K9 Kev is congratulated by Oban Times editor Susan Windram, right, and Pauline Clifford.
THE winner has been announced of the Oban Unsigned public vote, which will give a local act the chance to perform at the Oban Live music festival on Saturday June 3 – and the contest was close with 873 votes to 849.
But in the end rappers K9 Kev and Rory O’B just beat dance and country band Crackin’ Craic by only 24 votes to win the 30-minute slot to showcase their talents, and share the stage with an impressive list of artists from trad stars Skerryvore and Skipinnish to 1980s legends Hue And Cry. The third shortlisted band, Angus Smith and North 56, which fuses rock, trad, folk and Americana, secured 258 votes.