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0:00:07 > 0:00:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:00:16 > 0:00:20MUSICAL INTRO STARTS

0:00:44 > 0:00:46# Way down south where the whale-fish blow

0:00:46 > 0:00:48# Way down in Florida

0:00:48 > 0:00:51# The girls all dance to the roll-and-go

0:00:51 > 0:00:53# And we'll roll the woodpile down

0:01:01 > 0:01:03# When I was a young man in my prime

0:01:03 > 0:01:05# Way down in Florida

0:01:05 > 0:01:07# I was courting pretty girls two at a time

0:01:07 > 0:01:10# And we'll roll the woodpile down

0:01:11 > 0:01:13# Rollin', rollin'

0:01:13 > 0:01:16# Rollin' the whole world round

0:01:16 > 0:01:18# That fine girl of mine's on the Georgia Line

0:01:18 > 0:01:20# And we'll roll the woodpile down

0:01:24 > 0:01:27# But now I'm old and getting grey

0:01:27 > 0:01:29# Way down in Florida

0:01:29 > 0:01:31# I can only manage one a day

0:01:31 > 0:01:33# And we'll roll the woodpile down

0:01:33 > 0:01:36# Rollin', rollin'

0:01:36 > 0:01:38# Rollin' the whole world round

0:01:38 > 0:01:41# That fine girl of mine's on the Georgia Line

0:01:41 > 0:01:43# And we'll roll the woodpile down

0:02:02 > 0:02:05# We'll haul 'em high and we'll haul 'em low

0:02:07 > 0:02:10# We'll bust their blocks and away we'll go

0:02:11 > 0:02:14# Oh, "Rouse 'em, buster!" is the cry

0:02:16 > 0:02:21# A poor man's wage is never high

0:02:23 > 0:02:25# Rollin', rollin'

0:02:25 > 0:02:27# Rollin' the whole world round

0:02:27 > 0:02:30# That fine girl of mine's on the Georgia Line

0:02:30 > 0:02:32# And we'll roll the woodpile down

0:02:32 > 0:02:34# Rollin', rollin'

0:02:34 > 0:02:37# Rollin' the whole world round

0:02:37 > 0:02:40# That fine girl of mine's on the Georgia Line

0:02:40 > 0:02:42# And we'll roll the woodpile down

0:02:50 > 0:02:52# Rollin', rollin'

0:02:52 > 0:02:54# Rollin' the whole world round

0:02:54 > 0:02:57# That fine girl of mine's on the Georgia Line

0:02:57 > 0:02:59# And we'll roll the woodpile down

0:02:59 > 0:03:03# That fine girl of mine's on the Georgia Line

0:03:04 > 0:03:07# And we'll roll the woodpile down. #

0:03:09 > 0:03:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:03:21 > 0:03:25Hello, from Julie Fowlis and me, Mark Radcliffe.

0:03:25 > 0:03:29And welcome to the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards

0:03:29 > 0:03:32here at the Royal Albert Hall.

0:03:32 > 0:03:34CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:03:39 > 0:03:42Our first award of the evening is for Best Duo

0:03:42 > 0:03:44and here are the nominations.

0:03:48 > 0:03:50Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson.

0:03:55 > 0:03:59Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker.

0:04:01 > 0:04:05# You've got to live some way... #

0:04:05 > 0:04:08LYRICS INDISTINCT

0:04:08 > 0:04:11Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin.

0:04:11 > 0:04:12# ..Tale I tell

0:04:12 > 0:04:15# And hungry and cold we were that day... #

0:04:17 > 0:04:20Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita.

0:04:24 > 0:04:26APPLAUSE

0:04:26 > 0:04:29Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin.

0:04:42 > 0:04:44Now for some more live music.

0:04:44 > 0:04:46Our next performer began her career

0:04:46 > 0:04:49in the cafes and bars of New York's Greenwich Village.

0:04:50 > 0:04:52Her breakthrough album, Solitude Standing,

0:04:52 > 0:04:54was an international bestseller

0:04:54 > 0:04:57and gave us modern classics like Luka and Tom's Diner.

0:04:57 > 0:04:59Tonight, she's joined by Gerry Leonard,

0:04:59 > 0:05:02who's also guitarist of choice for David Bowie,

0:05:03 > 0:05:07and Classical Brit award-winning trumpet soloist Alison Balsom.

0:05:07 > 0:05:11Please give a warm welcome to the perennially cool Suzanne Vega.

0:05:11 > 0:05:14APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:05:23 > 0:05:28# There is a road beyond this one

0:05:28 > 0:05:31# It's called the path

0:05:31 > 0:05:33# We don't yet take

0:05:35 > 0:05:39# I can feel how it longs to be entered upon

0:05:40 > 0:05:45# It calls to me with a cry and an ache

0:05:45 > 0:05:49# As we go along this one

0:05:49 > 0:05:51# And we live

0:05:51 > 0:05:54# The way we do

0:05:55 > 0:06:02# Love pulls us on to that distant horizon so true

0:06:05 > 0:06:07# I knew a man

0:06:07 > 0:06:10# He lived in jail

0:06:10 > 0:06:15# And his tale is often told

0:06:16 > 0:06:19# He dreamed of that line

0:06:19 > 0:06:21# That we call the divine

0:06:21 > 0:06:26# And when he was free He led his country

0:06:26 > 0:06:31# Yes, he taught the way of love

0:06:31 > 0:06:36# And he lived in that way too

0:06:37 > 0:06:44# Love pulled him on to that distant horizon so true

0:07:09 > 0:07:13# There is a road beyond this one

0:07:13 > 0:07:18# It's called the path we don’t yet take

0:07:19 > 0:07:25# I can feel how it longs to be entered upon

0:07:25 > 0:07:30# It calls to me with a cry and an ache

0:07:30 > 0:07:34# As we go along this one

0:07:35 > 0:07:39# And we live the way we do

0:07:41 > 0:07:46# Love pulls us on to that distant horizon

0:07:46 > 0:07:51# Love pulled him on to that perfect horizon

0:07:51 > 0:07:56# Love pulls us on to that distant horizon

0:07:57 > 0:08:02# So true. #

0:08:04 > 0:08:06APPLAUSE

0:08:14 > 0:08:16MARK: Suzanne Vega.

0:08:23 > 0:08:26On to our next award of the evening,

0:08:26 > 0:08:28which is for Musician of the Year.

0:08:28 > 0:08:32And this is given to a band member, a solo artist or a session musician

0:08:32 > 0:08:36who has made a big impression in the last 12 months

0:08:36 > 0:08:38by, frankly, showing off quite a lot.

0:08:38 > 0:08:41Here are the nominations.

0:08:47 > 0:08:48Aidan O’Rourke.

0:08:54 > 0:08:56Will Pound.

0:09:02 > 0:09:04Sam Sweeney.

0:09:13 > 0:09:15Martin Simpson.

0:09:24 > 0:09:27The Musician of the Year award goes to Aidan O'Rourke.

0:09:28 > 0:09:30APPLAUSE

0:09:37 > 0:09:38Unexpected.

0:09:38 > 0:09:43Um, of all the "aren't you glad you practised" moments,

0:09:44 > 0:09:47this is the ultimate, I would say.

0:09:47 > 0:09:49So, um...I'll be brief.

0:09:49 > 0:09:51I'd like to thank my parents,

0:09:52 > 0:09:55who always encouraged me to work hard

0:09:55 > 0:09:57and be humble.

0:09:57 > 0:09:59Yes!

0:09:59 > 0:10:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:10:07 > 0:10:10On to the first of our special awards this evening.

0:10:10 > 0:10:12The Good Tradition Award is given

0:10:12 > 0:10:14to an individual, a group or an organisation

0:10:15 > 0:10:18to recognise their contribution to the preservation, dissemination

0:10:18 > 0:10:21and continuance of traditional music over a number of years.

0:10:44 > 0:10:46APPLAUSE

0:10:46 > 0:10:49Our next performance brings together two blokes from Sheffield

0:10:49 > 0:10:53who, until a meeting at the Folk Awards in London a few years back,

0:10:53 > 0:10:57had failed to notice that they frequented the same local pub

0:10:57 > 0:11:00and their houses actually backed onto each other.

0:11:00 > 0:11:04In fact, before they knew each other,

0:11:04 > 0:11:07they used to throw dog dirt over the fence

0:11:07 > 0:11:09into each other's gardens.

0:11:09 > 0:11:13So, it could all have ended up on Neighbours From Hell.

0:11:13 > 0:11:16But thankfully, it's ended up here.

