Highlights Folk, Trad & Roots 2009

++ FolkWorld's Recommendations ++ World Music Charts Europe ++ fRoots ++ Germany ++ German Record Critics ++ BBC Radio 2 ++ Scotland ++ Ireland ++ Scandinavia ++ USA ++ Native American, Blues & Bluegrass ++ Canada ++ Australia ++

FolkWorld's Recommendations ... the most impressive new band for quite a while ... The Editors' Best Loved Albums: Fuxan os Ventos "Terra e Sonos" The McCalmans "Coming Home - live" Paul McKenna Band "Between Two Worlds" Robert Metcalf "Vier Kerzen" Na h-Òganaich "Gun Stad" Tamburellisti di Torrepaduli "Taranta Taranta" Adolf Goriup's Best Loved Albums: Fairport Convention "Fame and Glory" John Jones "Rising Road" Billy Lavender "Memphis Livin'" Albert Niland "The Hungry Ghost" Santeria "Bad Habit" Schandmaul "Sinnfonie" Soothsayers "One more Reason" Strömkarlen "…spelar" Violet "Modern Life" ... among the top duet recordings of recent years ... Young Dubliners "Saints and Sinners" Alex Monaghan's Best Loved Albums: Catherine Fraser & Duncan Smith "Rhymes & Reasons" Holly Geraghty & Jonathan Roche "Ceolmhar" Steph Geremia "The Open Road" Guidewires "Live" Brett Lipshutz & Randy Lee Gosa "Night and Day" Lauren MacColl "Strewn with Ribbons" The Red Wellies "The Red Wellies" Samantha Robichaud "Collected" Wendy Stewart & Gary West "Hinterlands" Cillian Vallely & Kevin Crawford "On Common Ground" Karsten Rube's Best Loved Albums: Cristina Branco "Kronos" Chambao "Con otro Aire" ... one of the best Occitan albums ever ... Vanessa DaMata "Sim" Deolinda "Canção ao lado" Paula Morelenbaum "Telecoteco" Carlos Nuñez "Alborada do Brasil" Maria Rita "Samba Meu" Sting "If on a Winters Night" Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko "Africa to Appalachia" Tinariwen "Imidiwan" Eelco Schilder's Best Loved Albums: Bellowhead "Matachin" Koby Israelite "Is He Listening" Nynke Laverman "Nomad" Frank London & Lorin Sklamberg "Tsuker-zis" Roosbeef "Ze willen wel je hond aaien maar niet met je praten" Soname "Plateau" Storsveit Nix Noltes "Royal family divorce" La Talvera "Sopac & Patac" Valravn "Koder på snor" ... one of the highlights of 2009 ... James Yorkston & the Big Eyes Family Players "Folk songs" Walkin' Tom's Best Loved Albums: An Lar "Yarn" Mara Aranda & Solatge "Deria" Danar "Danar" Dazkarieh "Hemisférios" Hey Negrita "Burn the Whole Place Down" Hot Griselda "Hot Griselda" Brian McNeill "The Baltic tae Byzantium" Doğan Mehmet "Gypsyhead" Transkaakko "Kulo" The Unwanted "Music from the Atlantic Fringe" Reissue of the Year: Paul Brady "Welcome Here Kind Stranger"

World Music Charts Europe: www.wmce.de www.womex.com 1 Oumou Sangare "Seya" 2 Staff Benda Bilili "Tres Tres Fort" 3 Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara "Tell No Lies" ... Baaba Maal "Television", Mara Aranda & Solatge "Deria", Shantel "Planet Paprika", Deolinda "Canção ao lado", Titi Robin "Kali sultana", Alamaailman Vasarat "Huuro kolkko", Rotfront "Emigrantski Raggamuffin", Radiokijada "Nuevos sonidas afro peruanos", Lila Downs "Shake Away", Amsterdam Klezmer Band "Zaraza", Ljiljana Butler "Frozen roses", La Banda del Pepo "Tanto Por Hacer", Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingi "Gurrumul", Boban I Marko Markovic "Devla", 17 Hippies "El Dorado", No Blues "Lumen", The Klezmatics "Wonderwheel", Blick Bassy "Léman", Kari Bremnes "Ly", Psarantonis "Mountain Rebels", Ramesh B. Weeratunga "This is", Fanfare Ciocarlia "Live", Valravn "Koder på snor", Die Strottern "I gabat ois", V/A "Polska Rootz", ... Womex Awards: Staff Benda Bilili, Christian Mousset

