Regular features were suspended for this special programme to mark the tenth annual BBC Folk Awards, which took place last Monday. Chris Wood and Jackie Oates were the big winners, taking home two trophies each, whilst previous winners Bellowhead, Eliza Carthy and Karine Polwart, with eight nominations between them, all missed out this year. Before announcing the winners I played a medley of songs from the four nominees in each category.
The show also included music from the two recipients of Lifetime Achievement Awards, Judy Collins and James Taylor. Last year's Lifetime Achievement winner, John Martyn, died last month and host Mike Harding began proceedings at The Brewery with a minute's applause in his memory. Bert Jansch and Ralph McTell later gave a tribute to the late Davy Graham, who died in December, duetting for a live performance of Graham's signature tune Angi, which was also featured on RaW Folk this week.
Music Played (award winners listed in bold, albums in brackets)
Lifetime Achievement: James Taylor - Not Fade Away (Covers)
Best Traditional Track medley
Chris Wood - Lady of York / Jackie Oates - The Lark in the Morning / Jim Moray - Lucy Wan / Bellowhead - Fakenham Fair
Horizon Award medley
The Shee - Chilly Winds / Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller - Edward / Jackie Oates - The Lark in the Morning / Bella Hardy - Alone, Jane?
Jackie Oates - The Lark in the Morning (The Violet Hour)
Musician of the Year medley
Tom McConville - Fair Pretty Maid / John McCusker - Jack Seward's / Martin Simpson - Duncan and Brady / Phil Beer - Blow the Man Down
Tom McConville - Pretty Fair Maid (Tommy on Song)
Best Duo medley
Bob Fox & Stu Luckley - The Bonnie Gateshead Lass / Chris While & Julie Matthews - Together Alone / Megson - Smoke of Home / Spiers & Boden - The Rain it Rains
Chris While & Julie Matthews - Together Alone (Together Alone)
Best Original Song medley
Jim Moray - All You Pretty Girls (written by Andy Partridge) / Chris Wood - Come Down Jehovah (written by Chris Wood) / Eliza Carthy - Mr Magnifico (written by Eliza Carthy and Ben Ivitsky) / Chris Wood - Cottager's Reply (written by Frank Mansell & Chris Wood)
Jim Moray - All You Pretty Girls (Low Culture)
Bert Jansch & Ralph McTell - Angi [live]
Best Live Act medley
Seth Lakeman - Haunt You [live] / The Demon Barbers - Good Old Days / Bellowhead - Haul Away [live] / Lau - Stewarts [live]
Album of the Year medley
Jim Moray for Low Culture - Leaving Australia / Karine Polwart for This Earthly Spell - Firethief / Chris Wood for Trespasser - Summerfield Avenue / Eliza Carthy for Dreams of Breathing Underwater - Follow the Dollar
Folk Singer of the Year medley
Julie Fowlis - Lon Dubh / Chris Wood - Come Down Jehovah / Karine Polwart - Dowie Dens of Yarrow / Eliza Carthy - Oranges and Seasalt
Chris Wood - Come Down Jehovah (Trespasser)
Best Group medley
Bellowhead - Fakenham Fair / Faustus - The Hostesses Daughter / Mawkin:Causley - George's Son / Lau - Banks of Marble
Lifetime Achievement: Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (Wildflowers)
A fairly hectic show but we managed to hear excerpts from every nominated artist, as well as full tracks from a selection of winners. As DJs are required to log all songs they play, this programme involved logging forty-four tracks in sixty minutes! The next show was late again, so we also heard Banks of Marble in full from Lau, winners of the Best Group award, as a bonus track.
To watch video from the evening (including several live performances) please visit the BBC's Folk Awards microsite and don't forget to tune in next Saturday for the return of regular features Folk On or Folk Off, Train Track and the Legend of Stuff - abnormal service will resume!
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