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Shetland fiddler Aly Bain has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards this week.
The event, held at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall as part of the Celtic Connections Festival, celebrates the best folk and roots music across the UK. It was broadcast live on BBC2 on Wednesday night, in a programme presented by Julie Fowlis and Mark Radcliffe.
Singer Martha Wainright presented the award to Aly Bain towards the end of the evening, with a speech that not only praised his incredible musicianship but also spoke of the friendship between her own musical family – brother Rufus, father Loudon and mother Kate McGarrigle – and Bain.
Three more lifetime achievement awards were presented at the event – to Roy Harper, Dougie Maclean (for his contribution to songwriting) and singer Billy Bragg. Shetland favourites Lau were honoured with the Best Band Award.
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