FolkWorld #47 03/2012
Radio Skala

Folk, World & Roots Music
- Best of 2011 -



The Editors' Best Loved Album of 2011

Quadro Nuevo "Schöne Kinderlieder" Germany

Runners-up:
Concerto Caledonia et al. "Revenge of the Folksingers" Scotland
Samepico "Samepico" Italy
Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana "Madreperla" Italy
Various Artists "Steele The Show - The Songs of Davy Steele" Scotland

Holger Brandstaedt's Best Loved Albums

Ane Brun "It all starts with one" Norway
Dazkarieh "Ruído do Silêncio" Portugal
Fay Hield "Looking Glass" England
George Leitenberger "Café Comercial" Switzerland
One-Eyed Mule "Drifting to a Happy Place" Denmark
Martin Simpson "Purpose + Grace" England
June Tabor "Ashore" England
Triakel "Ulrikas Minne" Sweden
The Unthanks "Last" England
Various Artists "Cecil Sharp Project 2011" England

Adolf Goriup's Best Loved Albums

Mairi Campbell "Mairi Campbell" Scotland
Susan Cattaneo "Heaven to Heartache" USA
Mary Flower "Misery Loves Company" USA
Fresch "Vision" Austria
Hotel Palindrone "Jodulator" Austria
Stefan Johansson "Finding Home" Germany
Hugh Laurie "Let them talk" USA
Jim Malcolm "Sparkling Flash" Scotland
The Once "Row Upon Row Of The People They Know" Canada
Tri Yann "Rummadoù" France

David Hintz's Best Loved Albums

Priscilla Ahn "When You Grow Up" USA
Blame Sally "Speeding Ticket and a Valentine" USA
Cowboy Junkies "The Nomad Series – Volume 3: Sing in my Meadow" USA
Crow vs Lion "Rest Your Bones" USA
Hi-Lo & In Between "We are not the Wind" Finland
Lindsay & the Storm "Behind Us is Water" Scotland
Claudia Rudek "Claudia Rudek" Germany
Tori Sparks "Until Morning/Come Out of the Dark" USA
Twilight Hotel "When the Wolves Go Blind" Canada
The Wyld Olde Souls "Ensoulment" USA

Morten A. Høirup's Best Loved Albums

Asynje "Genkaldt" Denmark
La Bottine Souriante "Appelation d'Origine Contrôlée" Canada
Genticorum "Nagez Rameurs" Canada
Habadekuk "Hopsadaddy" Denmark
Gudrid Hansdóttir "Beyond the Grey" Faroe Islands
Harald Haugaard "Den femte søster" Denmark
Arto Järvelä "Plays Fiddle Vol. 2 - Cross-tuned" Finland
Maria Kalaniemi & Timo Alakotila "Åkerö" Finland
Karen Mose "Vingefang" Denmark

Alex Monaghan's Best Loved Albums

Alan Kelly Gang "Small Towns and Famous Nights" Ireland
Qristina & Quinn Bachand "Family" Canada
Beoga "How to Tune a Fish" Ireland
La Bottine Souriante "Appelation d'Origine Contrôlée" Canada
Tim Edey & Brendan Power "Wriggle and Writhe" England / New Zealand
Habadekuk "Hopsadaddy" Denmark
Dónal McCague "Bits'n'Pieces" Ireland
Peatbog Faeries "Dust" Scotland
Seudan "Seudan" Scotland
Kyle Warren "Wanted" Scotland

Karsten Rube's Best Loved Albums

Cristina Branco "Fado Tango" Portugal
Forty Thieves Orkestar "Last Band Standing" England
Juan Luis Guerra "A Son de Guerra" Dominican Republic
Huldrelokkk "Trolldans" Germany / Sweden / Denmark
Ialma "Simbiose" Belgium
Eva Jagun "My Blue Hour" Germany
Nikola Materne & Bossanoire ""Wunderbar Allein" Germany
Iness Mezel "Beyond the Trance" France
Youssou N'Dour "Dakar - Kingston" Senegal
Silverio Pessoa "Collectiu" Brazil

