| John Haldane takes top prize at annual EFC Songwriting competition |
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Edinburgh Folk Club held it's annual songwriting competition last week, and as ever, saw a packed house eager to hear the latest offerings from the Edinburgh songwriting circuit. John Haldane's 'Fields Of France' performed by Leslie Hale took the top prize, Haldane told the Garden Sessions "...the sentiments are, while not as blatent, similair to what's going on now - men are serving, and not getting treated as they should." John Barrow, who - on top of his work with the Stoneyport agency, Edinburgh Festival's Acoustic Music Centre and various other folkie ventures - was one of the judges at this year's competition. He told the Garden Sessions "...everyone has a song to sing, the question is - are they brave enough to stand in front of an audience, and that's another story." Bob Knight's 'Twa Hearts Entwined' and Hugh Hoffman's 'DIY Song' took 2nd and 3rd place, whilst the audience made their traditional diversion from the judging panel, picking Anne Renshaw's 'The Slender Tree' as their favourite song of the evening. |




