Best Group Nominations for 9Bach & The Gloaming

We're delighted to see that both 9Bach and The Gloaming have been nominated in the category of Best Group at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for 2017.

The awards take place on 5 April 2017, at the Royal Albert Hall and will be broadcast live on Radio 2, from 7pm.

Very well done to both bands – it’s going to be a very good night out!

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  • 9Bach

    Wales

    9Bach's music is an atmospheric, evocative, and emotional hybrid of the Welsh folk tradition, and of contemporary influences and working practices.

  • The Gloaming

    Ireland, United States

    The Gloaming is fiddle master Martin Hayes, guitarist Dennis Cahill, sean-nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, hardanger innovator Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh and New York pianist Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman).

By Online Editor

Published on Thu, 02 February 17

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