For those of us not invited to the flashy awards ceremony on February 1st, here’s a run down of who won what at the annual folk awards. Special mention goes to Phil Beer, one half of Show Of Hands who’ll be playing at the club in the middle of March. Anyhoo, here’s that list.

• Folk Singer of the Year went to Jon Boden, who accepted the award from actress Zoe Wanamaker. Jon also presented The Magpie’s Nest in London with Folk Club Of The Year.
• Squeezebox player John Kirkpatrick was named Musician Of The Year. Eddie Upton, Director of Folk South West, accepted the award from actor Greg Wise on Kirkpatrick’s behalf.
• Eliza Carthy presented Lau with Best Group, an award they have won for the third consecutive year. And singer/songwriter Benny Gallagher presented Cara Dillon with Album Of The Year for the critically acclaimed Hill of Thieves.
• Arrogance Ignorance And Greed, written by Steve Knightley and performed by Show Of Hands, was named Best Original Song. This award was presented by poet Ian McMillan. Show of Hands, winners of Best Live Act in 2004, were named Best Duo by musician and BBC 6 Music presenter Tom Robinson, and also performed on the night.
• Best Live Act was presented to Bellowhead by actor Kevin Whately. And Nitin Sawhney presented guitarist Sam Carter with the Horizon Award for folk’s best emerging artist.
• Martin Simpson was presented with Best Traditional Track for Sir Patrick Spens by fellow musician Richard Hawley. Simpson also performed as did Lau; Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds who played a cover of I Fought The Law; and Cara Dillon.
• The Good Tradition Award, presented by Dan Tyminski, went to Mike Alexander and Douglas Eadie, producers of the legendary BBC TV Transatlantic Sessions, who were joined on stage to accept their Award by Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas.

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