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2011 Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize nominations announced

2011's most high-end music prize nominations are announced

by Kieron TylerTuesday, 19 July 2011

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The Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize nominations 2011: no surprises
The Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize nominations 2011: no surprises

The nominations for the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize were announced earlier today. Beyond PJ Harvey and Elbow having won before, nothing wildly surprising cropped up.

Here they are:

Adele: 21
Anna Calvi: Anna Calvi
James Blake: James Blake
Elbow: Build a Rocket Boys!
Everything Everything: Man Alive
Ghostpoet: Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam
PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
Katy B: On a Mission
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins: Diamond Mine
Metronomy: The English Riviera
Gwilym Simcock: Good Days at Schloss Elmau
Tinie Tempah: Disc-Overy

The prize will be announced on 6 September

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