Fionn Regan
Background information
Born	Bray, Ireland
Genre(s)	Folk,
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Harmonica
Years active	2002-
Label(s)	Bella Union, Lost Highway Records
Website	http://www.fionnregan.com/

Fionn Regan is an Irish singer-songwriter, poet and artist from Bray, Ireland. Bray (Bré formerly Brí Chulainn) is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other See also Folk (disambiguation, Volk (disambiguation Folk is one of the Germanic roots that mean "(of the people" or "our Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles A harmonica is a free reed Wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers or In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Bella Union is an Independent record label that was started up by Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde in 1997. Lost Highway Records recording artists Lost Highway reissues recordings from the various Universal Music Group labels Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating Bray (Bré formerly Brí Chulainn) is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 EPs 2.3 Singles 3 References 4 External links

Overview

Regan's first releases were the single, "Little Miss Drunk", and three EPs titled Hotel Room, Reservior and Campaign Button, which were released on a small indie label, Anvil Records [1]. Little Miss Drunk is the 2002 debut single by Irish singer/songwriter Fionn Regan. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Hotel Room is is a 5-track CD EP of songs by the Irish singer/songwriter Fionn Regan. Reservior is a 4-track CD EP of songs by the Irish singer/songwriter Fionn Regan. Campaign Button is a 4-track CD EP of songs by the Irish singer/songwriter Fionn Regan. An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels Following these releases, in 2006, Regan signed to former Cocteau Twin Simon Raymonde's independent record label, Bella Union, in the UK, resulting in Regan's debut album The End of History being released on 7 August 2006. Cocteau Twins were a Scottish Alternative rock band active from 1979 to 1997 Simon Raymonde (born Simon Philip Raymonde 3 April 1962, in Tottenham, London) is an English Musician and Record Bella Union is an Independent record label that was started up by Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde in 1997. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The End of History is the debut album from Irish Singer-songwriter Fionn Regan, released in 2006. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Following the success of this, Regan was subsequently signed by American label, Lost Highway Records. Lost Highway Records recording artists Lost Highway reissues recordings from the various Universal Music Group labels The End of History was released in the US on July 10th, 2007. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.

The End of History was produced by Regan himself (mixing the album with Simon Raymonde). Mojo magazine gave the album four stars in a review that dubbed the disc "a debut that oozes rare confidence, startling maturity and originality", other publications such as The Times^[1] and The Guardian ^[2] also gave the album four out of five stars. Mojo (ˈmoʊdʒoʊ is a term commonly encountered in the African-American folk belief called hoodoo. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group.

Fionn has played many festivals around the world including the 2007 Glastonbury Festival, XPoNential Music Festival in Camden, New Jersey, Electric Picnic (Ireland), Summercase (Spain), Bestival (Isle of Wight) ACL (Austin, Texas) and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (San Francisco). For the classical music and theatre festivals co-founded by Rutland Boughton between 1914 and 1926 see Glastonbury Festival (1914-1925 The The City of Camden is the County seat of Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States. Electric Picnic is an annual boutique arts and Music festival which has been staged since 2004 in Stradbally Hall Stradbally, County Laois in Summercase is a two-day Music festival held simultaneously in Barcelona and Madrid. The Bestival is a music festival on the Isle of Wight, England. The Isle of Wight is an English Island and county in the English Channel between three and five miles (8 km from the south coast of the Fionn also appeared at Mountain stage alongside Loudon Wainwright III in Charleston, West Virginia. Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American Songwriter, Folk singer, Humorist, and Charleston is the Capital of the US state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and

Regan cites such artists as Bob Dylan and Neil Young as influences. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician ^{[3] [4]}

Fionn was nominated for two Meteor Music Awards (Best Male and Best Newcomer) in 2006 and The End of History was nominated for Irish album of the year 2006 at the Choice Music Prize ^[5] and was shortlisted for the 2007 Mercury Music Prize ^[6]. The Meteor Ireland Music Awards (colloquially called "The Meteors") are the national Music Awards of Ireland. The Choice Music Prize is a music award given annually to the best full-length Irish Album based on artistic merit regardless of genre sales or record The Mercury Prize, formerly the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize for Sponsorship reasons is an annual music prize

The single "Be Good or Be Gone" was used in "Grey's Anatomy" and E4's drama "Nearly Famous" in 2007 and "Skins" in 2008.

Discography

Albums

• The End of History (2006)

EPs

• Campaign Button (EP) (2005)
• Hotel Room (EP) (April 14, 2004)
• Reservior (EP) (January 20, 2003)

Singles

• "Be Good or Be Gone" (February 5, 2006)
• "Little Miss Drunk" (July 29, 2002)

References

External links

• Official Site
• Fionn Regan's MySpace site

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