Growing up in Birmingham, Ruth Owens began to sing and learn the violin and guitar as a young child. By 16 she had recorded her first EP entitled ‘Strong’, from which two tracks gained radio play on BBC 6 Music, and the title track was placed in the independent film ‘Just Charlie’ which premiered on Sky Movies in 2017. After moving to Manchester to study at The RNCM she met James, Kieran, Fraser and Noah, who became great friends and band mates. After consolidating this new line up, Ruth and the band have been writing new material and gigging regularly around Manchester, and in 2019 signed with indie label Northern Quarter Records. Ruth is currently releasing singles from her upcoming EP 'Growing Up and Moving On' which will be released in its entirety in April 2021. Her latest single 'Live On In You' is a hopeful reflection on keeping the memory of a loved one alive throughout feelings of loss, and features solo violin performed by Isabella Baker.

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Matt McGinn is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer from Hilltown in Co. Down, Northern Ireland.  He studied music at Queens University in Belfast, yet cites his early days as his real musical education trawling through his parents record collection – from Johhny Cash and Willie Nelson to Beatles and Beethoven. He learned complex harmonies in the school choir and later delved into the sounds Hendrix and Horselips. Then along came John Martyn, Nick Drake Bob Dylan, Planxty, Robert Johnson, Paul Brady & Andy Irvine. He drew inspiration from them all.
 
Matt began writing his own songs - a personal, intimate representation of where he is in the moment – and began playing live, opening for the likes of Chris Smither, John Hammond Jnr, Peter Green and Lucy Kaplanksy.
 
Matt recorded his debut album, ‘Livin’ in 2012, but it was his third recording, ‘Lessons of War’ in 2020 and its lead track ‘Bubblegum’ ft. Ciara O’Neill (written with Mick Flannery) that put him firmly on the map. It enjoyed significant acclaim and he was named one to watch’ by Hotpress Magazine.
 
In 2020 Aoife Scott, daughter of Frances Black, duet with him on his track, ‘Time Well Spent’ which became one of the biggest folk songs on Irish radio.  Since then,  Matt has had 4 singles top The BBC Radio Ulster and RTÉ Radio 1 radio airplay charts and released his fifth album, ‘Time Well Spent’ (2022)  
 
To celebrate Northern Ireland Screen’s digital archives, Matt composed, arranged and performed a 'Tribute to Willie Campbell’, a man who busked the streets of Belfast for 40 years until he died in 1969. The piece has been screened at film festivals as far as New York and Berlin and has been nominated for a FOCAL International award.
 
Matt McGinn is currently nominated for a Hotpress award for Best Irish Songwriter and releases his  sixth album, ‘Behind every Door’ in 2023.

James O’Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter, performer and recording artist. His upcoming album ‘A Cluster of Narratives’, releasing in July, is a folk rock journey that celebrates the joy of living. From uplifting legacy anthem ‘We Are The Stories’ to redemptive titular track ‘A Cluster of Narratives’, O’Connor’s latest music is defiant and rousing, with unabashedly honest lyrics and a melodic Irish lilt that sets him apart.

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