Author: Zoé Piater

Rising Irish indie-folk band Kingfishr have released their new EP ‘Shadow’ on Friday, March 8th, containing two unreleased tracks Shadow and Coward, as well as previously released singles ‘Leave’, ‘Shot in the Dark’ and ‘flowers-fire (rework).’ Listen here.

The EP opens with focus track ‘Shadow’, setting the pace by casting a stark contrast between uplifting, jangly melodies, and deeply introspective lyricism as lead vocalist Eddie sings “I was terrified of listening to the light, so the darkness came alive”.

Speaking on the track, the band said “Shadow is about the consequences of burying pieces of yourself. There’s an idea that ‘The Shadow’ is everything you suppress about your psyche. Those unseen elements of yourself rule you and you have no idea. The song is an ode to this.”

The second song on the EP ‘Coward’ is a poignant display of vulnerability and remorse. The track opens with soft acoustic guitars, and erupts raucously into a bittersweet chorus: “Call me a coward, running from the dreams inside my head, living with the things I should’ve said, it’s too late…”. 

Third track ‘Leave’ was released as a single in January 2024. The track boasts a typically cinematic quality, the gentle picking of acoustic guitar and sharp plucking of the banjo setting the scene. The band’s evocative and poetic lyricism is evident from the start “forever runs away sometimes…” in his distinctive, low burr. The song continues to build, leading to a soaring, epic finale hitting you right in the gut.

Fourth track ‘Shot In The Dark’ quickly became a fan favourite due to the intimate moment and connection between the band and their fans the song and its performance creates. There is a harmonious blend of softly played, jangly acoustic guitar, soothing harmonica tones and emotionally resonant lyrics. It gently builds alongside a rhythmic drumbeat and the steady picking of McGoo’s banjo, as Eddie sings, “If it all falls apart, at least we enjoyed it…” The song is infused with a youthful sense of hope, a theme now synonymous with the band.

The EP closes with a rework of  debut single “flowers-fire” released in summer of 2022. The lyrics are strikingly poetic: “If I could only turn back time/ Take back all those things I said/ In the tempest of a moment/ But oh, my soul has gone and left me/ In the depths he begs for death.” As the banjo strikes up alongside a rousing, thunderous drumbeat, you sense the gravitas that comes with the band’s Irish heritage. 

The trio started the year with a festival performance at Eurosonic, then went on to play six sold out headline shows across the UK, with two sold out dates in Ireland still to come in March. Kingfishr have announced that they will be supporting Tom Walker on his upcoming tour, they will join for 14 dates across the UK & Ireland. The band have also been announced as the support act for Snow Patrol’s show at Thomond Park Stadium, in July. That same weekend will see them make their debut appearance at TRNSMT Festival in Scotland, before making their debut at the prestigious Reading & Leeds festivals.

March 2024

Thursday 21st – OLYMPIA THEATRE, Dublin (SOLD OUT)

Friday 22nd – OLYMPIA THEATRE, Dublin (SOLD OUT)

April 2024 (Tom Walker Support)

Thursday 18th – THE GREAT HALL, Cardiff

Friday 19th – O2 ACADEMY, Bristol

Saturday 20th – OCTAGON CENTRE, Sheffield

Tuesday 23rd – ULSTER HALL, Belfast

Thursday 25th – O2 ACADEMY, Birmingham

Friday 26th – MANCHESTER ACADEMY, Manchester

Saturday 27th – MANCHESTER ACADEMY, Manchester

Monday 29th – O2 ACADEMY, Leeds

Tuesday 30th – O2 ACADEMY, Glasgow

May 2024 (Tom Walker Support)

Wednesday 1st – O2 ACADEMY, Glasgow

Friday 3rd – CITY HALL, Newcastle

Sunday 5th – UEA LCR, Norwich

Monday 6th – ROCK CITY, Nottingham

Tuesday 7th – EVENTIM APOLLO, London

July 2024

Friday 12th – THOMOND PARK STADIUM, Limerick City (Snow Patrol Support)

Sunday 14th – TRNSMT FESTIVAL, Glasgow, 

August

Friday 23rd – LEEDS Festival, Leeds

Sunday 25th – READING Festival, Reading

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After a 14-year hiatus, Dublin-based indie/alternative outfit, Loko Parentis will be dropping six new videos – completed during the Covid-19 lockdown period – as well as a new compilation album over the coming months. The album is set for release in late March 2024.

