Having been involved to some degree in nominating and getting someone an award from the queen (MBE for someone in football), I can assure you it is a quite lengthy process, takes about 18 months after submitting the nomination. The criteria is also quite strict, they don't give these awards to anyone and certainly not to someone who has played a few records down the dog and duck or even an all-nighter for a few years.
I love to see Soul Sister Jane's nomination for an award like this and the reason why? I cannot think of anyone tbh who has been so prominent and done so much for the music for nearly 50 years? Take the rose tinted glasses off mind, being a personal favourite will not get them an award, they need to have given service to something for quite sometime.
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