Which Irish album will win the Choice Prize this year?
On this near-annual episode, Niall and Andrea are joined by writer and journalist Sophia McDonald to discuss the 10 nominated albums in this year\u2019s Choice Music Prize Irish album of the year 2023 category, as chosen by 11 judges.
The albums are:
Grian Chatten \u2013 Chaos For The Fly (Partisan Records)
The debut album from the Fontaines DC frontman.
CMAT \u2013 Crazymad, For Me (CMATBABY/AWAL)
The second album from Ireland\u2019s global country pop superstar.
John Francis Flynn \u2013 Look Over The Wall, See The Sky (River Lea Recordings)
The second album from the Dublin folkie turns with a contemporary twist.
Kojaque \u2013 Phantom Of The Afters (Soft Boy Records)
he second full-length album (not counting previously nominated mixtape Deli Daydreams) from the London-based Dublin rapper.
Lankum \u2013 False Lankum (Rough Trade Records)
The fourth album from Ireland\u2019s leading doom folk trad band.
Rachael Lavelle \u2013 Big Dreams (Rest Energy)
The Irish songwriter and avant-pop practitioner\u2019s debut album.
Soda Blonde \u2013 Dream Big (Overbite Records)
The second album from Dublin alt-pop band.
The Murder Capital \u2013 Gigi\u2019s Recovery (Human Season Records)
The second album from the Dublin rock band who have softened somewhat for album two.
The Scratch \u2013 Mind Yourself (Perrystown Music Limited)
The second album from the Dublin trad-folk-metal band.
Ezra Williams \u2013 Supernumeraries (Ezra Williams / AWAL)
The debut album from the Cork singer-songwriter.
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Niall, Andrea and guest Sophia discuss the albums in detail and decide which of the ten they individually think a) would like to win and b) will win the award.
The actual winner of the Prize announced at the live event in Vicar Street on March 7th, and is broadcast live on RT\xc9 2FM in a special four-hour extended show with Beta Da Silva from 7-11pm. A special TV show will be broadcast on Thursday 14th March at 22.30 on RT\xc92.
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