0:11:16 > 0:11:20Both are quality songwriters and very nifty guitarists,

0:11:20 > 0:11:23albeit from different musical worlds.

0:11:23 > 0:11:26With something more than a little bit special, please welcome -

0:11:26 > 0:11:29already in town, of course, for London Fashion Week -

0:11:29 > 0:11:31Martin Simpson and Richard Hawley.

0:11:31 > 0:11:34CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:12:07 > 0:12:11# Well, since my baby left me

0:12:12 > 0:12:14# I found a new place to dwell

0:12:14 > 0:12:17# It's down at the end of Lonely Street

0:12:17 > 0:12:20# At Heartbreak Hotel

0:12:22 > 0:12:24# You make me so lonely, baby

0:12:24 > 0:12:27# I get so lonely

0:12:28 > 0:12:31# I get so lonely I could die

0:12:36 > 0:12:39# Although it's always crowded

0:12:39 > 0:12:42# Well, you still can find some room

0:12:43 > 0:12:45# Where a broken-hearted lover

0:12:45 > 0:12:48# Can just cry away his gloom

0:12:48 > 0:12:51# You make me so lonely, baby

0:12:53 > 0:12:56# You make me so lonely, baby

0:12:56 > 0:13:00# I get so lonely I could die

0:13:32 > 0:13:36# Now, the bell-hop's tears keep fallin'

0:13:36 > 0:13:40# The desk clerk's dressed in black

0:13:40 > 0:13:43# They've been so long on Lonely Street

0:13:43 > 0:13:45# They ain't never lookin' back

0:13:47 > 0:13:49# I get so lonely, baby

0:13:50 > 0:13:53# I get so lonely

0:13:53 > 0:13:57# I get so lonely I could die

0:14:01 > 0:14:05# So, if your baby leaves you

0:14:05 > 0:14:07# And you got a tale to tell

0:14:08 > 0:14:11# You just take a little walk down Lonely Street

0:14:11 > 0:14:14# To Heartbreak Hotel

0:14:14 > 0:14:17# You make me so lonely, baby

0:14:18 > 0:14:21# I get so lonely, baby

0:14:22 > 0:14:25# I get so lonely I could die

0:15:25 > 0:15:29# Well, since my baby left me

0:15:29 > 0:15:32# I found a new place to dwell

0:15:32 > 0:15:35# It's down at the end of Lonely Street

0:15:35 > 0:15:38# At Heartbreak Hotel

0:15:38 > 0:15:43- # You make me so lonely, baby - # You make me so lonely, babe

0:15:43 > 0:15:46# I get so lonely, baby

0:15:46 > 0:15:50# I get so lonely I could die. #

0:15:57 > 0:16:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:16:01 > 0:16:03- Thank you. - Thank you.

0:16:06 > 0:16:08JULIE: Martin Simpson and Richard Hawley.

0:16:15 > 0:16:17Moving on to our next award,

0:16:17 > 0:16:20the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award,

0:16:20 > 0:16:24which celebrates the remarkable young musical talents

0:16:24 > 0:16:25these islands are producing.

0:16:25 > 0:16:27To enter the Young Folk Award,

0:16:27 > 0:16:30you have to be between 16 and 21 years old,

0:16:30 > 0:16:34live in the UK and play folk, roots or acoustic music from any culture.

0:16:34 > 0:16:37Ten acts from across the UK were selected

0:16:37 > 0:16:41to take part in a weekend of workshops in October,

0:16:41 > 0:16:44where they also performed in a public concert

0:16:44 > 0:16:48and had very limited access to alcoholic beverages.

0:16:48 > 0:16:53The BBC, safeguarding trust as ever, well done, us.

0:16:53 > 0:16:56APPLAUSE Thanks, thanks.

0:16:58 > 0:17:01It was there that a panel of judges selected

0:17:01 > 0:17:03the four nominees and the eventual winner.

0:17:03 > 0:17:05Here are, then, the nominations

0:17:05 > 0:17:10for the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award.

0:17:13 > 0:17:16# Many times I've stepped into your shoes... #

0:17:16 > 0:17:19Hattie Briggs.

0:17:19 > 0:17:22# Though mine may be bigger

0:17:22 > 0:17:23# You stepped in mine too... #

0:17:23 > 0:17:27The Mischa Macpherson Trio.

0:17:34 > 0:17:36Granny's Attic.

0:17:42 > 0:17:43Gentlemen of Few.

0:17:48 > 0:17:50Mischa Macpherson Trio.

0:18:05 > 0:18:08I'm going to go and give these two dashing lads

0:18:08 > 0:18:09the biggest hug of their lives

0:18:09 > 0:18:12and maybe have a little glass of champagne.

0:18:12 > 0:18:14Thank you very much. Cheers!

0:18:14 > 0:18:17APPLAUSE

0:18:17 > 0:18:19OK, it's time now for the first of tonight's

0:18:19 > 0:18:21Lifetime Achievement Awards,

0:18:21 > 0:18:25given for an outstanding contribution to folk and acoustic music.

0:18:25 > 0:18:27You could probably have worked that out for yourselves.

0:18:27 > 0:18:31To present the award, one of Ireland's most acclaimed singers,

0:18:31 > 0:18:34who's performed with Mike Oldfield, Peter Gabriel and Paul Brady,

0:18:34 > 0:18:37as well as on The Transatlantic Sessions.

0:18:37 > 0:18:39Please welcome Cara Dillon.

0:18:39 > 0:18:42APPLAUSE

0:18:50 > 0:18:52How are you doing?

0:18:53 > 0:18:57When I was growing up in County Derry in the late '70s and '80s,

0:18:57 > 0:19:00the musical landscape was dominated

0:19:00 > 0:19:02by a handful of Irish music Leviathans.

0:19:02 > 0:19:07However, one act above all the rest has gone on to cross more boundaries,

0:19:07 > 0:19:11reach further into the corners of the globe and touch more hearts.

0:19:12 > 0:19:15With record sales in excess of 15 million

0:19:15 > 0:19:18and a trademark sound that is immediately identifiable,

0:19:18 > 0:19:22Clannad's legendary career has seen their music entwine the traditional

0:19:22 > 0:19:25and the modern with stunning results.

0:19:25 > 0:19:29From their humble beginnings in the family pub in Donegal,

0:19:29 > 0:19:33heavily influenced by traditional music of their kin and of the land,

0:19:33 > 0:19:36to Hollywood movie soundtracks

0:19:36 > 0:19:38featuring expansive and contemporary themes

0:19:38 > 0:19:40that have defined an entire genre,

0:19:41 > 0:19:44they are the only band in history to have had a top 10 hit

0:19:44 > 0:19:48with a song entirely in Irish Gaelic.

0:19:48 > 0:19:52I for one cannot imagine the soundtrack to my life

0:19:52 > 0:19:56not including at least half a dozen of the Clannad songs.

0:19:56 > 0:19:58And I'm sure I'm not alone.

0:19:58 > 0:20:03Moya, Pol, Ciaran, Noel and Padraig -

0:20:03 > 0:20:05Clannad.

0:20:05 > 0:20:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:20:16 > 0:20:21# Imtheochaidh soir is siar

0:20:22 > 0:20:26# A dtainig ariamh

0:20:26 > 0:20:30# An ghealach is an ghrian

0:20:31 > 0:20:38# Fol lol the doh, fol the day

0:20:39 > 0:20:46# Fol the doh, fol the day

0:20:49 > 0:20:56# Imtheochaidh an ghealach's an ghrian

0:20:57 > 0:21:05# An duine og is a chail 'na dhiadh

0:21:07 > 0:21:14# Fol lol the doh, fol the day

0:21:15 > 0:21:23# Fol the doh, fol the day

0:21:36 > 0:21:43# Fol lol the doh, fol the day

0:21:44 > 0:21:53# Fol the doh, fol the day

0:22:07 > 0:22:14# Imtheochaidh a dtainig ariamh

0:22:16 > 0:22:24# An duine og is a chail ne dhiadh

0:22:26 > 0:22:33# Fol lol the doh, fol the day

0:22:35 > 0:22:40# Fol the doh

0:22:40 > 0:22:47# Fol the day. #

0:22:52 > 0:22:55CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:23:06 > 0:23:08JULIE: Clannad, ladies and gentlemen.

0:23:13 > 0:23:15We move on now to the Horizon Award,

0:23:15 > 0:23:18which is given to a relatively new or emerging artist

0:23:18 > 0:23:21who's made a big impression during the past year.

0:23:21 > 0:23:25Previous winners have included Chris Drever, The Unthanks,

0:23:25 > 0:23:28Cara Dillon and Julie Fowlis...

