Feb 082012
After a whole morning of thorough (as thorough as work allowed) here are my calls for some of the categories in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012…
FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR
This was a pretty easy call
Jackie Oates
BEST DUO
Tougher, I actually liked three of the four nominees from my cursory poke around
Jonny & Lucy
BEST GROUP
The Unthanks
BEST ALBUM
Close run thing with Jackie Oates’ Saturnine but I should go for…
Last – The Unthanks
Which means I don’t feel wrong for giving…
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
to…
The Herring Girl – Bella Hardy
BEST TRADITIONAL TRACK
Maids When You’re Young – Lucy Ward
