{"id":1176,"date":"2011-11-29T17:33:59","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T17:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/11\/29\/pj-harvey-wins-uncut-award\/"},"modified":"2011-11-29T17:33:59","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T17:33:59","slug":"pj-harvey-wins-uncut-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2011\/11\/29\/pj-harvey-wins-uncut-award\/","title":{"rendered":"PJ Harvey wins Uncut award"},"content":{"rendered":"


PJ Harvey\u2019s Let England Shake has added to its Mercury Prize win by picking up the Uncut Music Award 2011.<\/p>\n

The album was selected from a shortlist that included albums from Radiohead, Bon Iver, Bill Callahan, Fleet Foxes, Josh T Pearson, Paul Simon and Gillian Welch by a panel of judges including BBC Creative head of music entertainment Mark Cooper, comedian Stewart Lee, singer Linda Thompson and Uncut editor Allan Jones.<\/p>\n

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Jones called the album \u201ca brave and dramatic record\u201d, while Cooper described Harvey as \u201cthe best British artist of the last 20 years\u201d. <\/p>\n

There are more details of the award in the current issue of Uncut, while the full transcript of the judging panel’s discussions will be published soon on Uncut.co.uk. <\/p>\n

In second place for the 2011 prize was Paul Simon\u2019s So Beautiful Or So What, while third place went to Gillian Welch\u2019s The Harrow And The Harvest.<\/p>\n

Harvey told Uncut that she was well into the writing process for her next album.<\/p>\n

“I’m quite far into working on what will become my next body of work and again my desire of wanting to learn continues to unfold,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI began working on my next piece the moment I finished recording Let England Shake over a year ago. I’m well into that next project already”. <\/p>\n

The previous winners of the award are Fleet Foxes (2008), Tinariwen (2009) and Paul Weller (2010).<\/p>\n

Let England Shake has sold almost 100,000 copies in the UK since its release in February, getting a modest boost from its Mercury win in September. <\/p>\n

It has also been one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the year and is sure to feature in many end-of-year best of lists.<\/p>\n

Source: Music Week<\/p>\n

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