Junior Brother
Ronan Kealy, known as Junior Brother (born 1993), is an Irish alternative folk singer-songwriter from County Kerry.[1][2]
Junior Brother | |
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| Birth name | Ronan Kealy |
| Born | 1993 (age 28) Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Origin | County Kerry |
| Genres | alternative folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | guitar, tambourine |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Strange Brew |
| Website | juniorbrother |
Early life
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]
Career
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, 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.[6] In 2019, he appeared on The Tommy Tiernan Show.
Discography
EP
- PowPig/Junior Brother (2019; a 4-A-side single with fellow artist PowPig)
Studio albums
References
- "Junior Brother | Clonakilty International Guitar Festival | 16 – 22 September 2019". clonguitarfest.com.
- "Junior Brother To Release 'The Back Of Her Hand'". IMRO. 7 December 2018.
- "Former BCFE Rock School student Ronan Kealy (aka. Junior Brother) making waves in Ireland, the UK and beyond this summer". BCFE. 27 August 2019.
- "Junior Brother brings his off-kilter alt folk sound to Cork festival". irishexaminer.com. 6 February 2019.
- "Junior Brother". thelist.ie.
- "Junior Brother on Breaking Tunes". breakingtunes.com.
- "Sound: Junior Brother". 12 June 2019.
- Porzio, Stephen. "Kerry folk singer makes excellent debut". Hotpress.
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