"From the fiercely traditional to the frankly eccentric."
In 2017 the Islington Folk Club again held, for the ninth year, a competition across the World Wide Web for unaccompanied solo singers. Entry was free and the videos of the performance -- we do like to see the singer -- had to be posted to YouTube and the URL sent to Bernard Puckett by 19th November 2017.
The winners were announced at the club Christmas Party on Thursday 21st December 2017:
1st prize | Niki Diamond | Close the Coalhouse Door | https://youtu.be/sSzsmavNn_c |
2nd prize | Ellen Montilla | I Wish, I Wish | https://youtu.be/puut2HsUF_U |
3rd prize | Mike Musgrove | The Last Dalesman | https://youtu.be/yKyKhSh3rMw |
The following eight entries were received. They are listed in URL (ie random) order.
Liz Lawley | Fair the Heather | https://youtu.be/Cw8B9iXBmkA |
Bernadette Cagnoni | The Dying Soldier | https://youtu.be/-kceYQGcYDg |
Nigel Moorcroft | A Hill of Little Shoes | https://youtu.be/lwgs_X7Qnm8 |
Alice Reid | Meadows | https://youtu.be/nwVZ2moZWLo |
Ellen Montilla | I Wish, I Wish | https://youtu.be/puut2HsUF_U |
Frank Ewing | Drive Me | https://youtu.be/-SboqcJWG9k |
Niki Diamond | Close the Coalhouse Door | https://youtu.be/sSzsmavNn_c |
Mike Musgrove | The Last Dalesman | https://youtu.be/yKyKhSh3rMw |
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