Song:Hey Rabbit
Album:The End Of History
Fionn Regan is an Irish folksinger who has been very successful crossing the Atlantic and building his fanbase on the folk festival circuit. He grew up in Bray, Ireland which is on the Irish coast. His father is a musician and the whole family worked at a seaside resort hotel. He learned piano, violin and guitar and by age ten he was performing in public and then busking all over England as a teen. He moved to Brighton, England and released a couple of EPs on the indie label Anvil Records. This got the attention of Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins and he signed Regan to his Bella Union label. The End Of History was his 2006 debut CD. Regan wrote and produced the CD himself and recorded it in an empty stone barn on a portable recorder. The album created enough buzz to earn Regan a US contract with Universal's Lost Highway roots label. Regan has toured the worldwide folk festival circuit. He recorded a second CD with producer Ethan Johns that was rejected by Lost Highway. He left Lost Highway and that CD will not be released. He moved back to Ireland and in England signed with EMI's Heavenly label. The Shadow Of An Empire was released in England Feb. 2010 but has not been picked up by a US label. Like the first CD, it's a very intimate recording done in an abandoned factory. Regan said this CD was more in line with what he wanted to do anyway. He doesn't seem to like modern technology. He is recommended to folk music fans. Here's Fionn Regan performing Hey Rabbit at the Electric Picnic Festival in Ireland 2007.
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