The Hancocks 2008 The Talkawhile Awards for Folk Music
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Talkawhile, the Folk Corporation Forum, is proud to commence voting for The Hancocks 2008. With these polls we celebrate the best folk music that we have seen and heard over the course of the last year.
As you will know, The Hancock Awards are named in honour of our dearly loved and much missed friend and colleague Carey Hancock. Carey was long the life and soul of Talkawhile and a tremendous character of the folk scene. We are proud to commemorate his work through this board in these awards.
This year awards shall be given in the following categories:
- Folk Singer of the Year
- Musician of the Year
- Best Group
- Best Album
- Best Live Act
- Best Original Song
- Best Traditional Track
- Horizon Award - Best Newcomer
- All Round Good Egg Folkie
As before, some of the nominations for each category come from a 'certain other' set of awards, the remaining nominations have been chosen by Talkawhile members. To ensure some variety in the awards process we followed a rule that Hancocks winners from the two previous years would not be eligible for voting in the same category this year.
Each award has its own thread in which we can cast our votes and canvas the voting for that award. You may cast up to two votes in each award and may change your votes at any time up to the end of the polls.
Voting will finish just after midday on February the 4th and the results announced after the polls have closed. As for last year we will hide the results until voting has finished but will drop occasional hints to say who might be in the lead.
Once again, each winner will be presented a Hancock, the fine, much prized and sought-after stained-glass trophy that is the envy of other, lesser award ceremonies. These awards and these trophies reflect the collective opinion of the Talkawhile board members for 2008. They will demonstrate that we, as a community, like our Folk music and we honour those who perform and play and contribute.
Cheers!
