What about best live performer(s) - someone(s) who is honestly gigging around the country for you and I to see, who constantly gives performances which uplifts the audiences. Are we not allowed to vote for the likes of Martin Simpson , Martin Whyndam Reed, Vin Garbutt , The Wilson Family ? or has this descended into a purely Studio-based-recordings voting system. I've never heard of more than half of them - or is it ME just losing touch?
Anyway this listing of nominees holds no attraction to me whatsoever.