Release Info

BBC Folk Awards 2012 features 32 tracks that span three discs, all of which boast more than a few gems. With the recent success of artists like Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling, the contemporary U.K. folk scene has undergone a bit of a revival, and this highly listenable overview backs that notion up with stand-out offerings coming from artists both established (Oysterband, June Tabor, Martin Simpson, Christy Moore) and relatively new to the court (Lady Maisery, the Unthanks, Jackie Oates, Blair Dunlop). Traditional music gets a fair amount of love here as well, as evidenced by stellar instrumental offerings from Spiers & Boden, Andy Cutting, Graham Mackenzie, and David Foley & Ryan Young. ~ James Christopher Monger

Tracks

1. Bonny Bunch Of Roses - Oysterband
2. Sweet Lover of Mine - Smith, Emily
3. The Reckoning - Tilston, Steve
4. Windy Day - Knight, Oliver
5. Lakes of Ponchartrain - Simpson, Martin
6. Bold Sir Rylas - Spiers
7. The Colour of Amber - Maisery, Lady
8. Wriggle & Writhe - Edey, Tim
9. Maids When You're Young - Ward, Lucy
10. Green Leaved Trees - Kearney, Jonny
11. The Naughty Step - Peatbog Faeries

1. A-Begging I Will Go - Bellowhead
2. The Herring Girl - Hardy, Bella
3. Edges; Thin Waltz - Cutting, Andy
4. The Handweaver & the Factory Maid - Pilgrims Way
5. On Morecambe Bay - Moore, Christy
6. Last - Unthanks
7. Alright Jack - Home Service
8. The Oggie Man - Tabor, June
9. Counting the Birds - Henwood, Megan
10. The Jolly Beggarman - Walsh & Pound
11. Brigg Fair - Oates, Jackie

1. Love You Like a Man - Brayne, Sunjay
2. The Close Shave - Isocaid
3. The King's Shilling - We Are Sweden
4. The Cape Breton Set - Mackenzie, Graham
5. Girl - Flats & Sharps
6. Black Is the Colour (Of My True Love's Hair) - Dunlop, Blair
7. Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms/Peewit's Hornpipe/Biddy the Bowl Wife - Lamb, Jessica
8. Ormond Sound/The Prince of Wales/Smellin' Fresh - Foley, David
9. South Coast Blues - StevieRay
10. The Hare's Lament - Tri