Yeah, I appreciated those VOTPs being there.

I haven't really checked out much non-British stuff this year, but I'll investigate the African albums in that fRoots top 10.

My favourite folk album this year was C Joynes & Stephanie Hladowski, "The Wild Wild Berry".

In truth, that is the only folk album I've heard this year that I've liked.

My favourite album this year was Never by Micachu. Glorious life-affirming stuff, best album I've heard in about a decade; didn't think I was ever again likely to hear a pop album I liked, but one proved me wrong.