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On November 6th Tuam native Noelie McDonnell is set to release his third album, “Come Alive” which was recorded over the last 7 months in Austin, Texas and Toronto, Canada.
Noelie’s songwriting has been recognized by both fans and fellow musicians for its beautiful and simple observations on everyday life. In 2008, Noelie McDonnell, won the hearts of new fan's all over the nation with his Irish chart topping single, 'Nearly Four' which also remained at No.1 in the iTunes folk chart for 6 weeks following its release in October. After releasing the album 'Beyond Hard Places', he was hailed by New York Post ‘ as a startlingly good new Irish talent’ and the album spent two months in the iTunes Top 10 folk album chart.
A meeting with American folk legend, Greg Brown last summer kicked started a chain of events that led to the making of Come Alive. Brown invited Noelie to open up on some US dates which lead to Noelie playing at the International Folk Conference in Memphis and playing with some of the finest up and coming musicians in the states including Anais Mitchell, Devon Sproule & Jess Klein amongst others. Then on to Austin, Texas where Noelie started work on ‘Come Alive’ at the remote Aerie Studio with producer and engineer Mark Addison. Noellie finished the recording with musician/producer Don Kerr ( Ron Sexsmith, Rheostatics) in Toronto, Canada at the end of this summer.
Noelie’s live performances have earned critical acclaim and won over fans with his catchy folk rock style. In recent times, He has as shared the stage with Greg Brown, Luka Bloom, John Martyn & Eddie Reader among many others.
Noelie will be touring Ireland with a full band to coincide with the release of 'Come Alive' on November 6th.
There will be pre - sale special offers going out to the mailing list this week along with more new tracks from the album as the week goes on.
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