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The award winners are chosen by a panel of 120 experts in the field of folk music, including broadcasters, journalists, festival organisers, agents and promoters.

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Award Winners

2000

• Folk Singer of the Year: Kate Rusby
• Best Album: Sleepless by Kate Rusby
• Best Original Song: A Place Called England performed by Maggie Holland
• Best Traditional Track: Raggle Taggle Gypsy performed by Waterson:Carthy
• Best Group: Waterson:Carthy
• Horizon Award: Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
• Instrumentalist of the Year: Martin Hayes
• Radio 2 Special Award: Joan Baez
• Radio 2 Special Roots Award: Youssou N'Dour
• Andy Kershaw Roots Award: Joe Boyd and Lucy Duran
• Good Tradition Award: Topic Records
• Folk Club Award: Westhoughton
• Best Live Act: La Bottine Souriante

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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
• Instrumentalist of the Year: Michael McGoldrick
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Bert Jansch
• Radio 2 Special Roots Award: Taj Mahal
• Good Tradition Award: Bob Copper
• Folk Club Award: The Davy Lamp
• Best Live Act: Vin Garbutt

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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 Colour 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

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2003

• Folk Singer of the Year: Eliza Carthy
• Best Duo: Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
• Best Group: Altan
• Best Album: Anglicana by Eliza Carthy
• Best Original Song: No Telling performed by 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 and Tony Benn
• Good Tradition Award: Oysterband
• Folk Club Award: Edinburgh

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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 (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

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2005

• Folk Singer of the Year: Martin Carthy
• Best Duo: Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham
• Best Group: Oysterband The Big Session
• Best 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

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2006

• Folk Singer of the Year: John Tams
• Best Duo: John Spiers and Jon Boden
• Best Group: Flook
• Best Album: The Reckoning by John Tams
• Best Original Song: One In A Million by Chris Wood and Hugh Lupton
• Best Traditional Track: 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
• Best Live Act: Kate Rusby
• Good Tradition Award: Ashley Hutchings
• Folk Club Award: Red Lion, Birmingham
• Most Influential Folk Album Of All Time: Liege and Lief by Fairport Convention (public vote)

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2007

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• Folk Singer of the Year: Seth Lakeman
• Best Duo: Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick
• Best Album: Freedom Fields by Seth Lakeman
• Best Original Song: Daisy by Karine Polwart
• Musician of the Year: Chris Thile
• Best Live Act: Bellowhead
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Pentangle
• Folk Club Award: The Ram Club

Seth (Bernard) Lakeman is an English folk singer, songwriter, and musician from Yelverton, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon. ... Martin Carthy (born May 21, 1941) is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring later artists such as Bob Dylan and Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk... Dave Swarbrick with Martin carthy and Diz Disley (1967). ... Seth (Bernard) Lakeman is an English folk singer, songwriter, and musician from Yelverton, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon. ... Karine Polwart (born 1971) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Chris Thile & the How To Grow A Band, accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Bellowhead is an English folk band brought together by John Spiers and Jon Boden. ... Pentangle is a British folk-rock band. ...

External links

• The BBC's Folk Awards site
• Acoustic Magazine The UK's only dedicated Acoustic magazine