Comments on: Choice Music Prize announced tonight http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/02/28/choice-award-announced-tonight/ Sinéad Gleeson's blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:21:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Sinead http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/02/28/choice-award-announced-tonight/#comment-1654 Sinead Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:05:46 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/02/28/choice-award-announced-tonight/#comment-1654 Did you go along to any of those early gigs? I've only seen Julie live once, at the Speigeltent last year. When I reviewed her album for the Ticket, it came to me in quite an unorthodox one. Most CDs come from record companies or music PR folk, but Tony said something like "There's this girl called Julie Feeney that you could review. Here's her mobile number if you need to get a copy of the album". It was one of the first reviews that appeared and a LOT of people asked me about her and I (as I am wont, á la Cougar and Kelley Stoltz) have been forcifully recommending it to people ever since. I even persuaded a friend who's a buyer for a record shop to stock it when it came out. From the minute I heard it, I knew it was something special. There was a uniqueness to it that I haven't heard on an Irish album in a long time. On top of all that, given the ratio of men to women in Irish music, I'm in some small way delighted that a women has won a prize like this. If only to encourage more women to get involved in music. Did you go along to any of those early gigs? I’ve only seen Julie live once, at the Speigeltent last year. When I reviewed her album for the Ticket, it came to me in quite an unorthodox one. Most CDs come from record companies or music PR folk, but Tony said something like “There’s this girl called Julie Feeney that you could review. Here’s her mobile number if you need to get a copy of the album”. It was one of the first reviews that appeared and a LOT of people asked me about her and I (as I am wont, á la Cougar and Kelley Stoltz) have been forcifully recommending it to people ever since. I even persuaded a friend who’s a buyer for a record shop to stock it when it came out.

From the minute I heard it, I knew it was something special. There was a uniqueness to it that I haven’t heard on an Irish album in a long time.

On top of all that, given the ratio of men to women in Irish music, I’m in some small way delighted that a women has won a prize like this. If only to encourage more women to get involved in music.

]]> By: auds http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/02/28/choice-award-announced-tonight/#comment-1653 auds Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:36 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/02/28/choice-award-announced-tonight/#comment-1653 Was just about to comment that Julie won - but see you were in before me with an update! Only found out recently that 2 of my friends are good friends of Julie's and were roped into listening to demos and going to early gigs. I was in the middle of recommending her to one of them, and then stopped midsentence - suddenly rememebering that he had invited me a little gig somewhere by a friend of his who was really good and different - named Julie Feeney! Small small world. Was just about to comment that Julie won - but see you were in before me with an update!

Only found out recently that 2 of my friends are good friends of Julie’s and were roped into listening to demos and going to early gigs.
I was in the middle of recommending her to one of them, and then stopped midsentence - suddenly rememebering that he had invited me a little gig somewhere by a friend of his who was really good and different - named Julie Feeney!
Small small world.

]]> By: Sinead http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/02/28/choice-award-announced-tonight/#comment-1637 Sinead Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:49:57 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/02/28/choice-award-announced-tonight/#comment-1637 It'd be kind of late wouldn't it? You going along? It’d be kind of late wouldn’t it? You going along?

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