Aine Tyrrell
Friday 23 November @ 7:30

Story is at the forefront for troubadour Áine Tyrrell whose rich songwriting practice draws deeply on her Irish roots. Her latest offering ‘Return to the Sea’ was written and recorded in her homeland but mastered and crowdfunded with one boot in the red dirt of her adopted country of Australia. Fiercely independent Tyrrell is not one to bend to the demands of conventional production arrangements, and so with the help of Creative Arts Victoria, her long time musical producer Mark Stanley, and her international fan base, ‘Return To The Sea’ went rogue, recording in lounge rooms, front bars, old churches, and remote islands.

The full album, due for release January 2019, is a treasure trove of contemporary narratives and musical sojourns with a solid respect for tradition and a passion for adventure and travelling to new lands, both real, and musical.

Tyrrell’s passion proved to be inspiringly infectious with her Pozible Crowdfunding campaign raising over $18k in just three weeks to complete the project on her own terms. ‘I have a true pirate spirit. It’s in my bones. There’s no ship I can’t captain. Or at least try,’ she says ‘but you can’t do it alone. You need a rebel crew!’

‘I am Irish,’ Tyrrell goes on to say, ‘but there is a real sense of place in Australia in my music. It’s not strictly Irish and it’s not Australian. I am so proud of the musical heritage I come from. The sense of tradition musically is grounding, but tradition in its essence has boundaries, expectations, and ingrained rules. Leaving home made me push my music and myself out of that box. It has given me permission to break the rules,’ she says. ‘I have learned to draw from that deep well, but I value the freedom I have to express it in my way and I have Australia to thank for that.’

Her unique musicianship and an equally deft touch with a killer hook or a heartrending lament has attracted the attention of many celebrated musicians in Ireland and Australia including Glen Hansard who mentored her 2017 EP release ‘Fledgling Fall’. Tyrrell’s seductive, mournful voice, atop a stirring Celtic soul romp, is given a little extra finesse by her friend Hansard on her the single ‘Don’t Be Left Crying’. The song climbing to Number One on Ireland’s national broadcaster RTE’s Independent Music Charts on her first ever release in Ireland.

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"Her voice is unmistakably Irish, in a way few singers are any more." Irish Echo 2015

"Soul, intelligence, wit and wisdom, history and mystery and a voice that brings it all together. Don't miss her, for fear that you might miss the very thing you need." - Shane Howard

"She has music in her DNA. She has that rare ability to connect people through words and music." - Liam O'Maonlaí (Hot House Flowers)

"Tyrrell's irrepressible personality and indefatigable nature pervades Queen of Swords" - Rhythms Magazine Jan 2016

"Tyrrell’s songwriting talent is evident in the crafting of the lyrics in this vigorous, barely tamed LP (Queen of Swords)." - BMA Magazine

​“Áine connects deeply with her music…emotionally stirring and uplifting.” - National Celtic Festival​

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