The second video and track, Remember to Breathe, is available now.

Watch the video here: Video | Loko Parentis (bandcamp.com)

The album cover, designed by Peter Queally, also features professional footballer and occasional Hot Press magazine blogger, Emma Starr, in what is believed to be the first album cover featuring a professional female footballer. Starr, from Philadelphia, USA, was a Women’s National League and Cup double-winner with Dublin’s Shelbourne FC in season 2022. She now plays in Australia and scored the winning goal in the Grand Final there in October 2023 and was selected in the Team of the Year in November 2023.

Entitled ‘Dream Longer Than You Sleep’, the album is a scintillating blast of guitars-with-attitude, and laden with hooks and choruses. The various band members cite influences like Television, Magazine, Sonic Youth, Mott The Hoople, Sex Pistols, and The Clash.

Loko Parentis began as a studio project in Cork in 1981 and featured members of Nun Attax and Cork’s first punk band, Berserk. Loko Parentis was founded by Paul O’Mahony, ex-Berserk, who has remained its driving force ever since the original ‘80s demo, which garnered considerable national and local airplay at the time. An amended line-up played the Oxygen Festival in 2007 (Pet Sounds stage, opening for acts like Sinead O’Connor and Brian Wilson). The Loko Parentis line-up on the new compilation album and videos features Paul O’Mahony with ex-members of The Gurriers, Las Vegas Basement, The Cherries, Estel and The Evil Kneivals.

Photo credit: Marc O’Sullivan

London-based Irish pop singer-songwriter, Fia Moon returns with new single ‘blue skies’ set for release on March 8th. The song will be accompanied by a DIY visualiser shot entirely on handheld cameras and smartphones in the cityscape of London. The video embraces a lo-fi aesthetic, adding to its authenticity and the raw emotion of the song.

The song demonstrates Fia’s keen sense for sophisticated arrangements, unusual melodies and different timbres.Working alongside London producer Sam Tsang (Fred Again, Griff, Kamal, Lucy Blue) Fia co-wrote ‘blue skies’ in his London studio. The song came together naturally and easily in one day, speaking on the production Fia explains,  

“I wanted it to feel light and dark at the same time and Sam perfectly captured that confusing feeling, with his haunting and atmospheric style of production. We laughed and I probably cried at some point lol but it all just felt like we were trying to capture a feeling, more so than trying to create a perfect song.”

The track explores the delicate stages of healing after the end of a relationship, with themes of self-love, rediscovery, and gratitude. The song’s structure mirrors the progression from dawn to dusk, symbolizing the journey from the pale blue crisp skies of morning to the candlelight evenings of introspection and attempted renewal.

Fia’s silky vocals combine to create a hypnotic, meditative soulful pop song with an alluring and intimate undertone. Speaking on the meaning of the song, Fia explains,

“blue skies isn’t necessarily about a particular person or place, but about an underlying feeling that I had at the time. 

Like all my songs, this feels like a little diary entry. It’s about a morning I woke up from a dream and forgot that person was gone from my life. There’s something so fascinating about dreams where they disarm you and you lose sense of reality. When I first woke up, I was so disorientated. Like how every day comes to an end, how every tide comes in and out, life goes on. And you must learn to carry on and find the light in every situation. It was a reminder that maybe I wasn’t fully moved on from these feelings, and accepting that.”

‘blue skies’ is Fia’s first release of 2024 following the success of her previous single ‘On Fire’ which dominated the Irish Radio charts reaching #2 in the Breakers Chart and #37 in the Irish Airplay Chart and amassing 12 million impressions and counting since its release! She also ended 2023 on a high by closing the Late Late Show NYE TV special and performing at Dublin Castle. More recently, she has been nominated in the best newcomer category for Goss.ie and was included in 2024 ‘Ones To Watch’ lists for The Sunday Times and Stellar Magazine. 

