Folk music group Lankum has won the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year for their album False Lankum.
The announcement was made by a former winner, Denise Chalia, at Vicar Street in Dublin - listen to the show above.
Hosted by Tracy Clifford, the event featured musical performances from eight of the ten nominated artists and was broadcast live on RTÉ 2FM.
(Pic: Leah Carroll)
The win caps a remarkable twelve months for Lankum, who previously won the Album Of The Year prize in 2019 for The Live Long Day.
In their acceptance speech, Lankum member Ian Lynch addressed the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
In February, False Lankum won the Best Folk Album prize at this RTÉ Irish Folk Awards; the record was also shortlisted for the UK's Mercury Prize.
Chosen by a panel of 11 Irish music media professionals and industry experts, the band received an award and a cheque for €10,000, provided by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA).
Last year's #RTEChoicePrize Album of the Year winner is on stage now. It's @cmatbaby ! pic.twitter.com/MhUbQCzXNF
— RTÉ Choice Music (@choiceprize) March 7, 2024
The ten nominees for RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year were:
- Grian Chatten – Chaos For The Fly
- CMAT – Crazymad, For Me
- John Francis Flynn – Look Over The Wall, See The Sky
- Kojaque – Phantom Of The Afters
- Lankum – False Lankum
- Rachael Lavelle – Big Dreams
- Soda Blonde – Dream Big
- The Murder Capital – Gigi's Recovery
- The Scratch – Mind Yourself
- Ezra Williams – Supernumeraries
Dance-pop singer Jazzy was named Irish Artist of the Year and Irish Breakthrough Artist of the Year at tonight's event.
CMAT, Cian Ducrot, Hozier and Lankum were the other nominees in the artist of the year category.
The other nominees in the breakthrough category were John Francis Flynn, ØXN, The Scratch and 49th & Main.
The Classic Irish Album prize, for U2's Achtung Baby, was presented by Dave Fanning, with U2's Adam Clayton and The Edge accepting the award in a recorded message from Las Vegas.
The band have just wrapped a residency in Las Vegas at new state-of-the-art live venue The Sphere, performing Achtung Baby in its entirity.
Earlier, Cian Ducrot's song Heaven was chosen as RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of The Year, as selected from a shortlist of ten by public vote on the RTÉ 2FM and Choice Music Prize websites.
Congratulations once again to @Cian_ducrot on his #RTEChoicePrize Song of the Year prize for Heaven. pic.twitter.com/4le9c25Ils
— RTÉ Choice Music (@choiceprize) March 7, 2024
Highlights of the Choice Music Prize event will be broadcast on RTÉ2 television next Thursday at 10.30pm.
