Recognition
As part of Fairport Convention, Nicol received the ‘Lifetime achievement award’ at the 2002 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. At the 2006 Folk awards he shared in the award for 'Most influential folk album of all time' voted by Radio 2 listeners for Liege and Lief. At the 2007 awards he received an award with Fairport, along with the late Sandy Denny, for ‘Favourite folk track of all time’ for ‘Who Knows Where the Time Goes?’.
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