Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 01:46 PM

Hey, a thread with no mention of "Punch The Horse!" Incredible!

Oh, cripes......I just did. Sorry :-).

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 11:38 AM

what about the strongest roadie... I nominate the Taggart and Wright roadie after all he is a World Champion Powerlifter (twice).

Best Pub /Session is the Taybank in Dunkeld where you get the likes of Douggie Maclean turning in to give a few tunes and songs.

Best Festival must be Girvan with singalong lasting well past breakfast and the landlord keeping everyone fed with sarnies and chicken and...

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: IanC
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 11:22 AM

Sorry

Someone's pointed out that the HTML's gone awry and given me 2 x Category 5s. Could you use H for the "Horizontal Award" when voting.

Thanks
Ian

keeping this thread near the top

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: IanC
Date: 10 Mar 03 - 04:30 AM

Sorry - been away on an Oracle 9i DBA course for the week ...

Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards – Voting!

March 2003 sees the first year of the Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards. Not a prestigious event, but one which celebrates the past year in the world of cyber-assisted folk music. A completely undemocratic and non-representational group of Mudcat members will be voting to pick a winner in each of the categories below.

Nominations have been pouring in from far and wide, under each of the following Main Award categories and here is the final list for the next stage.

1. PUB / CLUB FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR

1. Johnny Collins
2. Graeme Knights
3. Schantieman
4. Mary Humphries
5. Clive Wolf
6. John Breeze

2. PUB / CLUB MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

1. Anahata
2. Andy Irvine
3. John Kirkpatrick
4. Pete Coe
5. Pete Morton
6. Tony Hall
7. Mick Pierce

3. BEST "NON COMMERCIAL" GROUP / DUO

1. Cara
2. Karen & Colin
3. Windward
4. ChrisHillD
5. Pigs Ear
6. Mary Humphries & Anahata
7. Fretless & Fancy Free (Luton University Workshop)

4. BEST "NON COMMERCIAL" CD

1. George Papavgeris (vols 1 & 2)
2. Tony Wilson (untitled)
3. *** Chris Coe (Wiser Fool) *** DISQUALIFIED for being commercially successful ***
4. Martin Dent (unknown title)
5. Tam Lin (Farewell to Reason)
6. Cara (Asleep Behind the Settee)

5. HORIZONTAL AWARD (Best drinker)

1. The Deanmeister
2. Hilary Ward
3. Piers
4. JudeL
5. Blue Anchor Bar Flies (St Albans)

5. BEST FOLK CLUB

1. White Horse, Baldock
2. Sun, Hitchin
3. Windward
4. Comfort Hotel, St Albans
5. Seaford, Sussex
6. The Bothy, Southport
7. Sharps, Cecil Sharp House

6. BEST PUB SESSION

1. Press Room Gathering (Friday)
2. Bushel & Strike, Ashwell (1^st Monday)
3. Black Horse, Limbrick, nr Chorley (2^nd Tuesday)
4. The Bull, Barton le Clay
5. Slow Players Session, Whitby

7. BEST FOLK FESTIVAL

1. (a) Whitby
2. (b) Fylde
3. (c) Straw Bear, Whittlesey
4. (d) Broadstairs

 

Voting is also required for the following Special Award categories.

S1 The "Two In A Bar Award" for the best nonexistent Session/Singaround

1. The Old Ale House, Oxford (April 2000)
2. The Cove House Inn, Portland (December 2000)
3. The Welsh Harp, Waltham Abbey (….2001)
4. The Cock, Stansted Mountfitchet (May 2002)
5. The Guildford Arms, Greenwich (May 2002)
6. The Cricketers, Greenwich (May 2002)
7. The Cannon, Newport Pagnell (May 2002)
8. The Bull, Stony Stratford (June 2002)
9. The Blue Bear, Helpston (September 2002)
10. The Lands End, Twyford (October 2002)
11. The Ruiston Inn, Taunton (Oct 2002)
12. The Blue Bell, Helpston (….2002)
13. The Hope & Anchor, South Ferriby (….2002)
14. The New Star, Portland (….2002)
    

S2 The "Kim Howells Mutually Assured Destruction Award" for best non-existent folk club

1. The Old King's Head, The Belper Folk Club (May 2002)
2. Broadacres, The Bridlington Folk Club (July 2002)
3. The Henry VIII Hotel, Bayswater, Tall Poppy Presents (July 2002)

 

Please PM your votes to me in the Form (e.g.) 1a2b3c etc. by Friday 21^st March.

____________________________________________________________________________________

There are also a number of Special Merit Awards.

Lifetime Achievement Award – for songwriting

Kevin McGrath – Milligan's Wake, The Marmite Song.

Special Session Award

Asylum Seeker's Hostel, Stoke – Citation by greg stephens

The "We Do It In The Road" Award for Folk Drama

Cerne Abbas Mummers

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: breezy
Date: 28 Feb 03 - 11:30 AM

Objection, too late, nominations closed, so whose won then?

