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This year’s Oh Yeah Legend Award is in
association with Marie Curie, Belfast and is dedicated to the singer-songwriter
Bap Kennedy, who died in 2016. This is in recognition of Bap’s enduring legacy,
chiefly as solo artist and earlier with his band Energy Orchard. The Oh Yeah
Music Centre, Belfast’s dedicated music hub, presents the Legend Award.

The award will be made to Bap’s wife Brenda by Ralph McLean of BBC
Radio Ulster during the NI Music Prize on November 12th. The event will be a
specially produced live stream aired as a YouTube Premiere at 8pm.

Following a cancer diagnosis in 2016, Bap started a series of
powerful blog entries. People found Bap’s blog very moving and it was shared
widely in all parts of the world.

Bap was cared for by the Marie Curie Hospice in Belfast in final
weeks of his life.

Brenda Kennedy said, “This is great news! So many people who love
Bap, at home and abroad, are going to be delighted. Bap is a legend for so many
reasons: for his remarkable achievements, his great musical legacy, the legendary
life he led, and for all that he quietly overcame. As a West Belfast teenager,
Bap was determined to “lead an interesting life” and he did that alright! His
music took him all round the world and earned him the admiration and affection
of musicians and fans alike. But to me, Bap was a legend above all for the
lovely, warm, genuine man that he was.

Conor O’Kane from Marie Curie, Belfast said, “It is wonderful for
Marie Curie to be included in the celebration of Bap Kennedy’s exceptional
talent. Thanks to Oh Yeah Music Centre and especially Brenda Kennedy and family
for inviting Marie Curie to be part of the celebration and recognition of Bap’s
music. Marie Curie’s ability to care for people with terminal illness, like
Bap, depends on voluntary donations. In this a very difficult year for
everyone, we very much appreciate the association with the Legend award and are
grateful to anyone that can donate in support of our work across the whole of
Northern Ireland.”

The Oh Yeah Legend Award 2020 is in
association with Marie Curie, Belfast and supported by Colin Reid.