Irish Bilingual Folk/Celtic/Contemporary Singer-Songwriter
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Amhránai dátheangach Ceilteach/Folk/Comhaimseartha
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Press & Industry Quotes
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"Making Sand sounds beautiful" - Mike Scott (The Waterboys)
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"We must get him in for a session after hearing this"- Janice Long (BBC Wales)
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“This album will be a lifelong favourite” - Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff)
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“A fantastic album” - Sharon Shannon
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"One of Ireland's most exciting artists" - Hot Press Magazine
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"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)
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His ability to jump between quiet, emotive ballads and powerful, melodic hooks shows a dynamicity that is quite rare in acoustic folk artists - The Connaught Tribune
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"A recognizably Irish soul singer" PennyBlackMusic.com
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An assured and accomplished foundation on which to build a burgeoning career" Mike Davies (Folking.com)
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Picking up where Mic Christopher left off" - TheMacMusic.com
Official Music Videos
Making Sand
Streetbed Ridden
Minnie
Oíche Gheal (Gaelic)
Can't Find My Way Home
i bhFostú sa bhFiántas (Gaelic)
One Way Ticket Time
Live Performance Links
Live in Leeds 2023 - Half hour live set opening for Miles Hunt
St Patrick's Day Live from Inis Mór 2021
Live at Westport Town Hall 2020
Sessions from Oblivion 2020
Chat (in English) and singing (in Gaelic) live
'Black Drapes' Live singalong with audience
'Minnie' Live with band - Athy Arts Centre
Interviews/Press
Irish Independent November 2022
Hot Press interview 2020
RTE Behind the Music 2020
Hot Press gig announcement 2020
Galway Advertiser Taibhdhearc gig
Mayo News- Westport Town Hall
IMRO Single release
NotBad.ie
Connacht Tribune 3
Journal of Music 2019
Interviews/Press ..cont'd
Hot Press Y&E Series
Irish Independent
Galway Adevertiser Roisin Dubh
Connact Tribune 2
Galway Advertiser 2
Connact Tribune 1
Mayo News 2017
This Is Galway
Galway Advertiser
Connacht Tribune
'Making Sand' Album Reviews
The Alternate Root
Get Ready to Rock
Americana UK
Folking.com
Music From the Heart
Live Acoustic Cover Videos
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Ed Sheeran - Afterglow
Green Grow the Rashes' - Burns Night
The Pogues - Rainy Night in Soho with Pa Reidy
London Grammar - Strong
Photos - High res, click to download
ABOUT:
Padraig Jack writes and sings meaningful songs on guitar and piano in Gaelic and English. His debut album ‘Making Sand’ was released in September 2020 being named the RTE Radio Album of the Week. The album was recorded with producer John Reynolds (Sinead O’Connor, Damien Dempsey, Indigo Girls) and has garnered critical acclaim at home and abroad with positive reviews in Irish Music magazine, Hot Press, Rock’n’Reel magazine (UK), The Alternate Root (US).
Having played numerous headline shows and toured Ireland and the UK extensively with Sharon Shannon prior to lockdown, the pandemic caused him to postpone shows including his Galway, Dublin and London album launch shows, an appearance at the world famous World Music Festival WOMAD as well as an Irish tour with Damien Dempsey and solo tours in the UK and Germany.
Padraig performed a half hour programme for the St Patrick’s Day Festival in March 2021 live from Aran which was broadcast on SPF and Oireachtas TV and he has been writing and recording new material.
2022 started with Padraig writing and recording with Irish music legends Foster and Allen and he performed with the duo in Dublin's Pepper Canister church in March 2022. He also joined Damien Dempsey for a sold-out Irish tour including in the Iveagh Gardens in front of 4000 people. He had a hit record with his song 'Making Sand' in summer 2022 as it was Number One in the RTE Airplay Chart for 4 weeks in a row leading to appearances on The Miriam O Callaghan Show and The Ray Darcy Show. Padraig started a residency show 'Making Sand the Show' on Aran in summer 2022 which will return in 2023.
"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)
"Making Sand sounds beautiful" - Mike Scott (The Waterboys)
"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
“A fantastic album” - Sharon Shannon
"One of Ireland's most exciting artists" - Hot Press Magazine
BIO (GAELIC)
Rugadh agus tógadh an ceoltóir dátheangach Padraig Jack in Árainn agus tá ceol Padraig faoi tionchar ag an dtimpeallacht in Árainn agus amhránaí dá leithéid James Taylor, Van Morrison, Shane McGowan agus The Eagles. Tá ceol agus filíocht ina fhuil aige, is é ceoltóir agus amhranaí Barry Ronan a athair agus ba í an file Mary O Malley a aintín. Fuair ceol Padraig go leor craoladh ar na stáisiúin ceol náisiúnta cosiúl le RTÉ Raidió 1, Raidió na Life, Raidió Fáilte agus tá a gcuid ceol le cloisteáil ar Raidió na Gaeltachta go minic.
Cuireann Padraig ceolchoirm den scoth i láthair i mBéarla agus/nó Gaeilge. Ba iad cuid de na buaicpóintí dó go dtí seo ná camchuairt sa Breatain in éineacht le Sharon Shannon ag tabhairt cuairt ar amharchlainn ar nós an Liverpool Philharmonic agus Cecil Sharp House i Londain chomh maith leis an seomra mór i tigh Whelan i mBaile Áth Cliath. Chas Padraig ag imeachtaí in eineacht leis na Saw Doctors, Donal Lunny, Mick Flannery, The 4 of Us agus John Spillane agus ag féilte ar nós an Puball Gaeilge ag Electric Picnic, féile SOMA, féile Éigse Dara Beag agus Féilte Ealaín an Sciobairín, Port Omna, Litríocht Caisleán an Bharraigh agus Club Leabhar Cois Farraige.
Bhuaigh Padraig an dara duais ag an comórtas Pan Ceilteach leis a amhrán ‘I bhFostú sa bhFiántas’, bhí sé ainmnithe leis an duais amhrán Christy Hennessy i 2019 leis a amhran Béarla ‘Minnie’ agus is iomaí uair a bhí sé ainmnithe le gradaim NÓS, Amhrán agus Ceoltóir na Bhliaina san áireamh. Tar éis tréimhse maith ag taifeadadh amhrán i mBéarla agus Gaeilge leis a chéad albam i Londain, seolfar Padraig an albam san earrach 2020.