I don't think anyone has suggested that The Claque should have won an award, quite the opposite in fact. Faye's original point was that trying to compare two widely different groups such as, for instance, Lau and The Claque was a matter of taste and made the award for "best" meaningless.

I expressed the opinion that it was curious that the organiser of a major folk club had never heard of The Claque. Perhaps he'll seek them out now.