Jessie Buckley

Buckley was nominated with Bernard Butler for their debut collaborative album, For All Our Days That Tear the Heart.

That serves as proof that British and Irish music thrives during unsettled periods in history, with the albums chosen covering everything from imaginative pop to pioneering rap to Cornish language folk-rock. London rapper Kojey Radical’s nominated debut album, Reason to Smile, was nearly a decade in the making. This year only 33 per cent of the nominees are people of colour against a high of 64 per cent last year. Guitarist Amy Love told the Guardian they were glad to have been nominated for their second album, which they recorded during lockdown. Her second nod comes for its follow-up, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, which was widely considered one of the best British albums of 2021. Guitarist Butler won the second Mercury prize with his former band Suede in 1993 and told the PA news agency: “I am blessed I am here still doing this.

Bafta-nominated Irish actress Jessie Buckley has been nominated for the UK's Mercury Music Prize for her debut album.

"We feel that these 12 amazing albums each have something to say artistically and socially, all in their own unique, enriching ways. choosing only one overall winner." I should be working in Sainsbury's still but here I am. Butler won the second Mercury Prize with his former band Suede in 1993 and said: "I am blessed I am here still doing this. Ten of the 12 acts in the running for the prestigious award, which recognises the best British album of the year, appear for the first time. The Chernobyl actress was also nominated for best supporting actress at the Baftas this year for her role in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut The Lost Daughter, which also starred Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson.

Jessie Buckley is among this year's Mercury prize nominees for her album For All Our Days That Tear The Heart with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butl...

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Irish actress Jessie Buckley is among this year's Mercury prize nominees for her album For All Our Days That Tear The Heart with with former Suede guitarist ...

"We feel that these 12 amazing albums each have something to say artistically and socially, all in their own unique, enriching ways. choosing only one overall winner." Please review their details and accept them to load the content. "That’s what drew me to it. I am just shocked. You never make it for these moments.

Kerry native Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler have earned a Mercury Prize nomination for their 2022 collaborative album For All Our Days That Tear The ...

In his review for Hot Press, Will Butler wrote of the album: "Even just on paper, Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler, is a compelling combination. "It took a lot of sacrifice and hard work to get here and there were moments where I wasn’t sure whether I would make it through – but I am here today so thank you very much." ‘The Eagle and the Dove’ was the first song the pair wrote together.

Killarney singer and actor Jessie Buckley has been nominated for the Mercury Prize's Album of the Year.This is a prestigious award given annually to the ...

We are delighted to announce that our album “For All Our Days That Tear The Heart” has been shortlisted for the 2022@mercuryprizewith @FreeNow_UK Tweeting about the nomination, the pair said they were delighted to announce that the album was shortlisted for the prize. Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler are nominated for their album For All Our Days that Tear the Heart.

Killarney native Jessie Buckley has once more proven that her list of talents are near limitless after the award-winning actress was this week named among ...

I had listened to an album that Bernard had worked on with Sam Lee called ‘Oh Wow’ and I absolutely adored it and loved it,” said Jessie. A billion people can sing, everyone in this room can sing or everyone on the Tube can sing, but for me, it’s about connecting with character and finding out what somebody else hasn’t already found out. I don’t think you can ever be objective from the inside out and it’ll probably be 20 years down the line and we’ll put it on, not having heard it for 20 years, and we’ll be like ‘oh, that’ what it was' but yeah, nothing to do with me,” she laughed.

A collaboration project between Oscar-nominated Buckley and ex-Suede guitarist Bernard Butler, For All Our Days That Tear The Heart, has received high ...

This is, at times, a dazzling album." While The Telegraph said: "Their pairing might well be bananas, but it works. Until now, that is.