FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR
▪ Cara Dillon
▪ Julie Fowlis
▪ Siobhan Miller
▪ Karine Polwart
BEST DUO
▪ Chris Stout & Catriona McKay
▪ Edgelarks
▪ O’Hooley & Tidow
▪ Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton
Best Group
▪ Elephant Sessions
▪ Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band
▪ Lankum
▪ Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys
BEST ALBUM
▪ Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band – Big Machine
▪ Karine Polwart with Pippa Murphy – A Pocket of Wind Resistance
▪ Lankum – Between the Earth and Sky
▪ The Young’uns – Strangers
HORIZON AWARD
▪ Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
▪ Georgia Lewis
▪ Ímar
▪ Ryan Young
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
▪ Martin Simpson
▪ Mohsen Amini
▪ Ross Ainslie
▪ Tim Edey
BEST ORIGINAL TRACK
▪ Be The Man – The Young’uns
▪ Cân y cŵn – Gwyneth Glyn
▪ The Granite Gaze – Lankum
▪ The Great Saint Lawrence River – Declan O’Rourke
BEST TRADITIONAL TRACK
▪ Banks of Newfoundland – Siobhan Miller
▪ Lisa Lân – Alaw
▪ Lowlands of Holland – Ye Vagabonds
▪ The Life of a Man / Greensleeves – Chris Foster
BBC RADIO 2 YOUNG FOLK AWARD
▪ Jack Warnock
▪ Josiah & Ludwig
▪ Mera Royle
▪ The Drystones
Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018
▪ Nominees for the Folk Award categories were announced by Mark Radcliffe in the Radio 2 Folk Show on Wednesday 7th February from 1900.
▪ The awards show on Wednesday 4th April will also include the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award and the recipient will be announced soon.
▪ This year’s inductee into the Radio 2 Folk Awards Hall of Fame will be announced soon. 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.