A massive congratulations to all of the winners from Wednesday nights BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (see below for the full list), especially our very own Lisa Knapp who took home the award for Best Original Song for ‘Two Ravens’. The song is taken from Lisa’s latest album Hidden Seam which has been described as “A masterful creation” by the Observer in their 5 star review, the album is available now from Propermusic, Amazon.co.uk and iTunes.
Bellowhead also played ‘Roll the Woodpile Down’ at the awards ceremony on Wednesday, you can watch their performance below and visit the Folk Awards site for more.
BEST ALBUM
WINNER: The Full English – The Full English
Runners Up
Child Ballads – Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer
Hidden Seam – Lisa Knapp
Vagrant Stanzas – Martin Simpson
Won’t Be Long Now – Linda Thompson
FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Bella Hardy
Runners Up
Fay Hield
Lisa Knapp
Lucy Ward
BEST GROUP
WINNER: The Full English
Runners Up
Breabach
Lau
Melrose Quartet
BEST DUO
WINNER: Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
Runners Up
Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
HORIZON AWARD
WINNER: Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
Runners Up
Olivia Chaney
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
Georgia Ruth
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Aidan O’Rourke
Runners Up
Will Pound
Martin Simpson
Sam Sweeney
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
WINNER: Two Ravens – Lisa Knapp
Runners Up
Love’s For Babies and Fools – Linda Thompson
None the Wiser – Chris Wood
Swimming in the Longest River – Olivia Chaney
BEST TRADITIONAL TRACK
WINNER: Willie of Winsbury – Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer
Runners Up
Codi Angor – Georgia Ruth
Les Bras de Mer – Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
Mary Macdonald’s – Rant
BBC RADIO 2 YOUNG FOLK AWARD
WINNER: The Mischa Macpherson Trio
Runners Up
Hattie Briggs
Gentlemen of Few
Granny’s Attic
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Martin Carthy and Clannad
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