: The Shambles
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 02:44 PM

Best live act: Rory McLeod

If anyone has seen him live, they will surely agree with this one. One performer that certainly gives great value for any entrance fee.

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards - Results
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 02:53 PM

I too enjoy Rory McLeod, but disagree that everyone would agree with my tastes, Shambles.

Which is the problem with gong shows. It is all a popularity contest among (hopefully) talented musicians.

Which tells you nothing, beyond the fact that Ian Anderson must have had something to do with it. He's all for whatever selling out of the folk it takes for the music to be recognized by the masses he loves to despise as tasteless (because they disagree with his tastes).

They are currently trashing Irish folk babe Cara Dillon, for instance, over there in ukmf right now, and singing the praises of English folk babe Kate Rusby. Wonder what that's all about, considering they are two sides of the same coin. Its about folk babes, not anything to do with integrity OR music.