Press release
PIANIST/COMPOSER KIERAN QUINN LAUNCHES
SECOND ALBUM
THE
NEXT ONE
AHEAD OF HIS NATIONWIDE TOUR: 32 PIANOS
www.kieranquinn.ie
Pianist/composer
and Sligo native Kieran Quinn will launch
his second album The Next One on September 16th at popular Dublin
venue The Sugar Club, before embarking on his nationwide tour, taking in all 32
counties along the way!
Kieran’s love of music has always run in
tandem with his passion for football, he is well known in GAA circles having
played for his beloved Co. Sligo for over a decade in over 20 Senior
championship matches.
In 2008 he decided to hang up his
football boots he realised that his hands were more suited to playing piano
than trying to catch footballs on the GAA pitches of Ireland.
Kieran has been working as a
professional musician ever since and in 2013, he released his first album
entitled Not Just Black and White, and is now following with his second
The Next One which will be available
to purchase on iTunes from September 16th. Renowned for performing his own version of bluesy classics, this new
album is comprised mostly of his own compositions.
Kieran
is very excited about the forthcoming release and commented “This album is more about my music. I have
spent a lot of time writing in the last 12 months, which has been a rewarding
experience. The album does feature seven special guests as I love the
collaboration process and really enjoyed working with all those artists in
creating The Next One. I can’t wait
to hit the road on my nationwide tour with this labour of love.”
'Tracks on the new album include the
self-written Iwetta's Theme, inspired by the death of a much-loved neighbour;
Come Home, a plea from a lonely father to his emigrant son; Maedhbh's Call, a
love story set in Kieran's home village of Strandhill; Kieran's own arrangement
of the iconic Bohemian Rhapsody, and title track 'The Next One' among many
more'.
Kieran will kick off his 32
Pianos tour in Dublin on September 16, at The Sugar Club on Leeson
Street and will perform his way around the country, finishing up in his
hometown of Sligo on November 13. To
mark the release of The Next One, Kieran is bringing his music to a (grand) piano
in each of the 32 counties of Ireland.
The Roscommon leg of the tour brings him
to King House, Boyle, on Fri Sep 25th. Featured guests on the night
are Gerry Grennan and Roscommon native Cathy Jordan
See www.kieranquinn.ie
for further information. Tickets range from €15-18.