fRoots Best Albums: www.frootsmag.com Album of the Year: 1. Staff Benda Bilili "Très Très Fort" 2. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba "I Speak Fula" 3. Oumou Sangare "Seya" 4. Martin Simpson "True Stories" 5. The Unthanks "Here’s The Tender Coming" 6. Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara "Tell No Lies" 7. Tinariwen "Imidiwan" 8. Jackie Oates "Hyperboreans" 9. Khaled "Liberté" 10. Spiro "Lightbox" Runners Up: Baaba Maal "Television", Les Triaboliques "Rivermudtwilight", Mawkin:Causley "The Awkward Recruit", Brass Monkey "Head of Steam", Tim Eriksen "Northern Roots - Live in Namest", Julie Fowlis "Uam", Bella Hardy "In the Shadow of Mountains", Lau "Arc Light" Radio Kijada "Nuevos Sonidos Afro Peruanos", Show Of Hands "Arrogance, Ignorance And Greed", Devon Sproule "Don't hurry for Heaven!", ... Reissues and Compilations: V/A "Three Score & Ten: A Voice To The People", Värttinä "25" Best Packaged Album: V/A "Three Score & Ten: A Voice To The People"

www.folker.de www.weltmusikpreis.de www.creole-weltmusik.de www.liederbestenliste.de www.malzhaus.de www.hoyschrecke.de www.bluesfest-eutin.de www.hans-hamburger-musikpreis.de www.musiker-online.de www.amadeusawards.at Folker Special CDs: Tine Kindermann "Schamlos schön", Landor "Griffig", Femi Kuti "Day By Day", Pete Seeger "At 89", Siba e a Fuloresta "Toda Vez Que Eu Dou Um Passo O Mundo Sal Do Lugar", Frank Viehweg "Fremdes Land", 2Duos "Until the Cows Come Home", Renaud Garcia-Fons "La Linea Del Sur", Antje Duvekot "The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer", Ramblin' Jack Elliott "A Stranger Here", Fabrizio de Andre "In Direzione Ostinata E Contraria", Uxia "Eterno Navegar", Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80, G. Rag Y Los Hermanos Patcheros "Hold Fast", Gregory Jolivet "Alt'o Solo", V/A "Message Soul - Politics & Soul in Black America 1998-2008", Panic Ensemble "Panic Ensemble", Deitsch "Heimat", John Jones "Rising Road", ewo2, Element of Crime "Immer da wo du bist bin ich nie", Johannes Kirchberg "Über die Verhältnisse", Céu "Vagarosa", Mahsa Vahdat & Mighty Sam McClain "Scent of Reunion", Hot Griselda "Hot Griselda", Eilidh Mackenzie "Bel Canto", German World Music Awards (RUTH): Deutsche RUTH: Hans Söllner Globale RUTH: Aly Keita Ehren-RUTH I: Alan Bern & Brave Old World Ehren-RUTH II: Günter Gretz CREOLE World Music Awards: East Affair Aly Keita & The Magic Balafon The Shin Liederbestenliste: Liederpreisträger: Dziuks Küche: Regenlied CD des Jahres: Linard Bardill & Pippo Pollina "Caffe Caflisch", Manfred Maurenbrecher "Hoffnung für alle" Eisener Eversteiner: Jurypreis: Hotel Palindrone Publikumspreis: Folk Destille Jena Hoyschrecke: Jurypreis: August Scheufler Publikumspreis: Duo Schwarze Birne Offene Bühne: Carmen Orlet und Ingo Hugo Dietrich German Blues Challenge : Solist/Duo: Georg Schroeter und Marc Breitfelder Band: Hootin’ The Blues Publikumspreis: Bluesm@il HANS - Der Hamburger Musikpreis: Jan Delay, Gisbert zu Knyphausen, Byte.FM Deutscher Rock & Pop Preis: Deutscher Song Preis: Martina Gemmar Instrumentalsolist: Crazy Chris Kramer Rock-Kabarett: Martina Gemmar Celtic Pop: Ember Sea Folkrocksängerin: Paul Simpson Project Folkrockband: Paul Simpson Project Amadeus Austrian Music Awards: Künstler des Jahres Jazz/World/Blues: Die Strottern

