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-> distance to go <-
(professional demo recordings from August 2008
- with Gavin Ralston, Aonghus Ralston, Tom Domican and Maeve Sweeney)

-> demos 2007 <-
(various rough home recordings of my own songs - some of these were subsequently included on the "distance to go" recordings)

-> covers 2004 <-
(a bunch of cover versions I recorded at home for Nadine in 2004)

-> eoghan o'sullivan & friends <-
(some covers recorded at the RTE studios in Limierick in early 2002, with David Graham on guitar & vocals and Aodan O'Dubhghaill on fiddle)

BIOGRAPHY

I was born in Ireland in 1977 and started playing guitar when I was around twelve or so. I had been singing for a long time before that. For almost fifteen years now I've been singing in bars and at events in Ireland and around Europe, something I still do as much as possible. I'm rarely happier than when I'm singing songs I love to people that want to hear them.

I started writing my own songs about seven years ago in a flat above a bar in Oslo - I remember it well because I'd long given up on ever writing anything! I'd now describe myself as an "outrospective singer-songwriter", aiming to tell a story through smart lyrics with a hummable chorus. (Of course I don't always achieve this aim, but that's the idea at least!) I take inspriation from contemporary songwriters like Neil Finn, Badly Drawn Boy, Ben Folds, Josh Ritter and Elliott Smith, as well as those classic writers like the Beatles, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Paul Simon, etc... Ultimately I try to write songs that people will want to sing along with and to hear again.

I lived in Geneva from March 2004 until May 2009, working for a digital TV association and making time for music whenever I could, performing regularly in local bars. Most of my recordings up to now have been done at home, featuring just me and my guitar. However, in August 2008 I booked some studio time in Ireland with some professional session musicians, recording seven of my songs with full band arrangements.

In June 2009 I moved to Amsterdam for a new job with a European zoo assocation...let's see what musical adventures await!

And, in case you were wondering, "Eoghan" is pronounced like "Owen".

You can reach me by email at eoghan1[at]ireland.com