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24 Nov 05 - 08:26 AM (#1612739) Subject: BBC Folk Awards From: GUEST,Dazbo The BBC have announced the nominations for their Folk Awards. See here: Nominations After last year's recognition of dance band category it seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth this year! As someone who primarily loves dance tunes and the enthusiastic response last year's voting got I bitterly disappointed. The cynic in me is saying that it's got dropped by the BBC as last year's votes weren't Celtic enough: "Oh my God! We can't have English music dominating the voting for this award, let's quietly drop it!". Apart from that they're all well worthy of nominations in my mind (at least) the Horizon Award for 'newcomers' seems to be for 'newcomers' this year! And have I heard right that the awards show won't be shown on BBC TV (not even BBC4) probably get effing Jazz or C&W instead. Darren |
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24 Nov 05 - 08:33 AM (#1612742) Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards From: Paco Rabanne There is a catergory where listeners can vote in for the "most influential" album on Mr Hardings' website at the BBC. I've got mine in already. |
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24 Nov 05 - 08:51 AM (#1612750) Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards From: GUEST,Dazbo Me too (I forgot to add that bit in). I voted for Below the Salt - Steeleye Span as that's the album that got me into folk music. |
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24 Nov 05 - 11:36 AM (#1612869) Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards From: BusyBee Paul Me too Dazbo!. |
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24 Nov 05 - 11:45 AM (#1612878) Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards From: GUEST Most of the same old cronies, when will Mike and/or his producers look at a wider set of performers |
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24 Nov 05 - 11:51 AM (#1612885) Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards From: nutty Only one Carthy this year though .... are they loosing their appeal??? |
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24 Nov 05 - 01:27 PM (#1612957) Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards From: Big Al Whittle Im sure someone is interested. |
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24 Nov 05 - 01:42 PM (#1612968) Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards From: rhyzla I doubt it! |
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24 Nov 05 - 03:19 PM (#1613035) Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards From: muppitz Seth Lakeman gets my vote! Kitty Jay is one of the best albums I've heard for a long time! (IMHO of course!) muppitz x |
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24 Nov 05 - 03:33 PM (#1613047) Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards From: GUEST,cardboard cutout I hoped Rachel Unthank and the Winterset would get a Horizon Award nomination and am disappointed they didn't. Still, hopefully the artist I think should rightfully win, will win, this year - and it not, as has happened before more than once, they will have to be nominated for a second year running..... |