The German Record Critics' Awards: www.schallplattenkritik.de Pop und Rock: Marianne Faithful "Easy Come Easy Go" Bob Dylan "Together Through Life" Chanson, Song, Folk & Folklore: Dziuks Küche "Freche Tattoos auf blutjungen Bankiers" Lila Downs "Shake Away" V/A "Obacht! – Musik aus Bayern" Cara Dillon "Hill of Thieves" Strom & Wasser "Emotionsdesign" Stockholm Lisboa Project "Diagonal" ewo2 "avantipopolo 2. ... in dieser Zeit" Deitsch "Heimat" Traditionelle ethnische Musik & Weltmusik: Psarantonis & The Ensemble Xylouris "Mountain Rebels" Jazz & Blues: Kally Darm "Fishing, More Delta Blues and Beyond"

www.bbc.co.uk www.spiralearth.co.uk BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards: Folk Singer of the Year: Jon Boden Best Duo: Show of Hands Best Group: Lau Best Album: Cara Dillon "Hill of Thieves" Best Original Song: "Arrogance Ignorance and Greed" (Steve Knightley) Best Traditional Track: "Sir Patrick Spens" (Martin Simpson) Musician of the Year: John Kirkpatrick Horizon Award: Sam Carter Best Live Act: Bellowhead Good Tradition Award: Transatlantic Sessions Lifetime Achievement Award: Nanci Griffith Lifetime Achievement Award: Dick Gaughan Folk Club Award: The Magpies Nest BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award: Winner: James Findlay Finalists: Cinnte, Niamh Boadle, The Carrivick Sisters, Mairi and Steaphanaidh Chaimbeul, Christ Keatinge The Spiral Award: Album: John Smith "Map Or Direction" Instrumental Album: Fiddlers' Bid "All Dressed In Yellow" Compilation (or best of) Album: Chris Wood "Albion" Original Song: "Walking Through Ithonside" (John Jones) Trad Song: "Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór" (Cara Dillon) Male Singer: Seth Lakeman Female Singer: Cara Dillon Duo: Megson Group: Bellowhead Live Act: Demon Barbers Club or venue: Pull up the Roots/ElectroAcoustic Club Debut: The QP "The Intro" DVD: Bellowhead "Live at Shepherds Bush Empire" Event: Morris, a life with bells on Overseas Artist: Rachel Harrington

www.handsupfortrad.co.uk Scots Trad Music Awards: Album of the Year: Fiddlers' Bid "All Dressed In Yellow" Composer of the Year: Mairearad Green Event of the Year: Hebridean Celtic Festival Gaelic Singer of the Year: Christine Primrose Instrumentalist of the Year: Lauren MacColl Live Act of the Year: Lau Scots Singer of the year: Shona Donaldson Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Tom Orr Scottish Dance Band Scottish Folk Band of the Year: Bodega Scottish Pipe Band of the Year: Haddington Pipe Band Trad Music in the Media Award: The Reel Blend – BBC Radio Scotland Music Tutor of the Year: Ian Duncan Up & Coming Artist of the Year: Paul McKenna Band Club of the Year: Stonehaven Folk Club Venue of the Year: The Old Fruit Market Glasgow Community Project of the Year: Caledonian Canal Ceilidh Trail Services to Gaelic Music: Na h-Òganaich Hamish Henderson Services to Traditional Music Award: Dr John Barrow Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame: Bill Black, Dick Gaughan, Rona Lightfoot, Jim Kilpatrick, Phil Cunningham, Sheena Wellington BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician: Ruairidh Macmillan