Fia has also kicked off her tour with Lyra as her main support for UK & Ireland including the 3Olympia in Dublin and the Omera in London!

ABOUT FIA MOON

Fia Moon has amassed over 65 million impressions on Irish radio in the short time she has been releasing music independently. On digital streaming platforms, Fia has reached over 3 million streams and has graced the covers of Spotify editorial playlists ‘New Pop UK’ and ‘A Breath of Fresh Éire’ twice! One of Fia’s songs ‘By Now’ has recently gone viral on TikTok with over 23k creations and counting – driven by content creators in South America and Asia! 

Fia has performed extensively on television in Ireland, including The Late Late Show, The Six O’Clock Show, Fanning at Whelan’s and on RTÉ’s Songs from an Empty Room. Fia also has many live performances under her belt having played the main stage at Sea Sessions festival, Indiependence festival and Ireland’s largest festival Electric Picnic! She also supported the amazing Irish talent from Cian Ducrot, The Coronas and more recently Aby Coulibaly at her first London show.

Fia secured her first front cover in 2023 with the Business Post who said “It is her rawness and deeply personal songwriting, generally drawing from real-life experiences, that attracts listeners, but it’s her classically trained soulful vocals that keep them hooked.” Clash Magazine said that “Irish songwriter Fia Moon is telling a unique story.”; tastemaker Nialler9 wrote that “Fia is carving a niche for herself as a promising new artist, and is certainly bringing something new and diverse to the Irish music scene.”; Record of the Day said, “Irish artist Fia Moon offers a glimpse of positivity in this gorgeous slice of atmospheric pop”, Ireland’s Top Music Magazine Hot Press described Fia’s music as ‘beautiful, atmospheric, hyper-relatable pop songs flecked with R&B, jazz and soul”

Connect with Fia Moon 

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Nixer are releasing The Book on March 13 to coincide with the announcement of their second EP I hit the town and the town hit me back which sees a digital and vinyl release on May 17. Coming off the back of supporting The Clockworks and The Mary Wallopers, 2024 is shaping up to be Nixer’s biggest year yet.

The Book marks the second single from Nixer’s forthcoming EP I hit the town and the town hit me back and further burnishes their reputation as one of the most exciting acts emerging from London’s fertile alternative scene. Following on from the successes of Second Hand, Pleasure & Irish Dancer, The Book continues the act’s run of diverse singles, from both a sonic and thematic perspective.

The track is about living in a euphoric, dreamlike state. It is inspired by reading and how this simple act can have such a transformative effect on one’s imagination. The track was composed whilst reading Sputnik Sweetheart by Murakami which inspired the song’s themes of unrequited love and longing.

Sonically the release is a distillation of the trademark Nixer sound: uptempo and visceral all whilst delicately balanced with the perfect amount of pop sensibilities. Taken from a Nixer record by Seán Keenan and Simon Gardner. Recorded, produced and mixed in a bedroom in London, LA, and New York City. Mastered by Rude 66 in California.

Whistle This is a monthly music showcase/platform which has been running now in Thurles for over 7 years. With the support of appreciative audiences, and of course the wonderful musicians and writers that channel the magic into shared moments with a new song or performance.

With the help and support of IMRO, Whistle This has been able to continue, post Covid, to provide a space and platform for all genres of contemporary songwriting and bands. both experienced, and those who need to gain that experience in a positive and supportive way. It’s a joy to watch new, young writers grow in confidence and in the art and craft of songwriting.

Connect with Whistle This on Facebook here: Whistle This Promotions

Photo credit: Neil J Smyth

NEW JACKSON marks his long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s From Night To Night with its successor OOPS!… POP for long-time collaborators Permanent Vacation. The new LP is due out on vinyl/cd/digital on 19^th April 2024. A concise triumph in techno pop, its 9 tracks elevate his signature electronic sounds into anthemic new heights.

