BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards – Nominees

The Radio2 Folk Awards will be presented on Feb. 7 at The Brewery in London. Listen to BBC Radio2 beginning at 19:45.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Donovan

GOOD TRADITION AWARDS
Fisherman’s Friends

RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS 2011 – NOMINEES

FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR
Chris Wood
Heidi Talbot
Jon Boden
Kris Drever

BEST DUO
Chris While & Julie Matthews
Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson
Megson
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

BEST GROUP
Bellowhead
Breabach
Coope Boyes & Simpson
Fisherman’s Friends

BEST ALBUM
As If – Coope Boyes & Simpson
Gift – Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson
Handmade Life – Chris Wood
Hedonism – Bellowhead

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Hollow Point – Chris Wood
Queen of Waters – Nancy Kerr (performed by Nancy Kerr & James Fagan)
Rambling Man – Laura Marling
Stick Stock – Emily Portman

BEST TRADITIONAL TRACK
New York Girls – Bellowhead
The Demon Lover – Andy Irvine
Poor Wayfaring Stranger – Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson
Willie Taylor – Heidi Talbot

HORIZON AWARD
Emily Portman
Ewan McLennan
Fay Hield
Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Andy Cutting
Brian Finnegan
Michael McGoldrick
Richard Thompson

BEST LIVE ACT
Bellowhead
Fiddlers’ Bid
The Demon Barbers
The Unthanks

YOUNG FOLK AWARD
Adam Holmes
David Gibb & Elly Lucas
Mairi & Steaphanaidh Chaimbeul
Moore/Moss/Rutter