0:23:28 > 0:23:30who seems to have done all right.

0:23:30 > 0:23:32Here are the nominations.

0:23:33 > 0:23:37# Chasing shadows... #

0:23:37 > 0:23:38Olivia Chaney.

0:23:38 > 0:23:41# ..Clutching precious things... #

0:23:41 > 0:23:44Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker.

0:23:44 > 0:23:49LYRICS INDISTINCT

0:23:52 > 0:23:54# Born in September... #

0:23:54 > 0:23:57Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar.

0:23:57 > 0:24:02# ..She read all the books She was different from me... #

0:24:02 > 0:24:05# Oh-oh... #

0:24:05 > 0:24:06Georgia Ruth.

0:24:10 > 0:24:14LYRICS INDISTINCT

0:24:14 > 0:24:17APPLAUSE

0:24:23 > 0:24:25Do you like my suit, by the way?

0:24:25 > 0:24:27WHOOPS Last year, I didn't think we'd win,

0:24:28 > 0:24:30so I just wore half a nice outfit, and then jeans.

0:24:30 > 0:24:32So I thought I'd go for it this year.

0:24:32 > 0:24:34But thank you very much, we'll go... Bye.

0:24:34 > 0:24:35Bye, thank you.

0:24:35 > 0:24:38APPLAUSE

0:24:40 > 0:24:42So, now, an English folk supergroup,

0:24:42 > 0:24:45nominated tonight for Best Group and Best Album,

0:24:45 > 0:24:47who were established to celebrate

0:24:47 > 0:24:49the new digital archive of songs and dances

0:24:49 > 0:24:52stored in the great Vaughn Williams Memorial Library.

0:24:52 > 0:24:55Rounded up and led by Yorkshire's Fay Hield

0:24:55 > 0:24:58and featuring some truly top-class players -

0:24:58 > 0:25:01Seth Lakeman, Nancy Kerr, Rob Harbron,

0:25:01 > 0:25:04Sam Sweeney, Ben Nicholls and Martin Simpson -

0:25:04 > 0:25:07it's just a shame that Francis Bacon wasn't available.

0:25:08 > 0:25:11And possibly someone with the surname Egg,

0:25:11 > 0:25:17or someone with the double-barrelled surname Hash-Brown.

0:25:17 > 0:25:19Um, please welcome The Full English.

0:25:19 > 0:25:22CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:25:24 > 0:25:26One, two, three...

0:25:41 > 0:25:43# Come, neighbours and listen a while

0:25:43 > 0:25:47# If ever you wish for to smile or hear a true story of old

0:25:47 > 0:25:49# Attend to what I do unfold

0:25:49 > 0:25:52# A fella whose fame did resound through every village and town

0:25:52 > 0:25:54# For fun, for frolic and whim

0:25:54 > 0:25:56# None ever was equal to him

0:25:56 > 0:25:58# Arthur being stout and bold

0:25:58 > 0:26:00# And near upon 30 years old

0:26:00 > 0:26:02# He needs a-wooing must go

0:26:02 > 0:26:04# To get him a lady, you know

0:26:04 > 0:26:06# So getting young Dolly's consent

0:26:06 > 0:26:07# Away to be married they went

0:26:07 > 0:26:09# To make himself noble appear

0:26:09 > 0:26:12# He mounted the old padded mare

0:26:12 > 0:26:16# Come neighbours and listen a while If ever you wish for to smile

0:26:16 > 0:26:20# Or hear a true story of old Attend to what I do unfold

0:26:20 > 0:26:23# So he packed up his drudgery hose

0:26:23 > 0:26:24# And put on his holiday clothes

0:26:24 > 0:26:28# His coat it was scarlet so fine Full trimmed with buttons behind

0:26:28 > 0:26:30# Two sleeves it had, it is true

0:26:30 > 0:26:32# One yellow, the other was blue

0:26:32 > 0:26:35# The cuffs and capes of green The longest that ever were seen

0:26:35 > 0:26:39# His hat, though greasy and tore Cocked up with a feather before

0:26:40 > 0:26:41# Under his chin it was tied

0:26:41 > 0:26:43# With a strip from an old cow's hide

0:26:43 > 0:26:45# His breeches three times had been turned

0:26:45 > 0:26:47# And two holes in the left side were burned

0:26:47 > 0:26:49# This was a misfortune, you'll say

0:26:49 > 0:26:51# Still he looked gallant and gay

0:26:51 > 0:26:52# Thus kitted away he did ride

0:26:53 > 0:26:54# While Dolly did trudge by his side

0:26:54 > 0:26:56# And coming up to the church door

0:26:56 > 0:26:58# Amid five thousand or more

0:26:58 > 0:27:00# Then from the old mare he did 'light

0:27:00 > 0:27:02# Which put the old clerk in a fright

0:27:02 > 0:27:04# And the parson so dreadfully shook

0:27:04 > 0:27:06# That he presently dropped down his book

0:27:06 > 0:27:08# Which Arthur soon picked up again

0:27:08 > 0:27:09# And swore that he must now begin

0:27:09 > 0:27:12# Crying, “Dolly, my dearie, come hither

0:27:12 > 0:27:14# "And let us be married together"

0:27:14 > 0:27:16# Come, neighbours and listen a while

0:27:16 > 0:27:18# If ever you wish for to smile

0:27:18 > 0:27:19# Or hear a true story of old

0:27:19 > 0:27:23# Attend to what I do unfold

0:27:23 > 0:27:26# The parson his duty discharged Without any fee or reward

0:27:26 > 0:27:28# He swore no money he'd have

0:27:28 > 0:27:30# And poor Arthur had none to give

0:27:30 > 0:27:32# To make him a little amends

0:27:32 > 0:27:34# He invited him home with his friends

0:27:34 > 0:27:36# Take a sweet kiss on the bride

0:27:36 > 0:27:38# And eat a good dinner beside

0:27:38 > 0:27:40# The dishes though few were good

0:27:40 > 0:27:42# The sweetest of all living food

0:27:42 > 0:27:44# There was roast guinea pig and a bantam

0:27:44 > 0:27:46# Sheep's head stewed in a lanthorn

0:27:46 > 0:27:48# Two calves' feet and a bull's trotter

0:27:48 > 0:27:49# The fore and hind leg of an otter

0:27:49 > 0:27:51# Lampfish, limpets and dabs

0:27:51 > 0:27:53# Crayfish, cockles and crabs

0:27:53 > 0:27:55# Red herrings and sprats by the dozen

0:27:55 > 0:27:57# To feast all his uncles and cousins

0:27:57 > 0:27:59# Who were so well pleased with the treat

0:27:59 > 0:28:01# Heartily they did all eat

0:28:01 > 0:28:03# Come, neighbours and listen a while

0:28:03 > 0:28:05# If ever you wish for to smile

0:28:05 > 0:28:07# Or hear a true story of old

0:28:07 > 0:28:10# Attend to what I do unfold

0:28:10 > 0:28:12# The guests being well satisfied

0:28:12 > 0:28:14# The dishes were laid on one side

0:28:14 > 0:28:16# And Arthur, to make their hearts merry

0:28:16 > 0:28:18# Brought pale ale, perkin and perry

0:28:18 > 0:28:20# "Come, give us a dance," quoth Doll

0:28:20 > 0:28:22# "Come, Geoffrey and play us Mad Moll

0:28:22 > 0:28:23# "'Tis time to be merry and frisky

0:28:23 > 0:28:25# "But first let us have some more whisky"

0:28:25 > 0:28:27# "Me lily, me lark, me love

0:28:27 > 0:28:29# "Me daffy down dilly, me dove

0:28:29 > 0:28:31# "Me everything and me wife

0:28:31 > 0:28:33# "I ne'er was so pleased in me life"

0:28:33 > 0:28:35# The pipers then screwed up their bags

0:28:35 > 0:28:37# And the girls began shaking their rags

0:28:37 > 0:28:38# While some only one leg had gotten

0:28:38 > 0:28:40# And that which they had it was rotten

0:28:40 > 0:28:42# The parson let off at the top

0:28:42 > 0:28:44# Some danced while the others did hop

0:28:44 > 0:28:46# There was lead up and down, figure in

0:28:46 > 0:28:48# Cross hands and then back again

0:28:48 > 0:28:50# Dancing they spent the whole night

0:28:50 > 0:28:52# Till Phoebus appeared in their sight

0:28:52 > 0:28:53# When each took a kiss of the bride

0:28:53 > 0:28:55# And hopped home to his own fireside. #

0:29:55 > 0:29:58CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:30:17 > 0:30:20Now we come to the award for Best Original Song.

