ROISIN QUINN
"A genre-bending artist...sublime...sultry...moody...lush" - Earmilk
"What this rapper did, she killed it..." DJ Semtex, Capital Xtra
"Charming...delicate and understated" Tom Robinson, Radio 6 Music
"Distinct, alluring performance underpinned by insightful and encouraging lyrics" The Word is Bond
"Succinct and sharp...wry lines...straightforward honesty" Steve Harris - Freshonthenet
"Raw and honest...not only does she do a fantastic job of keeping listeners engaged and aware, but she does it in a way that makes you want to listen over and over" We Write About Music
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GALLERY
Here you can find some photos of Roisin, along with the paintings she has created for her artwork.
BIO
Finding meaning in things brings me comfort in the darkest of times, and what better way to create meaning than to write songs. For me, music and poetry make sense of the world and bring a method to the madness, darkness into the light and a cathartic release for the things that get pushed down and hidden. I’m on a mission to break cycles, find my voice, be as authentic as I can, and make good music along the way. I take raw over polished, real over fake, broken over perfect any day of the week. I’m introspective to find personal and universal truthsI’m from a working class post-war new town, built by Irish immigrants and displaced East-enders, where every pub is named after a butterfly or a moth. My environment inspired the title track of my debut album “Concrete & Trees”
I grew up surrounded by, and immersed in music, but my own creative expression was restrained and strangely fearful. (good old Catholicism) I grew up on rebel songs but was aware that my views didn’t match my social environment. All in all, I was quiet for a long time and didn’t say what I felt or thought, scared of my own voice.
My songs allow me to say the things I’ve kept inside for a long time, packaged up in a digestible way. I write songs for the me that couldn’t and wouldn’t, and others that feel they can’t either. Sometimes I sing, sometimes I rap. My own accent is important to me. I try to be as authentic as I can, even if (or maybe especially if) it means not fitting into our ideals of what sounds and looks “nice”.I love the words of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Shane MacGowan, Damien Marley, Hollie McNish, Kae Tempest and Hak Bakar.
I love the sounds of Irish trad, reggae, hip hop, deep basslines, Chopin, ambient sounds, vocal harmony, nature, dusty lo-fi and vinyl crackle. I’m inspired by so many artists from Bob Dylan to Wu-tang Clan, Frederik Chopin to Lauryn Hill, The Chieftains to The Maytals, and everything in between.
My music has been likened to Alicia Keys, Lil Simz, M.I.A, Loyle CarnerAn independent artist in the truest sense of the word, I’m at the forefront of all areas of my music, from writing, recording and producing to creating artwork, release and distribution through my record label, Banjaxed Records.
"Banjaxed" an Irish slang meaning ruined, incapacitated or broken, coupled with the labels tagline "building beauty from ruins" sums up my approach to songwriting as a cathartic process to make it through life, and to create something meaningful along the way.I write and release songs around the cycles of the moon and the seasons.One of my favourite lyric quotes is “ring the bells that still can ring, forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light get’s in” (Leonard Cohen)
NEW RELEASES 2024 - CLICK ON ARTWORK TO LISTEN
CONCRETE AND TREES - DEBUT ALBUM
Contact
For bookings or further enquiries:
07894560437
roisinquinnmusic@gmail.com
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"Good Girl Syndrome" VIDEO
"Time Ticks On" VIDEO
Live from The Howling Barge, August 2023
Sunset Sessions headline, June 2023
Album launch @ Piano Smithfield, July 2022
Cellar Sessions - live band recording
Sunset Sessions - Summer 2022
Phoenix Live - 2021
2024 ended with a bang after Roisin won Wordplay Magazine's "Novembars" competition on DJ Semtex's beat. DJ Semtex invited Roisin to release the track as a collaboration and has since be played on Capital Xtra.
2024 saw Roisin release two self produced singles "Good Girl Syndrome" and "Time Ticks On", which received airplay and support from 6Music, BBC Introducing, Freshonthenet and more.Now gigging with a six piece band to bring her songs to life, they have played so far this year at Freshonthenet Live at Lower Third on London's famous Tin Pan Alley, headlined Retune at South Mill Arts , Hertford Corn Exchange and at Sunset Sessions festival in Roisin's hometown of Harlow.This summer also included a performance at In The Pines, hosted by The Howling Barge, which will be broadcast on Channel 4 in 2025, along with interview footage with Roisin. The song featured will be the title track of her upcoming 2025 album "Beauty From Ruins"
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