The first two tracks are out today [Friday 8^th March], speaking about them, New Jackson aka David Kitt, says:

“Out of Reach was the last track I wrote for the album. I had a version of the album that Iiked but the whole thing didn’t feel quite ‘oops’ or ‘pop’ enough. I had the melody and chorus of Out of Reach knocking around for a while and I wrote and recorded the lyrics and vocals in one long session the day before mastering was booked. It gave the album a shot of pop urgency that made it really gel as a whole. I get a mild bang of Jason Donovan off it but it has giddy techno-pop sugar rush that I really like and it makes it a worthy addition to the New Jackson canon. And hey Jason D via Stock Aiken and Waterman is definitely part of my pop musical DNA.

The OK Hole was written in one two-day session. It features my beloved SP 1200 quite heavily. I’ve never really been in a K-hole but this how I imagine it might feel in a nice cosy one. It originally featured a Flann O’Brien/Brian Ó Nualláin interview in the breakdown but I decided at the 11th hour to go fully instrumental as it just felt a bit jarring and there may have been copyright issues.”

David Kitt is a prolific sonic polymath who’s enjoyed a colourful career making whatever he likes. While releasing music under a vast array of aliases and collaborations for close to two and a half decades, New Jackson has remained his irregular home since 2011 for when ‘at one with the machines’. It offers a kaleidoscopic window into his love of dance music, and on his debut album under the alias From Night To Night (released in 2017 on Dublin’s All City label) he unfurled his singular vision; a dilated suite of nocturnal soul coaxed from his beloved electronic equipment with songwriter’s nous, sonically etched as blunted whispers coalesced from the dusky billows of Dublin Bay. Further EPs and singles followed, alongside a beloved live show he toured globally, plus detours with his critically-lauded Garies duo (with Lumigraph) and a David Kitt solo album.

In the time since his New Jackson debut, he has slowly distilled his studio methodology to help mine the true core of his musical self. Within this experimentation, he has stumbled upon the bounty that is OOPS!… POP, his most direct and euphoric body of work to date. Recorded across the span of five years and three different countries, Kitt has managed to transform his beloved alias into a leaner beast, tightening the screws around arrangements and songwriting to inspire an album sonically effortless in demeanour and spontaneously playful in structure and form. Aided by a stacked cast of collaborators including Rita Lynn, Donnacha Costello, Riche “Jape” Egan, Yenkee, Kean Kavanagh, Margie Jean Lewis, Meg Cronin and Fehdah, it bears the hallmarks of the studio albums of yesteryear in its dynamism and gratification while drawing on his rich bouquet of influences across a century of recorded music.

Opener SI SI SI lulls you in with its smothered vocoder’d croons and patient groove, BURNT DEEP next yields a surprising deep house turn, lit gently with casual hedonism. LIKE rewires the playbook entirely, shuffling along its minimal 80’s boogie groove with a cheeky grin, before lead single OUT OF REACH further mines the golden pastures with its glorious stuttering techno power-pop fit with that anthemic chorus. DAY IN SHOCK digi-dubs around the wonderful vocal turn of Fehdah in purest heads-down manner, then THE OK HOLE and STROBE both descend the psychedelic wormhole of anaesthetised breaks and electro with its entranced dancefloor gaze. I WANNA BE ADORED, the Madchester anthem from The Stone Roses, is then surprisingly reimagined as a lost kraut-pop robo sung classic while WITH THE NIGHT AT OUR FEET is our climactic conclusion, a mechanised symphony of dual proportions, a humane core of angelic harmonies chugging along in electro rhythm before soaring strings take us on our way.

New Jackson’s oeuvre, indeed David Kitt’s musical world, is vast; OOPS!… POP then might just be his opus across it all, a towering achievement of soaring catharsis in melody and song that soundtracks the most direct transmissions from his heart to yours.

OOPS!… POP by New Jackson is out on vinyl/digital/CD 19^th April 2024 via Permanent Vacation. Pre-order on Bandcamp: https://newjackson.bandcamp.com/album/oops-pop

Also out in the coming weeks is a reissue of David Kitt’s 2006 release Not Fade Away, featuring 8 tracks from the original record lovingly remastered, a re-recording of Say No More and a brand new song Love Someone Else featuring Niamh Regan.

