Martin Leahy Live(stream) @ First Fruits Arts Theatre, Watergrasshill, Friday 02nd July , 9pm

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Yet another Artist referral We are absolutely delighted to have Martin join us on friday evening and so grateful that he chose our venue to spend a while showcasing his craft.

In December of 2020 Martin released his debut single as a singer songwriter called ’Song for Kirsty MacColl’. It received lots of nationwide and international airplay as did his second release 'The Wolves in the Valley' written with Mary Greene.

In the short time since releasing his debut single Martin’s songwriting has been receiving lots of attention. Last April he reached the final 16 of the International Songwriting Competition in the lyrics category from an overall number of 26,000 entries.
Martin has worked as a session musician with some of Irelands greatest songwriters and musicians in the past including John Spillane, Christy Moore (on his No.1 selling album ‘Listen’), Cormac O Caoimh, Ger Wolfe, Jimmy McCarthy, Greenshine, Noel Brazil, Declan Sinnott among many others. An accomplished multi instrumentalist, he has produced many albums including the most recent very successful album by Cormac O Caoimh called ‘Swim Crawl Walk Run’ which was awarded album of the week by many radio stations including RTE Radio One, RTE Lyric and BBC Radio Ulster. He also produced Ger Wolfe’s well received album ‘I Have Been Loved’. Other productions include Leah Sohotra, Some Rise Some Fall, Aine O Gorman and Victoria Keating, Tim O Riordan and John Neville. As a member of the traditional Irish group North Cregg he has toured the world playing many major festivals including Glastonbury, Cambridge and Milwaukee. As a songwriter he has collaborated with a number of writers including Leah Sohotra, Mary Greene John Neville and more recently with Cormac O Caoimh on his successful single ‘Building My Ark’ which received substantial airplay around the country reaching over 1 million listeners nationwide!