Molly O’Mahony / Allison McGrath & The Soulantics

Molly O'Mahonys power lies in her ability to convey deep and nuanced feelings through her voice and words. Her critically acclaimed debut album ‘The House Of David’ was released in November 2022. It held the 'Album Of The Week' spot on RTE Radio 1 and was nominated in the 'Best Debut Album' category at The Hotpress Awards, 2023.

She released four singles in the lead-up to the album release - Remember To Be Brave, Brother Blue, Her Song and Bittersweet- samplings which reflect the broad span of influences in her songwriting, her verbal virtuosity and her ability to convey pure feeling.

In December 2023, she released ‘Extension’, an addendum to the record, which featured the RTE Concert Orchestra. Since the release of her debut album, Molly has opened stages for Aoife O'Donovan, Mick Flannery, Damien Dempsey, The Hot House Flowers and Soda Blonde, to name but a few. She is currently working on her second record, with producer Alex Borwick at the helm once again. Molly’s voice echoes ethereally like a cherubic Patti Smith, like a celestial PJ Harvey soaring”

Barry Egan, Sunday Independent

“Stunning, impressive and evocative...” Alexandra Anderson, Hotpress “A multi-hyphenate artist..” Tony Clayton Lea, The Irish Times

Allison McGrath has played at Festival’s and gigs across Ireland now for over 25yrs & has performed Internationally at ‘The Blue Bird Cafe’ & BB Kings In Nashville as well as The Harlem Jazz Club in Barcelona.

A soulful blend of Blues, Jazz, Folk, Reggae and Rock, Allison has released 3 Studio Albums of original material her most recent Album ‘Redirect this Affect’ was released in Nov 2024 to a sold-out gig in The Saturday Afternoon Club @ The American Bar Belfast, and Single ‘Just a minute’ was reviewed by Hotpress in ‘New Irish Songs to hear this week’- full review: hotpress Review

Brian Willoughby has played lead guitar with progressive folk/rock band Strawbs, Beatles protégée Mary Hopkin, American rockabilly artist Nanci Griffith, gold-album-winning Punk Rockers The Monks, and TV and Film comedy team Monty Python. . Brian recently released "Twiddly Bits", featuring nineteen of his instrumental compositions on electric and acoustic guitar. www.craigandwilloughby.com

Dermot McQuaid a multi-instrumentalist musician who has performed with Allison from the beginning and features on all her Albums playing Guitar, Bass, Mandolin, Trumpet and Trombone.

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