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SJ McArdle

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General Info

  • Genre: Electroacoustic / Pop / Roots Music

    Location Drogheda, Louth, Ir

    Profile Views: 57890

    Last Login: 3/5/2012

    Member Since 6/7/2006

    Website sjmcardle.com

    Record Label none

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    Stephen Joseph McArdle is a singer, songwriter, musician and occasional actor from Drogheda, County Louth..... He has spent the last while between Ireland, Nashville and Germany, and in 2009 completed a major arena tour with German rock giants Reamonn and Irish dates with Jack L..... He is currently gearing up for the release of his new album, Blood And Bones, written and recorded in Nashville. It is NOT a country record. Contributors include Rodney Crowell, Bryan Sutton, Dan Dugmore and Richard Bennett. .... Three singles released from the album so far have garnered significant radio play (including six weeks on the RTE Radio 1 playllist). Songs from the album have also been turning up on Irish TV promos for Survivor and Grey's Anantomy. In the past while he has travelled to Hollywood to perform at an Oscar party and had a song - "Till The Docklands Drown" - on the soundtrack of the RTE drama series Love Is The Drug in which he also made a brief appearance. Other acting credits include Today FM's PPI Award-winning and iTunes Chart-topping Eamon Lowe Show and various other radio and theatre productions with Calipo Theatre Co and Upstate Live. .... Solo and with a band he has toured Ireland and played shows in Germany, including the legendary Bardentreffen festival in Nuremburg. SJ has also been in occasional demand as a session musician, playing mandolin for Ricky Warwick as they opened shows for Bob Dylan (Odyssey, Belfast) and Sheryl Crow (Point, Dublin) as well as at Oxegen. He has also shared a stage or studio with Neil Hannon, Stewart Agnew, Joe Elliott and Ray Heffernan. In his own right, he has opened for Glenn Tilbrook, Steve Wickham, John Spillane, Reamonn and The Thrills. .... ..From the press:.. .. "..SJ McArdle brings a welcome bit of grit into proceedings, singing with a voice of such world-weary authority that it's a crying shame he's having to battle it out on a small indie label.." - Phil Udell, Hot Press.. .. "..SJ McArdle has carved out an enviable reputation as one of the finest musicians in the country. A unique and intriguing talent.." - dublinsingersongwriters.com.. .. "..Highly intelligent and literate, yet admirably accessible ... damn good.." - Jackie Hayden, Hot Press.. .. "..Warm, wry and sonorous.." - Irish Times

  • Members

    On the new material: Timothy J Lauer Richard Bennett Dan Dugmore Rodney Crowell Glen Duncan Akil Thompson Dan Needham Jerry McPherson Bryan Sutton Mike Payne among many others ...

  • Influences

    Richard Thompson REM Warren Zevon Tom Waits The Waterboys Horslips Robyn Hitchcock Bob Dylan Leonard Cohen Kate Bush Rodney Crowell Dexys Midnight Runners Husker Du Michael Nyman Scott Walker The Divine Comedy John Spillane Grant-Lee Phillips (and Grant Lee Buffalo) (et cetera)

  • Sounds Like

    "SJ sounds like The Stunning took a year out to travel Australia, shared a flat with some Bad Seeds for a spell and spent the remaining time in the Outback contemplating their lot with nothing but a bottle of red and a Husker Du compilation for company" - Connected magazine

Videos

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05:00 | 35 plays | Jan 7 2011

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