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{{Short description|Annual folk music award by BBC Radio 2}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox award
| name           = BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
|image=Mark Radcliffe and Julie Fowlis host the 2016 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.jpg
| caption        = Event hosts, [[Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)|Mark Radcliffe]] and [[Julie Fowlis]]
| awarded_for    = Outstanding achievements in [[folk music]]
| presenter      = [[BBC Radio 2]]
| country        = United Kingdom
| network        = [[BBC]] (2000–2019)
| year           = {{Start date and age|2000}}
| website        = {{url|bbc.co.uk/folkawards}}
}}
The '''BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards''' celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of [[folk music]], with the aim of raising the profile of folk and [[acoustic music]]. The awards have been given annually since 2000 by British radio station [[BBC Radio 2]].
Award recipients have included [[Joan Baez]], [[Cat Stevens]], [[John Martyn]], [[Steve Earle]], [[The Dubliners]], [[Martin Carthy]], [[Billy Bragg]], [[Shirley Collins]], [[Kate Rusby]], [[Cara Dillon]], [[Eliza Carthy]], [[Bellowhead]], [[June Tabor]], [[Oysterband]], [[Aly Bain]], [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]], [[Nancy Kerr]], [[Seth Lakeman]], [[Show of Hands]], [[Lau (band)|Lau]], [[Tom Paxton]], [[Don McLean]], [[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]], [[Nic Jones]], [[Bella Hardy]], [[Rhiannon Giddens]], [[Norma Waterson]], [[The Chieftains]], [[Joan Armatrading]] and [[James Taylor]].
==History==
The awards are managed by independent production company [[UBC Media Group#Smooth Operations |Smooth Operations]], now part of [[7digital]]. [[Kellie While]] of Smooth Operations has stated that the idea of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards was conceived by the company in 1999, inspired by the [[Country Music Association Awards |Country Music Awards]], and brought to the BBC,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Awbi |first1=Anita |title=Kellie While |url=https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/features/interview-kellie-while/ |website=[[PRS for Music]] |access-date=28 October 2020 |date=13 October 2016}}</ref> and [[The Guardian]] has attributed their creation to John Leonard, who formed Smooth Operations in 1995.<ref name=irwin2014/>
The awards event has been staged in different regions of the United Kingdom, including The Brewery in London, [[The Lowry]] theatre in [[Salford]], the [[Glasgow Royal Concert Hall]] during the 2013 [[Celtic Connections]] festival, the [[Bridgewater Hall]] during the 2019 Manchester Folk Festival,<ref name="2019_bbc_announce" /> the [[Wales Millennium Centre]], [[Cardiff]] in 2015,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/apr/23/bbc-folk-awards-wales-homegrown-talent-9bach-meredydd-evans-nancy-kerr-sam-sweeney |title=Homegrown talent shines as Wales hosts BBC folk awards |first=Colin |last=Irwin |author-link1=Colin Irwin (journalist) |date=23 April 2015 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
and the [[Belfast Waterfront]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards: Belfast to host event for first time |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42981221 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=8 February 2018 |date=7 February 2018}}</ref>
In 2014, 2016 and 2017, the event was held at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2NzsT60XdMH6VvdW6WWjq5Z/folk-album-of-the-year |title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, 2017: Folk Album of the Year |website=[[BBC Radio 2]]}}</ref>
Reviewing the 2014 Royal Albert Hall event, [[Colin Irwin (journalist) |Colin Irwin]] remarked on how much more glamorous it had become since the first event fifteen years earlier.<ref name="irwin2014">{{cite news |last1=Irwin |first1=Colin |author-link1=Colin Irwin (journalist) |title=Folk is growing up but it still has a lot to learn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/feb/20/bbc-folk-awards-2014-colin-irwin |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 February 2014}}</ref>
Between 2000 and 2012 the Folk Awards were hosted by [[Mike Harding]], and broadcast on [[BBC Radio 2]]. [[Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)|Mark Radcliffe]] and Scottish Gaelic singer [[Julie Fowlis]] took over presenting the ceremony in 2013. In 2004 the awards were shown on television for the first time, on [[BBC Four]]. The event has been streamed live in audio and video on the [[BBC Radio 2]] website, the [[BBC iPlayer]] and/or the [[BBC Red Button]] TV service.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/r2-folk-awards |title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB |access-date=2017-03-31 |date=2017-02-06}}</ref>
The [[BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award]] has been included in the award event since 2011, having previously been awarded in a separate ceremony, but its selection process remains independent.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/02_february/08/folk_awards.shtml |title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011 winners announced |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB |date=2011-02-08 |access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/young-folk-awards-2010 |title=Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2010 |website=[[BBC Radio 2]] |language=en-GB |access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref>
In 2016, [[Rhiannon Giddens]] became the first non-British winner of the 'Folk Singer of the Year' award.
