Which eleven piece band has been voted the best live act five times since 2005 at the radio 2 Folk Awards?
"2015 to celebrate the opening of the refurbished Cardigan Castle. The band announced their intention to go their separate ways following a decision by Jon Boden to step down as frontman. Bellowhead played their final gig at Oxford Town Hall, also the venue for their first concert twelve years earlier, on 1 May 2016. The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards are an annual awards ceremony held to celebrate achievement among folk artists that year. During their 12 years together, Bellowhead won eight of these awards, including Best Live Act on five occasions. Bellowhead Bellowhead was an English contemporary folk band,"
"duo. Touring the album throughout 2003−2005, they won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Live Act in 2004. The award was decided by a public vote. Singer and double bass player Miranda Sykes joined them on their Autumn Tour 2004, which spawned the live album ""As You Were"" (2005). The title track of ""Country Life"" has continued to be played live by the band, it was nominated for ""Best Original Song"" at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2005, and featured on the corresponding compilation album. The song became something of a breakthrough recording for the band, bringing"
"Breabach Breabach is a Scottish folk music band formed in 2005. In 2011, they received nominations for ‘Best Group’ at both the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and the Scots Trad Music Awards (""Na Trads"") They won Scottish Folk Band of the Year at the 2012 Trads. and Live Act of the Year in 2013. The members are: MacCrimmon graduated with honours from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He is currently a member of Breabach, Mans Ruin, The Unusual Suspects, Seudan and RTK9000. From 2004 to 2008 he was acting musical co-director/accompanist/tutor for The National Youth Pipe"
"more gigs all around the United Kingdom, which featured their percussionist Stu Haikney incorporating sampling during the live performances. The band had continued to play live throughout the following years. In 2012 they were nominated for the ""Best Live Act"" award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, their first time nominated, and in 2014 made a headlining appearance at the Avalon Stage of Glastonbury Festival. During the touring, Tickell left the band, and was replaced by Ross Couper. Couper became a full member of the band but also spends time in a duo with guitar and flute musician Tom"
"BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards three years in a row and have garnered airplay from several radio DJs including BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris, who invited them to do a live studio session for his show in 2007. They also accompanied Lucy Ward on her 2011 album, ""Adelphi Has to Fly"", which was produced by Stu Hanna. Albums EPs Megson (band) Megson are an English folk duo composed of husband and wife Stu Hanna and Debbie Hanna. The duo have released four albums and one EP on their own label, ""edj"". Their live performances feature Stu playing a guitar or"
"for Best Album in addition to a nomination for Best Cover Artwork at the NME Awards. The single ""Spanish Sahara"" was nominated by the same group for Best Track on top of being named all-around Best Band and Best Live Act. In July, the ""MOJO"" honour awards also nominated Foals alongside Canadian band Arcade Fire for the calibre of their live performances. | 2010 | 2010 | rowspan=""5"" style=""text-align:center;""| 2011 |rowspan=""3""| 2013 | 2008 | 2017 Foals (band) Foals are a rock band from Oxford, England formed in 2005, consisting of lead vocalist and lead guitarist Yannis Philippakis, drummer and"
"Five, Martyn Bates, Crome Syrcus, Pat Orchard, Subarachnoid Space, Amber Asylum, The Linus Pauling Quartet, The Green Pajamas, Doug Yule, Moe Tucker, Stone Breath, Delicate AWOL, Donovan's Brain, Six Organs Of Admittance, Kinski, Bardo Pond, Children Of The Rainbow, Country Joe McDonald, The Alchemysts, The Bevis Frond NonLoc, Pat Orchard, ST37, Stone Breath, The Iditarod, Hopewell, The Essex Green, Charalambides, Major Stars, Windy and Carl, Ghost, Ethereal Counterbalance, Greg Weeks, The Lucky Bishops, Paik, Six Organs of Admittance, Dipsomaniacs, Landing, Motorpsycho, Surface of Eceon, Damon and Naomi, Tom Rapp, The Hushdrops, The Alchemysts, Lilys, Barbara Manning & the Go-Luckys!, The"
