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Brigid Mae Power
Brigid Mae Power performing in 2017
Brigid Mae Power performing in 2017
Background information
OriginLondon/Galway
Genresfolk
Years active2010 (2010)–present
LabelsFire Records, Tompkins Square Records

Brigid Mae Power is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician.[1]

Early life

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Power was born in London, England to Irish parents. Her family relocated to Ireland when she was eleven years old,[2][3] where she learned to play the button accordion before starting to sing and play piano as a teen.[4][5]

Career

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Power began releasing music under the name "Brigid Power-Ryce" in 2010 when her debut EP, You Are Here, was released by the independent label Rusted Rail.[6] This was followed by two self-released EPs, Ode to an Embryo in 2011 and Eee Tuts in 2013. Her live album, I Told You The Truth, recorded in St. Nicholas Collegiate Church in Galway, was released in 2014 by the label Abandon Reason. In a review of the album, The Irish Times wrote: "the setting gives her haunting vocals a spiritual resonance".[7]

After meeting American musician Peter Broderick at a gig, Power travelled to Broderick's Studio in Portland, Oregon in 2015 to record her debut studio album.[8] After finishing the album's production, she received a two-album deal from American label Tompkins Square Records.[9]

Power's self-titled debut album, Brigid Mae Power, was released in 2016 and was a critical success, receiving positive reviews from Pitchfork,[10] Record Collector,[11] and The Guardian.[12] In an interview with Uncut, Power stated that the album was inspired by her experiences as a single mother.[13] She promoted the album with a tour of the UK and Japan.[14]

Power's second studio album, The Two Worlds, was released in 2018.[15] The album was met with widespread critical acclaim from the music press, with Pitchfork writing: "The Two Worlds is Power's most ambitious and her most introspective".[16] The album received 4-star reviews from Uncut,[17] The Guardian[18] and Record Collector.[19] The Line of Best Fit also wrote: "Stately, solemn, slow-burning and seriously beautiful, most of The Two Worlds isn't far removed from its predecessor's intimate templates".[20]

Power's third album, Head Above the Water, was released in 2020 by Fire Records. In 2021, she appeared on Other Voices.[21]

Power released her fourth LP, Dream from the Deep Well, in 2023. The album likewise received favourable reviews from critics, with an aggregrate score of 76% on Metacritic. [22] The album also entered the UK Official Folk Albums Chart at number 10.[23]

Discography

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Brigid Mae Power at Rough Trade West in 2023

Albums

EPS

  • You Are Here (2010)
  • Ode to an Embryo (2011)
  • Eee Tuts (2013)
  • The Ones You Keep Close (2017)
  • Burning Your Light (2021)

Live albums

  • I Told You the Truth (2014)

References

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  1. ^ "Brigid mae Power on Musicbrainz". Musicbrainz. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. ^ Power, Ed (4 July 2023). "Brigid Mae Power: 'I underestimated how vulnerable I would feel with everyone knowing my business'". The Irish Times.
  3. ^ "Something for the weekend-Brigid Mae Power Cultural picks". RTE. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. ^ Donelson, Marcy. "Brigid Mae power Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  5. ^ Murphy, Lauren (28 January 2018). "Brigid Mae Power-welcome to her world". The Times. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  6. ^ Andrews, Kernan (11 February 2010). "Brigid PowerRyce to launch debut EP with Roisin Dubh gig". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  7. ^ Barry, Aoife (25 April 2014). "New Found Sounds May". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Brigid Mae power on World Cafe". npr.org. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  9. ^ Meagher, John (16 August 2016). "Galway musician Brigid Mae power on metoo and drawing from her own experiences of abuse on her new album". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  10. ^ Snapes, Laura (22 June 2016). "Brigid Mae Power". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  11. ^ Goldsmith, Mike (15 July 2016). "Brigid Mae Power". Record Collector. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  12. ^ Empire, Kitty (26 June 2014). "Brigid Mae Power - Singer Songwriter review". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  13. ^ Mulvey, John (10 June 2016). "Brigid Mae Power reviewed". Uncut. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  14. ^ Kidman, David (9 August 2016). "Brigid Mae Power". Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Brigid Mae Power-The Two Worlds". Folk Radio UK. March 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  16. ^ Sodomsky, Sam (9 February 2018). "Brigid Mae Power-The Two Worlds". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  17. ^ Bonner, Michael (8 February 2018). "Brigid Mae Power-The Two Worlds". Uncut. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  18. ^ Snapes, Laura (9 February 2018). "Brigid Mae Power-The Two Worlds Review". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  19. ^ Goldsmith, Mike (28 February 2018). "-The Two Worlds". Record Collector. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  20. ^ Oinenon, Janne (16 February 2018). "-Brigid Mae Power turns the volume up and then down again on The Two Worlds". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  21. ^ "-Brigid Mae Power". othervoices.ie. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  22. ^ ""Dream From the Deep Well" on Metacritic".
  23. ^ "Dream From the Deep Well on Official Charts". Official Albums Chart.
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