In 2020, there was no award ceremony due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].
==Selection==
The controlling body is the Folk Awards Committee, comprising two BBC staff, two from the production company [[7digital |7digital Creative]], and one external expert. Two Nominated Representatives, one from 7digital and one from the BBC oversee the process. The Folk Awards Committee selects a panel of 150 representatives from the British folk world, including broadcasters, journalists, record producers, festival organisers, venue bookers, record company directors, agents and promoters. The panellists vary slightly from year to year, with new panellists being invited (or self-applying) each year.<ref name="bbc.co.uk1">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/RGlN9tKqnYQpvWbTZZ3pDS/folk-awards-rules |title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards:Folk Awards Rules |access-date=2020-11-16}}</ref>
The nominations in most categories are made by the panel. The four most-nominated artists go through to the second round. The winner is then selected from the nominees by a second vote among the same panellists. Since 2013, following criticism of the lack of transparency of the selection process, there have been some exceptions to this general process. The second round of the "Best Album" category is determined by a public vote, hosted on the BBC website. The two track categories, "Best Original Track" and "Best Traditional Track" were removed from the main panel. They are now voted by a much smaller specialist panel of judges, appointed by the Folk Awards committee, whose identities are published.<ref name="bbc.co.uk1" />
Broader categories, including the "Lifetime Achievement Award" and the "Good Tradition Award" are chosen by two rounds of votes by the Folk Awards committee only. These may not be awarded every year.<ref name="bbc.co.uk1" />
The [[BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award]], although presented at the Folk Awards ceremony since 2011, has its own independent selection process.<ref name="bbc.co.uk1"/>
The selection process has been the subject of criticism, with accusations of bias, cronyism, and lack of transparency. In 2012 [[The Independent]] reported that there had been at least two [[Freedom of information in the United Kingdom |Freedom of Information]] requests to identify the panellists, which have been rejected by the BBC. The BBC and 7digital have responded that the panellists are kept secret to avoid lobbying and bribery.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Nick |title=Could it all be a fiddle? Folk stars tell the BBC to reveal who judges awards |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/could-it-all-be-fiddle-folk-stars-tell-bbc-reveal-who-judges-awards-6358939.html |access-date=16 November 2020 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=4 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Greenslade |first1=Roy |author-link1=Roy Greenslade |title=Why won't the BBC reveal the names of its folk awards judges? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/dec/13/radio-2-awards-and-prizes |access-date=16 November 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 Dec 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hartley |first1=Emma |title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards: bottom of the class |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/bbc-radio-2-folk-awards-bottom-of-the-class |access-date=16 November 2020 |work=[[The Spectator]] |date=30 January 2013}}</ref>
== Compilation album ==
A Folk Awards double-album, featuring music by most of the nominees, was released annually by the event's producers in collaboration with [[BBC Radio 2]] and the record label and distribution company, [[Proper Music Distribution|Proper Music]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|date=2017-03-09|title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017|language=en-US|work=Proper Music Distribution|url=https://www.properdistribution.com/bbc-radio-2-folk-awards-2017/|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331210354/https://www.properdistribution.com/bbc-radio-2-folk-awards-2017/|archive-date=31 March 2017}}</ref>
== Hall of Fame ==
In 2014, a posthumous award was introduced to celebrate the contribution of significant figures in folk music's past.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/r2-folk-awards#heading-woody-guthrie-to-be-inducted-into-radio-2-folk-awards-hall-of-fame|title=BBC - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017 - Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-03-31}}</ref>
* 2019 inductee: [[Leonard Cohen]] (with tribute performance by [[Thea Gilmore]])
* 2018 inductee: [[Nick Drake]] (with tribute performance by [[Olivia Chaney]])
