BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards

The nominations for this year's BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards are...

FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR

• Nic Jones
• Sam Lee
• Jim Moray
• Karine Polwart

BEST DUO

• Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts
• Hannah James & Sam Sweeney
• O'Hooley & Tidow
• Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman

BEST GROUP

• Bellowhead
• Lau
• Treacherous Orchestra
• The Unthanks

BEST ALBUM [Public vote with five nominees]

• Broadside – Bellowhead
• Ground Of Its Own - Sam Lee
• Race The Loser – Lau
• Skulk - Jim Moray
• Traces - Karine Polwart

The Public vote for Best Album has now closed.

HORIZON AWARD

• Blair Dunlop
• Luke Jackson
• Maz O'Connor
• Rura

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

• Ross Ainslie
• Duncan Chisholm
• Sam Sweeney
• Kathryn Tickell

BBC RADIO 2 YOUNG FOLK AWARD

• Luke Jackson
• Graham Mackenzie & Ciorstaidh Beaton
• Thalla
• Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar

BEST TRADITIONAL TRACK

• Lord Douglas by Jim Moray
• Tha Sneachd‘ air Druim Uachdair by Kathleen MacInnes
• Unknown Air by Duncan Chisholm
• Wild Wood Amber by Sam Lee

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• Hatchlings by Emily Portman
• King of Birds by Karine Polwart
• Tailor by Anaïs Mitchell
• The Ballad of Andy Jacobs by Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman

I'm backing the wonderful Karine Polwart.