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Lorraine Nash has been noted as “The future of Irish Folk” by The Irish Independent, invited to headline Australia’s major Folk Festivals, where she graced the stages of some of the country's prestigious and long running folk festivals, such as the Port Fairy Folk Festival in Victoria, Blue Mountains Folk Festival in NSW, and Nannup Music Festival in Western Australia. All this at only the age of 25!
Nash is well on her way to gaining the attention of those in the International Folk and Americana music scene and announces more International Festival dates in the coming months.
Born in what is known as Ireland’s heartland of Irish traditional music, County Kerry, colloquially known as “The Kingdom”, Nash began her musical journey at six years of age, becoming a talented multi-instrumentalist of traditional Irish music – Fiddle, Harp, Tin Whistle, Banjo - she incorporates many elements of this into her current recordings, while also drawing from her love of country and folk music.
Citing an array of influences from Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch, Lorraine remains authentic to her own style and songwriting sensitivity. In the wake of her recent album “All that I Can Be” critic John Meagher said of Lorraine, “If Neil Young was the master at writing songs that get to the heart of the human condition, the same can be said of Nash's from-the-heart compositions.”
Already Lorraine has played prominent Irish Festivals at TradFest, Galway Folk Festival, and MCD’s New Year's Eve Fest. She has also shared a bill with some of Ireland’s finest, including Mary Black, David Keenan, and Liam O Maoinlaí of Hothouse Flowers, and appeared on Ireland’s National Television “Today Show” with her single “Winter Sun'. More recently filmed a program for RTE with national comedic treasure Pat Shortt and folkie Mike Hanrahan for a very special music TV show, “Songs of Ireland”, which airs on RTE 1 April 29th.
