Expert Panel Of Judges Announced For Welsh Music Prize 2011-12
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
The organisers of Welsh Music Prize are please to announce the members of the judges panel for the 2011-12 prize. The panel, who will choose a winner from the 12 shortlisted albums, is comprised of a diverse cross-section of the music industry in Wales.
Every member of the 12-strong judges panel is an expert in their respective fields as well as Welsh music on the whole.
Without further ado, the panel lines up as:
1. Lisa Gwilym - BBC Radio Cymru presenter
2. Richard King – Author, ‘How Soon is Now’
3. Scott Thomas – Founding partner in X-ray Touring
4. Peredur ap Gwynedd – member of Pendulum
5. Simon Price – Rock & Pop Critic for the Independent On Sunday
6. Matt Davies – Owner of Tangled Parrot record shop in Carmarthen
7. Neil Pengelly – Reading Festival Booker
8. Dave Owens – Arts Correspondent for Media Wales
9. Craig Michie – A&R at BMG Chrysalis
10. Mike Williams – Editor, NME
11. Dai Davies – Music industry veteran
12. Jude Rogers – Freelance journalist
The judges will meet at the beginning of October to discuss and debate the shortlisted albums. After the meeting, they will go away and submit their votes in a secret ballot. Votes from this ballot will be collated and the winner decided.
The winner of this year’s Welsh Music Prize will be announced on Thursday 18th October at a ceremony – details on that to follow.
A concert featuring as many of the shortlisted acts as possible will take place at the Coal Exchange on Wednesday 17th October. Tickets can be purchased from www.swnpresents.com for £10.00.
Just in case you have forgotten, the Welsh Music Prize shortlist for 2011-12 was decided upon by a panel of over 100 music industry figures in Wales taken from the fields of journalism, production, management, blogging, touring and promotion of Welsh music. The shortlisted albums for this year’s competition are as follows:
- Bright Light Bright Light - 'Make Me Believe in Hope'
- Cate Le Bon - 'CYRK'
- Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog - 'Draw Dros Y Mynydd'
- Exit_International - 'Black Junk'
- Future of the Left - 'The Plot Against Common Sense'
- Huw M. - 'Gathering Dusk'
- Islet - 'Illuminated People'
- Jodie Marie - 'Mountain Echo'
- Kids in Glass Houses - 'In Gold Blood'
- Kutosis - 'Fanatical Love'
- Los Campesinos! - 'Hello Sadness'
- Truckers of Husk - 'Accelerated Learning'
The Welsh Music Prize was created in 2011 by Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens and festival promoter and music industry expert John Rostron. The prize, which was launched to coincide with SWN festival – one of the UKs biggest independent music festivals, celebrates the finest music made in Wales or by Welsh people around the world.
The winner of the Welsh Music Prize 2010-2011 was ‘Hotel Shampoo’ by Gruff Rhys. Gruff has been an icon in Welsh music and culture for over two decades. He was shortlisted alongside acts such as Manic Street Preachers and Joy Formidable, ambassadors for Wales in the world, as well as lesser known acts such as Lleuwen and Stagga. With a commitment to diversity and fine production, Welsh Music Prize will champion the best new music from Wales.
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