Eelco Schilders' Best Loved Albums

Bowing 9 "Force majeur" Sweden
Moncef Ghachem, Biagio Guerrera & Pocket Poetry Orchestra "Quelli che bruciano la frontier" Tunisia / Italy
Griff "The False Fly" Belgium
Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird "Lost Causes" USA
Svavar Knútur "Amma" Iceland
Wendy McNeill "For the wolf, a good meal" Canada
Natalie Merchant "Leave Your Sleep" USA
Rapunzel & Sedayne "Songs from the Barley Temple" England
Nazaket Teymurova "Mugham" Azerbaijan
Wouter Vandenabeele "Chansons pour la din d’un jour" Belgium

Walkin' Tom's Best Loved Albums

Annlaug "November" Norway
Barcelona Bluegrass Band "Old Time Blues" Spain
Hoven Droven "Rost" Sweden
Les Hurlements D'Leo "Bordel de Luxe" France
Liguriani "Suoni dai mondi liguri" Italy
Paul McKenna Band "Stem the Tide" Scotland
Ernst Molden "Es Lem" Austria
Rakija "Ojda!" Serbia / Norway
Ciara Sidine "Shadow Road Shining" Ireland
Konstantin Wecker "Wut und Zärtlichkeit" Germany
Quadro Nuevo
Riccardo Tesi
One Eyed Mule
Jim Malcolm
Priscilla Ahn
Claudia Rudek
La Bottine Souriante
Alan Kelly Gang
Donal McCague
Iness Mezel
Griff
Svavar Knútur
Liguriani


fRoots Album of the Year

June Tabor & Oysterband "Ragged Kingdom", Jackie Oates "Saturnine", Snakefarm "My Halo at Half-light", Rapunzel & Sedayne "Songs from the Barley Temple", Martin Simpson "Purpose + Grace", Andrew Cronshaw "The Unbroken Surface of Snow", Bella Hardy "Songs Lost & Stolen", Nidi d’Arac "Taranta Container", June Tabor "Ashore", ... Misc
Reissues & Compilations: Hedy West "Ballads and Songs from the Appalachians", Kate & Anna McGarrigle "Tell My Sister", Martin Carthy "Essential", Various Artists "Oak Ash Thorn", Leon Rosselson "The World Turned Upside Down", ... Misc
Best Packaged Album: ..., June Tabor & Oysterband "Ragged Kingdom", Kate & Anna McGarrigle "Tell My Sister", Jackie Oates "Saturnine", Leon Rosselson "The World Turned Upside Down", Andrew Cronshaw "The Unbroken Surface of Snow", ... Misc

Womex Awards

Womex Artist Award: Hugh Masekela South Africa
Womex Label Award: World Village / Le Chant du Monde / Harmonia Mundi (with chart-topping CDs: Natacha Atlas "Mounqaliba", ...)

Remaining top-20 independent labels and their chart-topping albums: Lusafrica ("Cesária Évora &..."), World Circuit ("AfroCubism"), Jaro Medien (Hazmat Modine "Cicada", Sergey Starostin "Zhyli-Byli", Jasper van't Hof's Pili Pili "Ukuba noma unkungabi", OqueStrada "Tasca Beat"), Naïve (Feloche "La Vie Cajun"), Fol Música (Mercedes Peón "SÓS", Uxía "Meu Canto", "Musica Galega Hoxe", "Cantigas do Camiño"), Aito Records ( Maria Kalaniemi "Vilda Rosor", Sväng "Schladtshe!"), World Connection (Blick Bassy "Hongo Calling", Deolinda "Dois selos e um carimbo"), Wrasse Records (Iness Mezel "Beyond the Trance", Souad Massi "Ô Houria" ), Essay Recordings (Amsterdam Klezmer Band "Katla", Rotfront "Visafree"), Glitterhouse Records (Tamikrest "Toumastin"), ...
Misc

