I always wanted to play music ,any kind, listening for me, was just not enough
I grew up listening to music much older than I & was influenced by style & approach rather than popularity in the charts etc. 
Whilst most on my mates were delving into Thin Lizzy,Pink Floyd,Yes,I was drawn to Rory Gallagher , Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel & Leonard Cohen,Neil Diamond early days,Guy Clark, Kristofferson & Nelson etc etc
 I only started writing very late in life as I became more reflective I suppose but then its never too late to start really is it.
I play mostly finger style these days & have delved into open tunings where I find the chord voicings much more appealing than standard tunings.
My songs are quiet reflective types & they express many of the everyday emotions we all feel if we just listened a bit longer.
This year I promised myself I would get out & play more of my songs in more places as whats the point in writing material if you are not going to bring it out in public & let others decide if they “get you”.
I currently run the Purple Sessions in Slane Village co Meath & I am enjoying meeting the amazing talent that shows up every month without fail
I have been doing that for over 14 years now & I don’t ever want to stop.
I specially enjoy recording the sessions & producing live video for artists each month.
One of the highlights of the past few years has been the Purple Sessions involvement with the Maritime festival in Drogheda.
Its a massive platform for the Purple Sessions & the rota of artists have all previous Purple Sessions appearances behind them so i know they will be great ambassadors for us & we for them in turn.

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Lowlight Gathering are a Monaghan/Dublin based acoustic/indie/folk inspired band consisting of Charlie Livingstone (Acoustic Guitar/Lead Vocals) Gregory O’Neill (Bass/Backing Vocals) Daniel Mahony (Piano/Backing Vocals) Shay Sweeney (Drums/Percussion) and Chris Cole (Guitars/Good looks).

Winners of the “Best Newcomer 2017” Award and Nominee for “EP of the Year” at the PureM Awards in August 2017. The bands debut EP “Young Hearts” has received critical acclaim  with the likes of Nialler9 claiming in the Irish Times that the bands “Young Hearts EP” marks the band out as one to watch” and a review from StreetCeol stated that Young Hearts is “A brilliant debut EP and a great starting point for the lads from Monaghan. These guys will be making waves across the country and hopefully another EP or album are on the horizon.” 
2017 seen the band touring the length and breadth of Ireland playing numourious festivals in support of the “Young Hearts” EP and has seen the band supporting the likes of The Hothouse Flowers, The Riptide Movement, The Magic Numbers and Ryan Sheridan. 

2018 will see the band recording the follow up to their debut EP and will see the band release their debut single.... 

STAY TUNED!!!!

LLGx

For more information please contact

lowlightgatheringband@gmaill.com               
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Twitter - @LLGathering 
https://lowlightgathering.bandcamp.com/releases

Stuart is a song writer from Dublin, Ireland. Since retiring from professional football he has reverted to his boyhood passion for song writing and is working hard on developing as a writer. His album “Maybe Not Today” is available now.

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