Thursday 14th November 2024
Location: Cleeres Bar and Theatre, 28 Parliament Street, Kilkenny
Fionn Regan is a Mercury Nominated Artist amongst numerous other nominations (Choice Prize, Shortlist prize and Meteor Awards).
125 million streams worldwide
His song “Abacus” has been recently sampled by Bon Iver for the song “00000 Million” on his GRAMMY® Nominated album, 22, A million.
Following this, Fionn performed both his own song “Abacus” and “00000 Million” with Justin Vernon.
Fionn is a unique poetic voice in music and has been consistently critically acclaimed with 4/5 star and 8/10 reviews from the likes of MOJO ✭✭✭✭ Q ✭✭✭✭ THE GUARDIAN ✭✭✭✭
OBSERVER ✭✭✭✭ DAILY MAIL ✭✭✭✭ THE MIRROR ✭✭✭✭
THE SUN ✭✭✭✭✭ THE SUNDAY TIMES ✭✭✭✭ “Album of the Month”
FINANCIAL TIMES ✭✭✭✭THE EVENING STANDARD ✭✭✭✭
THE INDEPENDENT ✭✭✭✭ UNCUT 8/10 NME – 8/10
HOTPRESS 8/10 PITCHFORK over the course of six albums.
Regan was invited to speak and made an ‘Honorary Member’ by the Trinity College Dublin Literary Society, its chairman saying, “In his music, Mr. Regan has done more than many artists to erode the boundaries between music and literature, with his lyrics always possessing the most beautiful poetry.” He was granted their GOLD MEDAL in honour of his achievements.
Fionn was photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair magazine’s prestigious ‘music portfolio.’
Fionn was invited to perform “Hunters Map” on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC), the intricate finger-picking style of this song being one of the host’s personal favourite.
Oscar winning actor Cillian Murphy appeared alongside Fionn in the music video for his song “The Meetings of the Waters” (60 million streams worldwide).
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