Mick Flannery Nominiated for Choice Award

15th Jan 2009

Flannery Nominated for Choice Music Award
Finbarr Barry

The shortlist has been selected by a panel of 12 Irish music media professionals representing print, radio, online and TV.

Flannery: Cork's only nominee.

Mick Flannery "White Lies" (EMI)
Fight Like Apes"Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion" (Model Citizen)
Halfset"Another Way of Being There" (Casino Gravity Records)
Lisa Hannigan"Sea Sew" (Own label)
David Holmes"The Holy Pictures" (Canderblinks)
Jape"Ritual" (Co-Op)
Messiah J & The Expert"From The Word Go" (Inaudible)
Oppenheimer "Take The Whole Mid-Range And Boost It" (Fantastic Plastic)
R.S.A.G."Organic Sampler" (Psychonavigation)
The Script"The Script" (Sony Music)

The overall Album of the Year will be selected by this judging panel at the Choice Music Prize event at Vicar Street, Dublin on Wednesday 4 March. The event will be presented as a special live broadcast on Dublin based Today FM.

The winning act will receive 10,000 euro, a prize fund which has been provided by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA).

The act will also receive a specially commissioned award, courtesy of the Recorded Artists And Performers Ltd (RAAP).

Tickets for the Choice Music Prize live event will go on sale from all Ticketmaster outlets on Monday January 19, priced 27 euros including booking fee - the same price as for the last two years!

Full information on the acts that will be performing at the live event will be announced later this month.


ACTS & ALBUMS:
You can find out more about the act and hear music from their albums at the
following websites:

Mick Flannery: http://www.mickflannery.com
Fight Like Apes: http://www.myspace.com/fightlikeapesmusic
Halfset: http://www.myspace.com/halfset
Lisa Hannigan: http://www.myspace.com/lisahannigan
David Holmes: http://www.myspace.com/davidholmesofficial
Jape: http://www.myspace.com/richiejape
Messiah J & The Expert: http://www.messiahjandtheexpert.com
Oppenheimer: http://www.myspace.com/oppenheimer
R.S.A.G.: http://www.myspace.com/rarelyseenaboveground
The Script: http://www.myspace.com/thescript

The Choice Music Award has yet to be granted to a Cork act despite being in its fourth year already.

ABOUT THE CHOICE MUSIC PRIZE:

The Choice Music Prize - Irish Album of the Year - was established to celebrate and acknowledge the work of Irish musicians.

The Choice Music Prize aims to highlight the Irish albums which deserve some extra time in the spotlight and, ultimately, to select the album which best represents Irish musical talent from the previous year.

Instead of using sales or airplay as criteria, the Choice Music Prize focuses, simply and solely, on the music.
This is the Choice Music Prize's fourth year in operation. Previous winners have been:

2005: Julie Feeney - "13 Songs"
2006: The Divine Comedy - "Victory for the Comic Muse" album.
2007: Super Extra Bonus Party - "Super Extra Bonus Party"

The Choice Music Prize is co-ordinated by Dave Reid and Jim Carroll. Jim
Carroll will be the judging panel's non-voting chairman.

http://www.choicemusicprize.com
http://www.myspace.com/choicemusicprize

The judges for this year's Choice Music Prize are:

Niall Byrne (State/Nialler9 blog)
Edel Coffey (Irish Independent)
Ian Dempsey (Today FM)
James Foley (Record of the Day)
Andrew Hamilton (Clare People)
Kieran Hurley (Cork Campus Radio)
Paul Mallon (Irish Daily Star Sunday)
Lauren Murphy (Entertainment.ie)
Sinead Ni Mhorda (Phantom FM)
Ed Power (Freelance)
Rigsy (BBC Northern Ireland¹s Across The Line/ATL TV)
Ian Wilson (2FM)