Owen and Moley
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size2shoes is a cross-genre Irish band from Limerick City. The band, who released their début album, size2shoes in December 2008, have been featured on national television and radio in both Ireland and America.[1][2][3][4][5] They have also performed alongside The Chieftains, Bobby McFerrin, Russell Crowe and Sinéad O'Connor.[4][6]
Background
The brothers, Eoin and Moley were brought up in a musical household. Their parents, singer Nóirín Ní Riain and composer and pianist Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin taught the duo from an early age to respect music.[7] It wasn't until 2007 that the brothers began to record professionally, collaborating with their mother on the Amen album, later released as Celtic Joy in the United States of America. The duo have recorded with Grammy-winning singer Moya Brennan and Irish singer-songwriter Mary Coughlan.[8]
Eoin Ó Súilleabháin
Eoin, the eldest of the brothers first recorded professionally alongside Sinéad O'Connor, Nóirín Ní Riain and the Monks of Glenstal Abbey on the album Biscantorat in 2003. In 2005 he became the director of the Sionna Festival, a large festival based in the University of Limerick, and was responsible for booking the likes of The Chieftains.
Eoin Ó Súilleabháin was given a degree in Philosophy and University College Dublin and a Masters Degree in Peace Studies at the University of Limerick. In 2005, he became Orchestral Manager for the World Youth Orchestra in Rome and toured with them through Jerusalem, Ramallah, Jordan and Amman for both Israeli and Palestinian audiences.[9]
Moley Ó Súilleabháin
Mícheál P. "Moley" Ó Súilleabháin earned an M.A. in Ethnomusicology at the University of Limerick and studied rap music and the rap culture in County Cork, Ireland.
He sang and played bodhrán with The Chieftains at Belfast Festival at Queens in 2007 and is an expert in "Human beatbox" techniques, which introduced him to Bobby McFerrin with whom he has recorded.
Career
Although the duo had been writing songs for a number of years, they did not begin recording together until 2007. In 2008 they finished recording their début album, size2shoes, recorded by Kevin Lynch (U2, Elvis Costello) which garnered strong reviews from The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Irish media. The album had size2shoes featured on nation-wide media, which prompted them to begin writing more material. They are currently recording their second album and have performed songs planned to appear in both the National Concert Hall and Spin FM, south-west Ireland.
The duo received national acclaim through media in Ireland, being compared to the likes of Scullion and Sonny Condell. Their live performance in Dublin in October 2008, which invited Julie Feeney as a guest singer, drew media comparisons such as Simon & Garfunkel and Steely Dan unplugged.[10][11]
Discography
size2shoes
- 2009 - size2shoes
Collaborations
- 2008 - Celtic Joy: Nóirín Ní Riain with Mícheál P & Eoin Ó Súilleabháin
- 2008 - Sanctuary: various artists (with Moya Brennan)
- 2007 - Amen: A.M.E.N. (Nóirín Ní Riain with Mícheál P & Eoin Ó Súilleabháin)
- 2003 - Biscantorat: Nóirín Ní Riain, Sinéad O'Connor, The Monks of Glenstal Abbey
See Also
Footnotes
- ^ The Arts Show RTÉ Arts Show Highlights
- ^ Seoige Archives RTÉ Television
- ^ Live from Limerick WFMU
- ^ a b The Tubridy Show Archives RTÉ Radio
- ^ Roots Reviews The Irish Times
- ^ 25 Minute interview with Michelle McMahon Spin South-West with Size2shoes.com
- ^ size2shoes news archive
- ^ Sanctuary album, MySpace page for the [[Sanctuary (Irish charity album)|Sanctuary] album
- ^ World Youth Orchestra Official website
- ^ Sunday Independent
- ^ Limerick Event Guide review