A Longford singer/songwriter has been crowned the 'Wildcard Winner' at this year's ' A New Local Hero' Awards.
The finale of the Irish Music Month initiative took place in the Academy in Dublin last night with Mullinalaghta native Laura Jo taking home the public vote award. The local performer represented Shannonside Northern Sound in the competition having been selected by the station for her original song 'Bright Eyes'.
Laura Jo will now receive a bursary of 2,500 euro and speaking to the Joe Finnegan Show this morning she said she's delighted with the win.
''To have a public vote win to overall 25 acts is just mind boggling and then to be on par with all the other song writers that's currently trying it, it's a tough business. I got to meet them all yesterday and everyone is on the same road, great advice and we were all bouncing ideas, what helped them. Yesterday morning we got mentorship, one on one advice to all of us.''
