Tony McLoughlin
A native of Newry County Down in the North of Ireland, Tony grew up in a large Irish family surrounded by music, stories and sport with a long connection to seafaring and the ocean. Later, whilst studying Languages and Industrial Design at the University of Aston in Birmingham he began playing in the folk clubs, student bars and pubs of the area. It was to be years later,having sung and played guitar with various folk, rock, blues and even bluegrass bands that he turned his hand to songwriting.
In 2000 he recorded his first album Cinerama in Germany (Glitterhouse Records and Gael Linn) in the talented production hands of Thomm Jutz . This was followed in 2002 with the rougher edged Glory Bound (Glitterhouse Records and Outlet Records), recorded in Nuremberg, Germany with a powerful band lead by guitarist Keili Keilhofer (of Jack Bruce Band and Kevin Coyne’s "Paradise Band" repute). The following years saw Tony touring with band, as a duo and solo all over Germany, making occasional forays into Switzerland, France, Austria, Scotland, Northern England, and eventually back to Ireland .
In October 2006,Tony travelled to Nashville, Tennessee in the United States to record his third album.Once again in the creative production and guitarplaying hands of old friend Thomm Jutz (now Nashville resident and shooting star in demand... Mary Gauthier Band, Nanci Griffith Band, etc). The resulting album Tall Black Horse is a small masterpiece full of deeply powerful songs. The production speaks for itself, as does the playing (Thomm Jutz - guitar, Pat McInerney - drums, Dave Roe - bass, Fats Kaplan - steel & fiddle, Richard Bailey - banjo, and Toni Catlin - harmony vocals). The resulting sound could be categorised as lying somewhere between rock, folk and country... probably authentic Americana... but please take a listen.
Following an appearance at the Nashville/Belfast Songwriter Festival 2007, Tony came to the attention of songwriter extraordinaire Tony Arata , who passed his latest album on to the respected Nashville publisher Matt Lindsey ( mattlindseymusic[dot]com ). This led to the eventual signing of a publishing agreement between Tony and Matt Lindsey in September 2007.
Tony McLoughlin, now based in Dunmore East in the South East of Ireland, continues to tour in Europe and is beginning to regularly visit the United States to write, co-write, record and perform... and that’s the story so far friends.
Contact Information
Booking & Other Enquiries
Tony McLoughlin
email: tony[at]tonymcloughlin.com
web: tonymcloughlin[dot]com
Song Publishing
Matt Lindsey
Matt Lindsey Music LLC
PO Box 128573
Nashville, TN 37212
United States of America
tel: +615 292 9119
email: matt[at]mattlindseymusic[dot]com
web: mattlindseymusic[dot]com