RTÉ radio has announced the names of the 17 music industry professionals who’ll be judging this year’s RAAP/RTÉ Radio Breakthrough Bursary Awards.

The four categories and the experts sifting through the entries are:
Pop, Rock & Dance – Horslips’ Jim Lockhart, Hothouse Flowers’ Fiachna Ó Braonáin and 2fm’s Jenny Greene, Jenny Huston and Rick O’Shea.

Country, Roots & Folk – RTÉ presenters John Kelly, Ronan Collins and John Creedon, bluegrass musician Niall Toner and music publicist Emma Harney.

Classical – RTÉ Lyric FM’s Liz Nolan, Evelyn Grant, Celia Donoghue and Gail Henry and musician Wendy Vard.

Traditional Irish – jazz musician Richie Buckley and Altan’s Ciaran Tourish.

Along with a share of the €20,000 bursary pot, winning artists are guaranteed airplay across all of RTÉ radio.

You’ve up until Friday September 2 to enter at [link]www.rte.ie/radio/breakthrough[/link].