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RT Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2017 Shortlist

11/01/2018

RT Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2017 Shortlist

The shortlist for this year s RT Choice Music Prize, Irish Album of the Year 2017, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RT 2FM's Tracy Clifford Show by Tony Clayton Lea, chairman of the judging panel. The shortlist is as follows:

Come On Live Long - In The Still (self released)

Marlene Enright - Placemats and Second Cuts (self released)

Fangclub Fangclub (Universal)

Lankum - Beneath the Earth and the Sky (Rough Trade)

James Vincent McMorrow - True Care (Faction Records)

New Jackson - From Night to Night (All City)

Otherkin OK (Rubyworks)

Fionn Regan - The Meetings of the Waters (Abbey Records)

Ships Precession (Ships Music)

Talos - Wild Alee (Feel Good Lost)

As part of RT 's continued commitment to promoting Irish music, RT 2FM celebrates the announcement of the shortlist across its schedule throughout the day with All Irish Music All Day from 6am to midnight. As part of this Louise McSharry will present a two-hour special programme on this year s RT Choice Music Prize, Irish Album of the Year 2017 shortlist from 8-10pm this evening. RT 2FM will continue to mark the announcement of the shortlist this week and beyond through a mix of airplay of tracks from the shortlisted albums, interviews with this year's shortlisted artists and live performances.

The shortlisted albums can be enjoyed in full on the RT Choice Music Prize website www.choicemusicprize.ie and on www.2fm.ie/rtechoicemusic. The winning album will be announced at the RT Choice Music Prize live event, held in Vicar Street, Dublin on Thursday 8th March 2018. As part of the partnership with RT , the event will be broadcast live on RT 2FM in a special four-hour extended programme from 7-11pm and on RT 2 as part of a special RT Choice Music Prize TV programme, approximately one week later.

The 13th annual RT Choice Music Prize will once again celebrate and acknowledge the best in Irish recorded music. The prize has become one of the highlights of the Irish musical calendar since its inception in 2005 and is awarded to the Irish Album of the Year, as chosen from a shortlist of ten releases by a panel of twelve Irish music media professionals and industry experts.

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 of the shortlisted acts will receive a specially commissioned award.

RAAP, Culture Ireland & Golden Discs are also official project partners.

Culture Ireland will fund the attendance of influential overseas Industry executives to attend the RTE Choice Music Prize Live Event on March 8th while Golden Discs will feature special stands showcasing the RTE Choice Music Prize nominees across their stores nationwide.

RT Choice Music Prize Irish Song of The Year 2017

The shortlist for the RT Choice Music Prize Irish Song of The Year 2017 will be announced on Wednesday 31st January 2018. A special event featuring exclusive performances from both Album of the Year and Song of the Year nominees will be held in Dublin's Tramline venue that evening.

Tickets for the Choice Music Prize live event are available at all Ticketmaster outlets and at http://www.ticketmaster.ie priced 28.00 including booking fee.

Stay up-to-date with the latest RT Choice Music Prize news by following @choiceprize, @rte2fm, @rte and @rte2 on Twitter and Facebook and @explorerte and @rte2fm on Instagram using #rtechoiceprize. For Snapchat updates, follow @rte2fm.

ENDS

For further information please contact:

Choice Prize: Liza Geddes, Recode Publicity I lizageddes@gmail.com

RTE: Neil O'Gorman (01) 2083989 or (087) 2077192 I neil.ogorman@rte.ie

Notes to Editor:

The RT Choice Music Prize is organised by David Reid. Irish Times music writer/critic Tony Clayton-Lea is the chairman of the judging panel. It is unique in that it focuses simply and solely on the music in judging the releases, as opposed to sales or airplay. The full list of judges is on the RT Choice Music Prize website. http://www.choicemusicprize.ie.

Past recipients:

Album of the Year

2005 Julie Feeney - 13 Songs (Julie Feeney)

2006 The Divine Comedy - Victory for the Comic Muse (Parlophone)

2007 Super Extra Bonus Party - Super Extra Bonus Party (Alphabet Set)

2008 Jape - Ritual (Co-op Records)

2009 Adrian Crowley - Season of the Sparks (Chemikal Underground)

2010 Two Door Cinema Club Tourist History (Kitsune)

2011 Jape Ocean of Frequency (Music Is For Losers)

2012 Delorentos Little Sparks (Delo Records)

2013 Villagers {Awayland} (Domino)

2014 The Gloaming - The Gloaming (Real World)

2015 Soak Before We Forgot How To Dream (Rough Trade)

2016 Rusangano Family Let The Dead Bury The Dead (Self Released)

Song of the Year

2011 Royseven We Should Be Lovers (Warner)

2012 Gavin James Say Hello (Believe)

2013 The Original Rudeboys Never Gonna Walk Away (Rubyworks)

2014 The Script Superheroes (Sony Music)

2015 Gavin James Bitter Pill (Warner Music)

2016 Picture This Take My Hand (Warner Music)

Further information can be found at:

http://www.choicemusicprize.ie

http://2fm.rte.ie/

http://www.rte.ie/

http://twitter.com/choiceprize
LINK: http://www.rte.ie/about/en/press-office/press-releases/2018/0110/93236...
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