"the 11th edition of the festival, the promoters have dubbed the event to be ""the biggest open-air festival in Europe"". The festival's motto is """"Love, Friendship, Music"""". The event is held by the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity as a way of thanking its volunteers. Generally a weekend-long event, its two stages are in continuous use from early afternoon to dawn, featuring performances by around 30 bands every year. Many Polish bands have made several appearances, including IRA, Myslovitz, Dżem, Acid Drinkers, Lessdress and 2TM2,3. International bands are also invited every year - Sabaton (band), The Stranglers, Papa Roach, The"
"2005 - Ari Hest - Anna Nalick - Low Millions - Five for Fighting - Carbon leaf - The Wallflowers 2004: - Peter Wolf - Third Eye Blind - Edie Brickell - Los Lonely Boys - Bodeans 2003: – Sheryl Crow - Big Head Todd & the Monsters - Peter Wolf - Sister Hazel - Nickel Creek - Alice Peacock EarthFest Radio 92.9 EarthFest is a free music festival that features both national and local acts. The concert averages 125,000 people yearly, hosts 14 bands on 3 stages, and is the largest radio station ""Earth"" or ""Green"" related event in"
"'he is the best acoustic supportive player I know.' As part of Fairport Convention, Nicol received the 'Lifetime achievement award' at the 2002 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. At the 2006 Folk awards he shared in the award for 'Most influential folk album of all time' voted by Radio 2 listeners for ""Liege and Lief"". At the 2007 awards he received an award with Fairport, along with the late Sandy Denny, for ‘Favourite folk track of all time’ for ‘Who Knows Where the Time Goes?'. For Fairport Convention see Fairport Convention discography<br> For the Albion Band see The Albion Band"
"Foals (band) Foals are a rock band from Oxford, England formed in 2005, consisting of lead vocalist and lead guitarist Yannis Philippakis, drummer and percussionist Jack Bevan, rhythm guitarist Jimmy Smith, and keyboardist Edwin Congreave. They are currently signed to Warner Bros. Records, and have released four studio albums: ""Antidotes"" (2008), ""Total Life Forever"" (2010), ""Holy Fire"" (2013), ""What Went Down"" (2015), one video album, six extended plays and nineteen singles. The band have toured internationally and have featured at Glastonbury, Coachella and Roskilde festivals. They have won a number of awards, including best live act at the 2013 Q"
"Folk Awards. In 2012, the band won the Spiral Earth Award for best live act. The organisation celebrates a wide range of music, however their roots are mainly focused in the folk music genre. The Bad Shepherds The Bad Shepherds were an English folk band, formed by the comedian Adrian Edmondson in 2008. They played folk punk songs with traditional folk instruments. The band primarily consisted of Edmondson (vocals, mandolins, mandola) and Troy Donockley (uilleann pipes, cittern, whistles, vocals). After ""accidentally"" buying a mandolin, Edmondson taught himself to play a few chords and he began to play a few punk"
"Memory Dean (5/1), Michelle Penn (5/2), The Mike Karp Band (5/3), Montel Jordan (5/2), Morphine (5/1), Neilson Hubbard (5/1), Overlook (5/2), Pain (5/3), Paula Cole (5/1), Paydirt (5/2), The Penetrators (5/1), The Pleasantdales (5/2), Reggae Cowboys (5/1), The Road Hawgs (5/2), Rick Hubbard & His All Kid Kazoo Band (5/2 & 5/3), Robert Cray Band (5/1), Robustos (5/1), Sam Salter (5/2), Larry Johnson & Adam (5/3), Semisonic (5/2), The Silent Kids (5/2), Sister Hazel (5/2), Sixteen Horsepower (5/1), Sixty Cycle Hum (5/2), Skwzbxx (5/3), Son Volt (5/1), Speech (5/2), Tinsley Ellis (5/3), Tito Puente (5/3), Tonic (5/3), Troutfishing In America"
