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Padraig Jack - It Could Be Home
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Padraig Jack - It Could Be Home

Official music video for It Could Be Home by Padraig Jack. Seeking not to provoke people but provoke thought 'It Could Be Home' is a song written by an Irish Gaeilgeoir from Iar Chonnacht attempting to walk a mile in an Ulster Unionists shoes, while conscious that ‘Ulster Unionist’ can include a disparate grouping of people with differing views. In the context of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and surrounding conversations about a now possible poll on a United Ireland, many sides are now surveying the landscape asking what that might look like. After spending '400 years setting down their roots and lacing up their marching boots', there is a green ‘Ivy growing at the feet’ of union loyalists as conditions have come to be that they are becoming a numerical minority again within the geographical and political buffer that the creation of Northern Ireland provided 100 years ago and perhaps a fear and insecurity exists ‘Despite the zeal with which my standard flies ahigh’. At the same time it also seems that Unionists love for their union is perhaps not reciprocated. ‘Im not welcome here, Im not wanted there’ – Does there exist a feeling among some of the descendants of Ulster planters that they are like an isolated garrison; becoming outnumbered in this ‘House of Rome’ and cut off and isolated from their original homeland. ‘I’ve got this feeling Ive been jilted by my sovereign, it would be treason if they cast us out alone’. This song attempts to understand some of the considerations that might exist within the psyche of some Unionists and ponders how they might view being a part of the whole island of Ireland ('I've been looking at all of this place, like it could be home'). In a sense asking a question of them - Is it time to think the unthinkable? What if all of Ireland might be my home? Equally this song seeks to invoke some compassionate reflection on the part of Irish nationalists of what might be going through the mind of these Unionists and to think for a moment how it must feel to be in the position they’re in. Padraig Jack is an Irish artist who writes and sings Folk, Celtic and Adult Contemporary songs on guitar in English and Gaelic. Born and raised on the largest of the Aran islands off the west coast of Ireland, Padraig is the son of groundbreaking Irish language songwriter Barry Ronan. Song written and composed by Padraig Jack. Video produced by Padraig Jack. Song recorded and produced by John Reynolds at New Air Studios. https://www.instagram.com/padraigjackmusic https://www.facebook.com/padraigjackmusic http://www.padraigjack.com/ © Good Deeds Records, Beautiful World Music, Padraig Jack Music, 2023. All rights reserved.

RTE Folk Music Awards nominee Padraig Jack delivers a totally engaging performance which comprises a series of moments which are supported by his disarming charm, whit, perspectives on society, Irish history and of course top quality songs in both English and Irish. Padraig will release his sophomore studio album in Autumn 2024. 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 is proudly bilingual both as a conversationalist and a songwriter and writes and sings meaningful songs on guitar and piano in Irish Gaelic and English. With influences from James Taylor and The Eagles to Van Morrison, Sinead O’Connor and Shane McGowan, Padraig appreciates strong songwriting with a distinct point of view.

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, Indigo Girls) and his occasional co-writing partner Barry Ronan. Jack’s songwriting heroes include James Taylor, Van Morrison, Richard Thompson, Enya, and Jimmy McCarthy and he seeks to develop his own songwriting style in the Irish language also.

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. He has released two singles in 2024 and plays summer shows Dublin’s Cobblestone and Galway’s Roisin Dubh as well as a concert in An Spidéal in Stiúdeo Cuan as part of their Summer Concert Series. Padraig is very proud to play on neighboring islands in Inis Oírr and Inis Meáin as well as making his debut at the Big Top for the Galway International Arts Festival as special guest to the Saw Doctors before performing live on TG4 for the launch of Fleadh na hEireann in August.

Padraig Jack released his second album called ‘These Shores’ in October 2024 to critical acclaim with a sold-out album launch in Galway while the album’s lead single ‘Long Street’ topped the RTE Airplay Chart for two consecutive weeks. Padraig will start 2025 with appearances at Dublin TradFest’, Galway’s bilingual festival ‘Tonnta’ before a tour in the UK and a trip to Montreal where he has been selected to represent Ireland at the prestigious Folk Alliance in association with Culture Ireland.  

“An absolute sense of sincerity in all his songwriting” – Sean Rocks, RTE Arena 

“You can hear traces of Van Morrison, James Taylor and Jimmy McCarthy in this album (These Shores)” – Kate Brennan Harding, Music Producer
 

"Making Sand sounds beautiful" - Mike Scott (The Waterboys)

 

"Magic, there's a deeply romantic core to Making Sand but Padraig Jack is too talented to ever veer into saccharine territory, authenticity is his hallmark" - The Alternate Root Magazine (USA)

 

"We must get him in for a session after hearing this"-  Janice Long (BBC Wales)

 

“This album will be a lifelong favourite” - Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff)

"A recognizably Irish soul singer" PennyBlackMusic.com

 

"An assured and accomplished foundation on which to build a burgeoning career" Mike Davies (Folking.com)

 

"Picking up where Mic Christopher left off" - TheMacMusic.com

"One of Ireland's most exciting artists" - Hot Press Magazine

Rugadh Padraig Jack O'Flaithearta isteach i clann ceolmhar in Árainn. Mac an amhránaí Barry Ronan agus nia an file Mary O'Malley, tá sé bródúil go mbíonn sé ag scríobh ceol i mBearla agus Gaeilge ar an giotár agus an piano.

Ainmnithe mar albam an seachtain ar RTE Raidió a 1 nuair a thainig sé amach, fuair an t-albam go leor cáil ó Hot Press, Rock'n'Reel magazine, The Alternate Root agus bhí an amhrán Déanamh Gaineamh ainmnithe le gradam 'Amhrán na Bliana' ag na Gradaim Folk RTE i 2022.

Tá Padraig ag taifead a dara albam faoi láthair leis an léiritheoir John Reynolds (Sinead O'Connor, Damien Dempsey) leis an chéad singil as (It Coul Be Home) amuigh i mí Aibréan. Bíonn Padraig ag camchuairt de ghnáth in Éireann agus i Sasanna, tá sé ar camchuairt faoi láthair le Miles Hunt as The Wonder Stuff agus thosaigh sé an bliain le cúpla trip go dtí an Bhreatain Beag agus go dtí Tír na mBascach.

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