Happy New Year! NO ENCORE returns for 2021 with a preview of the upcoming RTÉ Choice Music Prize, where the best Irish album of 2020 will be officially crowned. Things are a little different this year, though, from both the judging process to the ceremony itself. Dave Hanratty hit up Choice chairman Jim Carroll to get the lowdown on just about everything.NO ENCORE is on Patreon if you'd like to throw us the price of an outlawed takeaway pint. A little goes a long way! patreon.com/noencore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.