World Music Charts Europe: ... Hazmat Modine "Cicada", Aldona "Sonnet", Sergey Starostin "Zhyli-Byli", Jasper van't Hofs PILI PILI "Ukuba noma unkungabi", ... Misc
Songlines Music Awards: Bellowhead, "AfroCubism"

Songlines Best Albums: Söndörgő "Tamburising", Anoushka Shankar "Traveller", ...
Misc
Favoritos Mundofonías: Anoushka Shankar "Traveller", Čači Vorba "Tajno biav", Cankisou "Faÿt", Doa "A Fronda dos Cervos", Hazmat Modine "Cicada", Silvério Pessoa "Collectiu", Taraf de Haïdouks & Kočani Orkestar "Band of Gypsies 2" The Bollywood Brass Band feat. Rafaqat Ali Khan "Chaiyya Chaiyya", Titi Robin "Les rives", Violons Barbares "Violons Barbares", ... Misc
Global Music Awards: Mick Fitzgerald "The Enchanted Lake" ... Ireland
Sväng
Hazmat Modine
Aldona
Anoushka Skankar
Mick Fitzgerald
www.frootsmag.com | www.womex.com | www.wmce.de
www.songlines.co.uk | www.mundofonias.com | www.thegma.net


The German Record Critics' Awards

Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird "Lost Causes" USA
Johan Meijer "Europeana: Zeit und Raum" Netherlands
Amsterdam Klezmer Band "Katla"Netherlands
Bill Callahan "Apocalypse"USA
Ernst Molden und Band "Es Lem" Austria
Karen Mose "Vingefang" Denmark
Jan Degenhardt "Schamlos"Germany
Hotel Palindrone "Jodulator" Austria
Klaus der Geiger "Von allen Seiten"Germany
Vladimirska "Night Trains"Poland
"Texas Bohemia Revisted"USA

Jahrespreis: Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird "Lost Causes"
USA
www.schallplattenkritik.de

Folker 'Die Besondere'

Mercedes Peón "Sós" Spain
Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird "Lost Causes"USA
"Steele The Show - The Songs of Davy Steele" Scotland
Fiolministeriet "Fiolministeriet"Denmark
Various Artists "Stimmen Bayerns - Der Tod"Germany
Cassard "Bukalemun"Germany
"Texas Bohemia Revisted"USA
Various Artists "Chimes of Freedom - The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International"USA
www.folker.de

Liederbestenliste - CDs des Monats

Strom & Wasser "Mondpunk" Germany
Die Strottern "Das größte Glück" Austria
Johan Meijer "Europeana: Zeit und Raum" Netherlands
Der Black "Weitersagen" Germany
Jan Degenhardt "Schamlos" Germany
Ernst Molden "Es Lem" Austria
Sterzinger Experience "Rock 'n roll" Austria
Konstantin Wecker "Wut und Zärtlichkeit" Germany
Rainald Grebe & Die Kapelle der Versöhnung "Zurück zur Natur"

Liederpreis: Stoppok "Zeit für ein Wunder"
Germany
www.liederbestenliste.de

German World Music Awards (RUTH)

Deutsche RUTH: Hubert von Goisern Austria
Globale RUTH: Fjarill Sweden / South Africa
Ehren-RUTH: Klaus der Geiger, ... Germany
www.weltmusikpreis.de

Eiserner Eversteiner: Pad Prapad, Anxo Lorenzo, ... France / Spain
Hoyschrecke: Philip Omlor, ... Germany
Harburger Musikpreis: Werner Pfeifer "Kleiner Ozean" Germany
Hans-Seidel-Stiftung - Förderpreise für Liedermacher:
dieSTEINBACH, Timon Hoffmann, ...
Austria / Germany
Transvocale-Preis: Anna Depenbusch, ... , ... Germany
Sulzbacher Salzmühle: Roger Stein (Wortfront), ... Germany
Fränkischer Kabarettpreis: Roger Stein (Wortfront), ... Germany
Musikförderpreis der Stadt München: Geoff Goodman , ... USA
ECHO Jazz: Quadro Nuevo, ... Germany
Deutscher Rock & Pop Preis: Vivid Curls, Celtic Cowboys, ... Germany
drums.de Music Award: Graziella Schazad, ... Germany
Kinderliederpreis: Cattu, ... Germany
Daniel Kahn
Johan Meijer
Hotel Palindrone
Klaus der Geiger
Cassard
Strom & Wasser
Hubert von Goisern
Cattu
www.malzhaus.de | www.hss.de | www.transvocale.eu | www.chansonpreis.de
www.fraenkischer-kabarettpreis.de | www.echojazz.de | www.musiker-online.de
www.drums.de | www.kindermusikfestival.de


BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards

Folk Singer of the Year: June Tabor England
Best Duo: Tim Edey & Brendan Power England
Best Group: June Tabor & Oysterband" England
Best Album: June Tabor & Oysterband "Ragged Kingdom" England
Best Original Song: Bella Hardy "The Herring Girl" England
Best Traditional Track: June Tabor & Oysterband "Bonny Bunch of Roses"England
Horizon Award: Lucy Ward England
Musician of the Year: Tim Edey England
Lifetime Achievement: The Dubliners, ...Ireland
www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folk-awards-2012/

Spiral Awards

Best Album: June Tabor & Oysterband "Ragged Kingdom"England
Instrumental Album: David Kosky & Damien O'Kane "The Mystery Inch" England
Best Debut: Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson "Lady Diamond"England
Female Singer: June TaborEngland
Best Duo: O’Hooley & Tidow England
Best Group: ahab England
Live Act: The Bad Shepherds England
www.spiralearth.co.uk


Fatea Awards

Album of the Year: June Tabor & Oysterband "Ragged Kingdom" England
Track/Song Of The Year: Robb Johnson "When Tottenham Burned" England
Debut Album of the Year: Lucy Ward "Adelphi Has To Fly" England
Instrumental Album Of The Year: Ceilidh "Tickled Pink"England
Female Vocalist Of The Year: Jackie Oates England
Male Vocalist Of The Year: Paul McKenna Scotland
Band/Duo Of The Year: Carrivick SistersEngland
Instrumentalist Of The Year: Will Pound England
Live Performers Of The Year: The LevellersEngland
Tradition: Pilgrim's Way "Wayside Courtesies" England
www.fatea-records.co.uk

Scots Trad Music Awards

Gaelic Singer of the Year: Norrie MacIverScotland
Instrumentalist of the Year: Innes WatsonScotland
Music Tutor of the Year: Mairi Campbell Scotland
Composer of the Year: Aidan O’ RourkeScotland
Up and Coming Artist of the Year: Rura Scotland
Trad Music in the Media: Transatlantic Sessions Scotland
Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year: Siobhan Miller Scotland
Live Act of the Year: Skerryvore Scotland
Scottish Folk Band of the Year: Battlefield Band Scotland
Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame 2011 Inductees: Alasdair Fraser, Bert Jansch, Tannahill Weavers, ... Scotland
www.handsupfortrad.co.uk

South West Music Awards: Show Of Hands, ... England
The British Country Music Awards: The Good Intentions, ... England
southwestmusicawards2011.vpweb.co.uk | www.bcmawards.co.uk
June Tabor
Kosky/O'Kane
Carrivick Sisters
Levellers
Pilgrim's Way
Leslie / Miller


liveIreland Music Awards

Musician of the Year: Brendan HendryCanada
Album of the Year: "Ceol Sidhe (Shee Music)" Ireland
Vocalist of the Year: Norah RendellCanada
Female Musician of the Year: Niamh Ni CharraIreland
Vocal/Instrumental Group of the Year: The Outside TrackScotland
Concert of the Year: Brendan Hendry / Brendan Mulholland / Jim Rainey USA
my.liveireland.com

Irish Music Awards

Top Duo in a Pub, Festival, Concert: Qristina & Quinn BachandCanada
Top Group: The High Kings Ireland
Top Traditional Group in a Pub, Festival, Concert: Téada Ireland
Top Uilleann Piper: Tommy MartinIreland
Top Button Accordion: John Whelan Ireland
Lifetime Achievement Award: Paddy KeenanIreland
www.irishmusicawards.com

TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards

Gradam Ceoil (Musician): Brian RooneyIreland
Gradam Saoil (Hall of Fame): Danny MeehanIreland
Cumadóir (Composer): Paddy O’BrienIreland
www.gradam.ie

Fiddler's Green Awards

The Fiddler's Green Hall of Fame Award: Paddy Glackin Ireland
The Fiddler's Green Creative Arts Award: Liam O’MaonlaíUSA
www.fiddlersgreenfestival.co.uk
Ceol Sidhe
The Outside Track
Qristina & Quinn Bachand
Teada


Danish Music Awards

Album of the Year: Habadekuk "Hopsadaddy" Denmark
Folk Artist of the Year: Kristian Bugge Denmark
Folk Debut of the Year: Rannok "Rannok" Denmark
Folk Composer of the Year: Nikolaj Busk Denmark
www.folkemusik.dk | www.worldmusic.dk

Goodwill Ambassador for Monarchic North Sealand: Finn OlafssonDenmark

Norwegian Folk Music Awards: Karl Seglem "Ossicles" Norway
Prins Eugens Kulturpris: Randi Tytingvåg Norway
www.folkelarm.no
Rannok


Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros

Hazmat Modine "Cicada" USA
Lepistö, Munnelly, Tesi, Le Tron, Laloy "Accordion Samurai" Finland / Ireland / Italy / Belgium
www.charlescros.org
Victoires de la Musique: Hindi Zahra "Handmade" Morocco
Octaves de la Musique: Accordion Samurai, ... Finland / Ireland / Italy / Belgium
www.lesvictoires.com
Accordion Samurai


Anděl

World Music: Cankisou "Faÿt" Czech Republic
World Music: Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr "Godula" Czech Republic
Folk Music: Jarret "Zahrany" Czech Republic
Jazz & Blues Music: Ladě "Kalná" Czech Republic
Čankišou


Folk Radio Top Albums

... Eliza Gilkyson "Roses at the End of Time", Various Artists "A Nod To Bob 2: An Artists' Tribute To Bob Dylan On His 70th Birthday", Stan Rogers "The Very Best of Stan Rogers" , Geoff Bartley "Put the Big Stone Down", Red Horse "Red Horse", Kyle Carey "Monongah", Blame Sally "Speeding Ticket and a Valentine", "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", Si Kahn "Courage", The Once "Row Upon Row Of The People They Know", Hot Club Of Cowtown "What makes Bob Holler", Donal Hinely "The Famous Rocket Cage", Eva Cassidy "Simply Eva", David Ferrard "Journeyman", Catherine MacLellan "Silhouette", Notorious "The Road to Damascus", Michael Jerome Browne "The Road Is Dark", John Doyle "Shadow and Light" , David Francey "Late Edition", Bearfoot "American Story", James Hill "Man with a Love Song", Kasey Chambers "Little Bird" , The Wilders "The Wilders", Runa "Stretched on Your Grave" , Dehlia Low "Ravens & Crows", The Outside Track "Curious Things Given Wings", Judy Collins "Paradise" , Solas "The Turning Tide", Sarah McQuaid "When Two Lovers Meet" / "I won’t go home ‘til morning", Catie Curtis "Stretch Limousine on Fire", Joe Crookston "Able Baker Charlie and Dog", Mumford & Sons "Sigh No More", Karan Casey & John Doyle "Exiles Return", Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas "Highlander's Farewell", Rosanne Cash "The List", Stan Rogers "Fogarty’s Cove", Beoga "How to tune a fish" , Mighty Popo "Gakondo", The Makem And Spain Brothers "Up the Stairs", ... Misc
www.folkradio.org