* 2017 inductee: [[Woody Guthrie]] (with tribute performance by [[Billy Bragg]])
* 2016 inductee: [[Sandy Denny]] (with tribute performance by [[Rufus Wainwright]] and original members of [[Fairport Convention]])
* 2015 inductee: [[Ewan MacColl]] (with tribute performance by [[Guy Garvey]] and the MacColl family)
* 2014 inductee: [[Cecil Sharp]]
==Award winners==
===2019===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Ríoghnach Connolly]]
* '''Best Duo / Group:''' [[Catrin Finch]] & [[Seckou Keita]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Brìghde Chaimbeul]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[Foggy Dew (English song) |The Foggy Dew]]'' - [[Ye Vagabonds]]
* '''Best Original Track:''' ''I Burn but I Am Not Consumed'' - [[Karine Polwart]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''Hide and Hair'' - [[The Trials of Cato]]
* '''Musician of the Year:''' [[Seckou Keita]]
* '''Young Folk Award:''' Maddie Morris
* '''Lifetime Achievement Awards:''' [[Dervish (band)|Dervish]] and [[Wizz Jones]]
* '''Hall of Fame:''' [[Leonard Cohen]]
Presenter [[Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster) |Mark Radcliffe]] was also presented with a special Folk Award to celebrate his 40 years in radio.
Venue: [[Bridgewater Hall]], Manchester<ref name=2019_bbc_announce>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 announces performances and Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/folk-awards |website=BBC |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Irwin |first1=Colin |author-link1=Colin Irwin (journalist) |title=COLIN IRWIN ON THE BBC RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS 2019 |url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2019/10/colin-irwin-on-the-bbc-radio-2-folk-awards-2019/ |website=[[Folk Radio UK]] |access-date=28 October 2020 |date=18 October 2019}}</ref>
===2018===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Karine Polwart]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[Chris Stout]] & [[Catriona McKay]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Lankum]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''Strangers'' - [[The Young'uns]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Ímar (band) |Ímar]]
*''' Musician of the Year:''' [[Mohsen Amini]]
* '''Young Folk Award:''' Mera Royle
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''The Granite Gaze'' - [[Lankum]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[The Banks of Newfoundland |Banks of Newfoundland]]'' - [[Siobhan Miller]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[Dónal Lunny]]
* '''Hall of Fame:''' [[Nick Drake]]
* '''Good Tradition:''' Armagh Pipers Club
Venue: [[Waterfront Hall|Belfast Waterfront]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://folking.com/bbc-radio-2-folk-awards-2018-winners-revealed/|title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018 – Winners Revealed|date=2018-04-04|work=Folking.com|access-date=2018-10-11|language=en-GB}}</ref>
===2017===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Kris Drever]]
* '''Best Duo:''' Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton
* '''Best Group:''' The Furrow Collective
* '''Best Album:''' ''Songs of Separation'' - [[Songs of Separation]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Daoirí Farrell]]
*''' Musician of the Year:''' [[Rachel Newton]]
* '''Young Folk Award:''' Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''If Wishes Were Horses'' - [[Kris Drever]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[Van Diemen's Land (folk song)|Van Diemen's Land]]'' - [[Daoirí Farrell]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Awards:''' [[Al Stewart]] and [[Ry Cooder]]
* '''Hall of Fame:''' [[Woody Guthrie]]
Venue: [[Royal Albert Hall]], London<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://folking.com/bbc-radio-2-folk-awards-2017-winners-announced/|title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017 Winners Announced|date=2017-04-06|work=Folking.com|access-date=2018-10-11|language=en-GB}}</ref>
===2016===
[[File:Best Original Track- The Rheingans Sisters (26452430800).jpg|thumb|2016 Best original track: The Rheingans Sisters]]
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Rhiannon Giddens]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[Kathryn Roberts]] and [[Sean Lakeman]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[The Young'uns]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''[[Mount the Air]]'' - [[The Unthanks]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Sam Kelly (musician)|Sam Kelly]]
*''' Musician of the Year:''' [[Andy Cutting]]
* '''Young Folk Award:''' [[Brìghde Chaimbeul]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''Mackerel'' - The Rheingans Sisters
