12 ALBUM SHORTLISTED FOR WELSH MUSIC PRIZE
Welsh Music Prize organisers have announced the album shortlist for the first ever awards which take place on Friday 21 October 2011 during SWN Festival 2011 in Cardiff. A panel of 10 expert judges now face the unenviable task of choosing just one winner from the shortlist below:
Al Lewis – In The Wake [Al Lewis Music]
Colorama – Box [See Monkey Do Monkey Records]
Funeral For A Friend – Welcome Home Armageddon [Distiller Records]
Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo [Turnstile Music]
Lleuwen – Tan [Gwymon]
Manic Street Preachers – Postcards from a Young Man [Columbia]
Stagga – The Warm Air Room [Rag and Bone]
Sweet Baboo – I’m a Dancer/Songs About Sleepin’ [Shape Records]
The Blackout – Hope [Cooking Vinyl]
The Gentle Good – Tethered for the Storm [Gwymon]
The Joy Formidable – Big Roar [Atlantic]
Y Niwl – Y Niwl [Aderyn Papur]
Huw Stephens, Radio 1 presenter and co-organiser of Welsh Music Prize said: “We are very pleased to launch the Welsh Music Prize with twelve strong albums from Welsh artists. The shortlist is but a reflection on the quality music made in Wales and released internationally. We hope the Prize brings these collections of work to a new audience, and we are looking forward to announcing an overall winner on October 21st.”
More info at www.welshmusicprize.com or www.swnfest.com
