Singers, male and female, who write and perform their own music, who are based in Ireland. Newest Hooley! members listed first.
Tommy Keyes was the keyboard player for Sidewinder, a mainstay of the Dublin rock scene in the late 1970s, and wrote many of their most...
Kitchen Punk is musical journey by rudimentary recording skills. I write songs in bursts and themes. Each set of songs represents an...
West Clare songsmith and European troubadour, David Hope is back with a new collection of heartfelt, raw, gritty songs. Hope is set to...
Follow your heart and start as you mean to go on “...the wise words spoken by Johnny Flynn, ...
Best known for the ethereal poise of her crystal singing voice. Half Irish, half English singer songwriter Lewis works with an...
John Spillane is a musician, songwriter, performer, recording artist, storyteller, poet, dreamer - a canvass filled with color and...
MRU Best Trad/Alt/Folk Artist 2012, Laura Ann Brady's music is best described as dark ambient folk. Previously singer/keys/autoharp...
Dublin born, folk/pop singer-songwriter, Eoin Glackin releases Understand You, the latest single from his new “Club Classic” EP. An...
Irish Singer-songwriter Ivan Nicolas started out as a drummer in a blues band and then progressed to guitar and piano. He luckily...
Abigail’s debut album, Lay Me Down , is a collection of finely crafted songs that capture the essence of lyricists such as Elvis...
Naoise Roo, as both songwriter and performer, is an undeniably powerful force. Since 2015 Roo has seen her audience grow with a swath...
Robb Murphy is an Irish singer-songwriter whose journey has taken him far and wide to hone his craft as a master storyteller. Robb’s...
From Ballinasloe in Co. Galway, songwriter Emma O’Reilly is often compared to Tori Amos, Kate Bush and Regina Spektor for her...
Slow Skies is the project of Irish singer/ songwriter Karen Sheridan. Having met producer Conal Herron while studying music in London,...
Aidan Breen is a singer-songwriter from Galway. Following the success of his tour of all 32 counties of Ireland in 32 consecutive days,...
My Tribe Your Tribe is an Indie-Electro and recording project of Laois based musician George Mercer. My Tribe Your Tribe is an...
Aidan Logan is a Songwriter and Singer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. With a wide variety of influences, including Garth Brooks,...
Northern Irish singer-songwriter Alana Henderson's released her debut EP Wax & Wane in 2014 - a veritable pandoras box of burrowing...
Gillian Tuite is a fingerstyle guitarist, singer and songwriter from Oldcastle, Co. Meath, Ireland. She began playing guitar at the age...
Niall Thomas is a Dublin based Musician and Songwriter who released his second studio album ‘Night Sky Blue’ in April 2018...
Since her beginning in Galway 2011, Katie O´Connor has shared her music on stages and streets throughout Europe. In the midst of...
'Little Rivers’ is the project of Belfast native Callum Cairns. After spontaneously releasing the ‘We, I’ EP in late 2012 with no...
Based in Donegal, Rosie Carney emerged in 2018 as one of the country’s most reflective and thoughtful lyricists and musicians. Her...
Ronan Kealy, performing under the name Junior Brother, writes and performs visceral folky takes on the nuances of country life. His...
Kelly is a current member of the Irish band Celtic Thunder, but he maintains his early musical background as a solo singer. His first...
Chris de Burgh, is a British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. He started out as an art rock performer but subsequently...
Participant is Stephen Tiernan, a song writer and producer from Dublin, Ireland. At it's core Participant is fragile and emotionally...
Rosborough is a indie singer/songwriter from county of Derry in Northern Ireland. His Music is characterized by his unique deep lyrics...
Kitt Philippa searches for grace, and the luminous, in words met with music. Although raised on classical, the songs are strangely...
Erica Cody Kennedy Smith AKA Erica Cody is an Pop/RnB singer, songwriter, and producer. Introduced by her parents, Erica’s love for...