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''Lovely Molly'' - [[Sam Lee (folk musician)|Sam Lee]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Awards:''' [[Joan Armatrading]] and [[Norma Waterson]]
* '''Good Tradition Award:'''  [[John McCusker]]
* '''Hall of Fame:''' [[Sandy Denny]]
Venue: [[Royal Albert Hall]], London<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://folking.com/bbc-radio-2-folk-awards-2016-winners/|title=The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016 winners are…|date=2016-04-28|work=Folking.com|access-date=2018-10-11|language=en-GB}}</ref>
===2015===
[[File:The Young 'Uns, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015 (16632544244).jpg |thumb |2015 Best group: The Young'Uns]]
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Nancy Kerr]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[Josienne Clarke]] & [[Ben Walker (musician)|Ben Walker]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[The Young'uns]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''Tincian'' - [[9 Bach|9Bach]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[The Rails]]
*''' Musician of the Year:''' [[Sam Sweeney]]
* '''Young Folk Award:''' [[Talisk]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''Swim to the Star'' - [[Peggy Seeger]]/Calum MacColl
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''Samhradh Samhradh'' - [[The Gloaming (group)|The Gloaming]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Awards:''' [[Cat Stevens|Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens]] and [[Loudon Wainwright III]]
* '''Good Tradition Award:'''  [[Meredydd Evans]]
* '''Hall of Fame:''' [[Ewan MacColl]]
Venue: Millennium Centre, Cardiff<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://folking.com/the-winners-of-the-bbc-radio-2-folk-awards-2015-announced/|title=The Winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015 Announced|date=2015-04-23|work=Folking.com|access-date=2018-10-11|language=en-GB}}</ref>
===2014===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Bella Hardy]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[The Full English (folk music archive)#Musical collaboration |The Full English]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''The Full English'' - [[The Full English (folk music archive)#Musical collaboration |The Full English]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar]]
*''' Musician of the Year:''' [[Aidan O'Rourke (musician) |Aidan O'Rourke]]
* '''Young Folk Award:''' The Mischa Macpherson Trio
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''Two Ravens'' - [[Lisa Knapp]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[Willie o Winsbury|Willie of Winsbury]]'' - [[Anaïs Mitchell]] and Jefferson Hamer
* '''Lifetime Achievement Awards:''' [[Clannad]] and [[Martin Carthy]]
* '''Good Tradition Award:'''  [[Cambridge Folk Festival]]
* '''Hall of Fame:''' [[Cecil Sharp]]
Venue: [[Royal Albert Hall]], London<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://folking.com/bbc-radio-2-folk-awards-2014/|title=BBC RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS 2014|date=2013-12-03|work=Folking.com|access-date=2018-10-11|language=en-GB}}</ref>
===2013===
* '''Folk singer of the year:''' [[Nic Jones]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[Kathryn Roberts]] and [[Sean Lakeman]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Lau (band)|Lau]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''[[Broadside (album)|Broadside]]'' - [[Bellowhead]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Blair Dunlop]]
*''' Musician of the year:''' [[Kathryn Tickell]]
* '''Young Folk Award:''' [[Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''Hatchlings'' - [[Emily Portman]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''Lord Douglas'' - [[Jim Moray]]
* '''Lifetime achievement awards:''' [[Aly Bain]] and [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]]
* '''Lifetime achievement award for contribution to songwriting:''' [[Dougie MacLean]]
* '''Roots Award:''' [[Billy Bragg]]
Venue: [[Glasgow Royal Concert Hall]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/radio-2-folk-awards-winners.html|title=BBC - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013 winners announced - Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref>
===2012===
*'''Folk Singer of the year:''' [[June Tabor]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[Tim Edey]] & [[Brendan Power (harmonica player)|Brendan Power]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[Bonny Bunch of Roses]]'' - [[June Tabor]] & [[Oysterband]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[June Tabor]] & [[Oysterband]]
* '''Young Folk Award:''' Ioscaid
