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Roesy

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Lucia Mazer & Ezequiel Farfaro - A contemporary tango dance to 'Sober Clown' for The Copenhagen International Tango Festival at The National Danish Radio Concert Hall in May 2006
Trailing The True Star from Sharon Shannon's Live At Dolans DVD & The Swaying Tree from EYE2EYE RTE 1
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"Roesy has a relaxed, gentle-voiced singing style that evokes shades of Nick Drake without sacrificing its own originality" (The Evening Herald)
"Tender-hearted Irish singer/songwriters are two a cent but Roesy’s the best of the lot" (RTE Guide)
"...armed with a crystalline pair of vocal chords..." (Irish Times)
Through his career he has shared the stage with Bert Jansch, Joan Armatrading, The Waterboys, Badly Drawn Boy, Billy Bragg, John Martyn, Donovan, Shane MacGowan, plus celebrated Irish author Paul Durcan.
Roesy appeared in the first Other Voices TV series on RTE. He was nominated for Best New Irish Act in the 2004 Meteor Music Awards and voted No.8 in the Trad/Folk section of the Annual Hot Press Awards 2005. He has released four albums and designed the artwork for each one. He was voted No.6 in the best Album Sleeve category of the Hot Press Readers Poll 2003 for his second album 'The Spirit Store'.
His song 'Potosi Mine' was included in the 'Diamond Mountain Session Presents' compilation CD, also featuring Sinead O’Connor, Steve Earle, Natalie Merchant and Sharon Shannon.
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Colour Me Colourful (N4 Records 06)
“Roesy has a second career as a vivid, provocative painter. This album applies the same colourful vision to his music, with often masterful effect”
8/10 (Hot Press)
“It’s got an edge that will lodge him comfortably apart from the mainstream”
3/5 (The Irish Times)
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Member Since: 5/8/2006
Band Website: roesy.net
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