Etta james, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, Gershwin, Moloko, Bjork, Roisin Murphy, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Groove Armada, P j Harvey, Peggy Lee, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Beck, Martina Topley Bird, The Carpenters, Kate bush, Louis Armstrong, Beethoven, Tom Waits...
Sounds Like
“A mix of smoky 80's synth-chic and edgy jazz lounge wrap a voice that's true with cool assurance.” - Evening Herald........
Starting out in the Dublin music scene playing keyboards with rock band "Turn", Fiona has since been working with acclaimed artists (Gemma Hayes, Paddy Casey...) and now is finally set to release her own debut album. ["....However Fiona may be better known as the husky female vocalist who sang "Don't sit under the apple tree" on the Bulmers TV Christmas TV advertisement 2007 / 2008...." (Galway independent)].
“The fear I fear” is largely piano / keyboard driven and slides between brooding, soulful tracks with strong dynamics, to pure pop!
The title track will be released as the first single in 2009 with a new video - watch this space...
2008 saw Fiona performing her own shows nationwide previewing tracks from “The fear I fear”. She has also opened for many great acts across the country - Paddy Casey, Jack L, The Blizzards, Declan O’Rourke.
“The fear I fear” is available to buy in Dublin - TOWER (Sth William St), HMV (Grafton st); Navan - Element records; Waterford - BPM; Oldcastle - Creans and Craft Cafe; and also at the live shows.
““The fear I fear” is awash with songs that could easily make Melady Ireland’s next big daytime radio star… these are chart hits in the making” - HOTPRESS
"Melady may have come first to our attention playing keyboards with Turn, but her solo guise is a much more intriguing proposition... her debut album is a collection of impressive songs, based around her piano and soulful voice, but with a few left turns thrown in for good measure" - STATE MAGAZINE
Hi Fiona, hope you don't mind the shameless plugging!!! Have you given any thought to a September 3rd slot? That seems miles away! I'm getting Padraig Digan to try to convince Terry Sutton to do that gig!
FairplayCollective's Michael Brunnock has teamed up with his old band Little Palace and have just released a single entitled "Eviction" and can be down loaded at www.downloadmusic.ie
They have also released their third album called Invitation Time and is available in all good music stores.
Little Palace will be touring Ireland to support the release of their album and can be seen/heard at these venues.
March 29th CRANE LANE - CORK March 31st ROISIN DUBH - GALWAY April 1st DOLANS WAREHOUSE - LIMERICK April 3rd THE SPIRIT STORE - DUNDALK April 4th HEADFORT ARMS - KELLS April 7th WHELANS - DUBLIN April 9th THE BACKROOM - NAVAN
Glad to be among the MySpace friends of such a talented person as you Fiona - I really liked The Fear I Fear on Balcony TV (if it were not for that 'wannabe' presenter) - check out my custom logo, poster and CD artwork at RecordSleeves. Net and who knows - you just might ask me to design your next album cover! Francis K.
Howdy Chuck. Thanks for popin by with your kind words :) Come back to us soon at the Purty and hope the music is going well. Lookin forward to seeing what you decide to draw on yourself :) cheers stace
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