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Junior Brother
Irish folk singer
Ronan Kealy, known as Junior Brother (born 1993), is an Irish alternative folk singer-songwriter from County Kerry.[1][2]
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Birth name | Ronan Kealy |
Born | 1993 (1993) (age 31) Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland |
Origin | County Kerry |
Genres | alternative folk |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instrument(s) | guitar, tambourine |
Years active | 2014–present |
Labels | Strange Brew |
Website | juniorbrother |
Kealy grew up in County Kerry. He attended St Brendan's College, Killarney and studied English in University College Cork and Ballyfermot College of Further Education.[3]
Junior Brother moved to Dublin in 2014 to begin his career.[4] His stage name is taken from a character in the Elizabethan play The Revenger's Tragedy.[5] He was named as one of RTÉ's Rising Irish Stars of 2018,[6] and as one of The Irish Times' "Irish music contenders ready to break through in 2019". His first album, Pull The Right Rope, was nominated for the Choice Music Prize.[7] In a 4-star review for The Irish Times, music journalist Tony Clayton-Lea wrote: "...the tales told here are full of wide-eyed wonders and keen observations. Between the clatter of one and clarity of the other, Junior Brother’s songs are the real deal."[8] Music website The Last Mixed Tape wrote of the album: "An album of pure expression, Pull The Right Rope is a masterclass in the sheer joy of creation."[9] In March 2019 he appeared on The Tommy Tiernan Show,[10] and in April 2020 on Other Voices (Irish TV series).[11]
EP
- PowPig/Junior Brother (2019; a 4-A-side single with fellow artist PowPig)
Studio albums
Choice Music Prize
RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards
- "Junior Brother To Release 'The Back Of Her Hand'". IMRO. 7 December 2018.
- O'Sullivan, Eoghan (6 February 2019). "Junior Brother brings his off-kilter alt folk sound to Cork festival". irishexaminer.com.
- "Junior Brother". thelist.ie.
- "Ones To Watch: Rising Irish Stars of 2018". rte.ie. RTE. 18 March 2018.
- "Junior Brother on Breaking Tunes". breakingtunes.com.
- Clayton-Lea, Tony (23 May 2019). "Junior Brother: Pull the Right Rope review – The real paradoxical deal". irishtimes.com. The Irish Times.
- White, Stephen (17 June 2019). "Review "An album of pure expression" Junior Brother – Pull The Right Rope". thelastmixedtape.com. The Last Mixed Tape.
- "Behind the music: Junior Brother". 12 November 2021.
- Clark, Stuart (9 April 2020). "Junior Brother, Anna Mieke, Alex Gough, Thumper & A. Smyth appear tonight on Other Voices". Hot Press.
- Wilson, Danny (12 June 2019). "Sound: Junior Brother". Totally Dublin.
- Porzio, Stephen (22 May 2019). "Kerry folk singer makes excellent debut". Hotpress.
- "RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Award Winners Announced". Journal of Music. 25 October 2019.
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