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.
Malcolm Fryer, Norfolk:
'Thankfully it is impossible to classify this world worn musician who has a style all of her own. Her third album Filth & Fire demonstrates that the muse is still strong within Mary and that she has plenty more superb music to give.I witnessed her live at a small venue and her thanks to the warm up act, concern for the audience and humour single her out as an outstanding individual.
Life has been hard for Mary but the way her pain and experiences are expressed in her music some how makes it all worth while.'