Elaine Malone is an Irish psychedelic-folk songwriter. Hailing from Limerick, she currently resides in Cork, where she has carved a...
The Cork native has seriously impressed us in 2018 with the release of her two singles ‘Arbour’ and ‘Keep It Whole’. A heady...
David Kitt is an Irish musician/producer that crosses multiple genres. David's father and uncles formed a successful touring folk group...
Niall Horan is an Irish singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of the English-Irish band One Direction. In 2010,...
Glen Hansard is an Irish songwriter, actor, vocalist and guitarist for the Irish group The Frames, and one half of folk rock duo The...
Lisa Hannigan is an Irish singer, songwriter, musician, and voice actress. She began her musical career as a member of Damien Rice's...
Damien Rice is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Rice began his musical career as a member of the 1990s rock...
Friday was born in Dublin and grew up in Ballygall, a neighbourhood located on Dublin's Northside located between Finglas and Glasnevin...
Mick Flannery is an Irish singer and songwriter. His debut album Evening Train resulted from his time spent studying music and...
At the age of 13, when living in Australia with his family, O'Rourke was given his first guitar by a priest in Kyabram who recognised...
Moya Brennan, born Máire Ní Bhraonáin, is a Grammy award winning Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist. She...
Gavin Dunne is the man behind the internet music project Miracle Of Sound. His songs and compositions (produced & mixed 100% solo...
Fiach Moriarty is an Irish singer-songwriter and television presenter from Dublin, Ireland. His debut album So I came out in 2010 which...
She is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra. As Sinéad O'Connor,...
James Vincent McMorrow is an Irish singer and songwriter. He is best known for his albums Early in the Morning and Post Tropical....
James was born in Dublin on 5 July 1991 and grew up in a household surrounded by music. James' dad would play Cat Stevens, Sam Cooke...
He received his first guitar when he was 12 and left home soon after and began busking and gigging for about 12 years. At about the age...
Ultan combines common themes and familiar situations with coherent prose and wraps them around musical styles rooted deeply in...
Cathy Maguire is an Irish singer/songwriter from Dundalk, County of Louth. She has become internationally recognized after getting her...
Raised on the North Coast of Ireland, singer/songwriter Jc Stewart picked up a guitar at the age of 12, and within a year was writing...
Multi-award winning Irish singer Colm Keegan is best known as one of the Principal singers with PBS sensation show Celtic Thunder. A...
Richie Kavanagh is an IRMA award winning entertainer who writes and performs his own artistic and creative songs. Famous for the number...
After an 18 month absence from the music industry, Markus Feehily steps back into the limelight to launch his solo career with his...
Kevin Barry Moore was born on 23 May 1955 in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. His parents were Andy Moore and Nancy Power, who had...
Chicago born Christiana Underwood is an upcoming artist based in Cork City. She is a vocalist of four in the Deep South Soul...
Making music from no age at all, Rebekah is a self-taught and classically-trained pianist, self-taught guitarist and vocalist from...
Lalor, an Irish bred lad writes songs from the heart and wears his on his sleeve when sitting down with the pen and paper. Honest and...
Jack O’Rourke is one of those mercurial artists whose musical imagination and personality has made him an intriguing entity to his...
Joanna Marie is a singer songwriter from Dublin. Her career as a musician began at the age of 18 when her brother brought home a...
Sonja Sleator has established herself as one of Northern Ireland’s most recognisable singer/songwriters. Her personal and engaging...
Jamie is a contemporary folk artist who projects an energetic light hearted sound. He has given the genre a rustic quality by...
Described by the Irish Times as 'a bit of a wonder' Hannah McPhillimy's debut E.P 'Seeing Things' was launched in 2013 to a string of...
Irish born singer - songwriter Megan O’Neill is currently working on her second full-length, studio album, set for full release in...
Little Hours delivers an epic and infectious alternative approach to the folk/pop genre by the singer songwriter John Doherty. The...
