A Choice Music Prize panel discussion
Support Nialler9 on PatreonIt's Choice Music Prize week. On Thursday 11 judges will gather together virtually and crown the best Irish album of the year 2020. In the absence of a night out for Irish music lovers, we decided to mark the occasion by gathering 5 previous judges of the prize together over Zoom to discuss each of the 10 albums on the list and ultimately, pick a winner from the 10 between us. At the virtual round table is: Una Mullally (Irish Times / United Ireland Podcast), Eoghan O'Sullivan (The Point Of Everything / Irish Examiner), Claire Beck (Today FM) along with hosts Niall and Andrea Cleary.We've all been judges before and our discussion was an interesting one that questioned the very act of crowning a piece of art above others, explored the dichotomy between transportive escapist art and muic born of lived experience and feelings.Here's the chat:The 10 albums are:Bitch Falcon \u2013 Staring at Clocks Denise Chaila \u2013 Go Bravely\xa0Fontaines D.C. \u2013 A Hero\u2019s Death\xa0JyellowL \u2013 2020 DIvisionR\xf3is\xedn Murphy \u2013 R\xf3is\xedn Machine\xa0Nealo \u2013 All The Leaves Are Falling\xa0 Pillow Queens \u2013 In Waiting\xa0 Ailbhe Reddy \u2013 Personal History\xa0 Niamh Regan \u2013 Hemet\xa0Silverbacks \u2013 Fad\xa0 In lieu of the industry shindig that normally takes place in Vicar Street, the winner will be announced on in a special broadcast on RT\xc9\xa0Player and RT\xc9\xa02FM from 12-3pm on the day.Support Nialler9 on Patreon because we find the great artAndrea has a Substack newsletter to subscribe to.Subscribe in Apple | Android | ACAST | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS FeedSubscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly. Support us on Patreon.Previous podcast episodes in this series
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