As you know from our posts yesterday the list of nominees for the BBC Folk Awards has now been announced. There have been a few changes this year. The Best Album category will go to a public vote for the first time and the venue has been moved to Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 30 January 2013 to form part of the Celtic Connections festival which is bound to make it a livelier event!
So the nominees this year 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
:: Cast your vote in the Best Album category here ::
Voting closes at 1900 on 30th November 2012.
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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
Details on the panels and which panel votes on which category can be found here.
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