0:30:20 > 0:30:23This is given to a work that's either been written in the past 12 months

0:30:24 > 0:30:27or has come to prominence through a new recording or interpretation

0:30:27 > 0:30:28during the past year.

0:30:28 > 0:30:32Here are the nominations, then, for Best Original Song.

0:30:33 > 0:30:37# They say the longest river... #

0:30:37 > 0:30:40Swimming In The Longest River, Olivia Chaney.

0:30:40 > 0:30:43# ..Is denial, is denial... #

0:30:45 > 0:30:46# I just had an hour... #

0:30:46 > 0:30:49None The Wiser, Chris Wood.

0:30:50 > 0:30:51# ..He's a nice chap

0:30:51 > 0:30:54# But I'm none the wiser... #

0:30:55 > 0:30:59Love's For Babies And Fools, Linda Thompson.

0:30:59 > 0:31:03# ..Love's for babies and fools... #

0:31:03 > 0:31:07# October's silver breeze... #

0:31:07 > 0:31:10Two Ravens, Lisa Knapp.

0:31:13 > 0:31:18APPLAUSE

0:31:19 > 0:31:22Two Ravens by Lisa Knapp.

0:31:27 > 0:31:28Oh, Lordy!

0:31:28 > 0:31:32I can't believe I'm wearing the same top as the picture they used.

0:31:32 > 0:31:33But apart from that...

0:31:38 > 0:31:41Our next award is for Best Traditional Track.

0:31:41 > 0:31:44This award is designed to encourage and celebrate

0:31:44 > 0:31:46new recordings of traditional music and song.

0:31:46 > 0:31:48And here are the nominations.

0:31:48 > 0:31:52SINGS IN WELSH

0:31:55 > 0:31:58Codi Angor, Georgia Ruth.

0:32:04 > 0:32:08Les Bras De Mer, Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita.

0:32:13 > 0:32:14# ..And when they came... #

0:32:14 > 0:32:18Willy Of Winsbury, Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer.

0:32:18 > 0:32:22# ..By one, by two and by three... #

0:32:23 > 0:32:26Mary Macdonald, Rant.

0:32:31 > 0:32:34APPLAUSE

0:32:41 > 0:32:45# The King has been a prisoner

0:32:46 > 0:32:50# And a prisoner long in Spain

0:32:52 > 0:32:55# And Willie of the Winsbury

0:32:57 > 0:33:00# Has lain long with his daughter Jane

0:33:02 > 0:33:07# "What ails you, what ails you, my daughter, Jane?

0:33:07 > 0:33:11# "Why you look so pale and wan?

0:33:13 > 0:33:18# "Oh, have you had any ill sickness?

0:33:19 > 0:33:22# "Or yet been sleeping with a man?"

0:33:23 > 0:33:28# "I have not had any ill sickness

0:33:29 > 0:33:33# "Nor yet been sleeping with a man

0:33:34 > 0:33:38# "It is for you, my father dear

0:33:40 > 0:33:44# "For biding so long in Spain"

0:33:49 > 0:33:54# "Cast off, cast off your robe and gown

0:33:56 > 0:33:59# "Stand naked on the stone

0:34:00 > 0:34:05# "That I might know you by your shape

0:34:06 > 0:34:10# "If you be a maiden or none"

0:34:11 > 0:34:15# And she’s cast off her robe and gown

0:34:17 > 0:34:20# Stood naked on the stone

0:34:22 > 0:34:26# Her apron was tight and her waist was round

0:34:28 > 0:34:31# Her face was pale and wan

0:34:37 > 0:34:41# "And was it with a lord or a gentleman

0:34:43 > 0:34:47# "Or a man of wealth and fame?

0:34:48 > 0:34:52# "Or was it with one of my servingmen

0:34:54 > 0:34:57# "While I was a prisoner in Spain?"

0:34:59 > 0:35:04# "No,it wasn't with a lord or a gentleman

0:35:05 > 0:35:10# "Or a man of wealth and fame

0:35:10 > 0:35:15# "It was with Willie of Winsbury

0:35:15 > 0:35:20# "I could bide no longer alone"

0:35:20 > 0:35:26# And the King has called his servingmen

0:35:26 > 0:35:31# By one, by two and by three

0:35:31 > 0:35:38# Saying, "Where is this Willie of Winsbury?

0:35:38 > 0:35:40# "For hanged he shall be"

0:35:57 > 0:36:02# And when they came before the King

0:36:02 > 0:36:07# By one, by two and by three

0:36:08 > 0:36:13# Willie should've been the first of them

0:36:13 > 0:36:18# But the last of them was he

0:36:18 > 0:36:23# And Willie of the Winsbury

0:36:23 > 0:36:28# All dressed up in red silk

0:36:28 > 0:36:34# His hair hung like the strands of gold

0:36:34 > 0:36:38# His breast was white as milk

0:36:44 > 0:36:49# "No wonder, no wonder," the King, he said

0:36:49 > 0:36:54# "That my daughter's love you did win

0:36:55 > 0:37:00# "If I were a woman as I am a man

0:37:00 > 0:37:04# "In my own bed you would have been

0:37:04 > 0:37:11# "And will you marry my daughter, Jane

0:37:11 > 0:37:15# "By the faith of your right hand?

0:37:16 > 0:37:22# "And I'll make you the lord of my servingmen

0:37:22 > 0:37:26# "I'll make you the heir to my land"

0:37:26 > 0:37:32# "Oh, yes, I'll marry your daughter, Jane

0:37:32 > 0:37:37# "By the faith of my right hand

0:37:37 > 0:37:44# "But I'll not be the lord of any man

0:37:44 > 0:37:48# "I'll not be the heir to your land"

0:37:48 > 0:37:54# And he's raised her up on a milk-white steed

0:37:54 > 0:38:00# And himself on a dapple grey

0:38:00 > 0:38:06# He has made her the lady of as much land

0:38:06 > 0:38:11# As she can ride in a long summer's day. #

0:38:15 > 0:38:17APPLAUSE

0:38:29 > 0:38:32AnaisMitchell and Jefferson Hamer.

0:38:32 > 0:38:38Special guests, Aidan O'Rourke and Martin Green.

0:38:38 > 0:38:42Moving on now to something very special for the 15th anniversary,

0:38:42 > 0:38:45thelaunch of the Folk Awards Hall of Fame.Each year,

0:38:45 > 0:38:49we'll be honouring somebody whose significant contribution

0:38:49 > 0:38:52has made a lasting impression on the world of folk,

0:38:52 > 0:38:56and our first inductee is a man whose contribution to traditional music

0:38:56 > 0:39:00and dance hasbeen quite remarkable.

0:39:00 > 0:39:02Cecil Sharp was born in 1859.

0:39:02 > 0:39:06Though a teacher by trade, it was his personal vocation

0:39:06 > 0:39:09as a folk song collector that became his life's passion.

0:39:09 > 0:39:12He travelled from village to village on his bicycle, seeking out

0:39:12 > 0:39:16source singers and writing down the music and the words

0:39:16 > 0:39:17to songs that, until then,

0:39:17 > 0:39:20had been passed on only through the oral tradition.

0:39:20 > 0:39:23In 1911, he founded the English Folk Dance Society

0:39:23 > 0:39:27for the promotion of traditional dance, and in 1932,

0:39:27 > 0:39:30it became the English Folk Dance and Song Society which,

0:39:30 > 0:39:35to this day, has had its headquarters in Camden's Cecil Sharp House.

0:39:35 > 0:39:39He passed away in 1924, leaving behind an amazing

0:39:39 > 0:39:43collection of almost 5,000 songs and tunes collected in Britain

0:39:44 > 0:39:45and in North America.

0:39:45 > 0:39:49So, now,we present a rather special tribute, featuring music,

0:39:49 > 0:39:51song and dance from Sharp's collection

0:39:51 > 0:39:55and a portrayal of the man himself in his own words.

0:39:55 > 0:39:59Ladies and gentlemen, a tributeto Cecil Sharp.

0:39:59 > 0:40:00APPLAUSE

0:40:04 > 0:40:10ACCORDION MUSIC PLAYS

0:40:22 > 0:40:24BICYCLE BELL RINGS

0:40:45 > 0:40:51Is this Somerset? This collecting lark can be very wearing.

0:40:51 > 0:40:55Yes, I sometimes spend a whole day toiling along on my trusty bicycle

0:40:55 > 0:40:58to trace a singer or dancer of whom I've heard,

0:40:58 > 0:41:03to find him perhaps only a few miles from where I had first started.

