• RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2024 Shortlist Revealed

    January 6, 2025 - By 

    The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2024, in association with IMRO & IRMA, has just been announced. Following yet another phenomenal year for Irish music, the list of nominees is as follows: 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 NewDad – MADRA Niamh Regan – Come As You Are  Róis – Mo Léan Silverbacks – Easy Being a Winner SPRINTS – Letter To Self Further information and shortlists…

  • Lankum Scoop 2023 Choice Music Prize

    March 8, 2024 - By 

    Lankum have just won this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize for False Lankum. As time has shown us, there is no such thing as a foregone conclusion at the annual awards but Lankum’s fourth full-length taking this year’s Best Album prize is unlikely to be a shock to many. Released via Rough Trade back in March last year, the John “Spud” Murphy-produced triumph firmly cemented the Dublin quartet’s status as a singular force in forward-leaping experimental folk. Among the plaudits the album has released over the last twelve months include a Mercury Prize nod, five stars from the Guardian and…

  • RTÉ Choice Music Prize Shortlist Revealed

    January 8, 2024 - By 

    The shortlist for the 19th annual Irish Album of the Year in association with IMRO and IRMA has been revealed. Following arguably the strongest 12 months for Irish music in recent memory, the following ten albums have made the cut for the 2023 Choice shortlist: CMAT – Crazymad, for Me Grian Chatten – Chaos For The Fly John Francis Flynn – Look Over The Wall, See The Sky Kojaque – Phantom of the Afters Lankum – False Lankum The Murder Capital – Gigi’s Recovery Rachael Lavelle – Big Dreams Soda Blonde – Dream Big The Scratch – Mind Yourself Ezra…

  • In Photos: The Choice Music Prize 2023

    March 10, 2023 - By 

    The RTE Choice Music Prize 2023 took place at Vicar Street in Dublin last night, with CMAT winning the coveted Irish Album of the Year award, accepted on her behalf by drag artist Lavender. In other awards, Moncrieff took home the Irish Song of the Year prize for ‘Warm,’ Fontaines D.C. won Irish Artist of the Year, Cian Ducrot scooped the Irish Breakthrough Artist and Sinéad O’Connor made an appearance to be awarded the inaugural Irish Classic Album for ‘I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got. Live performances on the night came from Pillow Queens, Just Mustard, Aoife Nessa…

  • CMAT Wins RTÉ Choice Music Prize

    March 9, 2023 - By 

    CMAT has won the Best Album prize at this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize. Following on from recent winners like For Those I Love, Denise Chaila, Lankum and O Emperor, the Dublin singer-songwriter – real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson – scooped the main prize for her debut album, If I My Wife New I Would Be Dead, at the annual awards at Dublin’s Vicar Street tonight. CMAT fought off competition from the likes of The Mary Wallopers, Aoife Nessa Frances, and Fontaines D.C. to scoop the Best Album prize and walk away with €10,000, a prize fund which has been provided…

  • RTÉ Choice Music Prize Shortlist Revealed

    January 9, 2023 - By 

    The shortlist for the 18th annual Irish Album of the Year in association with IMRO and IRMA has been revealed, as well as the announcement of three new prizes. The nominees for the main prize are as follows: Anna Mieke – Theatre (Anna Mieke under license to Nettwerk Music Group) Aoife Nessa Frances – Protector (Partisan Records) CMAT – If My Wife New I’d Be Dead (CMATBABY) Dermot Kennedy – Sonder (Island) Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia (Partisan Records) Just Mustard – Heart Under (Partisan Records) Pillow Queens – Leave the Light On (Royal Mountain Records) Sorcha Richardson – Smiling Like An Idiot (Faction Records) The Mary Wallopers – The Mary Wallopers (The Mary Wallopers) Thumper – Delusions of…

  • For Those I Love Wins Choice Music Prize

    March 4, 2022 - By 

    For Those I Love, aka David Balfe, has won this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize. Off the back of performing three tracks at the event, which was held live at Dublin’s Vicar Street, Balfe scooped the prize for his self-titled 2021 LP. The Dubliner walked away with the prize – which was presented in association with IMRO and IRMA – as well as €10,000. Balfe beat off stiff competition in this year’s shortlist, which also featured the likes of Villagers, Bicep, Kojague, Saint Sister, Elaine Mai and more. Revisit For Those I Love in full below.

  • 2021 Choice Music Prize Shortlist Revealed

    January 5, 2022 - By 

    The shortlist for the 2021 RTÉ Choice Music Prize Album of the Year has been announced. Presented in association with IMRO and IRMA, the shortlist is yet another strong genre-spanning affair, featuring the likes of Bicep, For Those I Love, Kojaque, Villagers and Elaine Mai. Check out the full shortlist below. Bicep – Isles (Ninja Tune) Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill – In the Game (Rosaleen Records / Rosa Productions) For Those I Love – For Those I Love (September Recordings) Orla Gartland – Woman on the Internet (New Friends Music) HousePlants – Dry Goods (Bone China Records) Kojaque – Town’s…

  • Denise Chaila Wins Choice Music Prize

    March 4, 2021 - By 

    Denise Chaila has scooped this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize. The Limerick artist won the prize for her mixtape, Go Bravely. The news was announced via the RTÉ player this afternoon. Chaila was up against albums by artists including Silverbacks, Niamh Regan, Pillow Queens and Nealo. As well as the prize, the band walked away with a €10,000 cheque jointly funded by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). The Choice Prize song of the year went to Niall Horan for ‘No Judgement’. Revisit Go Bravely below. Go Bravely by Denise Chaila