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Artist
Paul O'Reilly
12+ albums
acousticMellowfolkalternativeireland
about
There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Paul O'Reilly writes songs to the night, to the sky, to the birds, for the birds. It's a gentle revolution that began when Mam and Dad O'Reilly bought Paul a guitar on his first Christmas in Dublin, having moved there from Cork when he was ten. Growing up in Swords, North Dublin, Paul confesses to having spent his childhood, "Drawing Slayer logos on my school books" then "miming in the bedroom to Guns 'n‚ Roses, just beating my guitar up." Fortunately for Paul and his battered guitar, however, an encounter with the sweet sounds of acoustic folk music in the summer of 1999, sent him on a more mellow path, and "It all just changed. I went from being an angst rocker, to being a whiney arsed folk idiot." Late '99 in Dublin proved to be a perfect time for this "whiney arsed folk idiot" to learn his craft. Publishing his own fanzine, Melancholia, and organising gigs in the intimate Blue Room Café allowed O'Reilly to nestle into a resurgent Dublin song writing community, playing with, amongst others, Glen Hansard, David Kitt, Steve Fanagan, Goodtime John, John Hegarty and Adrian Crowley. Through these gigs, Paul was also able to nurture his gently distinctive voice and finger picking style. It's a style that resulted in Volta Sounds heading down to the Blue Room to offer Paul a record deal. Deal in place, when it came to recording the songs he'd been working on, Paul automatically looked to producer/cinematographer and occasional