0:41:03 > 0:41:08I tell you, I'm not likely to have many competitorsat this job.

0:41:08 > 0:41:11But there are compensations. Oh, yes.

0:41:11 > 0:41:13I have made many friends, whom I value,

0:41:13 > 0:41:16and have had more than a few adventures.

0:41:16 > 0:41:20One Christmas, I was noting songs by phonograph

0:41:21 > 0:41:23from a gypsy woman in her caravan.

0:41:24 > 0:41:27Suddenly, she stopped singing and announced thatshe heard

0:41:27 > 0:41:31herhusband approaching, and he was of a jealous disposition.

0:41:31 > 0:41:36Well, I flung open the caravan door and shouted tothe man,

0:41:36 > 0:41:40"A happy Christmas to you. Stop a moment and listen.

0:41:40 > 0:41:44"I have your wife's voice here in a box."

0:41:44 > 0:41:47The man stopped and listened to the record of his wife's song

0:41:47 > 0:41:53and was so amazed and delighted, that we became good friends. Hmm.

0:41:55 > 0:41:56And to think all this started for me

0:41:56 > 0:42:00when I heardThe Seeds of Love sung in a garden.

0:42:02 > 0:42:07# I sowed the seeds of love

0:42:07 > 0:42:13# And I sowed them in the spring

0:42:13 > 0:42:18# I gathered them up in the morning so soon

0:42:18 > 0:42:22# As the small birds do sweetly sing

0:42:22 > 0:42:29# As the small birds do sweetly sing

0:42:29 > 0:42:34# My garden was planted well

0:42:34 > 0:42:40# With flowers everywhere

0:42:40 > 0:42:44# But I had not the liberty to choose for myself

0:42:44 > 0:42:50# The flowers that I loved so dear

0:42:50 > 0:42:56# The flowers that I loved so dear

0:42:56 > 0:43:01# Oh, the gardener was standing by

0:43:01 > 0:43:06# And I asked him to choose for me

0:43:06 > 0:43:11# He chose me the violet, the lily and the pink

0:43:11 > 0:43:16# But these, I refused all three

0:43:16 > 0:43:23# But these, I refused all three. #

0:43:25 > 0:43:29APPLAUSE, BANJO MUSIC PLAYS

0:43:29 > 0:43:32Iwent collecting in America.

0:43:32 > 0:43:37Hmm, in the Appalachians, good roads were scarce, or nonexistent.

0:43:37 > 0:43:41They were for the most part rough tracks over the mountain passes

0:43:41 > 0:43:42or along the creeks.

0:43:42 > 0:43:46Wherever possible, the faithful Maud and I walked,

0:43:46 > 0:43:48although this was often a tiring business

0:43:48 > 0:43:52when it meant a tramp of 15 or 16 miles in great heat

0:43:52 > 0:43:58over a track so rough that it was necessary to pick out every footstep.

0:43:58 > 0:44:04But I can recall a wonderful evening at Pine Mountain, Kentucky

0:44:04 > 0:44:06on a back porch.

0:44:06 > 0:44:10It was after dark and we had but one dim lantern with us,

0:44:10 > 0:44:14but the moon streamed fitfully in and illuminated the dancers

0:44:14 > 0:44:17and the crowd of onlookers who encircled them.

0:44:17 > 0:44:20And when the excitement rose to fever heat,

0:44:20 > 0:44:24the scene presented a strange, weird picture.

0:44:24 > 0:44:27The visual effect heightened by the clappings and the stampings

0:44:27 > 0:44:31of the patters, the tramp of the dancers,

0:44:31 > 0:44:33the room was full of rhythm.

0:44:39 > 0:44:46Folk dancing was introduced to the Armyin May 1917.

0:44:46 > 0:44:49It was extraordinarily difficult to know how to begin.

0:44:49 > 0:44:53You see, no-one would learn until he had seen the dance

0:44:53 > 0:44:57andthere were not numbers enough to show it him.

0:44:57 > 0:45:00Miss Daking, who was responsible for starting things off,

0:45:00 > 0:45:04began with a Northumbrian sword dance.

0:45:04 > 0:45:07Number five danced it through with an amputated toe

0:45:07 > 0:45:13and a new boot, number three sat down looking pale and shiny,

0:45:13 > 0:45:16a heart-case, but the thing went.

0:45:16 > 0:45:22Men came in slowly, a paper and comb provided the music.

0:45:22 > 0:45:26Eventually, the English Folk Dance Society sent out more people to teach

0:45:26 > 0:45:30and displays were put on with squads of men dancing

0:45:30 > 0:45:32and a band playing.

0:45:32 > 0:45:38In fact, it became the most popular sideshow in France.

0:45:38 > 0:45:43But my favourite dances that I have collectedare the Morris.

0:45:44 > 0:45:46APPLAUSE

0:45:57 > 0:46:00UPBEAT TRADITIONAL MUSIC PLAYS

0:48:15 > 0:48:17(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

0:48:36 > 0:48:37That was a tribute to Cecil Sharp,

0:48:37 > 0:48:41featuringJohn Kirkpatrick on vocal and concertina,

0:48:41 > 0:48:42Simon Care on melodeon,

0:48:42 > 0:48:46Paul Sartin on fiddle and Benji Kirkpatrick on guitar and banjo.

0:48:46 > 0:48:48The dancers...

0:48:48 > 0:48:50APPLAUSE

0:48:50 > 0:48:53The dancers were Morris Offspring, led by Laurel Swift,

0:48:53 > 0:48:56and Ashley Hutchings was Cecil Sharp.

0:48:57 > 0:48:59CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:49:02 > 0:49:05On now to the award for Best Album, which once again has been

0:49:05 > 0:49:09voted forby listeners of Radio 2, and here are the nominations.

0:49:11 > 0:49:14# Nimbly, nimbly rose she up... #

0:49:14 > 0:49:17Child Ballads - Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer.

0:49:17 > 0:49:20# ..But the louder that this lady cried

0:49:20 > 0:49:23# The louder blew the wind... #

0:49:23 > 0:49:26The Full English - The Full English.

0:49:30 > 0:49:34Hidden Seam - Lisa Knapp.

0:49:34 > 0:49:40# You are the sunshine and I am the rain... #

0:49:40 > 0:49:43Vagrant Stanzas - Martin Simpson.

0:49:49 > 0:49:52Won't Be Long Now - Linda Thompson.

0:49:53 > 0:49:55# Then, now and always

0:49:55 > 0:49:59# I'll love you... #

0:50:00 > 0:50:04The BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for the Best Album goes to...

0:50:04 > 0:50:07The Full English.

0:50:07 > 0:50:10# Awake, it is dawn of day

0:50:10 > 0:50:15# Go tell your tales to some other lover

0:50:15 > 0:50:21# And whisper softly all in her ear... #

0:50:21 > 0:50:24Can I just first say that there is nobody I would rather lose to

0:50:24 > 0:50:26than The Full English?

0:50:26 > 0:50:28APPLAUSE

0:50:33 > 0:50:38Tonight is all about the celebration of music in its various forms

0:50:38 > 0:50:42and the celebration of the lives of the people who have made it,

0:50:42 > 0:50:45and the next partof the show is no exception.

0:50:45 > 0:50:48A year ago, whilst preparing for a performance in Guildford,

0:50:49 > 0:50:52The Fisherman's Friends lost singer Trevor Grills

0:50:52 > 0:50:55and tour manager Paul McMullen in a tragic accident.

0:50:55 > 0:50:57The bonds in the group run deep.

0:50:57 > 0:51:00Members have known each other a lifetime

0:51:00 > 0:51:04andso it has been, using overused words but never more fittingly,

0:51:04 > 0:51:08an emotional journey back to the concert platform.

0:51:08 > 0:51:13So, tonight, we welcome them back with open arms

0:51:13 > 0:51:15as they sing once again.

0:51:15 > 0:51:20Your deep appreciation, please, for The Fishermen's Friends.

0:51:20 > 0:51:22CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:51:52 > 0:51:55#I thought I heard the old man sing

0:51:55 > 0:51:59# Oooh! John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

0:51:59 > 0:52:02# Today, today, it's a holiday

0:52:02 > 0:52:06# Oooh! John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

0:52:06 > 0:52:10# Too-rye-ay! Oh, too-rye-ay!

0:52:10 > 0:52:13# John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

0:52:13 > 0:52:16# We're bound away at the break of day

0:52:16 > 0:52:20# Oooh! John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

0:52:20 > 0:52:22# We're bound away for Frisco Bay

0:52:23 > 0:52:26# Oooh! John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

0:52:26 > 0:52:31# Too-rye-ay! Oh, too-rye-ay!

