New single from Ger Kirrane is an album teaser


The debut album from Ger Kirrane will hit digital shelves later in the year but first comes a teaser track with a gentle folk/country disposition, taken from the forthcoming long player.

Ger has family connections in the Bekan and Knock areas of East Mayo, and will be remembered for his Mayo GAA football song For the Green and Red in 2018.

Watch the video for I’ll Always Be Around here:

Ger’s new single I’ll Always Be Around is the result of time spent creatively at home in Dublin during the extended Covid-19 Lockdown, and is just one of a batch of songs that emerged through that period, and which will feature on the new album.

The song was produced by Brendan Carthy at the Orchard Studio, Enniscorthy and features Fionnuala Curran on vocals.

Ger Kirrane is a professional musician, songwriter and teacher from Dublin. Originally classically trained on the piano through the Royal Irish Academy of Music, he also studied music in University College Dublin.

He is also joined on I’ll Always Be Aroundby Kristin Weber (violin), Jay O’Sullivan (electric guitar) and Brendan Carthy (drums and bass).

Ger plays several instruments across a range of musical styles, and has toured as a session musician with some of Ireland’s most established folk groups and showbands.

Speaking about the writing and recording of his latest songs during Lockdown, Ger said: “I used the time to work on some songs I had written but never had time to focus on arranging or recording them.

“I was delighted to be able to work with Brendan online during this time as he is a superb producer. We also worked with some brilliant session musicians from around the world and I’m really proud of how the songs have turned out.”

Ger has played at festivals both at home and across Europe, including TradFest, Irish Folk Festival in Dusseldorf, Feria de Sevillanas in Torrevieja and the Festival de Musica Irlandese di Roma. His traditional Irish band Claddagh has played alongside and supported the likes of the Fureys, Bagatelle, the Dublin Legends, the Tim Robbins’ Band and many more.

His debut album Silver Linings will be out later this year but, in the meantime, I’ll Always Be Around is now available from all digital music platforms.

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