Pádraig Jack in concert to launch new single
After a busy summer touring Ireland and the UK with Sharon Shannon, singer-songwriter Pádraig Jack returns to Galway City’s Crane Bar this Friday, November 15 to launch his new single Minnie.
The artist from the Aran Islands writes and sings folk, Celtic and adult contemporary songs on guitar in English and Irish. He is the son of ground-breaking Irish language songwriter Barry Ronan and his maternal aunt is the poet Mary O'Malley.
Up to now, he has mostly released songs in the Irish language. Minnie, the first single from Padraig's debut album is bilingual but predominantly in English. The album was recorded in London by renowned producer John Reynolds (Sinéad O'Connor, Damien Dempsey and Indigo Girls)and is due for release in 2020.
Padraig Jack has already opened shows for The Saw Doctors, Donal Lunny, Mick Flannery, The 4 of Us, John Spillane and Sharon Shannon, and has appeared at the Westport Bluegrass Festival, SOMA in County Down, Shorelines in Portumna, Skibbereen Arts Festival and Electric Picnic. Padraig has received numerous Gradaim NÓS nominations in the award ceremony that celebrates contemporary music in Ireland and has won second prize at the Pan Celtic National Song Contest.
For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.
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