0:52:31 > 0:52:34# John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

0:52:34 > 0:52:37# Them Frisco girls ain't got no clothes

0:52:37 > 0:52:41# Oooh! John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

0:52:41 > 0:52:44# They comb their hair with herring back bones

0:52:44 > 0:52:48# Oooh! John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

0:52:48 > 0:52:52# Too-rye-ay! Oh, too-rye-ay!

0:52:52 > 0:52:55# John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

0:52:55 > 0:52:58# Just one more heave and that'll do

0:52:58 > 0:53:02# Oooh! John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

0:53:02 > 0:53:05# For we're the crew to pull her through

0:53:06 > 0:53:09# Oooh! John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

0:53:09 > 0:53:13# Too-rye-ay! Oh, too-rye-ay!

0:53:13 > 0:53:20# John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

0:53:20 > 0:53:23# Well, a drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't dous any harm

0:53:23 > 0:53:27# And a drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't do us any harm

0:53:27 > 0:53:32# And a drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't do us any harm

0:53:32 > 0:53:35# And we'll all hang on behind

0:53:35 > 0:53:40# Come on and roll the old chariot along

0:53:40 > 0:53:44# Yes, we'll roll the old chariot along

0:53:44 > 0:53:48# We'll roll the old chariot along

0:53:48 > 0:53:52# And we'll all hang on behind

0:53:52 > 0:53:56# And a damn good flogging wouldn't do us any harm

0:53:56 > 0:54:00# And a damn good flogging wouldn't do us any harm

0:54:00 > 0:54:04# And a damn good flogging wouldn't do us any harm

0:54:04 > 0:54:07# And we'll all hang on behind

0:54:08 > 0:54:12# Come on and row the old chariot along

0:54:12 > 0:54:16# We'll roll the old chariot along

0:54:16 > 0:54:20# We'll roll the old chariot along

0:54:20 > 0:54:24# And we'll all hang on behind

0:54:24 > 0:54:28# And a night with the girls wouldn't do us any harm

0:54:28 > 0:54:32# And a night with the girls wouldn't do us any harm

0:54:32 > 0:54:36# And a night with the girls wouldn't do us any harm

0:54:36 > 0:54:40# And we'll all hang on behind

0:54:40 > 0:54:43# Come on and roll the old chariot along

0:54:43 > 0:54:47# Yes, we'll roll the old chariot along

0:54:47 > 0:54:52# Roll the old chariot along

0:54:52 > 0:54:56# And we'll all hang on behind

0:54:56 > 0:55:00# And a roll in the clover wouldn't do us any harm

0:55:00 > 0:55:03# And a roll in the clover wouldn't do us any harm

0:55:03 > 0:55:08# And a roll in the clover wouldn't do us any harm

0:55:08 > 0:55:11# And we'll all hang on behind

0:55:11 > 0:55:15# Come on and roll the old chariot along

0:55:15 > 0:55:19# Yes, we'll roll the old chariot along

0:55:19 > 0:55:23# Come on and roll the old chariot along

0:55:23 > 0:55:29# And we'll all hang on behind

0:55:30 > 0:55:33# In South Australia I was born

0:55:33 > 0:55:36# Heave away, haul away

0:55:36 > 0:55:38# In South Australia, around Cape Horn

0:55:38 > 0:55:41# We're bound for South Australia

0:55:41 > 0:55:43# Haul away, you rolling kings

0:55:43 > 0:55:46# Heave away, haul away

0:55:46 > 0:55:48# Haul away, you'll hear me sing

0:55:48 > 0:55:51# We're bound for South Australia

0:55:51 > 0:55:54# As I walked out one morning fair

0:55:54 > 0:55:56# Heave away, haul away

0:55:56 > 0:55:59# It was there I met Miss Nancy Blair

0:55:59 > 0:56:01# We're bound for South Australia

0:56:01 > 0:56:04# Haul away, you rolling kings

0:56:04 > 0:56:07# Heave away, haul away

0:56:07 > 0:56:09# Haul away, you'll hear me sing

0:56:09 > 0:56:11# We're bound for South Australia

0:56:11 > 0:56:14# I shook her up and I shook her down

0:56:14 > 0:56:16# Heave away, haul away

0:56:16 > 0:56:19# I shook her round about the town

0:56:19 > 0:56:22# We're bound for South Australia

0:56:22 > 0:56:24# Haul away, you rolling kings

0:56:24 > 0:56:27# Heave away, haul away

0:56:27 > 0:56:29# Haul away, you'll hear me sing

0:56:29 > 0:56:32# We're bound for South Australia

0:56:32 > 0:56:34# There ain't but one thing grieves me mind

0:56:34 > 0:56:37# Heave away, haul away

0:56:37 > 0:56:39# To leave Miss Nancy Blair behind

0:56:39 > 0:56:42# We're bound for South Australia

0:56:42 > 0:56:44# Haul away, you rolling kings

0:56:44 > 0:56:47# Heave away, haul away

0:56:47 > 0:56:49# Haul away, you'll hear me sing

0:56:49 > 0:56:51# We're bound for South Australia

0:56:51 > 0:56:54# As we went down around Cape Horn

0:56:54 > 0:56:56# Heave away, haul away

0:56:56 > 0:56:59# You'll wish to God you'd never been born

0:56:59 > 0:57:01# We're bound for South Australia

0:57:01 > 0:57:04# Haul away, you rolling kings

0:57:04 > 0:57:07# Heave away, haul away

0:57:07 > 0:57:09# Haul away, you'll hear me sing

0:57:09 > 0:57:11# We're bound for South Australia

0:57:11 > 0:57:14# In South Australia I was born

0:57:14 > 0:57:16# Heave away, haul away

0:57:16 > 0:57:19# In South Australia, around Cape Horn

0:57:19 > 0:57:22# We're bound for South Australia

0:57:22 > 0:57:24# Haul away, you rolling kings

0:57:24 > 0:57:26# Heave away, haul away

0:57:26 > 0:57:29# Haul away

0:57:29 > 0:57:35# You'll hear me sing

0:57:35 > 0:57:41# We're bound for South Australia! #

0:57:44 > 0:57:48RAUCOUS APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:58:27 > 0:58:29Went down quite well!

0:58:29 > 0:58:31LAUGHTER

0:58:31 > 0:58:34And so, we move on to our second Lifetime Achievement Award

0:58:34 > 0:58:38of the evening and we're delighted to have with us

0:58:38 > 0:58:42to present this award, a man of diverse and considerable talents.

0:58:42 > 0:58:47Having been, at various times, let's see, pop star, author,

0:58:47 > 0:58:526 Music DJ - some of the good guys - cultural curator

0:58:52 > 0:58:55and guest editor of the Today programme.

0:58:55 > 0:58:57With his band, Pulp,

0:58:57 > 0:58:59known by the disco fraternity

0:58:59 > 0:59:01as The Shabby Chic,

0:59:01 > 0:59:05he staked a claim for entry into the pantheon of rock legend

0:59:05 > 0:59:09when Glastonbury embraced Common People as its anthem in '95 and just

0:59:09 > 0:59:13a few months later, he rubber stamped that status with an infamous,

0:59:13 > 0:59:18cheeky stage invasion at... What's that other thing that they do?

0:59:18 > 0:59:22Erm, oh, the Brit Awards, that's it.

0:59:23 > 0:59:27Hopefully, tonight, with his kecks emphatically belted,

0:59:27 > 0:59:30please welcome Jarvis Cocker!

0:59:30 > 0:59:33APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:59:45 > 0:59:47Thank you.

0:59:47 > 0:59:49Hello.

0:59:49 > 0:59:50LAUGHTER

0:59:50 > 0:59:54I'm here to present a Lifetime Achievement Award, erm,

0:59:54 > 0:59:57and this person...you probably... actually, I was thinking,

0:59:57 > 0:59:59"Oh, we can make it, like, you know, a mystery."

0:59:59 > 1:00:02But it's printed in the programme, so, you know who it is.

1:00:02 > 1:00:03LAUGHTER

1:00:03 > 1:00:06But this person has been mentioned a lot already tonight, erm,

1:00:06 > 1:00:11and so I think that shows what an influential person he is.

1:00:11 > 1:00:15I was just involved in a book called "Singing From the Floor",

1:00:15 > 1:00:18which is like a history of folk clubs in the UK.

1:00:18 > 1:00:23This is all told in the voices of the people who were part of it

1:00:23 > 1:00:24and his is the first voice.

