10 celebs you didn't know were folk fans
Yes that's right - there are some secret folk fans out there and we've put the hard work in to see who they are. Prepare to be shocked at these secret folkies...
1) Stephen Mangan
Episodes and Green Wing star Stephen presented an award for Best Traditional Track to in 2016.
Mangan also (re)learned folk guitar for a , tutored by multiple Folk Award winner .
2) Martin Freeman
Well before Sherlock and The Hobbit elevated him to global stardom, Martin spent some time presenting - a 6 part series for Radio 2 featuring his pick of "overlooked and underrated" music acts, including legendary folk and roots rockers .
At the 2016 Folk Awards, Martin presented the award for Best Folk Album to for Mount The Air.
3) Bruce Dickinson
Back in 2005, legendary frontman Bruce Dickinson award to . Before handing over the award, he described how he first got into folk music at a time when people enjoyed all kinds of music and musical genres were less segregated. Bruce also went on to say that Iron Maiden had turned down an invite to the prestigious BRIT Awards on the same night so that he could do something "much more fun".
4) Stephen Fry
Stephen has always been an enthusiastic (if under-reported) champion of a diverse range of musical genres. In 2004 he the Folk Singer of The Year Award to and spoke about his appreciation of the UK folk scene in a 大象传媒 Radio Five Live interview with Simon Mayo.
5) Sir Terry Pratchett
The late great Sir Terry presented the Good Tradition Award to in 2005 and subsequently collaborated with them on an album based on his Wintersmith novel.
Sir Terry Pratchett and Maddy Prior talk to Claudia Winkleman
Sir Terry Pratchett and Maddy Prior talk to Claudia Winkleman.
6) Sir David Attenborough
At the 2007 Folk Awards, the national treasure that is David Attenborough to whose original line-up had reconvened especially for the occasion. Sir David received a standing ovation after his impassioned speech about the importance of folk music and his early broadcasting days at Alexandra Palace when he knew Ewan MacColl, Bert Lloyd, Shirley Collins and other folk pioneers.
As a prelude to 2016's Folk Awards, recalling his early TV days producing traditional music series The Song Hunter.
7) Graham Coxon
Blur's is a Folk Awards veteran.
For someone from his world to connect with my music and understand it so readily - his performance was the highlight of my life.Shirley Collins on Graham Coxon
He presented Folk Singer of the Year to in 2000, the Good Tradition Award to in 2016 and to in 2008. He also performed Shirley's song with John McCusker.
8) David Gray
One of 's earliest memories is of sitting on a leather sofa in Manchester listening to his parents' folk albums, especially Cat Stevens' Tea for the Tillerman.
Cat Stevens, lots of Cat Stevens, like 'Tea for the Tillerman. Those sorts of records have sort of made an indelible mark on me.David Gray
Hardly surprising then that he looks so happy here just after presenting the Lifetime Achievement Award to in 2015.
9) Ruth Jones
Actress Ruth Jones presented Folk Singer Of The Year to in 2015 and did so in character as Nessa from Gavin and Stacey.
A longtime fan of 2000 Folk Singer of the Year winner , Ruth featured Kate's music in several episodes of her Sky drama Stella and even .
Kate Rusby wrote this song called My Young Man about her dying grandfather. It鈥檚 the most beautiful moving song and it gets me every time.Ruth Jones
10) Charles Dance
Well before Charles Dance was cast as Game of Thrones villain Tywin Lannister, he presented Best Traditional Track to in 2006. On the night Charles spoke about .
