Irish Song of the Year 2019 Shortlist Announcement

The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Irish Song of the Year 2019, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford. The shortlist is as follows:

 

Hozier – Almost (Sweet Music) (Rubyworks / Universal)

Dermot Kennedy – Outnumbered (Universal)

Lankum – Wild Rover (Rough Trade Records)

LYRA  – Falling (Universal)

Mango X Mathman featuring Lisa Hannigan -Deep Blue (Weapon of Choice)

Roisin Murphy  – Incapable (BMG)

Picture This – One Night (UMG Recordings)

Soulé feat. C Cane – Love Tonight (DFL)

Westlife  – Hello My Love (Universal)

Wild Youth – Making me Dance (Imperfectly Perfect Records)

 

To vote for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Irish Song of the Year 2019, visit   https://2fm.rte.ie/rte-choice-music/.  Votes are limited to one per person per day. Only votes cast in the Republic of Ireland will be counted. Voting closes at midnight on Sunday 1st March.

The winning song and album will be announced at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize live event, held in Vicar Street, Dublin on Thursday 5th March and broadcast live on RTÉ 2FM in a special four-hour extended show from 7-11pm.  A special TV programme of the event highlights will be broadcast on Sunday 15th March on RTÉ2 at 11.15pm, presented by Eoghan McDermott and Bláthnaid Treacy.

Live Event Line-up Announcement

Vicar Street, Dublin – Thursday 5th March 2020

The line-up for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize live event, in association with IMRO & IRMA, has just been announced by Tracy Clifford on 2FM.

 

Seven of the ten acts are confirmed so far to perform live at the event:

Daithi

Mick Flannery

Fontaines D.C.

Jafaris

Junior Brother

Maija Sofia

Sorcha Richardson

 

The winning album will be announced at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize live event in Vicar Street, Dublin on Thursday 5th March and broadcast live on RTÉ 2FM in a special four-hour extended show from 7-11pm. A special TV programme of the event highlights will be broadcast on Sunday 15th March on RTÉ2, presented by Eoghan McDermott and Bláthnaid Treacy.

The 10 shortlisted albums are:

Daithi – L.O.S.S. (Strange Brew)

Mick Flannery –  Mick Flannery (Rosaleen Records)

Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel (Partisan Records)

Girl Band – The Talkies (Rough Trade Records)

Jafaris – Stride (DFL)

Junior Brother – Pull The Right Rope (Strange Brew)

Lankum – The Livelong Day (Rough Trade Records)

Soak – Grim Town (Rough Trade Records)

Maija Sofia – Bath Time (Trapped Animal Records)

Sorcha Richardson  – First Prize Bravery (Faction Records)

 

The 15th annual RTÉ 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 twelve Irish music media professionals and industry experts. The full list of judges can be found here.

Culture Ireland will fund the attendance of influential overseas Industry executives to attend the RTE Choice Music Prize Live Event and RTÉ Choice Music Prize “Conversations” will return and take place during the day on the 5th.

Tickets for the Choice Music Prize live event are on sale now from all Ticketmaster outlets and from http://www.ticketmaster.ie priced €28.00 including booking fee.

Irish Album of the Year 2019 – Shortlist Announcement

The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2019, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show by Jim Carroll, chairman of the judging panel. The shortlist is as follows:

  • Daithi – L.O.S.S. (Strange Brew)
  • Mick Flannery –  Mick Flannery (Rosaleen Records)
  • Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel (Partisan Records)
  • Girl Band – The Talkies (Rough Trade Records)
  • Jafaris – Stride (DFL)
  • Junior Brother – Pull The Right Rope (Strange Brew)
  • Lankum – The Livelong Day (Rough Trade Records)
  • Soak – Grim Town (Rough Trade Records)
  • Maija Sofia – Bath Time (Trapped Animal Records)
  • Sorcha Richardson  – First Prize Bravery (Faction Records)

 

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

The Irish Album of the Year 2019 will be announced at the Live Event and will be broadcast live on RTÉ 2FM in a special four hour extended programme from 7-11pm, with a special RTÉ Choice Music Prize highlights programme going out on RTÉ2 television the following week.

 

The 15th annual RTÉ 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 twelve Irish music media professionals and industry experts. The full list of judges is on the RTÉ Choice Music Prize https://www.choicemusicprize.ie

 

RAAP and Culture Ireland are also official project partners of the RTE Choice Music Prize.

 

Culture Ireland will fund the attendance of influential overseas Industry executives to attend the RTE Choice Music Prize Live Event and  RTÉ Choice Music Prize “Conversations” will return and take place during the day on the 5th.

 

Tickets for the Choice Music Prize live event are on sale now from all Ticketmaster outlets and from http://www.ticketmaster.ie priced €28.00 including booking fee.

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