nOW IN A MiNUTE & IN THE GAME LIVE

Hi.

It is a passion of mine to make music for real people, in real rooms, about the strange, beautiful business of being human.

I have been told that songs can be soft enough to sit with you quietly, or strong enough to give you a nudge when you need one — sometimes both in the same song, this is the stuff that floats my boat. Warmth, honesty, humour and a bit of fire, but never for show.

For many years I have worked with Music Health Ireland and before that Waterford Healing Arts Trust, bringing live music into hospitals and nursing homes. Singing in these spaces deepened my understanding of how music as something passed hand to hand. I realise that music doesn’t belong to anyone, It’s all borrowed and shared.

On stage, I build the songs in real time. Using a loop pedal, guitar, trumpet and voice, layering sounds slowly and instinctively. I follow the room, the air and the people in it.

So each performance unfolds differently, shaped by a touch of risk and presence. There are some stories in-between drawn from the human condition as I know it and beyond.

The collaboration album with Mick Flannery, In the Game, became Ireland’s biggest-selling independent album of 2021, that was a very sweet time for me. Embodying a character. Bringing forth my inner diva.

My second solo album, Now in a Minute, followed as Ireland’s No.1 independent album, This was also very cool. I was delving into my own demons here, with more emotional clarity.

I directed the feature-length film The Space Between which was filmed in Bunratty castle & aired on TG4. The film brings artists from across Ireland into shared space, exploring the delicate web of creative life.

A new film is currently in development.

I share a mailer every couple of months. To sign up, there is a button here somewhere.

Thanks for listening.

In Love and kindness

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