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Congratulations to Martin Simpson!

February 25, 2008

Congratulations to Martin on winning two of the biggest Awards of the night at 2008’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards! Martin's latest CD, Prodigal Son won Best Album of the Year and his song, "Never Any Good" about his late father, won him Best Original Song. Martin was presented with his awards by Steve Harley of Cockney Rebel fame and Aled Jones, himself a multi-million selling artist and currently presenter of one of Radio 2's biggest shows, Good Morning Sunday. Aled described Martin as "an icon" and "one of the best guitarists of his generation", whilst actor Bob Hoskins, in the audience that night, told Martin that "Never Any Good" could have been about his own father and had brought a tear to his eye. Congratulations also to melodeon player, Andy Cutting, who very deservedly won Musician of The Year and who performed with Martin on the night, alongside Danny Thompson and Kate Rusby.