Nominations Announcement - RT Radio 1 Folk Awards
Celebrating the very best in folk music in Ireland from the past year
Awards event LIVE in Vicar Street and on RT Radio 1 on Wednesday 26th February
Live performances from Junior Brother, Niamh Regan, Landless, John Spillane's Folk Opera F oruisce, plus five-time Grammy award winner, Mary Chapin Carpenter and many more
Limited number of tickets now on sale from ticketmaster.ie | #rtefolkawards
RT has today announced the nominations for the 7th RT Radio 1 Folk Awards which will celebrate the very best in Irish folk music from the past year in Vicar Street, Dublin, on Wednesday 26th February at 7.45pm and live on RT Radio 1 from 8pm, hosted by RT 's John Creedon. A television highlights programme will be broadcast on RT One and RT Player on Saturday 1st March.
The nominations for the 7th RT Radio 1 Folk Awards, 2025, are:
Best Original Folk Track
Caoine - R is
Chasing the Hare - Alannah Thornburgh
I'm for Gallipoli - Fiach Moriarty (feat. Damien Dempsey)
Old Friend - Lemoncello
The Good Life - Joshua Burnside
2024 Winner: An il na hO che - Eoghan Ceannabh in
Best Traditional Folk Track
Bean an Fhir Ruaidh - Diane Cannon
Helen of Kirkconnell Lea - The Half Room
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye - Macdara Yeates
The Rocky Road to Dublin - Lankum
Welcome Home, Gr inne - Natalie N Chasaide & Iarfhlaith Domhnaill
2024 Winner: Se n Gabha - Piaras Lorc in and Bl th na h ige
Best Folk Singer
Cathy Jordan
Christy Moore
Macdara Yeates
R oghnach Connolly
2024 Winner: Eoghan Ceannabh in
Best Folk Instrumentalist
Alannah Thornburgh
Diarmuid Meachair
Macdara Faol in
Sin ad McKenna
2024 Winner: Aoife N Bhriain
Best Folk Group
Altan
Cuas
Keane Connolly McGorman
Landless
2024 Winner: Lankum
Best Folk Album
A Terrible Beauty - Christy Moore
Crankie Island Song Project - Cathy Jordan
F oruisce - The Legend of the Lough - John Spillane
Keane Connolly McGorman - Keane Connolly McGorman (self-titled)
Lemoncello - Lemoncello (self-titled)
2024 Winner: False Lankum - Lankum
Best Emerging Artist
Cuas
Niamh Bury
R is
Seamas Hyland
Sin ad McKenna
2024 Winner: S amus and Caoimhe U Fhlatharta
RT RADIO 1 FOLK AWARDS HALL OF FAME
R ise Rua, a renowned singer from rainn Mh r, D n na nGall, will be inducted into the RT Radio 1 Folk Awards Hall of Fame on the night. R ise, who was also known as R ise na nAmhr n, passed on a rich heritage of folk music and preserved many songs that would otherwise have been lost, but have now travelled far beyond her home county.
Georgina Dudgeon, a relative of R ise Rua who has been involved in promoting and celebrating her great-grand-aunt's legacy, will be among the guests of honour at Vicar Street, to accept the award on her behalf.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
The Lifetime Achievement Award winner for 2025 will be announced in February, in advance of the awards. Previous winners are Tr ona N Dhomhnaill (2024), Mary Black (2022), Christy Moore (2021), Steve Cooney (2020), Moya Brennan (2019) and Andy Irvine (2018). (The RT Radio 1 Folk Awards did not take place in November 2023, as they were rescheduled to February 2024).
In what promises to be a very special night celebrating Irish folk music, the awards will feature live performances from outstanding musicians such as Junior Brother, Niamh Regan, Landless, John Spillane's Folk Opera F oruisce plus five-time Grammy award winner, Mary Chapin Carpenter and many more. RT presenter John Creedon will again host the awards ceremony in front of a live audience.
A limited number of tickets for the RT Radio 1 Folk Awards are on sale now via www.ticketmaster.ie and are priced at 33.50 plus 1.50 venue facility fee.
Stay up to date on the latest on the RT Radio 1 Folk Awards by following RT and RT Radio 1 on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and X and by staying tuned to RT Radio 1.
If you can't join us in Vicar Street on Wednesday 26th February, join us live on RT Radio 1 at 8pm,
and don't forget our television highlights programme on RT One on Saturday 1st March 2025.
ENDS
For information:
Neil O'Gorman, Corporate Communications Manager, RT | neil.ogorman@rte.ie
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Nominations Announcement - RT Radio 1 Folk Awards
