Nicole Maguire

Artist Bio

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Nicole Maguire grew up in the windswept village of Conna, 20 miles from the coast of Southern Ireland - little grey stone buildings embracing a single road and subjugated under the heavy rolling rain clouds of the Celtic sea. Maguire set out to perform her songs live but as a teenager she wasn't legally allowed to enter the Guinness-soaked clubs of Dublin and Cork. "I knew when I was 15 this was what I wanted to do and my mum would accompany me to my concerts as I wasn't old enough to be allowed into the clubs on my own". As her growing stagecraft began to attract attention, Maguire looked for a concert mentor to coach her live performances to an even higher level. She chose none other than Ireland's preeminent live performer - Damien Dempsey. "I got invited to a Damien Dempsey gig and I went up to him and said I was a songwriter. He must hear that twenty times a week, but he gave me a support slot at his next show". Soon her frequent performances across Ireland would introduce her to her next champion - Grammy award winning Texan singer Nanci Griffith. "The girl they had lined up to support Nanci on her Irish tour pulled out at the very last minute" Maguire explains "and I happened to be on the tip of someone's tongue. Nanci took me under her wing and was so kind. I learned an awful lot from those gigs. It was just me and my guitar and a theatre full of people." Griffith and her band encouraged Maguire to try out her material Stateside and she recorded her debut album with Mitchell Froom, the multiple Grammy-nominated producer, who had recorded albums with Pearl Jam, Crowded House, Paul McCartney Randy Newman and Ron Sexsmith. The album is profoundly emotional with a homespun lyricism that recalls Lucinda Williams, Bonnie Raitt's early 70s recordings and Chrstine McVie's poignant songcraft in Fleetwood Mac.