I'm a singer from Ireland, living in Galway, a place with an inspirational music scene and the rugged west of Ireland coast as a backdrop.

 

I began playing piano at age six but like many teenagers, piano took a back seat after I went to college. At college, I studied classical singing and represented Ireland at the Francisco Vinas Singing Competition in London. I also appeared on the now defunct RTE show Seoige & O'Shea, where I recorded an Andrew Lloyd Webber song, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin.

 

All the while, I was attracted back to live pop and rock music, going to see new bands emerging on to the scene in Dublin and making their way to Galway in the Roisin Dubh or Monroes. I guess, it took a while but I realised that this was the music I really wanted to perform. This was the music I hummed along to in the car or bopped along to walking down Galway's main thoroughfare.

 

For the past 18 months, I've been working on an album of original songs composed by Galway based songwriter Trevor Conway http://trevorconway.weebly.com  Influenced by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young but with a unique take on what captivates us all - nature, love, loss and the mistakes and triumphs that come with getting the most from life.

 

The album is set to be released next summer.