Album Notes

“It’s got an edge that will lodge him comfortably apart from the mainstream" (The Irish Times)

"Roesy has a relaxed, gentle-voiced singing style that evokes shades of Nick Drake without sacrificing its own originality" (The Evening Herald)

"Tender-hearted Irish singer/songwriters are two a cent but Roesy's the best of the lot" (RTE Guide)

"...armed with a crystalline pair of vocal chords..." (Irish Times)

At 17 Roesy left school and studied Fine Art and Design in Galway. After 4 months he left college as writing music was taking up all his time. Two years later he signed a publishing deal with Warner Chappell and was introduced to Bernard Butler and they began recording in Edwin Collins’ London studio with Bernard producing. ‘Sketch the day, paint the night’ was his first album made up of the Bernard Butler recordings and recordings co-produced with Conor Brady in Dublin.
Over the next few years he would travel for a few months at a time through Europe, Asia, USA and South America, returning home in between to record the new material which became the self produced, ‘The Spirit Store’ and ‘Only Love is Real’.

He was nominated for Best New Irish Act in the 2004 Meteor Music Awards and voted No.8 in the Trad/Folk section of the Annual Hot Press Awards 2005.
2005, based back in his native home of Birr Co.Offaly and quietly tucked away in the countryside, he began to write his 4th album. He signed with N4 Records and began work with producer Ken McHugh. Eight months later ‘Colour Me Colourful’ was released and the live shows by now were demanding bigger rooms with more national radio and tv appearances. He signed a new publishing deal with Wardlaw Banks in London and in June 2007, hungry for new inspiration, moved to Amsterdam where he has been writing his 5th album ‘Fable’.