Nicole Maguire profile picture

Nicole Maguire

About Me


Put an image at the top of your profile!
BALCONY TV December 2008

Nicole Maguire plays

one of the finest female talents to emerge in recent years.. (the Nationalist, Laois and offaly)
be prepared for a surprise..Nicole's sound is a fresh and appealing sound to music's strongest roots... (cork's evening echo)
Maguire...will make the rest of the country sit up and take notice..(daily star)
if ever there was a greater example of talent, grit and determination then look no further... (Avondhu Press, co. cork)

Nicole Maguire was raised in Conna, Co. Cork.At only 22 years old she is already gaining a positive reputation amongst industry officials in Ireland and abroad. Sam Feldman, manager of the world famous Norah Jones called her voice simply beautiful. inspired by her uncles, Nicole picked up the guitar at the age of 12. After a mere 2 weeks she was joining in on their traditional music sessions. By thirteen she was composing her own material, beginning a lifelong journey as a songwriter. This fiery determination and passion for her art was not lost on one of her recent reviews. Samantha Cathall of the Avondhu press noted that nicole has grabbed her dream with both hands and is slowly but surely climbing her way to great success.
Nicole's unique style of songwriting emerged from being exposed to artists such as tori Amos, Pj Harvey, The Cranberries, Tracy Chapman and the Beatles to name but a few. Publications such as Corks Evening Echo have described her compositions and solid...dynamic and sultry. Her song Mistaken was deemed as so damn catchy while Someone's Rose was so powerful.
In the last four years Nicole has made many recordings, the most recent being the single 'lipstick girl' which was her debut single. Since then Nicole hasn't wasted a minute. She has been gigging up and down the country with the odd trip across the water to London's most prestigious intimate venues such as the Troubador. Nicole has also set up her own record label 'mistaken records' and is currently recording her debut album due for release later this year.


Myspace Layouts - Image Hosting - Comments

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/05/2006
Band Website: website to be changed over the next few weeks!!
Band Members: Nicole Maguire: piano, electric guitar, acoustic guitar jason brown: bass chris percival:guitar ciaran manning:drums
Influences: tracy chapman, the cranberries, damien dempsey, julie miller, alison krauss, norah jones, ray lamontagne etc etc etc...........
Sounds Like: Nicole Maguire!!!

First CD Single Limited Edition of Lipstick Girl now available. Payment thru Paypal.
Record Label: none
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

2009 so far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hi everyone, sorry i didnt post anything in a while!!well this year has been great to me so far, i released my first album, a mixture of pop acoustic and light rock songs. turned out exactly the way i...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:45:00 GMT

were number 3 in the download charts!!

hi all just letting you know that because ye downloaded my single we have gone straight in at number 3 in the download charts.. go on download it again!!!! get us to number 1!!!!!thanks to everyone th...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:07:00 GMT

damien dempsey,the walls paddy casey, and - me!!!

hello again!! i havent posted anything in a while, just catching up to let ye know what ive been up to! first of all let me tell you about the damien dempsey gig i played support to. for those of you ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:02:00 GMT

september residency in cork’s cyprus avenue!!

well hello again!! i just want to let you know that as my album is due out on the first week of october we are going to be doing a monday night residency in cyprus avenue for the month of september. e...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:39:00 GMT

special guest to aslan!!

yay!! im playing special guest to aslan on april 11th and i cant wait! they have been a huge influence of mine and have been around forever- and still going, thats something to be proud of!! so all i ...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:06:00 GMT

handing over the reins....

hey again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!just to let ye know as things are getting so busy with the preparation of the album, the organising of live gigs and appearances, i will be handing over the reins in the...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:30:00 GMT

we’re confirmed for the exclusive cork week 2008!!!

monday 14th july (special guest to the walls)tuesday 15th july (special guest to bagatelle)wednesday 16th july (special guest to paddy casey)...Cork Week, Crosshavenwell we are playing at cork week 20...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:18:00 GMT

we’re confirmed for element festival 2008!!

hi all we just confirmed were playing at this year's element festival in waterford, god help the locals!! only messing!! were really looking forward to it, some great acts have been announced, were pl...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:49:00 GMT

balcony tv performance postponed..aagh!!

hi all i have to unfortunately postpone my balcony tv performance as ive been hit with the flu..aaaaaaaaaaaggggggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! at the moment i can barely hold a note without coughing which means...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:44:00 GMT

upcoming gigs and the album so far!!!

ok so far we have all the drum tracks, guitar tracks and most the bass lines done.. my god it takes ages to get everything right doesnt it!! got some really funny video footage of the lads recording t...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:43:00 GMT