The Audience Award One of the main awards has now been decided by you the audience. The winner will be announced at the Poll Winners concert in March. A huge thanks to all those who contributed. It was wonderful to see such a wide-ranging list of nominations (left) and the way so many of the musicians have touched your lives.
Here are the bands who were voted onto the final shortlist. Click on each name to read more about them and click on the 'listen' icon to hear a selected track from each band. A large selection of your comments can be found by clicking on the list to the left.
Ganeey Akangbe, Nigeria:
'I love their style of playing together.'
Jane Bird, Milton Keynes:
'Hearing their concert from Edinburgh on World Routes had me dancing round the kitchen as I made my lunch! They deserve recognition simply for the genius of recognising how well their styles can work together - this is by no means a forced fusion. What's more is the way they put the idea into action: the ease, poise and enthusiasm which they play is superb!'
