NationwideMercury Music Awards readies for nominees list with recommended music

Released on: May 14, 2008, 2:40 pm

Press Release Author: Bob Clarke

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: The NationwideMercury Music Awards has launched a new section on their website recommending new music to music fans, in preparation for the release of nominee details in July for this September's music awards.

Press Release Body: The NationwideMercury Music Awards has launched a new section on their website recommending new music to music fans, in preparation for the release of nominee details this September's award ceremony.

While the details of award nominees will not be released until July, the Nationwide Mercury Music prize website now features a recommended list of music from across all genres, to help music lovers find more great music in the meantime.

The recommended page features new bands, and also some longer-standing groups and musicians whom listeners may want to be reminded about.

The Nationwide Mercury recommends page covers tracks and videos linking to free music at YouTube and MySpace, as well as information on album releases and live gigs of interest.

Groups featured include The Ting Tings, Erykah Badu, These New Puritans, The Roots, Jamie Lidell, Shortwave Set and Flairs. There is also information on upcoming gigs by Beck, and a remastered collectors edition of the first album by Joy Division.

Previous winners of the Nationwide Mercury music prize include Ami Winehouse and the Kaiser Chiefs.

The Mercury awards are sponsored by Nationwide, the world's biggest building society, and a leading provider in the UK of personal loans, mortgages, income protection, and bank account services.

For further information, please contact:
Bob Clarke
Brite Media, Press (http://www.britemedia.co.uk)
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Web Site: http://www.nationwidemercurys.com/

Contact Details: For further information, please contact:
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