Folk & Singer-Songwriter

Recommended: Galway psychedelic independent pop LP from Eoin Dolan – Ubique

Eoin Dolan is a Galway musician who channels the Beach Boys’ sunny warmth like no…

Resonant Irish folk brothers Ye Vagabonds impress with ‘Song Long Forgotten’

Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn aka Ye Vagabonds are Carlow brothers who have found a…

Carriages bring warmth & a heartfelt playfulness on their Homebeat-released Movement EP

​Harry​ ​Bookless​ ​and​ ​Aaron​ ​Page​’s Carriages project takes field recordings and weaves them into songs…

Lilla Vargen reintroduces herself with the cautionary ‘Hold On’

Lilla Vargen is an Northern Irish artist who appeared with some interesting demos a couple…

Seamus Fogarty recounts a night spent in a church in ‘Carlow Town’

Following the news that he had signed to Domino and the sharing of a song…

Adrian Crowley teams up with Thomas Bartlett on ‘The Wish’

Adrian Crowley will release his eighth album Dark Eyed Messenger his fourth for Scottish label…

Seamus Fogarty signs to Domino, releases video for ‘Short Ballad for a Little Man’

UK indie survivor Domino Records has signed Mayo alt-folk exponent Seamus Fogarty, and released a…

Maria Doyle Kennedy – ‘Pride’

The actor (Orphan Black, Redwater, The Conjuring 2, Sing Street), writer, filmmaker (she’s just completed…

Saint Sister are ‘Causing Trouble’ on new single

Saint Sister, the atmosfolk duo of Morgan Macintyre and Gemma Doherty today release a new…

Rosa Nutty writes “a song about Dublin, Club Lemon and feeling sorry for yourself”

Dublin singer-songwriter Rosa Nutty has followed up her recent single ‘Sea Salt’ and her debut…

Ailbhe Reddy releases surprise 5-track EP – Attach To Memory

The Dublin singer-songwriter Ailbhe Reddy is currently excelling at this music thing. Building on last…

Slow Skies – ‘Shut Your Eyes’

Karen Sheridan’s Slow Skies project has returned with ‘Shut Your Eyes’, their first new song…

We, the Oceanographers – ‘I Can’t Give You Both’

Dundalk band We, the Oceanographers are off to Toronto for Canadian Music Week next week…

Tom Adams’ ‘Time’ is a spellbinding piano ballad

Tom Adams is a Cambridge singer-songwriter and composer with a debut album called Silence on…

Niamh Regan releases self-titled classic folk EP

Niamh Regan is a Galway singer-songwriter with a classic folk sound that stretches back to…

Saint Caoilian adds another string to his bow with ‘I’ll Be A Fool For You’

Caoilian Sherlock has had lots of odd jobs over the years – a potato picker,…

Dermot Kennedy already has 19 million Spotify streams & is likely to get 19 million more with ‘Glory’

Dermot Kennedy is a young folk singer-songwriter who has been making some industry noise in…

Premiere: Winter Aid – ‘The Night is an Ocean’


It was no major surprise that someone who was thoughtful in writing about music as…

Paddy Hanna delves deeper into orchestral classic pop on ‘Bad Boys’

For a musician who started out in the toy-bashing indie pop band Grand Pocket Orchestra,…

Maija Sofia’s ‘Persephone’ is an ode to oppressed women throughout history

Galway singer-songwriter Maija Sofia’s ‘Persephone’ is the musician’s best single song yet. Dispensing (or rather…