"the multicultural folk music traditions of the United Kingdom. Brighton-based folk-punk band The Levellers who formed in 1988 continue to play, winning the Roots Award at the 2011 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Combining a vocal sound reminiscent of folk singers Sandy Denny and fellow Sussexian Shirley Collins with sounds from New Orleans and Vancouver, folk-blues band Smoke Fairies emerged in the early 2000s to acclaim, particularly in the United States. Passenger (real name Mike Rosenberg) achieved success in folk-alternative rock genre, both with the band Passenger and as a solo artist. Singer-songwriter Mary Hampton has been critically acclaimed, as"
"the trio ""Kerr Fagan Harbron"", recording and touring the album ""Station House"". In 2010 Nancy and James formed Melrose Quartet with Sheffield duo Richard and Jess Arrowsmith. Melrose Quartet was nominated for Best Group at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014. Fagan is part of his wife Nancy Kerr's Sweet Visitor Band, playing on the CDs Sweet Visitor (2014) and Instar (2016). Since 2014 Fagan has been a regular presenter on his local community radio station Sheffield Live hosting the two hour Friday morning folk show Thank Goodness it's folk. James Fagan James Fagan (born 1972) is a folk"
"on a break to Re-invent themselves. FranKo have won best rock act in the past for Take a Bow Tours FranKo FranKo are a pop/rock/alternative band from South London, England. The group consists of Tommy Bastow (Lead Singer), Richard Craker (vocals/guitars), Chris Gilbertson (Bass/backing vocals) and Richard ""Ricky"" Rayner on the Drums. 2011 saw them enter the inaugural Online Music Awards, where they were the only entrants selected as finalists in 2 categories by an industry panel. They won ‘Best Rock Act 2011’ as voted by the public. The second category was ‘Best international Unsigned’. 'FranKo' are a young, pop-rock"
"two occasions, been the subject of an ITV1 documentary that charted their early success, a SKY ARTS documentary which featured their performance at the Celtic Connections festival, BBC’s Countryfile with John Craven and many local news items. 2018 will also see them feature in the Songs of Praise Christmas Special. At the 2011 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards ""Fisherman's Friends"" received ""The Good Tradition Award"" for keeping folk music alive and bringing it to new audiences. On 9 February 2013 a heavy steel door fell while the G Live venue in Guildford was being prepared for a Fisherman's Friends show,"
"Fujirock Festival. In 2017 they were also nominated for best live act by AIM. The band have also received many positive accolades/mentions from peers including: Emi Morimoto (ex-Shonen Knife), Tadanobu Asano, The Cribs, Mat Osman (Suede), Paul Thomson (Franz Ferdinand), and Lars Ulrich (Metallica). Additionally, they are featured regularly on BBC6 radio. Otoboke Beaver Otoboke Beaver (おとぼけビ～バ～) are a 4-piece, punk-rock band from Kyoto, Japan. The band name originates from a love hotel situated near the high school of one of the band members in Osaka. The band formed in 2009 during University at a music society, composed of members:"
"poem, set to music by Peter Bellamy, their self-stated aim is to ""present gimmick-free English folk of the finest kind"". The five band members, Edwin Beasant, Jude Rees, Tom Kitching, Jon Loomes and Heather Sirrel play a wide range of instruments, often changing between them many times during sessions, which enables the band to play a very diverse repertoire of music. 2011 - FATEA Magazine Tradition award winner <br> 2012 - Spiral Earth Debut album award - nominee <br> 2012 - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards New Horizons award - nominee Pilgrims' Way (band) Pilgrim's Way are an English folk"
"in March 2011. In 2011 the band toured throughout North America, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom appearing at major folk festivals including Milwaukee Irish Fest, Tønder Festival and Cambridge Folk Festival. They received a nomination for Folk Band of The Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards and performed at the award ceremony in Perth Concert Hall although the award was won by the Battlefield Band. Fiddler Mike Vass joined the band at the end of 2011 and performed his first concert with them at Glasgow's Celtic Connections Festival. The band have released two further studio albums"
