The shortlist for this years music prize has been announced. Have a listen to these incredible albums.

The Welsh Music 2022 finalists are:

Adwaith – Bato Mato (Libertino Records)

Art School Girlfriend – Is It Light Where You Are (Fiction)

Bryde – Still (Easy Life Records)

Breichiau Hir – Hir Oes I’r Cof (Libertino Records)

Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard – Backhand Deals (Communion)

Cate Le Bon – Pompeii (Mexican Summer)

Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 and The National Orchestra of Wales – Yn Rio (Legere Recordings)

Dead Method – Future Femme (Future Femme Records)

Danielle Lewis – Dreaming In Slow Motion (Red Robin Records)

Don Leisure – Shaboo Strikes Back (First World Records)

Gwenno – Tresor (Heavenly Recordings)

L E M F R E C K – The Pursuit (Noctown)

Manic Street Preachers – The Ultra Vivid Lament (Sony Music)

Papur Wal – Amser Mynd Adra (Libertino Records)

Sywel Nyw – Deuddeg (LWCUS T)

Previous Welsh Music Prize winners are: Kelly Lee Owens (2021), Deyah (2020), Adwaith (2019), Boy Azooga (2018), The Gentle Good (2017), Meilyr Jones (2016), Gwenno (2015), Joanna Gruesome (2014), Georgia Ruth (2013), Future of the Left (2012), Gruff Rhys (2011).

Emily Marsden – Editor
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