Niamh Regan
Niamh Regan is a critically acclaimed songwriter from county Galway, Ireland. Her debut album Hemet (2020) announced her arrival as one of the most distinctive songwriters in Ireland today. Earning nominations for both the RTE Folk Awards’ and the Choice Awards’ Album of the Year, the album received soaring praise, and led to performances on The Late Late Show, Other Voices, and La Blogothèque.
Following her studies in flute and guitar at UL, Regan honed her craft as a songwriter by travelling between Ireland and California, writing about her experiences along the way. As a result, her songs seamlessly weave the intimacy of the Irish lyrical tradition with the expansive breadth of American songwriters such as Karen Dalton, Stevie Nicks, and Joni Mitchell, but the resulting sound is entirely her own.
Niamh has been busy performing live at home and overseas, playing at Ireland’s most loved festivals – Sounds from a Safe Harbour, Body & Soul, All Together Now, Another Love Story, Féile na Bealtaine, Galway International Arts Festival, and further afield, including the Folk Alliance International, Other Voices Wales, Hotel Café Los Angeles, and a month long tour of Australia. She has opened shows for the likes of CMAT, Sam Amidon, Sorcha Richardson, Josh Ritter, Mick Flannery, Fionn Regan, John Grant, Patrick Watson, SOAK, and joined James Vincent McMorrow at The Barbican, London.