Better late than never, here's Val's F&GFF folk awards!
Best Performance - Dave Swarbrick, Swarb's Lazarus. Doing remarkably well considering he'd been so ill with emphysema that he'd had his obituary published in the Telegraph. The new lungs seem to have taken to him well, though there was a frightening moment when he had to pop outside for a cough. His fiddle playing was stunning, sometimes exhilaratingly fast and sometimes slow and soulful, but always faultless. His joy at playing was obvious - so good to see him back on the stage again, and I expect he feels the same way!
Best Person I hadn't heard of yet - David Ferrard, a superb singer with unusual, uplifting songs, mostly his own material.
Tip for the Future - Isambarde, a new band from Coventry.
Best band I hadn't seen before - Uiscedwr, liked their material and their performance was great as well. Micheal McGoldrick Band were very good as well, similar material to Capercaillie.
Funniest Act - Les Barker just pipping it in front of Last Night's Fun
Biggest Disappointment - Dave Newey from Arlen, not quite as good at vocals as songwriting.
Band I thought I wouldn't like but did - Saw Doctors who I didn't like last time. However the sound man did a superb job and we could hear all of the (very catchy) lyrics this time. Bought the CD as well.
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