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: Dave Wynn
Date: 27 Feb 03 - 05:45 PM

BEST PUB SESSION

"I nominate the Black Horse at Limbrick near Chorley (second Tuesday) as the best pub session. I've only been there once (Jan) but it were brill!"


Can I second that.

I help run a FC 15 miles away and I still think that the above is true.

Spot (the altruistic) Dog

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: breezy
Date: 27 Feb 03 - 05:28 PM

SEE and hear some of the nomiknees , George Papavgeris will be just one , tomorrow Friday the 28th Feb at the Comfort Hotel St Albans where Mary and Anahata are the headline guests
Doors open 7.45
Phasing out

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: vectis
Date: 27 Feb 03 - 03:43 PM

Well?????
What was the next phase?

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: IanC
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 12:42 PM

OK folks,

Any more? be quick now, 'cos the next phase starts tomorrow.

:-)

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: greg stephens
Date: 23 Feb 03 - 06:35 PM

I will nominate for best session(though not a pub-session) the asylum-seekers hostel in Stoke on Thursday nights(I will not be more specific on the address): where I have had the privilege over the last year of hearing fantastic music from Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Armenia, Russia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe, Turkey and probably a few others I have forgotten(and England too, come to think of it). No venue, club or festival has to my knowledge come near to presenting a fraction of what I have heard there.

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: breezy
Date: 23 Feb 03 - 06:15 PM

thank you fans, you sad people, fancy voting for youselves.
well no one else will!!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: GUEST,Ross
Date: 23 Feb 03 - 09:00 AM

PUB / CLUB FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR - John Breeze
PUB / CLUB MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR    - Mick Pierce
BEST "NON COMMERCIAL" GROUP / DUO - Fretless & Fancy Free - Luton University workshop
BEST "NON COMMERCIAL" CD          - Martin Dent
HORIZONTAL AWARD (Best drinker)    - The blokes at the bar in Blue   Anchor - St Albans
BEST FOLK CLUB                     - Comfort Hotel St Albans Herts
BEST PUB SESSION                   - Bull at Barton-Le-Clay Beds

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: Chris Amos
Date: 23 Feb 03 - 04:25 AM

I'll be there - to quote from the song

Chris

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: breezy
Date: 23 Feb 03 - 03:31 AM

See you at sharps in November then Chris!!
George Papavgeris will be on too and his recent songs are proving to be just as popular.
He'll be at Bishop's Stortford on April 3rd.

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: Chris Amos
Date: 23 Feb 03 - 12:39 AM

Hi,

Singer - Clive Wolf

Musician – Tony Hall

Duo – Mary Humphries & Anahata

CD - Wiser Fool by Chris Coe

Club – Sharps, the home of folk music

I also think we should give a Lifetime Achievement Award to McGrath of Harlow for his song writing with special reference being made to Milligan's Wake and the Marmite song

Chris

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: breezy
Date: 22 Feb 03 - 06:51 PM

thanks for the piccy guru and for saturday in the row

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: GUEST,Mac Tattie
Date: 22 Feb 03 - 06:27 PM

Best Folk club should go to ALL clubs and organisers that can keep going against all the odds. More power to your colective elbows.
      cheers

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: GUEST,LesB
Date: 22 Feb 03 - 02:49 PM

I'll go with George's slow players session at Whitby because George is a mate and I am a slow player.

Come on Steve while we are on self promotion let's have the best club, 'The Bothy in Southport' (You are a resident after all).
Best fest has to be Whitby.
There are so many contenders for the other honours. John Kirkpatrick, Pete Coe & Pete Morton is a jolly good chap don't you know.
One of the best non commercial C.D.s I have is a home made one for a fiver by Tony Wilson.
Cheers
Les

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: vectis
Date: 22 Feb 03 - 12:14 PM

Group - Pig's Ear for sheer entertainment value
Musician - John Kirkpatrick
BEST FOLK CLUB - Seaford Folk Club in Sussex, but of course I'm biased.
BEST PUB SESSION - The slow Players session at the Middle Earth at Whitby during festival week.
BEST FESTIVAL - Broadstairs
Horizontal - JudeL :-)

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 12:27 PM

Steve...'and I'm inclined to put in a shameless self-plug for Schantieman in the Singer category!'... I'd second that and anyone who has seen you on stage will agree with me I'm sure.

Sal

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: My guru always said
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 12:03 PM

Breezy, that's a big bit of drifting!!!!
Our apologies, slapping comes later!

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: breezy
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 11:25 AM

guru, can you git me a copy of that piccy please?

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: My guru always said
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 10:02 AM

OK Ian, I might get my hands slapped a bit, but here goes!

