Former Choice Music Prize nominee Valerie Francis is a multi-instrumentalist singer and songwriter from Dublin. Her debut album ‘Slow Dynamo’ was Album of the Year in the Independent, while the video for her song ‘Punches’ won IMTV’s video of the year and was famously blogged by KanYe West. Having completed a M.Sc. in Trinity College Dublin, Valerie is back working on her second album.