IRISH SINGER-SONGWRITER DARREN KIELY RELEASES NEW EP LIVE FROM DUBLIN
LISTEN HERE / WATCH “SUNRISE (LIVE FROM DUBLIN)” HERE
New Dates Announced For Kiely’s Never Been Here Before World Tour in Australia and South America
[LONDON – December 6, 2024] – Free Flight Records’ Irish prodigy Darren Kiely releases his brand-new EP, Live From Dublin today (Listen here). The 5-track EP features Kiely’s raw, soaring vocals of previously released tracks recorded live at his show at The Academy in Dublin, Ireland.
“Going to see shows live and listening to live recordings are some of the most special parts of music for me,” says Kiely. “Listening back to these songs from Dublin bright me right back to the excitement and magic of my shows and I hope you feel the same.”
Live From Dublin Track List
1. Slow Decay (Live From Dublin)
2. Ocean (Live From Dublin)
3. Say I (Live From Dublin)
4. Mom & Dad (Live From Dublin)
5. Sunrise (Live From Dublin)
Kiely is set to kick off 2025 with his Never Been Here Before World Tour. The tour will hit various cities across the globe in Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland as well as the recently announced dates in South Africa and Australia and more to be announced in the coming months. For more information on the tour and where to purchase tickets, please visit https://www.darrenkiely.
Earlier this year, Kiely spent the majority of his time releasing new music and touring North America, the UK and Ireland. He released his From the Dark EP, which was produced by David Baron and featured co-writes from Ryan Hurd, Teddy Reimer, Daniel Tashian, Joe Fox, Geoff Warburton, Jon Hume, and Gabe Simon. The six-track EP takes Kiely’s craft to new heights as he explores the harsh realities that come with growing up and moving on. He also released two additional tracks, “Avalon” and “Late Text” which continued to showcase more of Kiely’s relatable lyrics and soaring vocals. In between music releases, Kiely headlined his sold-out 33-date international THE LOST TOUR and spent the fall joining Mat Kearney on the HEADLIGHTS HOME North American Tour.
Pulling inspiration from influences like Mumford & Suns, The Lumineers and Noah Kahan, Kiely has mastered his own distinctive sound while drawing in fans worldwide.
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About Darren Kiely:
Hailing from a quaint town in Co. Cork, Ireland, Darren Kiely’s folk-infused pop sound originates from his inherited love of traditional Irish music, intertwined with modern influences such as The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, and Noah Kahan. At just five years old, Darren learned the tin whistle, and at eight years old he picked up the fiddle, eventually teaching himself to play guitar as well. Darren began singing in 2019, quickly garnering attention for his raw and fervent vocals and emotive delivery. After winning numerous honors at a national level in Irish traditional music, Darren found his way to NYC in 2022 to continue developing his own music and sound, and soon after headed to the songwriting hub of Nashville. Signing to Free Flight Records, Kielys’s unique presentation of folk-infused pop and lush storytelling, which echoes the backdrop of the Irish countryside where he was raised, is the forefront of his debut EP, Lost. The seven-track project explores the triumphant war of overcoming self-doubt, struggling to find himself, questioning emotions and seeking answers, while his follow up EP, From The Dark, Kiely takes his craft to new heights as he explores the harsh realities that come with growing up and moving on. Lost features track “Mom & Dad,” which debuted in the Top 40 on the Irish Singles Chart and Top 5 on the Irish Homegrown chart, as well as fan-favorite “Sunrise” which reached No. 1 on the chart.
Kiely took his new music on the road with his headline THE ROAD HOME TOUR & THE LOST TOUR, where he sold out shows across his home country of Ireland and in North America and has toured with the 502s and Mat Kearny.
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About Free Flight Records
Free Flight Records is a new creative hub and home for artists who embody the ethos and authentic storytelling of the Nashville music community but sonically lie outside the country genre. Free Flight Records will operate out of Nashville, TN under the Sony Music Nashville umbrella.
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