Mercury Music Prize: Have your say

Since its beginnings in 1992 when Primal Scream took home the honour for their album Screamadelica, the Mercury Prize has seen such winners as Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys and more recently Elbow.

With this year’s shortlist announced last month, we are fast approaching this year’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize Awards Show.

Rock trio Biffy Clyro, folk sensation Laura Marling and newcomers The xx are among the line up, along with pop favourite Dizzee Rascal (his third nomination to date), legendary musician Paul Weller and Corinne Bailey Rae. 2010’s shortlist showcases a hugely diverse and impressive array of UK music.

But what makes a winning album and what do music industry insiders think about this year’s shortlist? In this ‘Have Your Say’ discussion, Jo Whiley, one of the UK’s foremost authorities on new music and emerging talent is joined by leading music experts from across the industry.

Check out highlights from the panel discussion with Chris Salmon, one of the country’s toughest music critics, former shortlisted artist (with his band The Invisible) and current Mercury judge David Okumu, and Mark Findlay, Head of Music at Capital FM who discuss the awards and this year’s shortlisted albums that have made them so popular with the fans to date.

To see the show in full, further updates and to submit any questions you want put to this year’s artists on the red carpet, go to: facebook.com/barclaycard