The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music, with the aim of raising the profile of folk and acoustic music. The awards have been given annually since 2000 by British radio station BBC Radio 2.
Event hosts, Mark Radcliffe and Julie Fowlis
2016 Best original track: The Rheingans Sisters
2015 Best group: The Young'Uns
Iain David McGeachy, known professionally as John Martyn, was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio albums, and received frequent critical acclaim. The Times described him as "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues".
Martyn in 1978
John Martyn performs at the Barbican Centre, London 2008.
Martyn in 2006