"replaced by Tony Byrne, who had done tours with the band since 2005. Danú Danú is an Irish traditional music band. The founding members of Danú (Donnchadh Gough, Dónal Clancy, Daire Bracken, and Benny McCarthy) met in Waterford in Ireland in 1994, and consolidated as a band after performing in the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in 1995. Their second album, ""Think Before You Think"" (2000) was voted Best Overall Traditional Act by Dublin's magazine ""Irish Music"". They are the only band to have been voted Best Traditional Group twice in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, in 2001 and again"
"panel of 150 representatives from the British folk world, including broadcasters, journalists, record producers, festival organisers, venue bookers, record company directors, agents and promoters. The panelists can vary slightly from year to year, with new panelists being invited (or self-applying) each year. The final panel is selected by the Folk Awards committee, which includes staff from the BBC, the production company 7digital Creative, and representatives from outside those organisations. The 'Best Original Track' and 'Best Traditional Track' categories are chosen by smaller specialist panels of judges, and the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award - presented as part of the"
"and as ""a delightful musical melange"" by the New York Times. In 2004 and 2005, the 1984 lineup that recorded ""Winter Solstice"" with John McCutcheon reunited with McCutcheon to perform acoustic concerts, called the ""Winter Solstice"" tour. This lineup included fiddler Freyda Epstein, who was killed in 2003 in a car accident bringing the band to a tragic end. Reisler has gone on to form a new band, Paul Reisler and A Thousand Questions, and to form the Kid Pan Alley children's songwriting project. Trapezoid (band) Trapezoid is an American folk music group led by Paul Reisler. Founded in 1975"
"FranKo FranKo are a pop/rock/alternative band from South London, England. The group consists of Tommy Bastow (Lead Singer), Richard Craker (vocals/guitars), Chris Gilbertson (Bass/backing vocals) and Richard ""Ricky"" Rayner on the Drums. 2011 saw them enter the inaugural Online Music Awards, where they were the only entrants selected as finalists in 2 categories by an industry panel. They won ‘Best Rock Act 2011’ as voted by the public. The second category was ‘Best international Unsigned’. 'FranKo' are a young, pop-rock band from South London UK. Their blistering live style is matched by their unique, savvy songwriting and sharp looks. Having"
"nominated for an award for best duo in the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Their first full length album ""Kite"", also recorded at North Farm, was released on 10 October 2011. The intimacy of the duo’s sound is still at the heart of the record, but is fleshed out at times by Adrian McNally (Unthanks) on piano, Dean Ravera on double bass, Chris Hibbard on trombone, Paul Ruddick on saxophone and clarinet and Peter Tickell (Peatbog Fairies, Sting, Kathryn Tickell Band) on fiddle. The duo have also contributed to a range of other people's work, including viola and vocals"
"led by Laurie Loeb for more than 10 years and has more than 400 participants each year. The event also features lots of musicians and musical groups, many of which are local to the area around Carbondale. Some local acts include Kan'Nal who performed in 2005 and Elephant Revival who performed in 2011 which are both Colorado based bands. Over the years there have also been many notable musical acts and bands that have performed. In 2005 the three time Grammy award nominated (two time nominated in 2005) band Blue Highway performed. In 2009 the two time grammy winning band"
"other performers up on stage with him to perform tracks from his album ""Money MusicK"". According to organizers, over 200 acts performed across the five stages. At the Live and Unsigned 2011 Grand final occurring concurrently at the IndigO2, The Trinity Band was voted the winner by a panel of judges. Amy Winehouse was announced dead just hours before the end of the festival. Artists such as Zane Lowe and Roll Deep were among the first to announce the news to their audience, and played tributes in their acts. Live Fest Live Fest is a bi-annual music festival held at"
