Nationwide Recommends For Music Prize

PRLog (Press Release) – May 14, 2008 – The Nationwide Mercury Prize now offers a recommended music section  (http://www.nationwidemercurys.com/recommends/),, in support of the forthcoming artist nominations for the music industry awards.

Sponsored by Nationwide, the Mercury Music Awards have a pedigree history of recommending bands to later establish themselves, not least Ami Winehouse and the Kaiser Chiefs.

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.

The Mercury awards are sponsored by Nationwide (http://www.nationwide.co.uk/), the world's biggest building society.

For further information, please contact:
Bob Clarke
Brite Media, Press (http://www.britemedia.co.uk)
(+44) 08454306340