There's no pleasing some, is there? A self-supporting charity decides off its own bat to give 10 grand to folk musicians. Cue mass outbreak of negativity, on the whole. Seems to me that anything which gives the music a bit of a leg up is mostly a good thing - they all seem to be decent nominees.

We'll all have our rankings based on personal tastes and perceptions. Personally I'd like Emily Portman to get it, partly because I think she's made exceptional progress over the past few years culminating in The Glamoury which I think is a small masterpiece, and slightly because she's far less of a self-publicist than the two blokes on the bill!