Friday 12th September 2025
Location: Cleeres Bar and Theatre, 28 Parliament Street, Kilkenny
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Irish singer-songwriter Roesy returns to touring after nearly a decade away, with a renewed voice and perspective on a catalogue built over eight albums.
From busking on the streets of Ireland and Europe in the early 90s to touring both the Irish and international circuit, moving between the independence of a cottage operation and the machinery of publishing and labels, then back again, those experiences were the full immersion of twenty-something years.
After the release of Wolf Counsel in 2016, he hit pause, and then record again in January 2025, documenting his return through his roesymusic YouTube channel’s vlogs, a work-in-progress of new songs for his next album, written in real time and recorded as raw demos for Bandcamp subscribers with the aim of diluting himself out of the digital greed stream.
His current work examines the fracture lines of our time, how propaganda, manipulation and division distort perception, inflame conflict and strip away at the collective coherence, shaping songs that combine social observation with the intimacy of a single voice and guitar.
2025 marks a long-anticipated return to Ireland, beginning with a stripped-back set at Electric Picnic and followed by a series of intimate performances around the country.
Praise for Roesy
“…impressive musical talent and overwhelming passion” – Faster Louder
“A storyteller with the Irish gift of the jocular gab, Roesy enthralled the audience with his heartfelt songs sung with clarity and poignancy, delivered with a lyrical voice that lingers in your memory long after he has left the stage.” — Australian Stage
“Roesy is an artist of great patience, his songwriting is of a consistently high standard, while his vocals are powerful and the arrangements are executed wonderfully.” — GoldenPlec
Colour Me Colourful (2006)
“Roesy has a second career as a vivid, provocative painter. This album applies the same colourful vision to his music, with often masterful effect.” — Hot Press
“It’s got an edge that will lodge him comfortably apart from the mainstream.” — The Irish Times
Wolf Counsel (2015)
“An unassuming collection of nine sensitively wrought songs, executed with the skill of a master-craftsman.” — GoldenPlec
“Understated, pastoral, wistful and for the most part acoustic… a charming collection.” — Hot Press
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