Jimmy Monaghan

Jimmy Monaghan
Monaghan performing at Hanoi Rock City, Hanoi, 2018.
Background information
Born (1988-02-25) 25 February 1988
Origin Danbury, Connecticut, United States
Website www.musicfordeadbirds.eu

Jimmy Monaghan is an Irish musician from Belmullet, Ireland. He is the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for the anti-folk band Music for Dead Birds.[1] He also releases music under various other titles, including "The Crytearions".[2]

Biography

He was born in Danbury, Connecticut and moved to Ireland as a child. As a teenager he was an amateur boxer, winning four Irish national titles.[3][4] He won a silver medal at the 2004 Four Nations tournament boxing for Ireland and received the Western People Sports Star of the year award the same year.[5] During his time representing Ireland internationally, he faced future German contender Gottlieb Weiss.[6] His first album with Music for Dead Birds was released in 2009 by the Irish record label Rusted Rail.[7] In July 2012 Psychonavigation Records released an album of his instrumental piano recordings under his Irish name Seamus O'Muineachain.[8][9] The Irish Times reviewed the album positively, calling it "a tremulous if tranquil success."[10] Bleep.com said of the album "He reveals ten tracks of delicately crafted classicism, a unique piano soundtrack indebted with heart-wrenching cinematic emotion."[11] To promote the album he performed at The Electric Picnic festival in 2012.[12] The album received radio play on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation[13] and the song 'I Am Always in Your Power' was used in the Emmy Award nominated series Beat Girl.[14][15] In 2013 he released the lo-fi punk album 'I See What It Is And I Am Scared' under the pseudonym 'The Crytearions'.[16] The album found a following on-line from internet radio stations such as Dandelion Radio[17] and music blogs including Tiny Mix Tapes.[18][19] In 2015 he appeared in a Maltese stage production of Butterflies Are Free which ran at Saint James Cavalier in Valletta.[20] In 2016 an image of him cycling on the Aran Islands was used on an Irish post stamp.[21] In 2017 he produced and released the instrumental Cloves, the second album to be released under his Irish name Seamus O'Muineachain. The track 'Nightdreaming' was broadcast on Star's End[22] and the track 'Forest Frost' on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.[23] Shortly after its release, the album was The Irish Times New Release of The Week.[24] A review on highbrowse.ie referred to the album as 'an accomplished snapshot of rural Ireland.'[25]

Discography

With Music for Dead Birds

With The Crytearions

  • The Crytearions, 2013, Dramacore[26]
  • I See What It Is And I Am Scared, 2013 [27]
  • These Songs Hate You, 2014 [28]

Other

References

  1. ↑ "Music For Dead Birds to release debut mini-album". Advertiser.ie. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.swnk.org/reviews/the-crytearions-i-see-what-it-is-and-i-am-scared/
  3. ↑ http://www.geesalaboxingclub.com/membersformer-members.html
  4. ↑ "Club History – Geesala Boxing Club". Geesalaboxingclub.com. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.mayopics.com/sport/WesternPeopleAwards/2004/glry/index/mu6h0060__monaghans_tn.html
  6. ↑ http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/DualsLeague/2003/DualIRL_BEL-GER.html
  7. ↑ http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2009_deadbirds.htm
  8. ↑ "New music from Jimmy Monaghan". Advertiser.ie. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Seamus O'Muineachain – Seamus O'Muineachain | Release Information, Reviews and Credits". AllMusic. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ "Seamus O'Muineachain – Seamus O'Muineachain (Psychonavigation) on Bleep – Your Source for Independent Music – Download MP3, WAV & FLAC – Buy Vinyl, CD & Merchandise". Bleep.com. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  12. ↑ "Clashfinder General :: Electric Picnic 2012 Clashfinder". Clashfinder.com. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  13. ↑ "Seamus O'Muineachain – Seamus O'Muineachain – Quiet Space – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  14. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_RoBGpNGfs
  15. ↑ http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/beat-girl-nominated-for-emmy-award-29631762.html
  16. ↑ http://www.swnk.org/reviews/the-crytearions-i-see-what-it-is-and-i-am-scared/
  17. ↑ http://www.dandelionradio.com/artist/The+Crytearions
  18. ↑ http://www.tinymixtapes.com/mixtape/angry-at-potatoes-confused
  19. ↑ http://lo-pie.com/review-the-crytearions/
  20. ↑ http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-05-11/stage/Butterflies-Are-Free-6736135340
  21. ↑ http://www.theirishworld.com/wild-atlantic-way-new-stamps/
  22. ↑ http://starsend.org/playlists/08.06.17.html
  23. ↑ http://www.rte.ie/rnag/an-taobh-tuathail/programmes/2017/0724/891864-an-taobh-tuathail-monday-24-july-2017/?clipid=2545267
  24. ↑ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/the-10-best-new-irish-tracks-of-the-week-1.3182352
  25. ↑ http://highbrowse.ie/music/reviews/cloves.html
  26. ↑ http://www.dramacore.com/info/136.htm
  27. ↑ http://thefirenote.com/2013/11/05/the-crytearions-i-see-what-it-is-and-i-am-scared-album-review/
  28. ↑ http://bandjack.com/crytearions-these_songs_hate_you/
  29. ↑ https://nomoreworkhorse.com/2017/07/17/seamus-omuineachain-cloves-album-review/
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