*''' Musician of the year:''' [[Tim Edey]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''The Herring Girl'' - [[Bella Hardy]] and The Reckoning – [[Steve Tilston]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Lucy Ward (musician)|Lucy Ward]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''Ragged Kingdom'' – [[June Tabor]] & [[Oysterband]]
* '''Lifetime achievement awards:''' [[The Dubliners]] and [[Don McLean]]
* '''Best Live Act:''' [[Home Service|The Home Service]]
* '''Good Tradition Award:''' Ian Campbell and [[Bill Leader]]
* '''Roots Award:''' Malcolm Taylor
Venue: [[The Lowry]], Salford<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://folking.com/bbc-radio-2-folk-awards-2012-winners-announced/?cn-reloaded=1|title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012 Winners Announced|date=2012-02-10|work=Folking.com|access-date=2018-10-11|language=en-GB}}</ref>
===2011===
* '''Folk Singer of the year:''' [[Chris Wood (folk musician)|Chris Wood]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[Nancy Kerr]] & [[James Fagan (musician)|James Fagan]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[The Wayfaring Stranger (song)|Poor Wayfaring Stranger]]'' - [[Eliza Carthy]] & [[Norma Waterson]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Bellowhead]]
* '''Young Folk Award:''' [[Moore Moss Rutter]]
*''' Musician of the year:''' [[Andy Cutting]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''Hollow Point'' - [[Chris Wood (folk musician)|Chris Wood]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' Ewan McLennan
* '''Best Album:''' ''Gift'' – [[Eliza Carthy]] & [[Norma Waterson]]
* '''Lifetime achievement award:''' [[Donovan]]
* '''Best Live Act:''' [[Bellowhead]]
* '''Good Tradition Award:''' [[Fisherman's Friends]]
* '''Roots Award:''' [[Levellers (band)|Levellers]]
Venue: The Brewery, London<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2011/02/bbc-radio-2-folk-award-winners-2011/|title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011 Winners {{!}} Folk Radio|date=2011-02-08|work=Folk Radio UK - Folk Music Magazine|access-date=2018-10-11|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
===2010===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Jon Boden]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[Show of Hands]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Lau (band)|Lau]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''[[Hill of Thieves (Cara Dillon album)|Hill of Thieves]]'' by [[Cara Dillon]]
* '''Best Original Song:'''  ''[[Arrogance Ignorance and Greed]]'' by [[Steve Knightley]] (performed by [[Show of Hands]])
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[Sir Patrick Spens]]'' by [[Martin Simpson]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Sam Carter (musician)|Sam Carter]]
* '''Musician of the Year:''' [[John Kirkpatrick (musician)|John Kirkpatrick]]
* '''Best Live Act:''' [[Bellowhead]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[Nanci Griffith]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[Dick Gaughan]]
* '''Folk Club Award:''' The Magpies Nest
* '''Good Tradition Award:''' [[Transatlantic Sessions]]
===2009===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Chris Wood (folk musician)|Chris Wood]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[Chris While]] and [[Julie Matthews]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Lau (band)|Lau]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''Trespasser'' by [[Chris Wood (folk musician)|Chris Wood]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''All You Pretty Girls'' by [[Andy Partridge]] (performed by [[Jim Moray]])
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[The Lark in the Morning]]'' by [[Jackie Oates]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Jackie Oates]]
* '''Musician of the Year:''' [[Tom McConville]]
* '''Best Live Act:''' [[The Demon Barbers]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[James Taylor]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[Judy Collins]]
* '''Folk Club Award:''' Black Swan Folk Club, York
===2008===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Julie Fowlis]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[John Tams]] and [[Barry Coope]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Lau (band)|Lau]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''[[Prodigal Son (Martin Simpson album)|Prodigal Son]]'' by [[Martin Simpson]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''Never Any Good'' by [[Martin Simpson]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''Cold Haily Rainy Night'' by [[The Imagined Village]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Rachel Unthank and the Winterset]]
* '''Musician of the Year:''' [[Andy Cutting]]
* '''Best Live Act:''' [[Bellowhead]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[John Martyn (singer)|John Martyn]]
* '''Good Tradition Award:''' [[Shirley Collins]]