1:00:24 > 1:00:29So, that shows you, people, they bandy those words around,

1:00:29 > 1:00:30don't they?

1:00:30 > 1:00:34Pivotal, legendary, all that, they get used a bit too often,

1:00:34 > 1:00:40but I think we can say, this person is a pivotal and legendary person.

1:00:40 > 1:00:44Now, I also know that he'll probably be embarrassed to be called that.

1:00:44 > 1:00:50That's the other aspect that makes somebody a true legend,

1:00:50 > 1:00:52they don't let you know about it.

1:00:52 > 1:00:55You know, they're not going, "I'm legendary, me!"

1:00:55 > 1:00:56LAUGHTER

1:00:56 > 1:00:59"I'm fantastic!"

1:00:59 > 1:01:02Erm, I can say his name, can't I?

1:01:02 > 1:01:04Martin Carthy, right...

1:01:04 > 1:01:06CHEERING

1:01:07 > 1:01:09..will be familiar to all of you here.

1:01:11 > 1:01:15I've had the pleasure of working with him quite recently.

1:01:15 > 1:01:20Back in October I was involved in a thing, Bright Phoebus, it was called.

1:01:20 > 1:01:24I was very nervous about it, approaching a legendary folk album.

1:01:24 > 1:01:26What the hell are they having me on the stage

1:01:26 > 1:01:28there involved with that?!

1:01:28 > 1:01:31And I got to view Mr Carthy's working methods up close

1:01:31 > 1:01:36and how he makes you feel, erm, safe and welcome.

1:01:36 > 1:01:40And I'm sure that many, many people in the folk world have benefited

1:01:40 > 1:01:46from his, erm, guiding hand, but it's not applied like that.

1:01:46 > 1:01:50So, I know there's a lot of people in this building,

1:01:50 > 1:01:54but I think you need a bit of exercise.

1:01:54 > 1:01:57I think what I'd like you to do is,

1:01:57 > 1:02:01pray, all be upstanding for Mr Martin Carthy.

1:02:01 > 1:02:04APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

1:02:29 > 1:02:31Wow! There's a lot of you.

1:02:33 > 1:02:35Thank you.

1:02:36 > 1:02:38Thank you very much.

1:02:39 > 1:02:45I'm actually really very, very happy to have this happen. It's fabulous!

1:02:45 > 1:02:49And it also gives me a chance to wear this shirt.

1:02:49 > 1:02:51Thank you very much.

1:02:52 > 1:02:56Erm, I mean, it's been quite a long time

1:02:56 > 1:03:00but I've had a lot of great teachers on the way

1:03:00 > 1:03:04and it's amazing how many of them were fiddlers.

1:03:04 > 1:03:07Erm, there was Dave Swarbrick, there was Peter Knight,

1:03:07 > 1:03:09and there was Eliza.

1:03:09 > 1:03:11And they've got one thing in common

1:03:11 > 1:03:14and that is that they're all bonkers!

1:03:14 > 1:03:15LAUGHTER

1:03:15 > 1:03:18Erm, and there's nothing like playing next to somebody who's

1:03:18 > 1:03:23completely bonkers, cos you've got to just keep up and have a good time.

1:03:23 > 1:03:26It's a great learning experience.

1:03:26 > 1:03:30I mean, to have played with some of the people I've had a chance

1:03:30 > 1:03:35to play with, like this gent, has been absolutely wonderful!

1:03:35 > 1:03:39Cos they just reveal more of a song than perhaps you knew was there.

1:03:39 > 1:03:41It's extraordinary!

1:03:41 > 1:03:46Erm, I had, quite late on in musical life,

1:03:46 > 1:03:49I think I came to be

1:03:49 > 1:03:53much closer to The Watersons, for obvious reasons, I married Norma.

1:03:53 > 1:03:57She is probably the best teacher of the lot!

1:03:57 > 1:04:00And she's sitting at home now,

1:04:00 > 1:04:04watching this on red button and throwing things at the television...

1:04:04 > 1:04:05I know she is.

1:04:05 > 1:04:07"Oh, shut up!" She's saying.

1:04:07 > 1:04:09APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

1:04:09 > 1:04:11There you are, Norma, that's for you.

1:04:13 > 1:04:16Thank you very much indeed, I'm a very happy man.

1:04:16 > 1:04:19Thank you, thank you!

1:04:19 > 1:04:21APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

1:04:30 > 1:04:33Martin Carthy will be performing a song for us

1:04:33 > 1:04:35in just a few minutes' time.

1:04:35 > 1:04:39Before that, we come to our final award of the evening, which is

1:04:39 > 1:04:41Folk Singer of the Year.

1:04:41 > 1:04:42And here are the nominations.

1:04:46 > 1:04:49# Three pieces of my heart... #

1:04:49 > 1:04:51Bella Hardy.

1:04:51 > 1:04:55# Three pieces of my heart... #

1:04:55 > 1:04:59# Her hair was black, her eyes were blue... #

1:04:59 > 1:05:01Fay Hield.

1:05:01 > 1:05:04# Her age was almost 20... #

1:05:06 > 1:05:08LisaKnapp.

1:05:17 > 1:05:19Lucy Ward.

1:05:24 > 1:05:26Bella Hardy.

1:05:26 > 1:05:28APPLAUSE

1:05:35 > 1:05:37Iam basically held together by tea

1:05:37 > 1:05:40and then a huge selection of wonderful people.

1:05:40 > 1:05:42A lot of them are in here tonight.

1:05:42 > 1:05:43APPLAUSE

1:05:43 > 1:05:47Now for some more live music from the second of tonight's

1:05:47 > 1:05:50LifetimeAchievement Award winners, Martin Carthy.

1:05:50 > 1:05:54Martin and his daughter Eliza have contributed

1:05:54 > 1:05:56so much to British folk music.

1:05:56 > 1:05:58They have sung together on many occasions,

1:05:58 > 1:06:00alongside wife and mum Norma Waterson

1:06:00 > 1:06:02in their family band Waterson:Carthy,

1:06:02 > 1:06:06and also in the great multicultural project Imagined Village,

1:06:06 > 1:06:10but here's the thing,they've never until now recorded as a duo.

1:06:11 > 1:06:15Their debut album together, The Moral of the Elephant,

1:06:15 > 1:06:19is due out later this year and we're going to hear a song from it now.

1:06:19 > 1:06:21To perform Died For Love,

1:06:21 > 1:06:23a tribute to the late Mike Waterson,

1:06:23 > 1:06:27please welcome Martin Carthy and Eliza Carthy.

1:06:27 > 1:06:30CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:07:31 > 1:07:36# It was early, early on a sunny day in spring

1:07:36 > 1:07:42# My love has listed all for to serve the King

1:07:42 > 1:07:47# Thewind blow high and the wind blow low

1:07:47 > 1:07:52# And it parted me from my young sailor boy

1:07:52 > 1:07:57# Oh father, father, will you build me a boat

1:07:57 > 1:08:03# That on the cold ocean I may float?

1:08:03 > 1:08:07# And every King's ship that we pass by

1:08:07 > 1:08:13# I'll make enquiries for my sailor boy

1:08:13 > 1:08:18# They hadn't been a-sailing so very far upon the deep

1:08:18 > 1:08:23# When did her first King's ship she chanced to meet

1:08:23 > 1:08:29# Captain, captain, please tell me true

1:08:29 > 1:08:34# Does my sweet William sail on board with you?

1:08:34 > 1:08:39# What colour is your true love's hair?

1:08:39 > 1:08:44# What sort of jacket does your true love wear?

1:08:44 > 1:08:49# His jacket's blue, it's piped round with gold

1:08:49 > 1:08:55# And his hair, it is the same colour as yours

1:09:17 > 1:09:22# Oh, no, fair lady, I'm afraid he isn't here

1:09:22 > 1:09:27# For he's been drownded, that I greatly fear

1:09:27 > 1:09:32# On yon green ocean as we passed by

1:09:32 > 1:09:38# There we lost sight of your young William boy

1:09:38 > 1:09:43# Did she wring her hands a little while and tore her hair

1:09:43 > 1:09:48# Just like some maiden in great despair

1:09:48 > 1:09:53# Oh happy, happy is the girl, she cries

1:09:53 > 1:09:59# That has her own true lover by her side

1:09:59 > 1:10:04# Her father, he, he come home late at night

1:10:04 > 1:10:09# He's looking round for, for his heart's delight

1:10:09 > 1:10:13# He went upstairs and the door he broke

1:10:13 > 1:10:19# And he found her hanging by a rope

1:10:19 > 1:10:24# And didn't he take him a knife so long and sharp and cut her down

1:10:24 > 1:10:29# And in her bosom, well, a note was found

1:10:29 > 1:10:34# Been written in blood just to testify

1:10:34 > 1:10:40# That for her true love, William, she did die

1:10:40 > 1:10:44# Won't you dig me a grave so very wide, so very deep

1:10:44 > 1:10:49# Put a marble stone at, at my head and feet

1:10:49 > 1:10:55# And in the middle place, a snow-white dove

1:10:55 > 1:10:59# Just to let the world know

1:10:59 > 1:11:04# That I died for love. #

1:11:07 > 1:11:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:11:22 > 1:11:25Andso, now we are reaching the end

1:11:25 > 1:11:29of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for 2014.

