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.
Thorsten Fagundes, Germany:
'The band combines in a very lively and easy way the different genres like flamenco and hip hop as if it was a own one. Brilliant atmosphere.'
Douglas Westwater, Kirkliston:
'When in Spain I tried to track down something exciting that wasn't from Andalucia. This is the fresh folke and funky new sound I wish I'd found then.'