www.irelandsmusicawards.com www.irishmusicawards.com www.liveireland.com www.tg4.ie meteormusicawards.meteor.ie fiddlersgreenfestival.co.uk Ireland's Music Awards: Best Overseas Act: Cherish the Ladies Best Celtic Group: Celtic Woman Best Instrumentalist: Mike McGoldrick Best Female Vocalist: Enya Recording of the Year: "The Galway Girl - The Best Of Sharon Shannon" Best Irish Traditional Group: Sharon Shannon Band Best Contemporary Act (With Trad, Folk or Celtic influence): Saw Doctors Best Overseas Act (Europe Excluding Ireland): Carlos Nunez Best Young Irish Traditional Act: Teáda Event of the Year: Milwaukee Irish Fest Best Newcomer (Act or Performer): The High Kings Best Folk Group: The High Kings Best Revival Act: Moving Hearts Services to Industry Award: Ciarán McMathúna Best Composer: Brendan Graham Best Male Vocalist: Brian Kennedy Best Crossover Act (Performer or Group): Frankie Gavin & Hibernian Rhapsody Best Folk or Celtic Duo: Seamus Begley & Jim Murray Hall of Fame Award: The Kilfenora Ceili Band Irish Music Awards: Top Solo Performer in Concert: Orla Fallon Top Solo Performer in a Pub Venue: Seamus Kennedy Top Duo in Pub, Festival, and Concert: Ellis Island Top Group: Celtic Woman Best New Irish Music Artist(s): Cara Top Celtic Rock Band: The Screaming Orphans Best Irish Tenor (individual): Anthony Kearns Best Female Vocalist: Orla Fallon Best Sean-nos Singer: Brian O'hAirt Top Traditional Performance Show: The High Kings Top Traditonal Group - In Festival, Pub & Concert: Bua Tommy Makem Award: Orla Fallon Top Harpist: Orla Fallon Top Uilleann Piper: John McSherry Top Fiddle: Mairead Nesbitt Top Button Accordian: John Whelan Lifetime Achievement Award: Donal Lunny liveIreland Awards: Female Vocal Album of the Year: Kat Eggleston "Speak" Male Musician of the Year: Kieran Munnelly (David Munnelly Band) Compendium Album of the Year: Shona McMillan "People and Songs of the Sea" Composer of the Year: Denis Carey Vocal Cut of the Year: Don Stiffe "Start of a Dream" Female Vocalist of the Year: Deirdre Scanlan Instrumental Album of the Year: The Mulcahy Family "Reelin' in Tradition" Instrumental Cut of the Year: Martin Simpson: Swooping Molly ("True Stories") Male Vocalist of the Year/Male Vocal Album of the Year: Paddy Homan "Paddy Homan " Trad Fusion Album of the Year: Matt and Shannon Heaton "Lover’s Well" Female Musician of the Year: Shannon Heaton Newcomer of the Year: Christa Burch "Love of the Land" Vocal/Instrumental Album of the Year: The David Munnelly Band "Tight Squeeze" Special Merit of the Year: Fiona Mackenzie "A Good Suit of Clothes" Album of the Year: Mick Moloney "If It Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews" TG4 Gradam Ceoil (Traditional Music Awards): Gradam Ceoil: Seán McKiernan Ceoltóir Óg na bliana (Young Musician): Aidan O’Donnell Gradam Saoil (Hall of Fame): Seán Potts Cumadóir (Composer): John and Finbarr Dwyer Amhránaí na Bliana (Singer): Cathal McConnell Gradam na gCeoltóirí (Musicians’ Award): Muiris Ó Rócháin Meteor Music Awards: Best Irish Male: Christy Moore Best Traditional/Folk: Sharon Shannon Fiddler's Green Awards: The Fiddler's Green Hall of Fame Award: Máirtín O'Connor The Fiddler's Green Creative Arts Award : Siubhan O'Dubhain

www.folkemusik.dk www.grammis.se Danish Music Awards: Best Traditional Artist: Henrik Jansberg Best Contemporary Artist: Afenginn Best Vocalist: Julie Hjetland Best Instrumentalist: Perry Stenbäck Best Lyricist: Benny Holst Best Composer: Nikolaj Busk Best Debut: Hal & Nikolaj Best Album: ZAR "Der Brænder en Ild" Best Song Album: Søren Korshøj "Bladet Fra Munden" Best Blues Album: Tim Lothar "In It for the Ride" Best Country Album: Tobias Stenkjær "Blissfully Unaware" Best Foreign Album: Hans Theessink & Terry Evans "Visions" Swedish Grammis: Best Folk Album: Sofia Karlsson "Söder om kärleken"

