BBC Young Folk Award

Subject: BBC Young Folk Award
From: ScottishVoice
Date: 07 Dec 05 - 05:46 AM

BBC Young Folk award is this Friday in the Sage in Gateshead. Anyone going? Looks like a great lineup and is sure to be a fab night.

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Dec 05 - 06:55 AM

Just though I would refresh this.

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: CannieShieldsLaddie
Date: 08 Dec 05 - 07:04 AM

Folks O Shields will be there.

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: s&r
Date: 08 Dec 05 - 08:42 AM

We're going - we have been so impressed with Joe O'Connor

Stu

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: GUEST,scottishvoice
Date: 08 Dec 05 - 12:29 PM

yeah, Joe is amazing and he is only 16! Im actually one of the finalists so im really looking foward to it. Just thought I would see if the good people of mudcat are heading!

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: breezy
Date: 08 Dec 05 - 12:51 PM

As a Folk Club organiser I would be interested to actually hear any up and comings

see folk4all.net and find the clubs in st Albans

see our list of previous guests

we lean towards entertainment

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 08 Dec 05 - 03:48 PM

Are you going then, Breezy?

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: GUEST,Sam Pirt
Date: 08 Dec 05 - 03:54 PM

I would like to wish all the finalists good luck and enjoy the night, I wish I could be there.

Cheers,

Sam (from 422 & Ethno England)

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: breezy
Date: 08 Dec 05 - 05:51 PM

nah , got no passouts left

have great gig at Stoney Stratforf El Greko

There is no category for 'new folk' which you could be considered for, shall we start one?

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: Folkiedave
Date: 08 Dec 05 - 06:35 PM

Last year - whilst they played a short version of the finalists on Mike Harding - the whole of th show was available on the BBC website.

Dave

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: GUEST,Hampshire Hog
Date: 09 Dec 05 - 12:32 PM

I see that last year's winner Lauren MacColl is appearing at the 2006 Gosport & Fareham Easter Festival in Hampshire just down the road from my Winchester home.

The Festival Organiser Peter Chegwyn told me last week that three of this year's finalists from Scotland, Bodega, Matheu Watson and Shona Donaldson, are all well worth hearing.

Peter goes to the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow every January and is always impressed by the musical talent north of the border.

"They just get younger and better" he says.

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: GUEST,Krypton
Date: 09 Dec 05 - 02:25 PM

Saw Lauren MacColl at Cambridge.

Superb.

Any of this year's finalists will be a worthy winner.

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Dec 05 - 07:21 AM

who won

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: s&r
Date: 10 Dec 05 - 08:47 AM

Bodega. High energy unusual mix of bagpipes harp 2fiddles guitar dumbek (or similar). Good musicians.

Nobody did anything other than superbly. Sound had a number of glitches which shouldn't happen with a team of professionals in a top class venue (and what a venue!)

Stu

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: GUEST,Topper
Date: 10 Dec 05 - 09:39 AM

Looks like the Gosport Easter Festival guy got it right!

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: GUEST,The Sage
Date: 10 Dec 05 - 07:57 PM

The standard of performance from all the finalists was exceptionally high. Bodega deserved to win but all the finalists deserve great praise.

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: s&r
Date: 11 Dec 05 - 05:07 AM

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: GUEST,John of ELSIE`S BAND
Date: 11 Dec 05 - 08:36 AM

Breezy,
         We`ll entertain you and then some.
                                        John

Subject: RE: BBC Young Folk Award
From: breezy
Date: 11 Dec 05 - 02:43 PM

Hey John , why didnt you make Orpington ?

The Anchor Byfleet Thurs 26th jan 06 for an antidote to Burns night

see you on the harbour?