Northern Ireland Music Prize
The Northern Ireland Music Prize awards are the Northern Irish awards for musicians.[1] It was produced by the Oh Yeah music centre, and is supported by Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Phonographic Performance Limited.[2] Started in 2013, it was "aimed at recognising the great wealth of recorded music from Northern Ireland."[3]
Northern Ireland Music Prize | |
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Awarded for | Recognising the great wealth of recorded music from Northern Ireland |
Sponsored by | Oh Yeah |
Location | Belfast |
Country | Northern Ireland |
First awarded | 2013 |
Website | nimusicprize |
A shortlist of 14 albums is created each year by an academy of professionals from the Northern Irish music industry. The prize winner would be selected by a "panel of experts" and announced at a ceremony in Belfast’s Mandela Hall.[3][4][5][6]
Winners
- 2013 — Foy Vance (Joy of Nothing)[7][8]
- 2014 — Robyn G Shiels (The Blood of Innocents)[9][10]
- 2015 — SOAK (Before We Forgot How to Dream)[11][12]
- 2016 — Ciaran Lavery (Let Bad In)[13][14]
- 2017 — Joshua Burnside (Ephrata)[15][16]
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References
- Connections, NI. "Northern Ireland Music Prize preview – Our Krypton Son, Arvo Party & Gross Net". NI Connections. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- "Northern Ireland Music Prize". Northern Ireland Music Prize. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- Ireland, Culture Northern (2013-10-15). "Northern Ireland Music Prize". Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- "NI Music Prize announces 2017 shortlist - Chordblossom". Chordblossom. 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- Scott, Sarah (2017-11-12). "Meet the 2017 Northern Ireland Music Prize winner Joshua Burnside". belfastlive. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- "Northern Ireland Music Prize 2017: 12 shortlisted albums announced". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- "Foy Vance: 'When my dad died all these songs poured out ... I had to fill the void'". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- "Northern Ireland Music Prize 2013 - Chordblossom". Chordblossom. 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- Henry, Lee (2014-11-29). "Robyn G Shiels on Winning NI Music Prize". Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- "Robyn G Shiels on Breaking Tunes". www.breakingtunes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- "SOAK receives top Northern Irish music prize - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- "Derry singer-songwriter Soak scoops 2015 music prize". The Irish News. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- "Ciaran Lavery wins Northern Ireland Music Prize 2016". ITV News. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- "Ciaran Lavery wins NI Music Prize 2016 - Ulster Herald". Ulster Herald. 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- "Joshua Burnside wins Northern Ireland Music Prize 2017 - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- "Joshua Burnside Scoops Northern Ireland Music Prize 2017". The Thin Air. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
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