THE Choice Music Prize event will award Album of The Year to one act from a shortlist of ten this Thursday March 6.
The 10 albums in the running are
A Lazarus Soul –
No Flowers Grow In Cement Gardens
Curtisy – What Was The Question?
Fontaines D.C. – Romance
Orla Gartland – Everybody Needs A Hero
KNEECAP – Fine Art
New Dad – MADRA
Niamh Regan – Come As You Are
Róis – Mo Léan
Silverbacks – Easy Being A Winner
Sprints – Letter To Self
The bloggers favourites are Fontaines D.C. and Kneecap but don’t rule out a surprise win for Niamh Regan or Sprints. The Irish Album of the Year 2024 will be announced live from Vicar St on RTÉ 2FM in a special show 7-11pm this Thursday March 6. The show will feature live performances from all shortlisted acts except Kneecap and Fontaines D.C., Other awards to be presented on the night will be Irish Artist of the Year, Irish Breakthrough Artist, Irish Song of the Year 2024 and Classic Irish Album which this year is ‘Watermark’ by Enya
The panel explained their choice saying, “It was commercially successful on a global scale, yet the panel agreed that Enya is often underestimated or perhaps misunderstood by many. It felt like an apt opportunity to acknowledge her visionary work as both a vocalist and a musician – and Watermark, in all its strange, evocative beauty, comprehensively fulfils the criteria for a ‘classic album’.”
The winning Album of the Year act will receive €10,000, a prize fund which has been provided by The Irish Music Rights Organization (IMRO) and The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). Irish Song of the Year 2024 will be announced by Tracy Clifford on 6th March on a special Song of the Year radio show on 2FM that afternoon ahead of the live event.
