POPPLETON LIVE FESTIVAL: 4th-10th MAY 2015
2015-01-20
A Family Affair At Costa Del Folk
2015-03-05

JEZ LOWE, O’HOOLEY AND TIDOW, RUSSELL AND ALGAR, AND THE YOUNG’UNS NOMINATED FOR THE 2015 BBC FOLK AWARDS

We’re delighted to announce that four Costa del Folk acts have been nominated for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for 2015.

Jez Lowe is nominated for the prestigious Folk Singer of the Year Award while O’Hooley and Tidow  and Greg Russell and Ciaron Algar are both nominated for the Best Duo Award. All three acts will be appearing at the Costa Del Folk festival in Benalmadena, Spain, between March 14 and 18.

 In addition Jez Lowe has been nominated for the Best Original Song Award with Pitmen Poets, the title song of the stage show that he’ll be re-creating with the original team of Bob Fox and Billy Mitchell at the Spanish festival in March.

The fourth Costa Del Folk act to be named in the Folk Awards short list is the Young’uns who are nominated for the Best Group Award. They’ll be appearing at the Costa del Folk festival on the Portuguese Algarve between October 3 and 7, 2015.

“This is great news for the Costa del Folk,” said Programme Director Geoff Sargieson, “It acknowledges the quality of the line-up we’re putting together for this new and exciting festival.”