* '''Folk Club Award:''' [[Dartford]] Folk Club<ref name="previous_winners_2009">{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009: Previous Winners |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folkawards2009/previouswinners.shtml |website=[[BBC Radio 2]] |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref>
===2007===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Seth Lakeman]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[Martin Carthy]] and [[Dave Swarbrick]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Bellowhead]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''[[Freedom Fields]]'' by [[Seth Lakeman]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''Daisy'' by [[Karine Polwart]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[John Barleycorn|Barleycorn]]'' (performed by [[Tim van Eyken]])
* '''Musician of the Year:''' [[Chris Thile]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Kris Drever]]
* '''Best Live Act:''' [[Bellowhead]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[Pentangle (band)|Pentangle]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[Danny Thompson]]
* '''Good Tradition Award:''' [[Nic Jones]]
* '''Folk Club Award:''' [[The Ram Folk Club|The Ram Club]]
* '''Favourite Folk Track Award''' (public vote): Who Knows Where The Time Goes (performed by [[Sandy Denny]] / [[Fairport Convention]])<ref name="previous_winners_2009"/>
===2006===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[John Tams]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[Spiers and Boden|John Spiers and Jon Boden]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Flook (band)|Flook]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''The Reckoning'' by [[John Tams]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''One In A Million'' by [[Chris Wood (folk musician)|Chris Wood]] and [[Hugh Lupton (folk musician)|Hugh Lupton]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[The Bitter Withy|Bitter Withy]]'' (performed by [[John Tams]])
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Julie Fowlis]]
* '''Musician of the Year:''' [[Michael McGoldrick]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[Paul Brady]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]]
* '''Best Live Act:''' [[Kate Rusby]]
* '''Good Tradition Award:''' [[Ashley Hutchings]]
* '''Folk Club Award:''' Red Lion, [[Birmingham]]
* '''Most Influential Folk Album of All Time''' (public vote): ''[[Liege and Lief]]'' by [[Fairport Convention]]<ref name="previous_winners_2009"/>
===2005===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Martin Carthy]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[Aly Bain]] and [[Phil Cunningham (folk musician)|Phil Cunningham]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Oysterband]] The Big Session
* '''Best Album:''' ''[[Faultlines (album)|Faultlines]]'' by [[Karine Polwart]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''The Sun's Comin' Over The Hill'' by [[Karine Polwart]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[Famous Flower Of Serving Men]]'' (performed by [[Martin Carthy]])
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Karine Polwart]]
* '''Musician of the Year:''' [[Kathryn Tickell]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award (Songwriting):''' [[Tom Paxton]]
* '''Best Live Act:''' [[Bellowhead]]
* '''Best Dance Band:''' [[Whapweasel]]
* '''Good Tradition Award:''' [[Steeleye Span]]
* '''Folk Club Award:''' [[Hitchin]] Folk Club<ref name="previous_winners_2009"/>
===2004===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[June Tabor]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[John Spiers and Jon Boden]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Danú]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''Sweet England'' by [[Jim Moray]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''Co. Down'' by [[Tommy Sands (Irish folk singer)|Tommy Sands]] (performed by [[Danú]])
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[Hughie Graeme]]'' (performed by [[June Tabor]])
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Jim Moray]]
* '''Musician of the Year:''' [[Martin Simpson]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[Dave Swarbrick]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award (Songwriting):''' [[Steve Earle]]
* '''Best Live Act:''' [[Show of Hands]]
* '''Good Tradition Award:''' [[Celtic Connections]]
* '''Folk Club Award:''' Rockingham Arms, [[Wentworth, South Yorkshire|Wentworth]]<ref name="previous_winners_2009"/>
===2003===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Eliza Carthy]]
