Noelie McDonnell plans new album and tour

Noelie McDonnell, the Galway artist currently domiciled in the USA, will release his second album Beyond Hard Places on June 20 followed by a tour of Ireland.

Described in the New York Post as 'a startlingly good new Irish talent' and in Hot Press as "the real deal", McDonnell will tour Ireland and the UK during June and July, before returning to America in August.

Tour details are as follows, with more to be confirmed: Redlight Records, Galway, June 20 (5pm); The Galway sessions, with Eddie reader, Salthill Hotel (21); Dolan's Warehouse, Limerick (27); Campbells Tavern, Cloghanover, Galway (29, 5pm); The Crane, Galway (July 2,3); The Cherrytree, Dublin (4);

McDonnell's self-titled debut album prompted Hot Press to write "...musicianship of the highest quality, this debut album confirms he is one Irishman to look out for."