Folk Bands and Artists
Emma O´Reilly
Dublin
Emma O´Reilly is a Dublin-based singer-songwriter from Galway, specialising in dramatic alternative pop.
From an early age, Emma has been singing and performing in a range of styles and contexts, going on to study music at Trinity College Dublin. Since graduating, she has been gigging all over the country and abroad with a variety of different groups, and collaborating with different artists like Stu Daly, Discovery Gospel Choir, Loah, Trinity Orchestra, Tonnta and the Irish Youth Chamber Choir. She also recorded and produced several EPs and stand alone singles herself before stepping into the studio in 2014 to create PURGE, a short collection of songs with a huge orchestral sound, which saw her be compared to the likes of Kate Bush, I Have a Tribe, Tori Amos and Cathy Davey..
FRACTURES is her second independently produced studio EP, recorded by mixing live and multi-track processes. It explores a sound much closer to her live shows, and digs into her alternative rock influences. The result is alternately introspective and ferocious, vulnerable and dramatic, intricate and engaging.
“Emma´s vocals soar beautifully... There´s also a hint of Beatles and Paul McCartney.“
-Gary White, Totally Irish, 98FM
“Songwriting masterclass would seem to be O´Reilly´s specialty...[her] songwriting skills are nothing short of genius.“
- Julie Bell, Pure M Magazine
Nominated Best Female Solo Act - Pure M awards, 2015
Nominated Best EP for PURGE - Pure M awards, 2015
Genre: Alt Folk,Singer-songwriter
