Chris Wood double at the BBC Folk Awards 2009
February 03, 2009
Chris Wood scored a notable double in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for 2009, collecting both Best Singer and, for Trespasser, best album titles.
All the winners are offered warmest congratulations by Salut! Live. Highlights of the awards evening (held last night) will be broadcast on the Mike Harding show on Radio 2 tomorrow evening, Wed Feb 4, at 7pm UK time. The full list of winners is:
FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR
Chris Wood
ALSO NOMINATED
Eliza Carthy
Julie Fowlis
Karine Polwart
BEST DUO
Chris While & Julie Matthews
ALSO NOMINATED
Bob Fox & Stu Luckley
Megson
Spiers & Boden
BEST GROUP
Lau
ALSO NOMINATED
Bellowhead
Faustus
Mawkin:Causley
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Trespasser – Chris Wood
ALSO NOMINATED
Dreams of Breathing Underwater – Eliza Carthy
Low Culture – Jim Moray
This Earthly Spell – Karine Polwart
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
All You Pretty Girls – Andy Partridge (performed by Jim Moray)
ALSO NOMINATED
Come Down Jehovah – Chris Wood (performed by Chris Wood)
Mr Magnifico – Eliza Carthy/Ben Ivitsky (performed by Eliza Carthy)
The Cottager’s Reply – Frank Mansell/Chris Wood (performed by Chris Wood)
BEST TRADITIONAL TRACK
The Lark in the Morning – Jackie Oates
ALSO NOMINATED
Fakenham Fair – Bellowhead
Lucy Wan – Jim Moray
The Lady of York – Chris Wood
HORIZON AWARD
Jackie Oates
ALSO NOMINATED
Bella Hardy
Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller
The Shee
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Tom McConville
ALSO NOMINATED
John McCusker
Martin Simpson
Phil Beer
BEST LIVE ACT
The Demon Barbers
ALSO NOMINATED
Bellowhead
Lau
Seth Lakeman
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
James Taylor
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Judy Collins
FOLK CLUB OF THE YEAR
The Black Swan Folk Club, York
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