RT Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2021 Shortlist Announcement

RT Choice Music Prize

In association with IMRO and IRMA

Irish Album of the Year 2021 Shortlist Announcement

Live in Vicar St, Dublin and an Exclusive RT Broadcast 3rd March

Tickets on sale Friday

The shortlist for this year's RT Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2021, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RT 2FM's Tracy Clifford Show by Jim Carroll, chairman of the judging panel.

The shortlist is as follows:

Bicep - Isles (Ninja Tune)

Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill In the Game (Rosaleen Records / Rosa Productions)

For Those I Love For Those I Love (September Recordings)

Orla Gartland Woman on the Internet (New Friends Music)

HousePlants Dry Goods (Bone China Records)

Kojaque Town's Dead (Soft Boy Records)

Elaine Mai - Home (Elaine Mai)

Saint Sister Where I Should End (Saint Sister)

Soda Blonde Small Talk (Velveteen Records)

Villagers Fever Dreams (Domino)

Shortlist Album artwork via https://we.tl/t-IyC02cYfSA

As part of RT 's continued commitment to promoting Irish music, RT 2FM again celebrates the announcement of the shortlist across its schedule throughout the day with All Irish Music All Day from 6am to midnight.

Commenting, Adam Fogarty, Head of Music, RT 2FM, said The sheer quality of this year's RT Choice Music Prize shortlist highlights the incredible standards now being reached routinely by musicians and artists in Ireland across a range of genres. While it has been an extremely challenging year for the music industry, so many Irish artists, not just those who have made the shortlist, have used this time, much of it in the absence of live shows, to produce some incredible music.

The Irish Album of the Year 2021 will be announced live from Vicar St on RT 2FM in a special show 7-11pm on Thursday 3rd March. The show will feature live performances from some of the shortlisted acts, further details on the line-up to be announced soon.

Tickets on sale this Friday via https://www.ticketmaster.ie/venueartist/198259/1541435

A special RT Choice Music Prize highlights programme will be broadcast on RT 2 television the following week. The Song of the Year shortlist will be announced on 26th January.

Despite the enormous challenges, 2021 proved to be an incredible year for new music releases in Ireland. RT Choice Music Prize provides a snapshot of the vast amount of creativity and diversity to be found in Irish music right now. IMRO is delighted to continue its longstanding association with this prestigious music prize which champions some of our finest songwriters and performers , Keith Johnson, Director of Marketing & Membership, IMRO.

The 17th annual RT Choice Music Prize will once again celebrate the best in Irish recorded music. The Prize has become one of the music-industry highlights of the year since its inception in 2005. The Irish Album of the Year award is chosen from a shortlist of ten albums by a panel of eleven Irish music media professionals and industry experts. The full list of judges is listed on http://www.choicemusicprize.ie

The winning act will receive 10,000, a prize fund which has been provided by The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). All shortlisted acts will receive a specially commissioned award.

RAAP and Minding Creative Minds are also official project partners of the RTE Choice Music Prize as are Culture Ireland and First Music Contact (FMC).

Through its funding of FMC's Music From Ireland programme, Culture Ireland support of the RT Choice Music Prize will be directed towards participant artists, as well as assisting the online RT Choice Music Prize Conversations .

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Further information can be found at: http://www.choicemusicprize.ie

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