Aran Island Singer/Songwriter Padraig Jack
b'Padraig Jack was born into a musical family from the Aran islands. His dad is the songwriter Barry Ronan and he is the nephew of the Irish poet and Aosd\\xe1na member Mary O\\u2019Malley. A native of Aran which has produced writers Liam O Flaithearta, M\\xe1irt\\xedn \\xd3 Dire\\xe1in and Breand\\xe1n \\xd3 hEithir, Padraig is proudly bilingual both as a conversationalist and a songwriter. A songwriter and composer who writes and sings meaningful songs on guitar and piano in Gaelic and English, his debut album \\u2018Making Sand\\u2019 was named the RTE Radio Album of the Week garnering critical acclaim from Hot Press, Rock\\u2019n\\u2019Reel magazine (UK) and The Alternate Root (US) and the title track was nominated for \\u2018Best Original Track\\u2019 at the RTE Folk Awards. Padraig is currently recording his second album with renowned producer John Reynolds (Sinead O Connor, Damien Dempsey). Padraig tours regularly in Ireland and the UK and is currently on a perpetual tour in the UK with Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff. Having opened for Damien Dempsey in Vicar St and to a crowd of 4,000 in the Iveagh Gardens last year, Padraig started this year with tours of Wales and the Basque country and playing shows all around Ireland in 2023 including at Doolin Folk Fest and Galway Folk Festival'