folkradio.org www.jpfolks.com www.independentmusicawards.com Folk Radio Top Artists: 1. Pete Seeger, 2. Bob Dylan, 3. Cheryl Wheeler ... Nanci Griffith Arlo Guthrie , Tom Russell, Peter, Paul & Mary, Tom Paxton, Catie Curtis, David Wilcox, Steve Earle, Eliza Gilkyson, Tim O'Brien, James Keelaghan, Pierce Pettis, Woody Guthrie, Emmylou Harris, Eric Brace & Peter Cooper, Liz Carroll & John Doyle, Bruce Cockburn, Alison Brown, Joe Crookston, Battlefield Band, Dailey & Vincent, Loudon Wainwright III, Christine Lavin, Matt & Shannon Heaton, Johnny Cash, Martin Simpson, Dana And Susan Robinson, Amy Speace, Mike Seeger, Bill Evans & Megan Lynch, The Duhks, The Gibson Brothers, Darrell Scott, Kate Campbell, Tim Grimm, Levon Helm, Rhonda Vincent, Tommy Sands, Rosanne Cash, Le Vent Du Nord, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Solas, Anne Hills, Nathan Rogers, Caroline Herring, David Grisman, Loreena McKennitt, Chris Stuart, Kat Eggleston, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Luka Bloom, Joni Mitchell, Tony McManus, Bearfoot, Vienna Teng, Hot Club of Cowtown, David Francey, , Willie Nelson, Terri Hendrix, Odetta, Phil Ochs, Richard Thompson, Brooks Williams, Cara Dillon, Dale Ann Bradley, Notorious, Krista Detor, Catherine MacLellan, Janet Bates, Janis Ian, Steeleye Span, Tony Trischka, Chieftains, Dave Rawlings Machine, Kate Rusby, Naomi Sommers, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Liz Meyer, James Taylor, Tracy Grammer, Beoga, Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, Kennedys, Old Crow Medicine Show, Townes Van Zandt, Eric Bogle, Peggy Seeger, Smithfield Fair, David Bromberg, Jim Malcolm, Maria Dunn, Atwater And Donnelly, Gordon Lightfoot, Beausoleil, Dave Van Ronk, ... Folk Radio Top Albums: 1. Tom Rush "What I Know" 2. Danny Schmidt "Instead The Forest Rose To Sing" 3. Jorma Kaukonen "River Of Time" V/A "Singing Through the Hard Times", Nanci Griffith "The Loving Kind", Eric Brace & Peter Cooper "You don’t have to like them both", Pierce Pettis "That Kind of Love", Liz Carroll & John Doyle "Double Play", David Wilcox "Open Hand", Catie Curtis "Hello Stranger", Alison Brown "The Company You Keep", Joe Crookston "Able Baker Charlie and Dog", Bill Evans & Megan Lynch "Let’s Do Something", James Keelaghan "House Of Cards", Amy Speace "The Killer in me", Matt & Shannon Heaton "Lovers' Well", Dana And Susan Robinson "Big Mystery", Battlefield Band "Zama Zama", Tommy Sands "Let the Circle Be Wide", Chris Stuart & Backcountry "Crooked man", Bearfoot "Doors and Windows", Dave Rawlings Machine "A Friend of a Friend", Martin Simpson "True Stories", Nathan Rogers "Gauntlet", Rosanne Cash "The List", Vienna Teng "Inland Territory", Dailey & Vincent "Brothers from Different Mothers", Kat Eggleston "Speak", Naomi Sommers "Gentle as the Sun", Tony McManus "The Maker's Mark", Notorious "Elkins", Liz Meyer "The Storm", Cara Dillon "Hill of Thieves", Luka Bloom "Eleven Songs", Tim Grimm "Holding Up the World", Beoga "The Incident", Eliza Gilkyson "Beautiful World", Dale Ann Bradley "Don't Turn Your Back", Janet Bates, Pete Seeger "Live in '65", The Gibson Brothers "Ring the bell", Tom Paxton "Comedians & Angels", Smithfield Fair "The Longing", Maria Dunn "The Peddler", Christine Lavin "Cold Pizza for Breakfast", Beyond The Pale "Postcards", Pete Seeger "Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger", Rick Shea "Shelter Valley Blues", V/A "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", Kieran Kane "Somewhere Beyond The Roses", Kate MacLeod "Blooming", Cloudstreet "Clouds on the Road", Rhonda Vincent "Destination Life", Carla Ulbrich "Live from Outer Space", Annabelle Chvostek "Resilience", Solas "For Love and Laughter", Le Vent Du Nord "Mesdames et messieurs!", Beausoleil "Alligator Purse", Anne Hills "Points of View", Robby Hecht "Late Last Night", Elixir "Super tonic", Missy Raines & The New Hip "Inside Out", Tracy Grammer "Flower of Avalon", Tony Trischka "Territory", Kate Campbell "Save the day", Atwater And Donnelly "The Weaver's Bonny", Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver "Lonely Street", Sons Of The Never Wrong "On A Good Day...I Am", Archie Fisher "Windward Away", Bettysoo "Heat Sin Water Skin", Pride Of New York "Pride of New York", Pieta Brown "Shimmer", V/A "Sowing the Seeds", Catie Curtis "Sweet Life", Wyatt Easterling "Where this river goes", Girlyman "Everthing’s Easy", Lissa Schneckenburger "Song", ... Just Plain Folks Music Awards: Tim Grimm "Holding Up the World", John Reischman & the Jaybirds "Stellar Jays", Lisa Haley "King Cake", Katie McMahon "St. Patrick's Day ", Danny O’Flaherty "Secret Garden", Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman "FireWire", Comas "Comas", Asylum Street Spankers "Mommy Says No!", Janis Ian "Folk Is the New Black", Notorious "Elkins", ... Independent Music Awards: Album Packaging: Pete Seeger "American Favorite Ballads: Vol. 1-5"

