Songs live from Davos in the snow….

Grainne joined Mark Geary and Nicole Maguire for a few of songs in the snow in Davos in the beautiful Intercontinental Hotel, after the Songbird Festival.  

Spirit Store Dundalk – 1st Dec

Was super excited to get to play my own little gig downstairs in the Spirit Store!  Had such a ball  –  Thanks to Derek &the team for a fabulous welcome and gorgeous little set up, and to all the lovely folk who came out to listen and buy cds, through freezing fog on a school night! […]

Couch by Couch West 2015

Tony Fitz and Catherine Ferris invited us to join their Irish showcase, and we headed to this amazing room to record for Couch by Couch West 2015.  I joined Tony for a duet in the morning, and then I was joined by Lorcán O’Dwyer on double bass for one of the tracks off my upcoming […]

Switzerland!

I headed to Switzerland on Friday 23rd January, ahead of the Songs from Ireland tour, to do two shows with the wonderful David Hope over that weekend.  I took a day out to go skiing before the gang for the Songs tour arrived on the Wednesday.  We kicked off the tour in Dubendorf, followed by […]

Busy busy busy….

It’s been a busy couple of weeks!   The launch gig happened on the 30th October in the Chocolate Factory!   It went better than I could have expected! There was a huge crowd there, and I was blown away by the support on the night!  The amazing Dermot Kennedy opened the night, before I […]

Street Noise Project

A little while back I met Brad Geyer from NYC who was over performing some spoken word and looking for musicians to record for his ‘Street Noise Project’.  We spent the day wandering the streets of Dublin, and this is one of the videos from our day…….  You can check out The Street Noise Project […]

European Tour with Glen Hansard

Mark Geary and I headed out to Europe last week to join Glen Hansard in Paris, Brussels, Stockholm, Aarhus and Copenhagen.  We had an amazing week  – check out the photos and links below! Paris – La Cigale – http://www.orderinthesound.com/glen-solo-gigs/glen-dates-2015/29-september-2015-paris-fr-paris-la-cigale Brussels – Ancienne Belgique – ​http://dimlylitstages.com/2015/10/01/mark-geary-and-grainne-hunt-ancienne-belgique/ Stockholm – Nalen – ​http://www.orderinthesound.com/glen-solo-gigs/glen-dates-2015/2-october-2015-stockholm-se-nalen Aarhus – Train – ​http://www._orderinthesound.com/glen-solo-gigs/glen-dates-2015/3-october-2015-aarhus-dk-train Copenhagen – Amager […]

Lilacs – Released 7th August!!

So today is the day! Lilacs is released online and can be purchased from iTunes, Google Play Store, Amazon Music, Spotify, Deezer…. and more! 

Groove Festival #groove15

I joined Mark and the band on the Harbour Bar Boat stage at Groove Festival on Saturday afternoon. The sun was shining and there was ice cream and coffee galore.  

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Biography

Gráinne Hunt is a contemporary folk singer and songwriter, raised in Monaghan and based in Kildare, Ireland. With consistently on-point, captivating vocals and well-honed, insightful songs, Grainne has shared stages with Glen Hansard and U2, has opened for Gladys Knight, Eagle Eye Cherry and the Bay City Rollers, and has been compared to vocal icons Tracy Chapman and Nathalie Merchant.

Her ‘gorgeous new album’ (Mathieu Norry RTE Radio 1), This Secret, was released in September 2019. ‘[A] seamlessly gentle fusion of Irish folk and Nashville backing, together with Gráinne’s gorgeous, slightly throaty vocal delivery’ (FolkRadio.co.uk), it was recorded with Thomm Jutz (Nanci Griffith, Maura O’Connell) and features the skills of Mark Fain (Ry Cooder) on bass and Lynn Williams (John Hiatt) on drums.  

2019 also saw the release of an Irish folk album, Songs from Ireland, recorded with award winning guitarist Brendan Walsh. Recorded last year in Soundville Studios Luzern, it includes songs Buachaill on Eirne and Raglan Road. 

Despite 2020 cancellations, over the various lockdown periods Gráinne performed for the #IrelandPerforms initiative, joined Axis Ballymun for Cruinniú na nÓg & #SummerSessions, founded songwritercircle.club, created the first #AdventCalendarofSong (solo recordings of 24 Christmas songs released on social media every day in December) which included a collaboration with German choir Cantus Domus on a beautiful version of The Wexford Carol, and joined U2, Glen Hansard, and others for The Late Late Show Charity Busk.  

 

Songs From Ireland

Firing Pin

This Secret

Breathe Arvo party Remix