I few out to Switzerland on Wednesday morning from Dublin.  Having a coffee in Butler’s, I noticed a rather distinctive character sitting nearby! We got talking and it turns out Nigel ‘Elvis’ Kingsley lives in Switzerland and we were travelling on the same flight.  We flew into Zurich in sunshine but that didn’t last long! 
It rained for most of my stay in Switzerland  – but it was beautifully green and smelled of summer!
​I played a few nights in the Porter House in Uster, with loads of familiar and new faces.   Thanks to Petra, Martin, Barbara, Jan, Ramon, Claire, Monika, Nigel and Monika, Sal, Laura and Janet!! 
On Friday I visited a studio where a friend works and there’s talk of a return visit later this year for some recording! Stay tuned!  
The last gig was in the Molly Malone, where i returned to Peach’s lovely bar for a perfect end to the tour!  A great listening gig, and generous audience – I couldn’t have asked for more!  Thanks to my friends who came to see me there – Lisa and Julia, Sal, Suzan and Thomas, Rahel and Andy, Jan.  Huge thanks to Caroline and Ramon for having me back to play! 
In the Porter House I played three 30minute sets each night. The set lists went something like this: 

Set 1
No Way I’d Go Down
Molly Malone
Low Tides
Balck is the Colour
Let’s just see
The Lakes of Ponchartain
Stay
She Moved Through the Fair

Set 2
Firing Pin
The Island
Bittersweet and Beautiful
Isle of Hope
Sumerfly
Hold me
Caledonia
Hang with Me

Set 3
Chances
Raglan Road
Forever and Always
The Professor
Blank Space
I hope that I don’t fall in love with you
Lilacs
​Marrying the sea

In the Molly Malone – I played two sets… something like the below – but I think I may have changed some things around as I played!

No Way I’d Go Down
Bittersweet and Beautiful
The Lakes of Ponchartrain
Firing Pin
Hang with Me
You
The Professor
Whisper
Molly Malone
She Moved Through the Fair

Chances
Lost for Words
Isle of Hope Stay
Blankspace
Black is the Colour
Forever and Always
My Favorite Things
The Island
Low Tides
I Hope that I don’t fall in love with you
Marrying the Sea

​Caledonia

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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