Mairéad
“Love Is Everything” features, in equal parts, Mairéad’s most intimate works to date (“IS”) together with the widest live expression of her deep catalogue (“EVERYTHING”) as well as a unique insight into her most personal Artist influences (“LOVE”). As a compilation, it is a mesmerizing listening experience. Love Is Everything comes paired with a bespoke Artist Lyric Book, including personal Mairéad reflections and notes. Together, they represent Mairéad’s fifth, sixth and seventh solo album releases.
Singing since the age of three and classically trained soon after, her early days were focused on classical, jazz and folk. Following her arrival in the US, Mairéad enjoyed notable success, both in the studio and in the touring arena. Mairéad fronted Too Cynical To Cry, a bohemian pop collaboration, touring alongside such luminaries as Van Morrison, Natalie Merchant, Elvis Costello, and Tracy Chapman, as well as on Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair Tour, off the back of the critically applauded debut album, What Are You Afraid Of?
After a period of artistic transition, Mairéad released her 2003 breakout solo debut recording Open The Door. The body of work exuded a significant leap in her song craft and artistic depth, garnering rave reviews and motivating one New York critic to conclude "I find myself getting drunk on her sparkling spirit. Open The Door is a sweet concoction of folk dusted with Celtic mysticism, and abstract romance in the spirit of Van Morrison." Open The Door firmly established Mairéad as a leading voice of a new community of accomplished artists inspiring a positive movement through music and saw her opening for Bob Dylan and playing on major festivals notably Glastonbury, alongside Paul McCartney, Oasis and Radiohead among others.
In 2005 Mairéad released Dawn of Revelation recorded with Jim Goodwin (The Call, Sparks, John Cale) Eggchair Studios in Hollywood. The collection included contributions from drummer and percussionist Robert Medici (David Bowie, Lou Reed, John Cale), and bassist Hal Cragin (Iggy Pop, Rufus Wainright, They Might Be Giants, Sarah McLachlan). Rounding out this stellar collective was Mairéad's friend and collaborator, Jimi Zhivago (Norah Jones, Joseph Arthur, Glen Hansard, Rufus Wainwright, Olabelle). Album highlight, Saviour, was picked up by German TV network, ZDF, as theme song for its hit TV dramedy, Sabine. Mairéad also appeared as herself in two of the show’s episodes.
“Pain and passion are ineradicable from Mairead's lucid and highflown, but laconic vocal work and one will find a good deal of Goldfrappe, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Mary Fahl, Sarah McLachlan, and others in the mix. Mairead’s no heedless brightsider...We’re here, nothing can be done about that, but we have it within us to tread our way to better things.” -Verita Vampirus review.
Rain was followed by Burn for Love in 2017 and featured a rare festival appearance at the globally renowned Electric Picnic Festival in Ireland. Mairéad’s live performances have been captivating her loyal audience for some time now. Her shows have been separately described as 'spirited', 'naked', 'powerful' and 'joyous'. She will take those infectious qualities to audiences over the next phase of her relentless development as an enchanting, and charismatic talent.
Mairéad’s inspiring new album Love Is Everything comes into the world against a landscape of a new positive activism and has been described by fans as the hug the world needs right now and a tonic for the soul. She is rejoined on the recording by Jim Goodwin and Hal Cragin along with Kevin Dowdell on Guitar, Blair Sinta & Michael Jerome on percussion, Nathan Kent on French Horn and introduces her prodigious son Gabriel Lynch on trumpet. The live album Everything will feature some ephemeral recordings of Mairead’s co-producer, collaborator and friend, the late Jimi Zhivago.
Love is Everything will be released in 3 phases, with LOVE and EVERYTHING released separately in 2025, and with IS now available on all streaming platforms.