PADRAIG JACK - These Shores - CD [OCT 11]

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A native of the the Aran islands in the Irish speaking Gaeltacht, a place that has produced the writers Liam O’Flaithearta, Máirtín Ó’Direáin and Breandán Ó’hEithir, Padraig Jack will release his sophomore studio album ‘These Shores’ in Autumn 2024. Having demonstrated his songwriting bona fides with his critically acclaimed debut ‘Making Sand’, which was named ‘RTE Album of the Week’ and garnered an RTE Folk Award nomination for ‘Best Original Song’ (Making Sand), Padraig is again teaming up with renowned producer John Reynolds (Sinead O’Connor, Damien Dempsey) and the album features some of the finest musicians in Irish music such as former Waterboys Anthony Thistlethwaite (now with the Saw Doctors) and Steve Wickham as well as Aldoc, Sean McKeown and Fergal Scahill.  

Jack’s songwriting heroes include James Taylor, Van Morrison, Richard Thompson, Enya, and Jimmy McCarthy and he seeks to develop his own songwriting style and with plaudits from industry legends like Mike Scott, Sharon Shannon and Miles Hunt, and laudatory reviews from the likes of Hot Press, Padraig Jack has already made his mark on the Irish music scene.

2024 has seen Padraig play headline shows at Dublin TradFest in the Pepper Canister Church along with Cuas as well as shows at Kilkenny TradFest, Dublin’s Cobblestone, Galway’s Roisin Dubh and a concert in An Spidéal in Stiúdeo Cuan as part of their Summer Concert Series. Padraig was very proud to play a series of shows on neighbouring islands Inis Oírr and Inis Meáin in summer 2024 and he made his debut at the Big Top for the Galway International Arts Festival as special guest to the Saw Doctors before performing two songs live on TG4 for the launch of Fleadh na hEireann in August. ‘These Shores’ is out on October 11th with shows around Ireland including Dublin’s Unitarian church on October 25th. 

Tracklist:

These Shores
Lovely Stare
Little
Father To Son
What Is Love
Díolta Go hIfreann
Oíche Gheal (ft. The Mulkerrin Brothers)
Atone
It Could Be Home
Long Street