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Folk Awards Preview

Mark looks ahead to next week's Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 Folk Awards with tracks from nominees and performers, plus highlights from the event's 15-year history.

An hour of the best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, Mark looks ahead to the 2014 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 Folk Awards with tracks from nominees and performers and highlights from the event's 15-year history.

Radio 2 established the Folk Awards in 1999 as a way to celebrate and draw extra attention to the UK's folk and acoustic scene.

Classic performances - including John Martyn with Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, Fairport Convention reunited with Richard Thompson and Dave Swarbrick, Bert Jansch with Johnny Marr and Bernard Butler, The Unthanks with The Brighouse & Rastrick Band, and Steve Earle with Joan Baez - have combined with contributions from famous folk fans - including Sean Bean, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Sir David Attenborough, Peter O'Toole and Stephen Fry - to make the Folk Awards a popular fixture in the cultural calendar and a musical highlight of the winter months.

The 15th annual Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 Folk Awards will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 19 February, with coverage on Radio 2 and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Red Button channel from 8pm.

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 12 Feb 2014 19:00

Music Played

  • The Fisherman’s Friends

    Cousin Jack

    • John Kanaka (Single).
    • Island Records Group.
  • Suzanne Vega

    Horizon (There Is A Road)

    • Tales From the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
  • Fairport Convention / Richard Thompson / Dave Swarbrick / Chris While

    Matty Groves

    • Live performance.
  • Martin Carthy

    The Bedmaking

    • Crown of Horn.
    • Topic Records.
  • Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson

    Look Over The Hill and Far Away

    • Air-Fix.
    • Great White Records.
  • The Unthanks

    King of Rome

    • Live performance.
  • June Tabor & Oysterband

    If My Love Loves Me

    • Ragged Kingdom.
    • Topic Records.
  • Margaret Barry

    The Flower of Sweet Strabane

    • I Sang Through The Stars.
    • Rounder Records.
  • John Martyn

    May You Never

    • Live performance.

Broadcast

  • Wed 12 Feb 2014 19:00