"Saliva, Shinedown, Saving Abel, The Gaslight Anthem, Scott Weiland, Cold War Kids, Eagles of Death Metal <br>Twisted 2009 – AM Taxi, As Tall As Lions, The Bravery, Breaking Benjamin, Halestorm, Janus, Manchester Orchestra, Rev Theory, Rise Against, Shinedown, Sick Puppies, Street Sweeper Social Club, Thirty Seconds To Mars, The Used <br>Twisted 2010 – Alter Bridge, Bad City, Cake, Chevelle, Danko Jones, Finger Eleven, Five Finger Death Punch, Greek Fire, Hail the Villain, Hellyeah, Middle Class Rut, My Chemical Romance, Sick Puppies Q101 also hosted an annual outdoor music festival during the spring entitled ""Jamboree"". <br>1995 – Bush, Collective Soul, Sheryl"
"Derek Trucks Band with special guests Porter (bass, the Meters), Popper (vocals, harmonica, Blues Traveler) and Jordan (guitar). Album of the Year: Phish ""Farmhouse"" <br> Live Performance of the Year: Phish, 7/11/00, Noblesville, IN <br> New Groove of the year: Yonder Mountain String Band <br> Radio Show: ""Jam Nation"" (Radio 104, Hartford, CT)<br> Fan Website: www.Etree.org <br> Festival: Gathering of the Vibes<br> Topper/Zahn Award: Howie Schnee<br> Mimi Fishman Memorial Award: Mockingbird Foundation<br> Live Album: Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade: Live Frogs Set 1<br> Jam of the Year: Phil Lesh and Friends with Mike Gordon (12-31-00) <br> Release of the"
"re-interpretations of traditional folk songs. ""The Imagined Village E.P."" was released earlier in 2007, and is a remix of the album tracks. The 2008 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards voted ""Cold, Hailey, Rainy Night"" as best traditional track. In 2009, the project moved to a new record label, ECC Records, and a second album, ""Empire & Love"" was released in January 2010. The Imagined Village live band have toured since November 2007. The original lineup consisted of Billy Bragg, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Sheila Chandra, Chris Wood and The Young Coppers, backed by a band featuring Simon Emmerson, Johnny Kalsi,"
"in the 2005 poll it once again ranked first. The band has also been nominated for several Juno Awards, winning one in 1997 for Best Alternative Album for One Chord to Another. Source Sloan (band) Sloan is a Toronto-based rock/power pop quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Sloan has released 12 full-length albums, two EPs, a live album, a greatest hits album and more than 30 singles. The band has received nine Juno Award nominations, winning one. The band is known for their sharing of songwriting and lead vocals from each member of the group and their unaltered line-up throughout their"
"folk-jazz roots, but by then the predominant musical taste had moved to British folk rock. Colin Harper commented that Pentangle's ""increasingly fragile music was on borrowed time and everyone knew it."" In January 2007, the five original members of Pentangle were presented with a Lifetime Achievement award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards by David Attenborough. Producer John Leonard said ""Pentangle were one of the most influential groups of the late 20th century and it would be wrong for the awards not to recognise what an impact they had on the music scene."" Pentangle played together for the event,"
"(5/1), Blueground Undergrass (5/2), Bobby Blue Bland (4/30), Boozoo Chavis (5/1), Branford Marsalis (5/1),Brave Combo (5/1), Buck Cherry (5/2), Burlap To Cashmere (5/1), Chris Duarte Group (5/1), Count Basie Orchestra (5/2), Cubanismo (5/2), Dance Contest/Deney Terrio (5/1), Deney Terrio (5/1), Deney Terrio & Motion (5/1), Destiny's Child (5/1), Digital Underground (4/30), Double Drive (5/2), Dovetail Joint (5/1), Dr. John (5/2), The Duke Robillard Band (5/1), El Caminos (5/2), Everclear (5/1), Fairfield Four (5/2), Fiji Mariners & Col. Bruce Hampton (5/2), File’ (5/1), Film (4/30), Francine Reed (5/2), The Funky Meters (4/30), Galactic (5/2), Gary Steer (5/1), George Thorogood & the"