Ezra Collective: ‘The Irish and Nigerians have got a lot more in common than Guinness!’
Ezra Collective’s new album, an ‘ode to the sacred act of dancing’, could be set in a church or at a carnival, wedding or even funeral, says Femi Koleoso
Mercury Prize
Annual music prize
Mercury prize 2024: CMAT misses out as Leeds indie band English Teacher win for debut album
The band beat off artists including Irish singer CMAT, Charli xcx and the Last Dinner Party to take home the £25,000 prize
Mercury Music Prize 2024: CMAT and Charli XCX among nominees
Other nominees include Barry Can’t Swim, Last Dinner Party and Corinne Bailey Rae
Gemma Hayes: ‘I’ve always struggled with confidence issues. As a teenager, I always had crazy panic attacks’
Returning after a long hiatus, the Tipperary singer-songwriter talks about her new album, anxiety and how she nearly sacrificed herself for her children
Lankum miss out on 2023 Mercury music prize to British jazz group Ezra Collective
Irish folk band were nominated for their album False Lankum for an award yet to be won by an Irish act
Mercury music prize 2023: Irish folk band Lankum nominated for album of the year
Lankum’s Ian Lynch says they’re ‘taking it all with a pinch of salt’ as band are nominated for first time
Mercury prize: Irish Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley joins Harry Styles and Sam Fender as first-time contenders
Buckley was nominated with Bernard Butler for their debut collaborative album, For All Our Days That Tear the Heart
Mercury Prize 2021: Arlo Parks wins for Collapsed in Sunbeams
21-year-old singer-songwriter is one of the youngest ever winners of the prize
Mercury Prize 2020 album of the year shortlist revealed
No Irish artist makes list of 12 nominated including Stormzy, Charli XCX and Dua Lipa
Mercury Prize 2019: Can Fontaines DC win in a year of protest music?
The Dublin band could be first Irish act to win the Mercury
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