Well, it’s that time of year again, and Mr Harding has been announcing the nominations for the 2009 BBC Folk Awards, several of which will be of particular interest to readers of this blog:
Bellowhead
Nominated for Best Group, Best Live Act and Best Traditional Track (for Fakenham Fair)
Eliza Carthy
Nominated for Folk Singer of the Year, Best Original Track (for Mr Magnifico) and Best Album (for Dreams of Breathing Underwater)
Faustus
Nominated for Best Group
Bella Hardy
Nominated for the Horizon Award
Seth Lakeman
Nominated for Best Live Act
Mawkin:Causley
Nominated for Best Group
Megson
Nominated for Best Duo
Jim Moray
Nominated for Best Album (for Low Culture), Best Original Song (for All You Pretty Girls by Andy Partridge, performed by Jim Moray) and Best Traditional Track (for Lucy Wan)
Spiers & Boden
Nominated for Best Duo
Congratulations to all those nominated! The full nominations can be found on the BBC Radio 2 site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/event/folkawards2009/