Tracklist:

1. SI SI SI
2. BURNT DEEP
3. LIKE
4. OUT OF REACH
5. DAY IN SHOCK
6. THE OK HOLE
7. I WANNA BE ADORED
8. STROBE
9. WITH THE NIGHT AT OUR FEET

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RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2023
Lankum – False Lankum

RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2023
Cian Ducrot – “Heaven”

Irish Artist of the Year 2023
Jazzy

Irish Breakthrough Artist of the Year 2023
Jazzy

Classic Irish Album
Achtung Baby by U2 

TV Highlights Programme – Thursday 14^th March at 22.30 on RTÉ2

Lankum has been announced as the winner of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2023 for the album False Lankum. Previous AOTY winner Denise Chaila made the announcement in Vicar St after the judging panel, made up of Irish music media professionals and chaired by Jim Carroll, met up this evening to decide on the winning album.

Lankum received a cheque for €10,000, a prize which has been provided by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA), as well as a specially commissioned award.

The event, hosted by RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford, took place live in Vicar St and was broadcast live on 2FM with Beta Da Silva, included exclusive performances from eight of the nominated artists.

Cian Ducrot has been voted the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year for his song “Heaven”. The song was selected from a shortlist of 10 songs by public vote (Ireland only), via the RTÉ 2FM and Choice Music Prize websites and was announced by Tracy Clifford on her 2FM show this afternoon.

Jazzy won Irish Artist of the Year presented by Neil Hannon, as well as Irish Breakthrough Artist of the Year presented by Mark Crossingham from Universal Ireland. Dave Fanning collected U2’s award for the Classic Irish Album Achtung Baby. The Edge and Adam Clayton sent a message via video from Las Vegas.

Conversations, with four industry panels, took place earlier in the day in BIMM on Francis St.

RTÉ2 will broadcast a one-hour TV programme of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, featuring performances from the eight acts and hosted by Tracy Clifford on Thursday 14^th March at 22.30.

Photo credit – Graham Keogh

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The 19th annual RTÉ Choice Music Prize will once again celebrate the best in Irish recorded music. The Prize has become one of the music-industry highlights of the year since its inception in 2005. The Irish Album of the Year award is chosen from a shortlist of ten albums by a panel of eleven Irish music media professionals and industry experts.

The winning Album of the Year act will receive €10,000, a prize fund which has been provided by The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). All shortlisted acts will receive a specially commissioned award.

RAAP, Culture Ireland, First Music Contact, Minding Creative Minds, Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet and Coimisiún na Meán are also official project partners of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize.

Through its funding of the Music From Ireland programme, Culture Ireland’s support of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize will be directed towards shortlisted artists, as well as assisting the RTÉ Choice Music Prize “Conversations”.

Stay up-to-date with the latest RTÉ Choice Music Prize news by following @choiceprize, @rte2fm, @rte and @rte2 on Twitter and Facebook and @explorerte and @rte2fm on Instagram using #rtechoiceprize.

Returning to the stunning Curraghmore Estate, All Together Now embarks on its fifth chapter on the August Bank Holiday Weekend, from 1st – 4th, 2024. After a fourth chapter bursting with joyous crowds, groundbreaking performances, and unforgettable memories, the festival returns to redefine the experience once again.

Last night’s IMRO Live Music Venue Awards 2024 brought exciting news as All Together Now was honoured with the coveted title of IMRO Music Festival Of The Year! This prestigious recognition shines a spotlight on the dedication and hard work of everyone involved in making our festival a success. Fuelled with the excitement of this win, we are thrilled to announce over 50 incredible boundary-pushing artists set to perform across a staggering 14 music stages. Each stage with its own unique character and atmosphere, promising something for every music fan.

Set to perform at ATN24 are acclaimed acts such as The National, soul sensation Jorja Smith, synthpop royalty Future Islands, and euphoric beats from Scottish producer Barry Can’t Swim performing live.

Catch Maribou State’s first Irish show in 6 years, and Yaya Bey’s Irish debut. Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow gears up to release his seventh album, ‘Wide Open, Horses’, in June, check out his recent single Never Gone shot in the Wicklow Mountains. Natasha Bedingfield will have crowds singing along in rapturous unison as she evokes the spirit of the noughties with her classic anthem ‘Unwritten’.

