Celebrating 2025's Folk Album of the Year

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The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond. Mark speaks to the first ever winner of Folk Album of the Year, which was announced at Rochdale Town Hall last night. The new Folk Album of the Year Award has been established by the charity Sound Roots. It celebrates folk, roots and acoustic albums made in Britain and Ireland. The 2025 shortlist included: All Smiles Tonight by Poor Creature Auchies Spikkin' Auchie by Grace Stewart-Skinner Curlew's Cry by Barry Kerr Shimli by Cynefin Teeth Of Time by Joshua Burnside Teleology by Peggy Seeger Tomorrow Held by Spafford Campbell Turnstone by Gigspanner Big Band Varipasi by Edith WeUtonga Produced in Salford by Pomona Audio for BBC Radio 2.