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2020 Folking Awards

The Public Vote for each category of the 2020 awards will close at 8pm on Sunday May 31st

There are five nominees in each category of the 2020 Folking Awards, all of whom have impressed the Folking.com writers during 2019. Now is your chance to vote for your favourites. Visit Folking.com to cast your vote.

Soloist Of The Year

Eliza Carthy
Martyn Joseph
Jack Rutter
Richard Thompson
Andy White

Best Duo

Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds
Harbottle & Jonas
Jacob & Drinkwater
Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman
Sound Of The Sirens

Best Band
Fairport Convention
Benji Kirkpatrick and the Excess
Oysterband
Malinky
The Unthanks

Best Live Act

Benji Kirkpatrick & The Excess
Seth Lakeman
Merry Hell
Grace Petrie
Sunjay

Best Album

Chris Cleverley – We Sat Back And Watched It Unfold
Amy Goddard – Always A Dreamer
Ralph McTell – Hill Of Beans
Jack Rutter – Gold Of Scar & Shale
Ben Walker – Echo

Best Musician

Lukas Drinkwater
Tim Edey
Martyn Joseph
Rachel Newton
Martin Simpson

Rising Star

Thom Ashworth
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
Joshua Burnell
Odette Michell
Winter Mountain

Best International Artist

Bruce Cockburn
Michael McDermott
Ellis Paul
Danny Schmidt
The Slambovian Circus of Dreams

The winners of each category will be announced in early June. You can see the nominations and public vote winners for previous years here.

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