Gosh, it's been a very busy week for awards. And yes, here's some more awards news for you. The Musicians Benevolent Fund has announced that Matthew Murphy from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and his band The Wombats have won their annual Songwriting Award.
The award is open to any musician currently studying a popular or commercial music degree course, and seven young songwriters performed at a final in London earlier this week. A judging panel including top songwriting names like Guy Chambers and Cathy Dennis picked Murphy from those seven bands, with Dennis telling reporters: "For me, judging from a lyrical and musical level, they were clear winners. Musically, they were very current and interesting and lyrically the only ones who were really original... 'The Ostrich Song' was enough to make anyone's ears prick up."
The band now win a £4000 prize which they plan to use to fund an upcoming tour and the recording of an EP. More info on the awards from Rosalind Parry at the MBF - [email protected].