tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578218856287557063.post7870437854928225922..comments2023-02-25T15:59:59.426+00:00Comments on Inside the Folkosphere...: Folk Awards controversy … the story so far.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07108618385043353032noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578218856287557063.post-13215190149116264432011-11-23T12:31:36.971+00:002011-11-23T12:31:36.971+00:00I have just written to Fergus Dudley as follows - ...I have just written to Fergus Dudley as follows - though it may be helpful to post it.... <br /><br />I understand that you have responsibility for aspects of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. I am writing to ask if you could ensure that the names of the judges are made public.<br /><br />As you may be aware there has been some public criticism of the secret nature of the way in which the contestants and winners are identified. This would help answer that criticism as well as ensuring that the BBC meets it’s obligation to ensure public transparency.<br /><br />My own personal opinion is that it would be a positive step if some awards were open to public vote; just as you did with the “Top 50 folk albums of all time” a few years ago.<br /><br />Folk should be a “music of the people” and the greater the transparency of the awards and involvement of the public the better it meets this aspiration.AlbionRThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971655944830685888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578218856287557063.post-16774739060893420352011-11-22T23:03:43.646+00:002011-11-22T23:03:43.646+00:00There are 2 sorts of awards, those voted by the pu...There are 2 sorts of awards, those voted by the public and those voted by insiders such as performers and critics. Those voted by insiders such as the Oscars tend to be more respected than those voted by the public.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578218856287557063.post-40625651791220731832011-11-22T19:34:52.753+00:002011-11-22T19:34:52.753+00:00Whilst there is no clear view on what folk music i...Whilst there is no clear view on what folk music is, one generally accepted component is “concerned with and involving the lives of ordinary people” – interesting then that a major folk event disenfranchises ordinary people in favour of a shadowy group of insiders. The whole thing demonstrates why folk is a closet interest; if this is typical it’s managed by closet people.AlbionRThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971655944830685888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578218856287557063.post-7368549942779944242011-11-22T18:10:17.304+00:002011-11-22T18:10:17.304+00:00I may be wrong in the details, but I think they we...I may be wrong in the details, but I think they were once open to public vote - a few years ago Seize the Day were banned for being 'political' and so inoffensive (but lovely, I'm sure) Terrafolk won.<br /><br />Folk music? Too political?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578218856287557063.post-10056725407894348422011-11-22T17:42:45.320+00:002011-11-22T17:42:45.320+00:00I hope mike responds in his show on Wed night... b...I hope mike responds in his show on Wed night... but i doubt he will.Malnoreply@blogger.com