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Thread #152903   Message #3578008
Posted By: SteveMansfield
22-Nov-13 - 08:26 AM
Thread Name: B.B.C. Folk Awards 2013
Subject: RE: B.B.C. Folk Awards
The nominations are:

Folk Singer of the Year
Bella Hardy
Fay Hield
Lisa Knapp
Lucy Ward

Best Duo
Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin

Best Group
Breabach
The Full English
Lau
Melrose Quartet

Best Album
Child Ballads – Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer
The Full English – The Full English
Hidden Seam – Lisa Knapp
Vagrant Stanzas – Martin Simpson
Won't Be Long Now – Linda Thompson

Horizon Award
Olivia Chaney
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
Georgia Ruth

Musician of the Year
Aidan O'Rourke
Will Pound
Martin Simpson
Sam Sweeney

Best Original Song
Love's For Babies and Fools – Linda Thompson
None the Wiser – Chris Wood
Swimming in the Longest River – Olivia Chaney
Two Ravens – Lisa Knapp

Best Traditional Track
Codi Angor – Georgia Ruth
Les Bras de Mer – Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
Mary Macdonald's – Rant
Willie of Winsbury - Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer

BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award
Hattie Briggs
Gentlemen of Few
Granny's Attic
The Mischa Macpherson Trio

The public vote for Album of the Year, plus other details about the awards, can be found Here.