Feargal Murray - producer/arranger/piano
NOV '25 HOTPRESS album review - 8.5/10
"a startling, raw intimacy to these fresh recordings"
"courageous and disarmingly honest approach..Brendan has worked his own personal magic in these recordings"
"suitably reverent productions by Murray, and his careful use of top musicians as required, enhances and even challenges.."
"a superb addition to the canon"
Feargal Murray - co-writer/producer/arranger/piano
NOV '25 HOTPRESS album review - 8.5/10
"strips the songs back to the emotional bedrock from whence it came"
"evokes memories of early Tom waits or latterday Nick Cave"
"suitably reverent productions by Murray, and his careful use of top musicians as required, enhances and even challenges.."
Feargal Murray - piano/arranger
This song was a favourite of Shane MacGowan's - he grew up listening to his mum singing it. The Pogues recorded it on their RED ROSES FOR ME album.
Cathy and I first performed it at the RTE Folk Awards Feb '24 for Shane's obituary section, introduced by his sister Siobhan. We released this studio version Nov' 24 and it was chosen by Shay Byrne presenter of RTE Radio 1's "Rising Time" as his TRACK OF THE YEAR '24.
Feargal Murray - piano/arranger/co-producer
A WINTER BLESSING from the album 'STORYBOOK - THE SONGS OF BRENDAN GRAHAM
HOTPRESS album review******** 8/10
"a moving musical experience" "blessed with an absence of clutter" "playing throughout is impeccable"
" A NEW CHRISTMAS CLASSIC". JOHN CREEDON RTE RADIO 1, DEC 2024
*MOST PLAYED TRACK ON RTE RADIO 1 FROM 31 DEC'23 - 21 JAN '24
storybookthesongsofbrendangraham.com
Feargal Murray - piano/arranger/co-producer
'STORYBOOK - THE SONGS OF BRENDAN GRAHAM' - JAN'24
********HOTPRESS 8/10
"a moving musical experience" "blessed with an absence of clutter" "playing throughout is impeccable" "a worthy celebration of one man's gifts"
"Jordan doesnt just sing the melody, she inhabits the whole song and sings its meaning from the inside." "Murray's piano magically conjuring.."
storybookthesongsofbrendangraham.com
Feargal Murray - producer/arranger/piano
#1 ITUNES IRELAND
"This beautiful cover version outstripped music icons such as Ed Sheeran and Elton John on it's way to the top of the iTunes Charts for Ireland." HOTPRESS OCT '21
"Rising star Nicola O'Haire scores the highest new entry on this week's Official Irish Homegrown Chart with her debut single"
OFFICIAL IRISH CHARTS
Feargal Murray - composer/piano
"sorrowing, savage songs" ****GUARDIAN,
"distinct and emotionally powerful" ****TELEGRAPH
"a triumph" ****UK TIMES
"thrilling, superbly crafted, theatrical jewel" *****MELBOURNE HERALD SUN
Feargal Murray - composer/producer/arranger/engineer/piano
BAND: DAVE MAC MULLAN - KEYS, EWAN COWLEY - GUITAR, DAN BODWELL - BASS, F MURRAY - PIANO
Feargal Murray - piano/orig music (Rolf Løvland original URMU composer)
Feargal Murray - piano/bandleader
"Top 25 performances ever on Later with Jools Holland" Daily Telegraph 2018
BAND: BRENDAN DOYLE - ALTO SAX, EANNA HICKEY - BIN, CALUM GOURLAY - BASS, F MURRAY - PIANO
Feargal Murray - songwriter/lead vocals/gtr/bass/trpt/keys
"a chirpy, cute duet with the author and long-time collaborator. Classy" HEINEKEN MUISC.IE
Feargal Murray - Wurlitzer keyboard mime on RTE 1 Ryan Tubridy show
Feargal Murray - Music Co-ordinator/keys - House band for 'Coulter + Co" RTE TV SHOW
(extra: Ronan Keating - piano mime at the meteor Irish music awards@THE POINT, DUBLIN)
Feargal Murray - Arranger/Keys