Folk Awards 2015 - The Winners!
- This year’s Lifetime Achievement awards will be given to legendary musician Yusuf / Cat Stevens and Grammy Award-winning artist Loudon Wainwright III.
- This year's inductee into the Radio 2 Folk Awards Hall of Fame will be the legendary Ewan MacColl. The Hall of Fame exists to recognise the special contribution of an individual to the world of folk music; someone whose impact and influence has had a lasting impression.
- Meredydd Evans is the 2015 recipient of The Good Tradition Award. The award is given to a person, group or organisation for their contribution to the preservation, dissemination and continuance/progression of traditional music over a number of years.
| BEST DUO WINNERS - Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker |
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| Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker |
| O’Hooley & Tidow |
| Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar |
| Chris While & Julie Matthews |
| BEST TRADITIONAL TRACK WINNER - Samhradh Samhradh – The Gloaming |
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| Bedlam – Stick In The Wheel |
| Handsome Molly – The Furrow Collective |
| Manus Mo Rùin – Cruinn |
| Samhradh Samhradh – The Gloaming |
| HORIZON AWARD WINNERS - The Rails |
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| Ange Hardy |
| Maz O’Connor |
| Stick In The Wheel |
| The Rails |
| BEST ORIGINAL SONG WINNERS - Swim To The Star – Peggy Seeger/Calum MacColl (performed by Peggy Seeger) |
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| Swim To The Star – Peggy Seeger/Calum MacColl (performed by Peggy Seeger) |
| The Necklace Of Wrens – Michael Hartnett (performed by The Gloaming) |
| The Pitmen Poets – Jez Lowe |
| The Spider And The Wolf – Paul Simmonds (performed by Naomi Bedford) |
| BBC RADIO 2 YOUNG FOLK AWARD WINNERS - Talisk |
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| Cup O’Joe |
| Roseanne Reid |
| Talisk |
| Wildwood Kin |
| MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR WINNER - Sam Sweeney |
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| Martin Green |
| Will Pound |
| Sam Sweeney |
| Kathryn Tickell |
| BEST ALBUM WINNER - Tincian by 9Bach |
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| Fair Warning – The Rails |
| Nothing Can Bring Back The Hour – Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker |
| Sweet Visitor – Nancy Kerr |
| The Moral Of The Elephant – Martin & Eliza Carthy |
| Tincian – 9Bach |
| BEST GROUP WINNERS - The Young 'Uns |
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| Bellowhead |
| The Furrow Collective |
| The Gloaming |
| The Young ‘Uns |
| FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR WINNER - Nancy Kerr |
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| Cara Dillon |
| Julie Fowlis |
| Nancy Kerr |
| Jez Lowe |
