From Soak to CMAT, Lankum to The Divine Comedy, Two Door Cinema Club to Denise Chaila, the RTÉ Choice Music Prize is set to crown the 20th recipient of Irish Album of the Year this week.
It's an event that has brought us so many special moments over the years, and has helped spotlight the wealth of talent in Irish music.
People have often referred to different decades as being 'the golden age’ of Irish music, but in truth that have been many of these ages, not simply one. Since its first event in March of 2006, Choice has in some ways has helped to tell the story of Irish music.
With this week’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize event upon us, 2fm’s Dan Hegarty brings us a sixty-minute documentary which looks at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize as it’s about to stage its 20th event.
The documentary features interviews with Choice creators Dave Reid and Jim Carroll, as well as featuring the first winner Julie Feeney, along with Rusangano Family, Denise Chaila, For Those I Love and the event host Tracy Clifford - listen above, or via the RTÉ 2FM webpage.
The winner of this year's Choice Music Prize will be announced at a special event live from Vicar St, Dublin on March 6th, with an exclusive RTÉ 2FM live broadcast, featuring performances from shortlisted acts, kicking off at 7pm - listen to this year's shortlisted albums here.
