Emmet Scanlan & What the Good Thought are an Independent music act from Ireland whose music veers away from the usual yet is embraced by all of those who hear it.
 
'a debut that makes considerable virtue of its scattergun song book….they sink deep beneath the skin of a song' The Irish Times on the band's 2009 release, 'Hands'
 
The band formed in 2004 in Ireland and over the past few years the band have had some significant successes -
 
They have played numerous prestigious festivals worldwide : The Wickerman Festival (Scotland), The Electric Picnic (Ireland) and The International Folk Alliance (USA). The list of artists is diverse in style and includes Femi Kuti, Badly Drawn Boy and The Saw Doctors.
 
Emmet also provided the soundtrack to the shoot film 'Without Words', which has been awarded a Cannes Festival award by Spike Lee and viewed over 500,000 on-line.

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