Making her festival debut, the remarkable talent of 17-year-old Muireann Bradley, as showcased on the renowned Jools Holland’s Annual Hootenanny, followed by the gripping sonics of ØXN at their only Irish festival appearance in 2024. Fans of The Mary Wallopers, fresh from their appearance on The Tommy Tiernan Show will be delighted to catch their only Irish festival performance of the year.

Don’t miss the long-awaited and highly anticipated return of electronic duo Kiasmos and catch Melbourne-based band Glass Beams’ as they make their Irish debut with a hypnotic and immersive performance. The Wailers celebrate the 40th Anniversary of LEGEND, the acclaimed album of Bob Marley and The Wailers.

In addition to this whopper lineup, ATN24 will feature a diverse array of experiences, food and festivities to captivate festivalgoers. Stay tuned for more announcements on Arcadia, immersive experiences, wellness, delectable culinary delights and much much more. Get ready for an unforgettable weekend of discovery and exploration of music and culture at All Together Now 2024.

Tickets & Instalment Plan will go on general sale at 9 AM Monday, March 11 via Ticketmaster.ie.

Presale exclusive to ATN Members mailing list will be available ahead of the general on sale from 8 AM Monday, March 11. 

General Tickets:
A General camping ticket allows access to All Together Now 2024 go on sale Monday, March 11 at 9 AM. Priced from
Tier 1 – €199  (SOLD OUT)
Tier 2 – €215  (SOLD OUT)
Tier 3 – €235  (Limited Remain)
Tier 4 – €249

Instalment Plan:
The limited five-series Installment Plan means you get yourself a General or Family Festival Camping Ticket to All Together Now and spread the cost across five payments with each payment being €49.80.
Family Tickets:
A Family Weekend ticket allows access for 1 adult & up to 2 children aged 12 and under into the festival and designated Family Campsite. Priced from
Tier 1 – €199  (SOLD OUT)
Tier 2 – €215  (SOLD OUT)
Tier 3 – €235  (Limited Remain)
Tier 4 – €249

Campervan / Caravan Passes:
General Campervan / Caravan, you must also purchase a general weekend camping ticket per person & one general campervan ticket per campervan/caravan to gain entry to the general campervan site from Thursday, August 1st
General Campervan / Caravan pass – €99  (SOLD OUT)
Family Campervan / Caravan pass – €99  (SOLD OUT)

Early Entry:
We are pleased to announce that early entry on Thursday, August 1st will now be available to all festival ticket holders.
All Together Now is strictly over 21s | Subject to license 

“The three-day-er in the rolling Waterford Hills has established itself as an eclectic favourite with Irish festival-goers.” – NME

 “All Together Now is a realm where ordinary life doesn’t matter. The worries that have been plaguing your mind for weeks suddenly lift.” – Extra.ie 

“From New Zealand chart star Lorde telling us about her Irish dad to some outrageous outfits and comedian Emma Doran finding a neighbour in the front row, there was ne’er a dull moment for the 27,000-strong crowd that made it down to Curraghmore House, County Waterford.” Buzz.ie

“All Together Now was beautiful this year. It was creative and weird. It was poignant. At times, it called for grief. At others, it called for nothing but movement. It was wet and windy and sunny and muddy, and it was entirely what so many of us needed it to be.” Louder Than War

“Iggy Pop remains as vigorous as any stadium showboater and, on the final night of All Together Now, is the consummate rock ‘n’ roll outsider: untamed, cathartic and still refusing to play by the rules.” ★★★★★ Irish Times

“All Together Now has all the ingredients in place for another deliriously good weekend.” Irish Examiner 

“All Together Now 2023 was a brilliant weekend of live entertainment. The diverse range of world-class performances and friendly, unifying atmosphere will certainly have thousands looking forward to making the trip down to Waterford again next year.” Hot Press

“Leaving the festival is usually a melancholic time, but it’s hard to feel any sadness after three lovely days of music, dancing, sun and, of course, curry chips!” Waterford News & Star

“By the time we were packing our tents on the Monday morning, talk of the wind and rain on Friday had been replaced with rave reviews for another solid and often surprising line-up from the All Together Now team.” The Thin Air

