Paula Ryan and Roberta Smith

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PAULA RYAN (www.paularyanmusic.com) - an award-winning Singer/Songwriter from Tipperary, Ireland is "a unique voice in the contemporary folk world" (Classic Rock Society Magazine). Paula's music is infused with the Celtic lyricism and passion of her Irish Gaelic roots and she uses a range of instruments, some standard (Guitar, Bazouki) and some a bit more unusual (Bodhran, Marimba), to accompany original songs which are “really powerful....what song-writing is all about, making you think” (Fatea Magazine).

Paula's “story-telling” intros and her sometimes serious, sometimes amusing, sometimes reflective, sometimes lively, but always sensitive to the song and the music, presentation of her own original material alongside folk favourites represent performance, originality, creativity, and entertainment at their best!

Paula 's latest studio album is “Turas Cumadoir (Songwriter's Journey)” According to Irish Music Magazine Annual 2022 "Albums like this are a rarity and a breath of fresh air when they come along - this one is a gem which anyone will enjoy". The album has earned airplay on RTE Radio 1, Tipp FM and other radio stations throughout Ireland as well as in France, Germany and across the BBC including, BBC TV, BBC and BBC Radio Ulster and received highly favourable reviews from leading folk/acoustic publications such as fRoots, Acoustic Magazine, FATEA.

Paula performs at venues and festivals nationally and internationally and whatever the stage or the size of the audience, her performances, laced with the warmth, wit, uniqueness and musicality of her Irish roots, are "well worth seeking out" (Irish Music Magazine).

Roberta Smith, an original flower child singer-songwriter,
started to write songs when she was 15 and was quickly taken
up by management. She opened for Ralph McTell at Charles
Morris Hall, played on Radio Leeds, at Leeds University
Union and on the university TV network and on Yorkshire
Television.
Her new single “Shade and Shelter” deftly plays on the
difficulties encountered in all loving relationships and her new
EP: “Airs on a Sixstring” deals with climate change,
loneliness, humour, and love.
She has performed many times on the UK’s acoustic scene, at
one stage even playing Queen Anne Boleyn in a medieval
theatre-restaurant in London’s St Martin’s Lane, but all the
while, Roberta has been quietly honing her craft to carve out
her identity as the accomplished musician we hear today.
She has recently performed live at The Harrison in London and
at Ace Space in Newbury, to open for Saskia Griffiths-Moore,
at the Bedford, Balham, London as part of a ‘Talent Is
Timeless’ showcase founded by London based artist Saskia
Griffiths-Moore and at the Union Chapel, Cambridge to open
for John Jenkins.
Contact: https://www.robertasmithsongs.com
https://www.facebook.com/robertasmithsongs
instagram.com/roberta.smith.songs
email: robertasong@icloud.com