Very interesting programme(I only caught the last half). Karine Polwart sings well, I had the pleasure of meeting her at a Scottish gig last year(her drummer/fiancee was playing with the Boat Band)...but I hadnt heard her sing before. Excellent.
   What I think is a bit of a pity is that these occasions are dominated by,and created for, a very narrow "folk scene", and do not really connect meaningfully with folk music(in the old sense of the word) in Britain. I appreciate that "Folk Awards" trips easier off the tongue than "Awards for people who have adapted material of folk origin into something a little more marketable(though not hugely so)". But it would be nice to see appreciation of something a little more hardcore folky(even a bit more multicultural?) but I suppose they dont want to scare the viewers.