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Emerging Irish singer-songwriter Gary O'Neill raises the bar with 'Not Looking' - the first track from an upcoming EP series entitled, 'Fragments'. After the huge success of his debut EP 'To Those I've Missed' - he was a showcase artist at Ireland Music Week in 2023. To Those I've Missed' has amassed over +1,000,000 online streams, has featured on Spotify playlists such as 'Most Beautiful Songs In The World', 'Lost In The Woods' and 'Your Favourite Coffeeehouse' - and was featured on RTE Entertainment, KCLR, Raidio Na Life and RTE 2XM among others. He has performed at Irish festivals such as All Together Now, supported acts such as Villagers, David Keenan, Niamh Regan, Paul Kelly, 10cc plus many more. Fragments, Vol.1 and Fragments, Vol.2 are set for release this summer along with a string of live performances throughout Ireland in 2024.

Gary is a Kilkenny born singer-songwriter and producer, who’s live performances have been described as ‘Intimate, Honest and Full Of Character’.

The Kilkenny singer-songwriter has spent his time growing up in numerous bands and finding his sound and style, speaking about his youth in music O’Neill states:

“I started playing guitar at 14, my father gave me a few basic chords to start, but I'm self taught after that, which is sometimes to my detriment! I wrote an album when I was 16, I played in different bands growing up. I think if I looked back on all of that work I would cringe at the thought of it. But we were so young- I just remember caring more about what the story of a song could tell over the performance of it, from a very young age.”

“I was heavily influenced by John Martyn. He changed the landscape, for me, of what it meant to be a guitarist. Free formed, unusual open tunings- they were melodic and inimitable. He wavered the line between this wild, eccentric, comical entertainer - who was simultaneously a thoughtful, clever, passionate and romantic songwriter. The contrast was so intriguing to me.

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