Female Folksinger: Mary Humphreys.
Male Folksinger: Johnny Collins.
Entertainer/Heckler: Breezy.
Musician: Andy Irvine.
Group: ChrisHilID (of course).
Horizontal: Piersy-Baby.
Club: Windward at the Comfort Hotel (Fridays in term-time)
Session: The Bull at Barton-le-Clay (obviously).
Festival: Straw Bear.
Songwriter: George Papavgeris.

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: Schantieman
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 09:53 AM

IanC - I used to live in Hitchin & work in Baldock - back in the early eighties! - No sessions there then!   

I nominate the Black Horse at Limbrick near Chorley (second Tuesday) as the best pub session. I've only been there once (Jan) but it were brill!

..and I'm inclined to put in a shameless self-plug for Schantieman in the Singer category!

Steve

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: IanC
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 09:44 AM

OK

Deadline for nominations extended to next Monday.

I like my session best!

The only folk clubs I get to are the White Horse (now) Baldock and The Sun, Hitchin.

Local Barndance/Ceilidh band hasn't been included. Any nominations?

:-)

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 20 Feb 03 - 03:52 PM

Whitby? Or maybe Fylde. Especially if you get vertigo climbing hills.

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: My guru always said
Date: 20 Feb 03 - 03:51 PM

Breezy you haven't ever seen me drinking!!!! But thanks for the nomination - I think

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: Sooz
Date: 20 Feb 03 - 03:51 PM

Graeme Knights is certainly loud and always welcome at Gainsborough Folk Club. Come to think of it, several of our members would tie for the horizontal award.

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: breezy
Date: 20 Feb 03 - 03:27 PM

1 Johnny Collins and Graeme Knights, cos they is loud
2 Anahata cos he is very good, and can play loud if needed to.
3 Windward
4 George Papavgeris vols 1 and 2
5 Hilary Ward
6 St Albans at the Comfort on Fridays when in season
7 The Blue Anchor - St Albans 2nd Sats, and The White Bear , Rickmansworth 1st Sunday of the month

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards
From: IanC
Date: 20 Feb 03 - 08:47 AM

Wot ... no more shameless self-plugs?

only 2 days to go for nominations!

;-)

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative Folk Awards
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 14 Feb 03 - 10:13 AM

How about Funniest Mudcat Posting.

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative Folk Awards
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 14 Feb 03 - 10:07 AM

No award for not mentioning Hull?

RtS
(nominated for most significant silence on Blue Plate Special award*)


*[Haven't bought 'em yet? Shame on you!]

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative Folk Awards
From: smallpiper
Date: 14 Feb 03 - 09:24 AM

Best non comercial (althouth they would like it to be) has to go to Oakley's band; Cara - Asleep Behind the Settee.

Best Folk Festival Whitby

Best Duo (there's another category) Karen and Colin

Horizontal award The Deanmiester

How's that then?

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative Folk Awards
From: curmudgeon
Date: 14 Feb 03 - 09:20 AM

Shameless self-promotion coming up. For Best Pub Session, the Friday night Press Room Gathering; about nineteen years old, sometimes chaotic, frequently noisy, but overall as good a mix of songs and tunes as one could wish for. Also a meeting place for Mudcatters from around the world -- Tom

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative Folk Awards
From: artbrooks
Date: 14 Feb 03 - 09:19 AM

Looking at this eagerly from the other side of the pond. I assume that it will be followed by the Guided Tour of the Mudcat Winners...and would it be appropriate to have some suggestions or self nominations for guides now, or would you prefer to wait until later?

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative Folk Awards
From: IanC
Date: 14 Feb 03 - 09:10 AM

MrH.

Best Folk Festival included.

Shameless self-plugs ought to be allowed during the Nominations Phase!

;-)

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative Folk Awards
From: My guru always said
Date: 14 Feb 03 - 08:40 AM

Excellent idea Ian, c'mon Cats!

Subject: RE: Mudcat 2003 Alternative Folk Awards
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 Feb 03 - 08:14 AM

no best folk festival?

Subject: Mudcat 2003 Alternative Folk Awards
From: IanC
Date: 14 Feb 03 - 08:07 AM

Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards

If the BBC can be the arbiter of good taste in folk, so can we...

To misquote the Radio 2 site.

March 2003 sees the first year of the Mudcat 2003 Alternative British Folk Awards. Not a prestigious event, but one which celebrates the past year in the world of cyber-assisted folk music. A completely undemocratic and non-representational group of Mudcat members will shortly be voting to pick a winner in each of the categories below.

Nominations are welcomed under each of the following categories (if I've missed any, or you'd like to see non-music items - "best dance group", "best folk drama group" or whatever, please let me know) by next Friday (21st February). Please try to be adventurous!

• PUB / CLUB FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR
• PUB / CLUB MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
• BEST "NON COMMERCIAL" GROUP / DUO
• BEST "NON COMMERCIAL" CD
• HORIZONTAL AWARD (Best drinker)
• BEST FOLK CLUB
• BEST PUB SESSION

;-)