I am what I call a eclectic folkie who plays a variety of instruments that include the guitar,(my primary instrument),  along with the resonator guitar,  banjo, mandolin, and harmonica. I also play a variety of styles that includes original songs, Bluegrass, traditional Folk and Country, Blues, and Country/Folk/Rock.

Unmasked: Cobblers’ Lockdown Sessions is a hugely varied compilation of songs and poems celebrating and commemorating a singular experience shared by over 30 people during lockdown some of whom had never played or sang before.
Many of us live in and around Westport, Co. Mayo. Overnight we found ourselves at home, and soon were joined from Tipperary, Roscommon, San Francisco, England, Wales and France. As the group took refuge in Zoom gatherings, it cemented us on a completely different level” says Nicky Dowd one of the groups participants. “We empathised with each other's time zones, family and friends,  situations, accomodation and wi-fi connections- I think we all struggled  with that one!”
The Cobblers’, was named after the bar in Westport’s Wyatt Hotel, where a small number of musicians singers and poets gathered every Thursday night for many years to play traditional tunes and ballads, folk, blues, americana, contemporary, rock, jazz, pop, bluegrass and more.

Germinating songwriter, simple country wench, mistress of the soil.

With my roots in the folk revival of the 60s and 70s, I’m a folk singer at heart, in love with everything from unaccompanied traditional folk through to folk rock, contemporary folk, American folk and beyond. 
Over the years, I’ve been inspired by singers such as Anne Briggs, Joan Baez, Sandy Denny, Maddy Prior & Joni Mitchell. More recently I’ve been enjoying the music of Rhiannon Giddens & Karine Polwart.
Having abandoned my music for decades, I’ve been encouraged by dear friends to pick up my guitar and start to sing again. I’ve only recently begun to write my own music and  it feels as if I’ve opened a door and found an undiscovered landscape which I now plan to explore. 
I never knew there were songs within me, but gradually they’re emerging, and so am I.

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