The 5 finalists have been named by our judging panel and are as follows.
Jess Young - singer/songwriter from Moone, now based in the UK.
Megan O'Neill - musician from Ballymore Eustace
Ryders Blu - two-piece band from Newbridge
Shiv - artist from Athy, now based in Paris
Gemma Cox - singer/songwriter based in Naas
Over the coming weeks, Kfm will be playing the above artists' songs on air and an interview will be conducted with each of them on The Irish Music Scene on October 22nd between 7 and 10pm.
The Irish Music Month Local Hero competition is in association with the IBI, BAI, Hot Press and XL Retail.

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