RTE2FM
“Georgia G is her name and it’s not to be forgotten in Irish music today. She is here to make statements and great music and has simply become a one to watch”

Fingal Independent
“About to take the music scene by storm”

Hot Press magazine
“Hotly tipped artist”

Today FM
“I played this last night and since then I’ve been getting so many messages about it, this is the talented Georgia G with her new single and I think she’s fantastic”

The Goo
“The latter a neo soul bedroom pop star who wouldn’t feel out of place as the local talent in the opening slot of a PRINCE tour. The late late is missing a trick if their Booker doesn’t book this potential pop gem”

Georgia G is a 22 year old singer/songwriter from Malahide, Dublin. Georgia has been writing songs for as long as she can remember, with inspiration from Roisin Murphy, Stereophonics, Sheryl Crow, CMAT and Sister Sledge.

This track is a follow-up to her most recent single release, “Someone Better,” which was played on numerous radio stations nationwide, including RTE2fm, Today FM, Cork’s 96fm, and FM104 to name a few. Georgia G took part in ‘Whelan’s Ones To Watch’ in January, playing to a packed venue.

Georgia G is Labelled as ‘Ones To Watch’ by many including the iconic venue Whelan’s, playing with an impeccable band including Jake Curran, Niall Horan’s guitarist and MD. Being nominated for ‘Most promising of the year’ by Hot Press magazine music awards last year, Georgia G’s upcoming single ‘PARASITE’ will be released on March 13th. With an infectious chorus that will have you belting it out in the car, the song is a lively pop tune. It features a powerful vocal and melody line, as well as all live instruments. It’s fresh with an element of Sheryl Crow’s ageless energy.  You’ll want to play it again as soon as you finish listening to it.

“PARASITE’, is a song that when I wrote it, I couldn’t stop singing it. It’s got the element of rawness that makes you want to get in your car and blast it out while singing along on the motorway.  It’s about that one person you can’t get out of your head no matter how hard you try. Right person, wrong time. It’s about feeling like you’re two steps behind in life and blaming that on this one situation, even though you need to take control of your own destiny.”

Georgia G put out her song “Someone better” in October, it garnered a lot of positive attention, including a feature in Hot Press Magazine. Additionally, it was played on radio stations all over the country. ‘Johnny Bravo’ was released in May, gaining attraction from radio stations nationwide, including a live interview with select Irish (FM104) from her sold out gig in Whelan’s upstairs. Georgia recently played a set at Electric Picnic, also opening for Sophie Doyle Ryder London in May.

Georgia G released her track ‘Are You Single?’ Back in November, which was chosen as RTE2 FM’s track of the week and described as ‘a modern pop gem with retro influences from the 1970’s in the style of Nile Rogers’. Post release Georgia G sold out her first ever headline gig in The Workman’s Cellar on December 5th. Georgia G was chosen to play Hot Press’ ”Young & Emerging’ series on April 2nd of last year, being described as a ‘hotly tipped’ artist by the music magazine. She also supported Sophie Doyle Ryder in Whelan’s, (upstairs) in October 2021. Georgia G is “about to take the music scene by storm” -Fingal Independent.

Georgia G has a BA (hons) degree songwriting in BIMM Dublin. Georgia was chosen for both BIMM’s ‘Live and Lyrical’ gigs in 2021 amongst many applicants, one which was aired in May & recorded in The Grand Social, other held in Opium Rooms in November. Georgia G has been gigging all around Dublin these past few months, including being chosen to play as part of Whelan’s “Full Irish” on St.Patrick’s day 2022.

Georgia has been performing for nearly all of her life. With her passion for musical theatre, she performed in many musicals including her sister, Lauryn Gaffney’s original musical `Big Shot’. Performing in Feinstein’s 54 below and OFF-BROADWAY in summer of 2019, with her sister and other talented cast members.

CONNECT WITH GEORGIA G

TIKTOK – https://www.tiktok.com/@georgiagaffney11 

INSTAGRAM – https://www.instagram.com/georgiagaffney 

YOUTUBE – https://www.youtube.com/channel/georgiag7407