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Inevitably, I wrote some thoughts on the Mercury Prize
I do this every year. I know, broken record. Katy B should have won that year.
http://www.clashmusic.com/features/mercury-prize-2013-no-more-heroes-anymore
Basically: we need to know the panel, and it needs to properly be engaged with every new facet of British/Irish music. The gatekeepers are allowing their property to rust over.