Belfast based alt folk troubadour. Kris Marsden spent most of 2018 touring (Ireland, UK, Holland) to promote the studio album 'My #9',...
In 1983 Paul was a founder member of the internationally successful rock band ‘In Tua Nua’. It was in the pursuit of a singer that...
With her self-titled debut EP scoring the number one spot on the acoustic Bandcamp chart and winning Chordblossom's Kickstart 2015,...
Indie-Rock Singer-Songwriter Johnny Rayge has been a mainstay of the Dublin music scene since his fourth band ITO (2003-2010) first...
Seanie Vaughan is a indie rock and folk artist from Connemara, Galway, Ireland. In 2011, Seanie released his debut album “Altered...
After the independant release of her debut album ‘Down to the Bone’ there has been no stopping the Cork songstress as she has...
Ailbhe has been making impact since the release of her debut EP 'Hollowed Out Sea' in 2016. This EP's single 'Distrust' garnered...
After a four-year hiatus, Dublin songwriter Laura Elizabeth Hughes re-introduced herself to the world with her E.P., ‘Ceremony’, in...
Dublin Vocalist and Composer Sue Rynhart’s debut album 'Crossings' was nominated 'Best Jazz Album' in the Irish Times Ticket Awards...
Chanele McGuinness is a singer-songwriter from the North West of Ireland, residing in a small town on the edge of the Atlantic ocean....
A solo angsty-electro-alt-pop artist based in Galway and originally from Laois. Singing alongside the electronic music on topics such...
He may wield an acoustic guitar and write achingly beautiful universal truths, but Ciaran Lavery doesn’t conform to the sensitive...
Katie Laffan has never been an artist to stand still. From a debut EP of lo-fi bedroom funk pop to last year’s subtle, affecting...
Dublin rock musician Kevin Casey is a long standing regular in the live music circuit in Ireland. Having gigged extensively across the...
Hailing from the darker edge of the folk spectrum, the tried and tested Singer Songwriter path has been given a breath of haunting...
Knoeline Keane is a singer/songwriter from Ireland. Since 2011 she has been writing her own music and putting videos on her YouTube...
Calm State represents a genre of world music - it's a project of Sebastian Kerrbay-Florek that over the years has developed and shaped...
Giuliano Nistri is an Italian and English songwriter, musician and poet of Irish extraction. A science lyceum graduate, he went on to...
Míde Houlihan is a Clonakilty bred singer songwriter, who has captured the hearts of many an Irish audience over the last number of...
After moving to California from Ireland in 2013 he created a buzz in the area with the Irish-American rock group, McHugh & Devine....
With a stunning vocal range and a theatrical bent, multi-instrumentalist Tracy Bruen blends indie folk with wistful blues to tug the...
Paul's debut EP “Lyric For The Lost” is to be released 2nd Sept 2013 to the anticipation of many who have seen the young Strabane...
I Have A Tribe is led by Patrick O’Laoghaire::Recently invited to PEOPLE, he collaborated with Feist/Beirut/This is The Kit/Little...
With her new debut album ‘Blue Mandolin’ Maria Butterly, stands poised to be the new jewel in the crown in Ireland's rich crop of...
Sun Collective celebrated the release of their critically acclaimed debut album in 2017. Most recently they performed and collaborated...
Stevie Cliff has served a varied musical apprenticeship. The twenty-something Dublin native has plyed his trade as a drummer,...
Dublin singer and composer Rachael Lavelle has been casting spells around Ireland and abroad with a haunting music that is at once...
Callum Orr is a young singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist based in Dublin City. His music can be described as colourful,...
In 2013, the artistry of Chris Haze was heralded by Hot Press Magazine as “Hot For 2014’ and nominated Chris to win their...
Dermot Kennedy is a singer and songwriter from Dublin. Having only set out on his solo journey in September 2014, Dermot has already...
