(a) FOLK AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement Awards for Leon Rosselson & Wizz Jones

(b) YFA
My best hope (Tom Moore) went out in the semis. Still, he's only 15 . . .


(c) fRoots CRITICS POLL 2009

Perhaps people should look at the nominations:

NEW ALBUM

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: I Speak Fula (OutHere)
Jackie Oates: Hyperboreans (Unearthed/One Little Indian)
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara: Tell No Lies (Real World)
Khaled: Liberté (Wrasse)
Martin Simpson: True Stories (Topic)
Oumou Sangare: Seya (World Circuit)
Spiro: Lightbox (Real World)
Staff Benda Bilili: Très Très Fort (Crammed)
Tinariwen: Imidiwan (Independiente)
The Unthanks: Here's The Tender Coming (EMI)


RE-ISSUE OR COMPILATION

Chris Wood: Albion (RUF)
Franco & Le TPOK Jazz: Francophonic Vol. 2 (Stern's)
Various: Legends Of Benin (Analog Africa)
Various: Panama! 2 (Soundway)
Various: Three Score & Ten: A Voice To The People (Topic)
Woody Guthrie: My Dusty Road (Rounder)


Hard to think of a more representative list.