Get Ready For The 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards With The Nominee Compilation

Folk lovers everywhere get ready for an exciting new release ahead of the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards as a new two-disc compilation CD featuring some of the nominees will hit shelves later this month - and we're betting it will be one of the best yet.

Stand out appearances on the album include Folk Singer of the Year nominee Jez Lowe with his song 'The Pitmen Poets' (also up for Best Original Song), Nancy Kerr whose latest release 'Sweet Visitor' has been nominated for 'Best Album' and Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker who are up for both Best Duo and Best Album. Keeping things old school are Best Group nominees The Furrow Collective with their Best Traditional Track offering 'Handsome Molly' and Horizon Award favourites Stick In the Wheel with 'Bedlam'.
More can be found from the likes of Folk Singer of the Year nominees Cara Dillon and Julie Fowlis, while live versions of tracks from the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award nominations will feature as bonus tracks: they are Cup O'Joe, Roseanne Reid, Talisk and Wildwood Kin. The album is set to be released on April 20th 2015.
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Yusuf (aka Cat Stevens) will also be making an appearance at the awards ceremony to collect his Lifetime Achievement Award, and he will be joined by Grammy winner Loudon Wainwright III who admitted he was 'happy and gratified, not to mention a bit smug' to be landing the accolade. The career of the late Welsh musician Meredydd Evans will also be celebrated with a posthumous award following his death earlier this year.
The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015 will be broadcast on April 22nd 2015, live on Radio 2.
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Full Nominees for the Radio 2 Folk Awards:
Folk Singer of the Year:
Cara Dillon
Julie Fowlis
Nancy Kerr
Jez Lowe
Best Duo:
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
O'Hooley & Tidow
Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
Chris While & Julie Matthews
Best Group:
Bellowhead
The Furrow Collective
The Gloaming
The Young 'Uns
Best Album:
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
Horizon Award:
Ange Hardy
Maz O'Connor
Stick In the Wheel
The Rails
Musician of the Year:
Martin Green
Will Pound
Sam Sweeney
Kathryn Tickell
Best Original Song:
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)
Best Traditional Track:
Bedlam - Stick in the Wheel
Handsome Molly - The Furrow Collective
Manus Mo Rùin - Cruinn
Samhradh Samhradh - The Gloaming
BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award:
Cup O'Joe
Roseanne Reid
Talisk
Wildwood Kin