BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Winners!

The Winners and Nominees

FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR

• Winner - NIC JONES
• Sam Lee
• Jim Moray
• Karine Polwart

BEST DUO

• Winner - KATHRYN ROBERTS & SEAN LAKEMAN
• Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts
• Hannah James & Sam Sweeney
• O'Hooley & Tidow

BEST GROUP

• Winner - LAU
• Bellowhead
• Treacherous Orchestra
• The Unthanks

BEST ALBUM [Public vote]

• Winner - BROADSIDE – BELLOWHEAD
• Ground Of Its Own - Sam Lee
• Race The Loser – Lau
• Skulk - Jim Moray
• Traces - Karine Polwart

HORIZON AWARD

• Winner - BLAIR DUNLOP
• Luke Jackson
• Maz O'Connor
• Rura

ROOTS AWARD

• Recipient - BILLY BRAGG

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

• Winner - KATHRYN TICKELL
• Ross Ainslie
• Duncan Chisholm
• Sam Sweeney

BBC RADIO 2 YOUNG FOLK AWARD

• Winner - GREG RUSSELL & CIARAN ALGAR
• Luke Jackson
• Graham Mackenzie & Ciorstaidh Beaton
• Thalla

BEST TRADITIONAL TRACK

• Winner - 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

• Winner - HATCHLINGS by EMILY PORTMAN
• King of Birds by Karine Polwart
• Tailor by Anaïs Mitchell
• The Ballad of Andy Jacobs by Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Recipient - ALY BAIN
• Recipient - ROY HARPER

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO SONGWRITING

• Recipient - DOUGIE MACLEAN