Roots Music Report

Top 100 Folk Albums: The Civil Wars "Barton Hollow", Eliza Gilkyson "Roses at the End of Time", Various Artists "A Nod To Bob 2: An Artists' Tribute To Bob Dylan On His 70th Birthday", The John Hartford Stringband "Memories of John", Madison Violet "The Good in Goodbye", Red Horse "Red Horse", Sarah MacDougall "The Greatest Ones Alive", Mary Gauthier "The Foundling", David Francey "Late Edition", Luka Bloom "Dreams in America", Iron & Wine "Around the Well", Notorious "The Road to Damascus", Dàimh "Diversions", ... Misc
Blues: ..., John-Alex Mason "Jook Joint Thunderclap", Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers "Almighty Dollar" , Candye Kane "Sister Vagabond", Ana Popovic "Unconditional" , Suzie Vinnick "Me ‘n’ Mabel", Terry Hanck "Look Out!", The Delta Flyers "Sixteen Bars", Elam McKnight & Bob Bogdal "Zombie Nation" , Hadden Sayers "Hard Dollar", Mike Zito "Greyhound", ... Misc
Roots Rock: ..., Alejandro Escovedo "Street Songs of Love", Drive-By Truckers "Go-Go Boots", Los Fabulocos "Dos", Donal Hinely "The Famous Rocket Cage", Los Lobos "Tin Can Trust", Blame Sally "Speeding Ticket and a Valentine", Blitzen Trapper "American Goldwing", Pete Sinjin "Better Angels Radio", Howard Glazer and the EL 34s "Wired for Sound" , ... Misc
Bluegrass: ..., Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper "Fired Up", Dailey & Vincent "Brothers from Different Mothers", Peter Rowan "Legacy", Dehlia Low "Ravens & Crows", ... Misc
Roots Country: ..., Kasey Chambers "Little Bird" , Justin Townes Earle "Harlem River Blues", Hot Club Of Cowtown "What makes Bob Holler", Mumford & Sons "Sigh No More", Catherine MacLellan "Silhouette", Jimmie Vaughan "Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favourites", Eliza Gilkyson "Roses at the End of Time", Heidi Winzinger "Honeysuckle Dream", The Sadies "Darker Circles", Kimmie Rhodes "Dreams of Flying", ... Misc
True Country: ..., Merle Haggard "Working in Tennessee", ... Misc
www.rootsmusicreport.com

Native American Music Awards: Bear Fox, Don Amero, ... USA
Grammy: The Civil Wars "Barton Hollow", ... USA
IBMA Bluegrass Awards : The Gibson Brothers, Dale Ann Bradley, Michael Cleveland, ... USA
SPBGMA Bluegrass Music Award Winners: The Gibson Brothers, Michael Cleveland, Rhonda Vincent, Dailey & Vincent, ... USA
Catherine MacLellan
Madison Violet
Candye Kane
Ana Popovic
Drive-by Truckers
Kimmie Rhodes
www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com | www.grammy.com | www.ibma.org | www.spbgma.com


Canadian Folk Music Awards

Traditional Singer of the Year: Dave Gunning "...a tribute to John Allan Cameron"Canada
Contemporary Singer of the Year: Suzie Vinnick "Me ‘n’ Mabel"Canada
World Group of the Year: Minor Empire "Second Nature" Canada

East Coast Music Awards

Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year: Dave Gunning "...a tribute to John Allan Cameron"Canada
Jazz Recording of the Year: Dwayne Côté & Duane Andrews "Dwayne Côté & Duane Andrews" Canada

Western Canadian Music Awards: Don Amero, Kerplunks, ... Canada
Juno Awards: Le Vent du Nord "La Part du Feu", ... Canada
Music Nova Scotia Awards: Dave Gunning "...a tribute to John Allan Cameron", ... Canada
www.canadianfolkmusicawards.ca | www.ecma.ca
www.breakoutwest.ca | www.musicnovascotia.ca | www.junoawards.ca

ARIA Awards

Best Country Album: Kasey Chambers "Little Bird" Australia
Best World Music Album: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu "Rrakala" Australia
www.ariaawards.com.au
Dave Gunning
Minor Empire
Kerplunks


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