BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award | |
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Awarded for | Folk music |
Sponsored by | BBC Radio 2 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Formerly called | Young Tradition Award |
First awarded | 1998 |
Last awarded | 2019 |
Currently held by | Maddie Morris |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | BBC Radio 2 |
The BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award is an annual competition for young folk musicians in the United Kingdom. It was first awarded in 1988 as the Young Tradition Award, taking its present name in 1998. Recent winners of the award include Brighde Chaimbeul, Talisk and Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar.[1][2][3]