The minister made the funds available to struggling artists from a wide range of genres. "These awards will enable artists to record their work in a year which has been very challenging for performers," she said. However, July singer Mundy took to Facebook over the weekend to voice his disgust at having his application rejected. "I'm very disappointed about being turned down the funding to make my next album by this 'Panel of Music Experts'," he said. GratefulThe Offaly singer said this refusal is a "kick in the teeth" to those artists who were refused funding.

Source: The Herald November 25, 2020 02:31 UTC