* '''Best Duo:''' [[Nancy Kerr]] and [[James Fagan (musician)|James Fagan]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Altan (band)|Altan]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''Anglicana'' by [[Eliza Carthy]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''No Telling'' performed by [[Linda Thompson (singer)|Linda Thompson]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''Worcester City'' performed by [[Eliza Carthy]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[John Spiers and Jon Boden]]
* '''Instrumentalist of the Year:''' [[John McCusker]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[Christy Moore]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award (Songwriting):''' [[John Prine]]
* '''Best Live Act:''' [[Roy Bailey (folk singer)|Roy Bailey]] and [[Tony Benn]]
* '''Good Tradition Award:''' [[Oysterband]]
* '''Folk Club Award:''' [[Edinburgh]]<ref name="previous_winners_2004">{{cite web |title=Radio 2 Folk Awards 2004: Previous Winners |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/folkawards2004/previouswinners.shtml |website=[[BBC Radio 2]] |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref>
===2002===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Martin Carthy]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''The Bramble Briar'' by [[Martin Simpson]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''Lullabye'' by [[Kate Rusby]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[Black Is the Color (of My True Love's Hair)|Black Is the Color]]'' performed by [[Cara Dillon]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Cherish the Ladies]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Cara Dillon]]
* '''Instrumentalist of the Year:''' [[Martin Simpson]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[The Chieftains]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award (Songwriting):''' [[Ralph McTell]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[Fairport Convention]]
* '''Folk Club Award:''' [[Nettlebed]]
* '''Best Live Act:''' [[Rory McLeod (singer-songwriter)|Rory McLeod]]<ref name="BBC 11 February 2002">{{cite web |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1814927.stm|title= Folk honours its heroes|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 11 February 2002|website= [[BBC News Online]] | access-date= 5 October 2016 }}</ref><ref name="previous_winners_2004"/>
===2001===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Norma Waterson]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''Unity'' by [[John Tams]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''Harry Stone (Hearts of Coal)'' by [[John Tams]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Danú]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Bill Jones (musician)|Bill Jones]]
* '''Instrumentalist of the Year:''' [[Michael McGoldrick]]
* '''Lifetime Achievement Award:''' [[Bert Jansch]]
* '''Radio 2 Special Roots Award:''' [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]]
* '''Good Tradition Award:''' [[Bob Copper]]
* '''Folk Club Award:''' The Davy Lamp
* '''Best Live Act:''' [[Vin Garbutt]]<ref name="previous_winners_2004"/>
===2000===
* '''Folk Singer of the Year:''' [[Kate Rusby]]
* '''Best Album:''' ''Sleepless'' by [[Kate Rusby]]
* '''Best Original Song:''' ''A Place Called England'' by [[Maggie Holland]]
* '''Best Traditional Track:''' ''[[The Raggle Taggle Gypsy|Raggle Taggle Gypsy]]'' performed by [[Waterson–Carthy]]
* '''Best Group:''' [[Waterson–Carthy]]
* '''Horizon Award:''' [[Nancy Kerr]] and [[James Fagan (musician)|James Fagan]]
* '''Instrumentalist of the Year:''' [[Martin Hayes (musician)|Martin Hayes]]
* '''Radio 2 Special Award:''' [[Joan Baez]]
* '''Radio 2 Special Roots Award:''' [[Youssou N'Dour]]
* '''Andy Kershaw Roots Award:''' [[Joe Boyd]] and [[Lucy Durán]]
* '''Good Tradition Award:''' [[Topic Records]]
* '''Folk Club Award:''' [[Westhoughton]]
* '''Best Live Act:''' [[La Bottine Souriante]]<ref name="previous_winners_2004"/>
==See also==
* [[Scots Trad Music Awards]]
==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yrkrj The BBC's 2019 Folk Awards Site]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/em6v9r The BBC's 2018 Folk Awards Site]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e5qgwh The BBC's 2017 Folk Awards Site]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/egqwrz/ The BBC's 2016 Folk Awards Site]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/edh2mb/ The BBC's 2015 Folk Awards site]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e24mxj/ The BBC's 2014 Folk Awards site]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ewxzp6 The BBC's 2013 Folk Awards site]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folk-awards-2012/ The BBC's 2012 Folk Awards site]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folk-awards-2011/ The BBC's 2011 Folk Awards site]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folk-awards-2010/ The BBC's 2010 Folk Awards site]
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