1:11:29 > 1:11:32Many congratulations to all of tonight's nominees and winners

1:11:32 > 1:11:35and many thanks alsoto the presenters and the performers.

1:11:35 > 1:11:37It's been quite good, hasn't it?

1:11:37 > 1:11:39AUDIENCE: Yes!

1:11:39 > 1:11:40Yes.

1:11:40 > 1:11:42APPLAUSE

1:11:42 > 1:11:43I thought so.

1:11:46 > 1:11:49But here's a surprise to finish with.

1:11:49 > 1:11:52On January 27th this year, the world said farewell

1:11:52 > 1:11:56to one of the true giants of folk music, Pete Seeger.

1:11:56 > 1:11:58CHEERS

1:11:58 > 1:12:01APPLAUSE

1:12:05 > 1:12:08Pete Seeger passed away aged 94.

1:12:09 > 1:12:12He came to prominencewith The Weavers in the 1950s,

1:12:12 > 1:12:15who toppedthe charts for an astonishing 13 weeks

1:12:15 > 1:12:17with a Lead Belly song, Goodnight Irene.

1:12:17 > 1:12:20He popularised We Shall Overcome,

1:12:20 > 1:12:25a song which became the anthem of the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

1:12:25 > 1:12:29His songs, Where Have All The Flowers Gone?,If I Had A Hammer

1:12:29 > 1:12:34and Turn,Turn, Turn are known, loved and sung across the globe.

1:12:34 > 1:12:38He was the catalyst for what is now recognisedas a golden era of

1:12:38 > 1:12:40folkmusic, producing the likes of Bob Dylan,

1:12:40 > 1:12:43Peter, Paul and Mary, Phil Ochs and Joan Baez.

1:12:43 > 1:12:45He brought the world together,

1:12:45 > 1:12:48or at least attempted to do that, with his music.

1:12:48 > 1:12:51We can't think of a better way of paying tribute

1:12:51 > 1:12:55to this remarkable man than to join together andsing one of his songs.

1:12:55 > 1:12:57To lead us, on the song Quite Early Morning,

1:12:57 > 1:13:00it really does give me great pleasure to introduce

1:13:01 > 1:13:03a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

1:13:04 > 1:13:07who has known Pete literally for all of her life

1:13:07 > 1:13:11and for whom this loss will be felt more deeply than by any of us.

1:13:11 > 1:13:15So, please welcomePete's sister, Peggy Seeger.

1:13:15 > 1:13:18CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:13:27 > 1:13:32I'd like to assume that that applause wasfor Pete as well.

1:13:32 > 1:13:35Now, you read about him on your last page of your book,

1:13:35 > 1:13:39so I won't say much about his history,it's too long,

1:13:39 > 1:13:42too complicated, too absolutely wonderful.

1:13:42 > 1:13:47My first time I ever saw him play was in a boxing ring with Lead Belly.

1:13:47 > 1:13:49They weren't boxing.

1:13:50 > 1:13:52He was teaching the audience

1:13:52 > 1:13:55and so what I'd like to do with this song is show you

1:13:55 > 1:13:59how he did that andhe expected you to jump to right away,

1:14:00 > 1:14:04no nagging,no begging, just sing, darn it!

1:14:04 > 1:14:05OK?

1:14:05 > 1:14:07So, here it is.

1:14:07 > 1:14:10I'll sing one line, you give it back to me.

1:14:10 > 1:14:12If my suspenders hold up long enough,

1:14:12 > 1:14:14we might have to sing it again, we shall see.

1:14:14 > 1:14:16LAUGHTER

1:14:16 > 1:14:20# We know it's darkest before the dawn... #

1:14:20 > 1:14:21Now you.

1:14:21 > 1:14:27# We know it's darkest before the dawn

1:14:27 > 1:14:31# The coming light keeps us moving on

1:14:31 > 1:14:37# The coming light keeps us moving on

1:14:37 > 1:14:41# We must heed the early warnings

1:14:41 > 1:14:46# We must heed the early warnings

1:14:46 > 1:14:51# The time is now quite early morning

1:14:51 > 1:14:56# The time is now quite early morning... #

1:14:56 > 1:14:58Repeat of those last two lines.

1:14:58 > 1:15:04# We must heed the early warnings

1:15:04 > 1:15:10# The time is now quite early morning

1:15:14 > 1:15:20# Some say that humankind won't long endure

1:15:20 > 1:15:25# They sound so sad They sound so sure

1:15:25 > 1:15:28# Stop your crying

1:15:28 > 1:15:31# It's time for singing

1:15:31 > 1:15:36# Make those morning bells go ringing... #

1:15:36 > 1:15:37Repeat.

1:15:37 > 1:15:42# Stop your crying It's time for singing

1:15:42 > 1:15:47# Make those morning bells go ringing... #

1:15:48 > 1:15:50Jeez, Pete would love to hear you!

1:15:51 > 1:15:57# And so we go, go on while we live

1:15:57 > 1:16:02# Until we have no, no more to give

1:16:02 > 1:16:08# And when our fingers can play no longer

1:16:08 > 1:16:14# Give the old banjo to someone stronger

1:16:14 > 1:16:20# And when our fingers can play no longer

1:16:20 > 1:16:26# Give the old banjo to someone stronger

1:16:27 > 1:16:33# We know it's darkest before the dawn

1:16:33 > 1:16:38# The coming light keeps us moving on

1:16:38 > 1:16:44# We must heed the early warnings

1:16:44 > 1:16:50# The time is now quite early morning

1:16:50 > 1:16:55# We must heed the early warnings

1:16:55 > 1:17:02# The time is now quite early morning

1:17:02 > 1:17:08# So, though it's darkest before the dawn

1:17:08 > 1:17:11# Work together

1:17:11 > 1:17:14# Keep moving on

1:17:14 > 1:17:20# Through all this world of joy and sorrow

1:17:20 > 1:17:22# We still have hope

1:17:22 > 1:17:26# Hope for tomorrow

1:17:26 > 1:17:31# Through all this world of joy and sorrow

1:17:31 > 1:17:34# We still have hope

1:17:34 > 1:17:37# Hope for tomorrow... #

1:17:39 > 1:17:44In his later years, I suppose that means thelast 20,

1:17:44 > 1:17:48cos he died when he was 94, about three weeks ago,

1:17:48 > 1:17:51he'd lost most of his voice,

1:17:51 > 1:17:54he'd lost most of his memory.

1:17:55 > 1:17:57And he'd lost a lot of his hearing.

1:17:57 > 1:18:03Now, that man could stand here and start a song that he knew you knew

1:18:03 > 1:18:09and he'd get you to sing it without him, cos he couldn't do it any more.

1:18:09 > 1:18:11So, let's do a Pete Seeger on this one,

1:18:11 > 1:18:13you're going to singthis by yourselves.

1:18:15 > 1:18:21# We know it's darkest before the dawn... #

1:18:21 > 1:18:22Louder.

1:18:22 > 1:18:25# The coming light keeps us moving on... #

1:18:25 > 1:18:27Louder yet.

1:18:27 > 1:18:32# We must heed the early warnings

1:18:33 > 1:18:38# The time is now quite early morning

1:18:38 > 1:18:43# We must heed the early warnings

1:18:43 > 1:18:49# The time is now quite early morning... #

1:18:49 > 1:18:52Do we have time for another one, another chorus?

1:18:52 > 1:18:58# We know it's darkest before the dawn

1:18:58 > 1:19:03# The coming light keeps us moving on... #

1:19:03 > 1:19:04Wonderful.

1:19:04 > 1:19:09# We must heed the early warnings

1:19:09 > 1:19:14# The time is now quite early morning

1:19:15 > 1:19:20# We must heed the early warnings

1:19:20 > 1:19:28# The time is now quite early morning. #

1:19:30 > 1:19:34CHEERING AND APPLAUSE