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 Medley, London:
'Their voices are wonderful; their harmonies are out of this world; they are great fun; but mostly it is the freshness that they bring to old time music.'
Andrew Caink, Nottingham:
'Fine relaxed harmonies, 'authentic' without being pompous, and a refreshingly unpretentious image. 'Late Junction' led me to the album, and it has been a wonderful eye-opener. Look forward to catching them live one day.'
