9Bach pictured with award presenter Clare Teal
Wednesday night proved to be a special night for Real World Records artists The Gloaming and 9Bach as they both picked up awards at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, held at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
“We are enormously proud of two big successes at the BBC Folk Awards
Best Album Winner – Tincian by 9Bach
Best Traditional Track Winner – Samhradh Samhradh by The Gloaming.
Congratulations to these great artists for making extraordinary records”
Peter Gabriel
Iarla O’Lionaird of The Gloaming pictured with award presenter Catrin Finch
Not only did 9Bach pick up the coveted award of Best Album for their second album Tincian – the first Welsh act to win a Folk Award of any description – they also closed the show with a powerful performance of the song ‘Ffarwel’ where the band were joined on-stage by the massed voices of the Penrhyn Male Voice Choir.
9Bach performing with the Penrhyn Male Voice Choir
All images taken from BBC Radio 2 website