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A R ITRSY DA DIARY Barry Devlin.
Horslips perform at the NI Music
Prize 2022.
Ferna. Robocobra Quartet.
Junk Drawer.
NI Music Prize 2022 The NI Music Prize returned to the Ulster Hall in November, for a live showcase of some of the best music artists Northern Ireland has to offer. The event, which was organised by the Oh Yeah Centre, also went out live on BBC Radio Ulster. It was a special night showcasing artists spanning 50 years right through to some of the freshest new talent the country has to offer. There were memorable moments from Robocobra Quartet, Rory Nellis, Cherym, Leo Miyagee, SOAK and last year’s ATL Contender winners Dea Matrona. Barry Devlin of Horslips received the Oh
The Florentinas.
Yeah Legend Award and Mike Edgar gave him a rousing introduction. The evening played out with some of Horslips’ greatest songs, getting the fully seated venue on its feet. The evening also included a special Outstanding Contribution to Music presentation to screen composer Sheridan Tongue made by PRS for Music. Big moments included Robocobra Quartet ‘Living Isn’t Easy’ taking Best Album supported by PPL, the big award of the night decided by a panel earlier that evening. Public vote for Single of The Year went to Ferna ‘Wasting’. Junk Drawer picked up Live Act of The Year as sponsored by Shine Promotions and Video of The Year supported by YouTube Music. The BBC Introducing: ATL Artist of The Year award
Sheridan Tongue.
went to The Florentinas. Charlotte Dryden from the Oh Yeah Centre said; “ What a night and brilliant showcase! I am so proud of the Northern Irish music community. Well done to all the winners. A huge amount of work goes into an event like this and we are committed to giving our talent the best possible platform through this event. That’s why it is so reassuring that our supporters and sponsors understand this and get behind this event. Music contributed £345 million to the NI economy pre covid and with the right conditions we can exceed that post covid. Challenges remain, but just imagine what we could do with the right investment. It’s why we need to support local music.” The NI Music Prize 2022 took place on 16 November.
New Book Marks Famous Hotel’s Centenary Arnolds Hotel in Donegal, so well-known to thousands of Northern Ireland guests, has been celebrating its Centenary this year with the recent publication of a new paperback book by the Dunfanaghy Writers’ Circle. Titled “The Jacaranda Tree”, it contains a selection of new poems and prose by writers from all over Northern Ireland and also Dublin, who have attended the hotel’s weekend workshops in Dunfanaghy under the direction of the author and well-known Belfast Telegraph journalist Alf McCreary. He has selected and edited the
contributions, and he has produced the publication together with the distinguished Holywood book designer Wendy Dunbar. The writers featured in The Jacaranda Tree include two former barristers, a former primary school vice-principal, a former bookseller, a career nurse, a poet, a writer based in Dublin, and a former deputy mayor of Coleraine who is currently a member of the Causeway Coast and Glens Council. The Jacaranda Tree, selected and edited by Alf McCreary, is on sale now. 156
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