Lisa Canny hails from Co. Mayo. After spending 6 years on the road in the U.S. with groups Celtic Crossroads and The Young Irelanders...
Kevin Fowley is a Franco-Irish finger-picker, word-mumbler, singer-songwriter and hyphen-enthusiast. Having developed a style of guitar...
Colm Fitzpatrick, multi award-winning singer and songwriter, has enriched the music scene with his gifted ability to speak to the soul...
Laurie Shaw hails from The Wirral peninsula. He has made over 80 records in the Kerry mountains including Working Nights, My Girlfriend...
'The songwriter has made a name for himself performing self-penned songs that hold more honesty than a confessional booth and more...
Claire Watts grew up in the parish of Lackagh, Turloughmore Co. Galway Ireland. At the age of 17 she moved to the UK. A keen Irish...
Training as a young orchestral viola player, Owen Denvir was drawn by the alternative sound of Bon Iver over Bach. These two styles of...
If you’re looking for songs with genuine character and an intriguing story then look no further than Anna’s Anchor. Created in...
At an early age, Shane Joyce was influenced by the great songsmiths Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen and the ninety-mile-an-hour writings of...
Zack Boone is a multiple-time BBC Radio-featured Irish singer & producer whose music has appeared in various movies, including the...
Hailing from the South-West of Ireland, Kate combines intricate accompaniments and introspective lyrics to create a unique dream-folk...
Sister Ghost, aka Shannon Delores O'Neill, has a background playing in bands from the age of 12. In early 2014, she saw an opportunity...
Winner of two BBC Folk Awards 2017, The Horizon Award for best newcomer and Best Traditional Track. ‘Daoirí is one of the most...
Sherlock are a fresh four piece from Dublin. With the music scene awash with self-obsession and lacklustre love songs, Eddie Sherlock...
Laura Ryder is a songwriter from Co. Mayo, who is now making music with full band under the title Laura Ryder Ampersand. Ampersand...
A trained tenor vocalist with a background in musical theater, classical and traditional music. Ryan began Releasing his own...
Seán McComish is a young musician and songwriter, hailing from Fethard-On-Sea, Co. Wexford, Ireland. Surrounded by music and a musical...
Keith first achieved critical success in 2004 with debut album “The Dancer who Stole your Shoes”. His songs had national radio play...
Sam Clague is a singer songwriter and producer from cork. His songs are driven by intricate guitar arrangements that echo the sounds of...
“Great songs and a powerhouse voice. Easy to see great things ahead for her.” - Gary Lightbody, Snow Patrol. Rebekah Fitch has...
As diverse a musician as he is talented, multi-genre, multi-instrumentalist Cramer puts his all into his song craft and live...
Rosa Nutty is a Dublin-based songwriter. Her inventive vocal harmonies, minimalistic instrumentation and thought provoking lyrics...
Lauren Ní Chasaide is a young rock-pop act from Dublin. From the background of extraordinary talent that is her family of legendary...
Grainne Hunt is a contemporary folk singer and songwriter, raised in Monaghan and based in Kildare. With consistently on-point,...
David King is a Dublin folk and blues singer with an E.P entitled “Dig my Own Hole” (2013) and recently released debut album...
Emerging songwriter David C. Clements announces the release of his debut LP “The Longest Day In History” for Friday 19th February...
Composer and producer of his commended solo album ‘If You Only Knew’, Aodán Coyne is a unique singer-songwriter talent from...
French singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Dublin. Since moving from her native France, she has been very active on the...
Declan is a songwriter and singer from a small village on the outskirts of Dublin. His songs are emotionally driven,trying to capture...
From early days the best company on a journey was good music and a story to tell. Inspired by the times singing around the campfire,...
Tracy Gallagher is a Mayo born singer-songwriter based in Dublin. Her folk driven songs range from soft and melodic to a poetic and...
Leila Jane grew up in both London and Donegal. She began writing songs at age 15 after listening to the full recordings of the 1930’s...