IMRO First Cuts at Abner Brown’s | Ryan O’Shaughnessy, Miles Graham and Dan Elliott

Ryan O’Shaughnessy, Miles Graham and Dan Elliott have just been announced to perform at the next IMRO First Cuts Showcase at Abner Brown’s. The April edition of the monthly showcase will take place on Wednesday April 18^th at 8.00pm. Admission is FREE but due to limited capacity tickets are limited to two per person and booking is essential: email events@nullimro.ie

IMRO First Cuts Showcases at Abner Brown’s feature the best up and coming as well as established Irish acts. In the intimate setting performers are given the opportunity to debut new tracks along with their current material. Performance highlights and interviews with all acts who perform are later streamed online at www.IMRO.ie and across IMRO’s social media channels. To date, showcases have featured appearances from the likes of Marc O’Reilly, Gavin James, Ailbhe Reddy, Mark Geary, Farah Elle, Bronagh Gallagher, Chasing Abbey, Wild Youth and Orla Gartland.

Ryan O’Shaughnessy was born in Dublin 1992 into a musical family, and became a student of Billy Barry at the age of 4. While studying at BIMM Dublin as a songwriter in 2012, Ryan penned his first collection of songs. Prior to the release of these songs, Ryan appeared on the finals of both The Voice of Ireland and Britains Got Talent in the same year. In his opening audition on Britain’s Got Talent, Ryan performed his now well renowned, self-penned song ‘No Name’ which has accumulated over 45 million hits on YouTube. He then returned to the semifinals with another self-penned song ‘First Kiss’. While signed to Sony UK, he worked on his EP which reached No.1 in Ireland for 3 consecutive weeks and No.9 in the UK charts, In this time Ryan toured the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland. In July 2013, it was announced that Ryan would be one of the artists taking part in the new Irish songwriting competition ‘The Hit’, going up against his former ‘The Voice’ coach Brian Kennedy.  O’Shaughnessy chose to release ‘Who Do You Love?’ to enter the chart battle against Kennedy and won the chart battle with the single charting at No.3 in the Irish Single charts. Being placed on the global songwriting map at a young age, Ryan has had the pleasure of travelling and writing with some of the world’s greatest, including, Julia Fordham, Joy Williams, Mark Nevin, and Kimmie Rhodes, as well as writing and working for different publishing companies and studios. In the last 3 years O’Shaughnessy has toured the USA and Canada. But his love for songwriting and producing has seen him releasing music for himself and other artists through his recording label and studio ‘Bayview’. His latest album ‘Back to Square’ one shows a maturity in his songwriting and musical taste. Ryan is set to represent Ireland in the Eurovision this year with his song ‘Together’.

Miles Graham has been capturing attention on UK radio throughout since being playlisted on BBC Radio 2 & 36 regional UK radio stations, with many top national UK radio presenters including Graham Norton, Jo Whiley, Jonathan Ross, and Ken Bruce giving the Dublin native regular spins and raving about the Irish singer on BBC Radio 2. In addition to this, Cerys Matthews BBC Radio 6 Music show has been raving about the talented soul singer comparing him to Pharrell Williams and after his appearance at London’s KPH Magnetic soulful voice and raconteur songwriting talent. Inspired by Otis Redding, Holland – Dozier, Paul Weller, Bill Withers and contemporary singer/songwriters like James Morrison, Aloe Blacc and Plan B marks him out as a special talent. Miles guested on US blues artist Beth Hart’s UK tour in 2015 which turned out to be quite an incredible year. In May 2015 Miles was invited by the Grammy awarding artist Beth Hart to be special guest on her UK tour taking in prestigious venues like, The Barbican – London, Philharmonic Hall – Liverpool, O2 – Glasgow & Leeds, The Corn Exchange – Cambridge and many others with rave reviews further evidence of his growing profile. Miles has been playlisted on BBC Radio 2 for 5 weeks straight with his current single ‘I Can’t Love You Again’, a phenomenal achievement for the talented performer, who has come from nowhere and who is self-releasing his own material. Graham has been ‘Homegrown Hero’ on Dermot & Dave TodayFM, he has also been playlisted on national Irish radio, RTE Radio 1 and has played live sessions on Today FM and many other regional radio stations across Ireland.

Dan Elliott is a 23 year year old singer-songwriter from Cork, Ireland. Having gigged on the Dublin music circuit for the past three years, Dan has earned a reputation for his powerful voice, evocative lyrics and moving storytelling ability. Influenced by Bruce Springsteen, John Mayer, Ed Sheeran and David Gray, Elliott is among the finest singer-songwriters currently emerging from the Irish music scene.

Abner Brown’s is not only the coolest barbershop in town, it’s also one of Dublin’s most unique venues. The unlikely Rathmines venue has already seen performances from hundreds of acts such as Ash, Gavin Glass, Duke Special, David Geraghty (of Bell X1 fame), The Young Folk, Molly Sterling, Mundy, The Hot Sprockets and many more. REM’s Michael Stipe has even paid a visit.

IMRO is a national organisation that administers the performing right in copyright music in Ireland on behalf of its members (songwriters, composers and music publishers) and on behalf of members of the international overseas societies that are affiliated to it. Music users such as broadcasters, venues and businesses must pay for their use of copyright music by way of a blanket licence fee. IMRO’s Mission is to protect, promote and develop the collection and distribution of music royalties; foster music creation and promote the value of music to the creative, cultural and business communities in Ireland.

Tickets for IMRO First Cuts at Abner Brown’s are FREE but due to limited capacity booking is essential.  To reserve tickets please email events@nullimro.ie. Tickets are limited to two per person.

IMRO First Cuts at Abner Brown’s is supported by O Brother Brewing.

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https://www.facebook.com/AbnerBrownsBarbershop/
http://obrotherbrewing.com/
https://ryanosmusic.com/
https://www.milesgraham.com/
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