RTÉ has announced the shortlist of ten albums for the Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2018. The ten artists and albums are as follows:

The Academic – Tales From The Backseat (ROOM6 Records)
Delorentos – True Surrender (Delo Records)
Just Mustard – Wednesday (Pizza Pizza Records)
Kojaque – Deli Daydreams (Soft Boy Records)
O Emperor – Jason (Big Skin Records)
Lisa O’Neill – Heard a Long Gone Song (River Lea Recordings)
Saint Sister – Shape Of Silence (Trout Records)
Rejjie Snow – Dear Annie (BMG)
Villagers – The Art Of Pretending to Swim (Domino Recording) 
Wyvern Lingo – Wyvern Lingo (Ruby Works)

The winning album – which carries a prize of €10,0000 – will be announced at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize awards at Vicar Street, Dublin, on Thursday 7 March and broadcast live on RTÉ 2FM in an extended show from 7pm to 11pm.  A television programme of the event will be broadcast shortly afterwards on RTÉ2.

The winner is selected by a panel of twelve Irish music media professionals chaired by music journalist Tony Clayton-Lea.

For more, visit www.choicemusicprize.ie