The Folk Album Of The Year Award 2025 Nominees Are Here!
Without further ado, Sound Roots are delighted to announce that our Folk Album of the Year 2025 nominees are:
All Smiles Tonight – Poor Creature
Auchies Spikkin’ Auchie – Grace Stewart Skinner
Curlew’s Cry – Barry Kerr
Shimli – Cynefin
Teeth of Time – Joshua Burnside
Teleology – Peggy Seeger
Tomorrow Held – Spafford Campbell
Turnstone – Gigspanner Big Band
Varipasi – Edith WeUtonga
“We’re thrilled to announce the nine albums selected by our brilliant jury. The standard of entries was incredible, reflecting a thriving moment for folk music across Britain and Ireland. Congratulations to the artists on their nominated records, which span diverse styles and regions but are all treasures to explore and cherish. We cannot wait to celebrate a fantastic year of folk releases at Rochdale Town Hall this March.” – David Agnew, Chief Executive and Artistic Director of Sound Roots
The Folk Album Of The Year Award has been launched to celebrate the most artistically acclaimed folk, roots and acoustic albums in Britain and Ireland. Discover more about the spotlighted nine albums released in 2025 below.
The overall winner will be unveiled at an inaugural ceremony featuring live performances from nominated artists. The event will take place at Rochdale Town Hall on Tuesday 17 March 2026 and will be available to live stream.
Discover more about the nominated albums, our jury and the other fantastic album entries here.
The Folk Album of the Year Award is supported by Rochdale Development Agency and forms a key part of Rochdale’s 2026 Town of Culture celebrations.
