WITH gritty sonic depth, Irish songwriter Marc O’Reilly belts out his songs that swing from quiet reflection to sheer riotous joy.
Backed by his band these rare and beautiful songs slam into wild blues fragments and effortlessly back to clean vocal harmonies.
Marc has released two critically acclaimed albums to date, ‘Human Herdings’ and ‘My Friend Marx’.
Through them he has established himself as one of the most exciting artists within the folk/blues genre, gaining comparisons with artists such as John Martyn and Bon Iver along the way.
Marc has toured all over Europe has made several appearances at major festivals like Glastonbury, the Electric Picnic, Beautiful Days, Boardmasters, Shambala and Dranouter.
He has also played in the US, appearing at the Live in the Vineyard Festival in Napa, Califor-nia.
His alter-ego side project with his brother Pierre, the electro-pop duo ‘R’, recently received excellent radio support for debut single ‘Change’ from tastemakers such as Steve Lamacq (BBC 6music), Janice Long (BBC Radio 2) and Paul Mcloone (Today FM)as it reached Number 1 on the Amazing Radio Chart.
As if that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, Marc has also provided vocals on three tracks for the new album by MOBO-winning act Karios 4tet which was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios. This led to the recording of a live BBC Maida Vale session for the Jamie Cullum Show.
Catch him live at the Sugar Club on Thursday, May 4.
