From: Sidmouth FolkWeek
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Sent: 11 February 2016 12:41
Subject: Folk Awards Nominations
Press release
Sidmouth FolkWeek
29th July - 5th August 2016
Ear to the past, Eye on the future
Sidmouth FolkWeek would like to congratulate all of the
nominated artists in the BBC RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS 2016 NOMINATIONS
- announced last night on Mark Radcliffe's Folk Show. The awards ceremony
takes place in April at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The Grammys of the folk
world, the Folk Awards offer a platform for acknowledging artists making a
significant contribution to an ongoing tradition.
We
are delighted that our 2016 line-up at Sidmouth features so many of the artists
included in the nominations, including our Festival Patrons Show
of Hands for BEST ALBUM with their
fantastic new release The Long Way Home.
In
the BEST GROUP category, we are joined by three of
the nominated acts: the mighty Lynched from Dublin (also
up for BEST ALBUM), feisty London renegades
Stick In The Wheel (also up for BEST TRADITIONAL
TRACK with Seven Gypsies) and
popular singers The Young'uns. We are also
delighted to see both Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin and
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman in the
BEST DUO category.
With
our eye on the future policy, we are also thrilled that so many of the current
and rising crop of fantastic singers and musicians that we book at Sidmouth are
getting wider recognition with HORIZON AWARD NOMINATIONS
for 2016 bookings Sam Kelly, Lynched
and The Rheingans Sisters (who are also up for BEST
ORIGINAL TRACK with their beautiful song Mackerel.)
Super
Early Bird tickets
for the 2016 festival have nearly all gone. Book now at www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk
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Notes for editors:
Headliners include: SHARON SHANNON AND BAND, SHOW OF HANDS with
MIRANDA SYKES, OYSTERS 3, SETH LAKEMAN, SHOOGLENIFTY, WIZZ JONES, ROBIN
DRANSFIELD, LE VENT DU NORD, THE JOHN McCUSKER BAND (25TH ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION), BLAZIN' FIDDLES, MARTIN SIMPSON & DOM FLEMONS, KATHRYN
TICKELL & SUPERFOLKUS, LYNCHED, NANCY KERR & JAMES FAGAN, JAMIE SMITH'S
MABON, RICCARDO TESI & BANDITALIANA, THE WATERSHED BAND featuring PHILLIP
HENRY & HANNAH MARTIN, KATHRYN ROBERTS & SEAN LAKEMAN and many more.
Sidmouth FolkWeek is a unique week-long
seaside celebration of music, dance and song taking place in the charming East
Devon regency coastal resort - a must in every festival goer's annual diary.
There has been a folk festival in Sidmouth in the first week of August every
year since 1955 attracting tens of thousands of visitors to over 700 diverse
events with broad ?something for everyone' appeal. With an ear to the past and
an eye on the future, the festival features established stars and emerging
talent; major concerts and small intimate sessions; ceilidhs, folk dancing and
lively roots parties; storytelling; fun family entertainment and youth-centred
sessions; hands-on workshops and spectacular dance displays; the best in South
West crafts and the tastiest of local food and drink. The town's streets
and venues burst with festive atmosphere and colour as holidaymakers and
festival goers join together in the friendliest music-based holiday of the
summer.