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Junior Brother
Birth nameRonan Kealy
Born1993 (1993) (age 31)
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
OriginCounty Kerry
Genresalternative folk
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)guitar, tambourine
Years active2014–present
LabelsStrange Brew
Websitejuniorbrother.bandcamp.com

Ronan Kealy, known as Junior Brother (born 1993), is an Irish alternative folk singer-songwriter from County Kerry.[1][2]

Early life

Kealy grew up in County Kerry. He attended St Brendan's College, Killarney and studied English in University College Cork and Ballyfermot College of Further Education.[3]

Career

Junior Brother moved to Dublin in 2014 to begin his career.[4] His stage name is taken from a character in the Elizabethan play The Revenger's Tragedy.[5] He was named as one of RTÉ's Rising Irish Stars of 2018, and as one of The Irish Times' "Irish music contenders ready to break through in 2019"; his first album, Pull The Right Rope, was nominated for the Choice Music Prize.[6] In 2019, he appeared on The Tommy Tiernan Show.

Discography

EP

  • PowPig/Junior Brother (2019; a 4-A-side single with fellow artist PowPig)

Studio albums

  • Pull The Right Rope (2019)[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Junior Brother | Clonakilty International Guitar Festival | 16 – 22 September 2019". clonguitarfest.com.
  2. ^ "Junior Brother To Release 'The Back Of Her Hand'". IMRO. 7 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Former BCFE Rock School student Ronan Kealy (aka. Junior Brother) making waves in Ireland, the UK and beyond this summer". BCFE. 27 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Junior Brother brings his off-kilter alt folk sound to Cork festival". irishexaminer.com. 6 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Junior Brother". thelist.ie.
  6. ^ "Junior Brother on Breaking Tunes". breakingtunes.com.
  7. ^ "Sound: Junior Brother". 12 June 2019.
  8. ^ Porzio, Stephen. "Kerry folk singer makes excellent debut". Hotpress.