Native American Music Awards: www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com www.blues.org www.livingblues.com www.mapleblues.ca www.bluesfest-eutin.de www.blues.org/ibc www.ibma.org www.spbgma.com www.ewob.eu Best Compilation Recording: Joanne Shenandoah & Michael Bucher "Bitter Tears Sacred Ground" Best Folk Recording: Atsiaktonkie "Four Wolves Prophecy" Best Pop Recording: Apryl Allen "Shape Shifter" Blues Music Awards: Entertainer / Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year: Janiva Magness Instrumentalist-Other: Otis Taylor (Banjo) Rock Blues Album of the Year: Jeff Healey "Mess of Blues" Traditional Blues Album / Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year: B.B. King Living Blues Awards: Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboards): Pinetop Perkins Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar) / Album of the Year: B.B. King Blues Artist (Male) / New Recordings of the Year: Honeyboy Edwards Maple Blues Award: Acoustic Act Of The Year: Harry Manx Recording Of The Year: Jeff Healey "Songs From The Road" BB King International Artist Of The Year : Taj Mahal Baltic Blues Challenge : Solist/Duo: Georg Schroeter und Marc Breitfelder Band: Latvian Blues Band IBMA Bluegrass Awards : Entertainer / Vocal Group / Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year: Dailey & Vincent Female Vocalist of the Year: Dale Ann Bradley Recorded Event of the Year: Daughters of Bluegrass "Proud To Be A Daughter of Bluegrass" (featuring Dale Ann Bradley, Rhonda Vincent, ... SPBGMA Bluegrass Music Award Winners: Female Vocalist / Entertainer of the Year: Rhonda Vincent Gospel Group / Vocal Group of the Year: Dailey & Vincent European Bluegrass Band Awards: 1. Downtown Ramblers, 2. G-Runs 'n Roses, 3. Kreni Audience Popularity Awards: 1. Blackjack, 2. Bluegrass Stuff, 3. Sunny Side

Canadian Folk Music Awards: www.canadianfolkmusicawards.ca www.folkalliance.org.au Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year: Tony McManus "The Maker's Mark" French Songwriter of the Year: Catherine Durand "Coeurs Migratoires" Solo Artist of the Year: Catherine MacLellan "Water in the Ground" World Group of the Year: Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko "Africa to Appalachia" Australian Folk Music Awards: Young Folk Award: Kim Churchill Folk Musician of the Year: Spooky Men's Chorale Folk CD of the Year: Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club & Friends "Gates of Gold" Mark Cryle "House of Cards" Folk Achievement Award: Andrew Pattison