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Aoife Scotthttps://www.aoifescott.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLc7VLqoQTY
Aoife Scott is an award winning folk singer and songwriter based in Dublin, Ireland.
Born into the legendary Black family - Aoife is steadily rising to the top of the traditional and folk music scene.Fragile and ethereal one minute and strong and vibrant the next, Aoife has a dynamic and profound voice, whichexplores the emotional depths of her lyrics, leaving the audience entranced. Her music has a broad creativescope but is largely influenced by her own roots in folk and traditional Irish music.
Her recent accolades in 2018, have seen her named Best Folk Act at the Irish Post Music Awards (IRE), as wellas Emerging Artist of the Year at the Live Ireland Awards (US).
In January of this year, Aoife appeared on BBC2, performing live from Celtic Connections in Scotland, amongmany other TV and Media appearances. She currently appears every Sunday night in Ireland on national TVchannel TG4 on the show “Realta & Gaolta” and presented live music performance show “The Windmill LaneSessions”.
Aoife is a true veteran of the Irish & Folk Festival circuit, having performed & headlined at dozens of festivalsacross the continents, including The National Folk Festival & Port Fairy Folk Festival - Australia, Mood Indigo Cultural Festival - India, Milwaukee Irish Fest- USA, Festival Interceltique de Lorient - France, London Feis – UK,and Temple Bar Trad Fest, Ireland to name only a few. Some past successes has seen Aoife and her cousins, Róisín O & Danny O Reilly from The Coronas, released their single “Grace” which hit straight into the number 1 slot on iTunes in Ireland. Aoife’s single “All Along the Wild
Atlantic Way” also hit #1 slot, knocking Ed Sheeran off the top spot and was also named “Song of the Year” atthe Irish Folk Music Awards in 2017.
Following the success of her debut album, “Carry the Day”, wherein the Irish Times quoted it as “richly layeredimpressive debut album”, Aoife is currently writing her follow up - a second full-length album. Quotes : “Folk singer-songwriter Aoife Scott has an indefinable quality to her luscious voice that simply compels you tolisten ... and once you listen to one song the rapture is complete, you’re hooked.” Folk Words “an important installment in the legacy of traditional Irish music” – Irish Echo “This Irish singer stands out for her beautiful crystal clear warm vocals. Stylistically she successfully bridges Irish trad, contemporary singer songwriter and Pop. “ Folk World “A fiery passionate young talent springing from a fine musical family. ” HotPress “Aoife Scott on lead vocals has a hauntingly beautiful voice” — GlasgowWestEnd.co.Uk “Scott may only just have released her critically acclaimed first album, but her voice has a maturity that is reminiscent of both the English singer (Kate Rusby) and Scotland’s own beloved Eddi Reader” –Ticketmaster.co.uk