Ben Glover, Matt McGinn

Ben Glover hails from Glenarm, this singer/songwriter, inspired by the sounds of Dylan, Cohen, and Cash, traded in a degree in law to pursue music. Glover has been compared to Ryan Adams, David Gray and Bruce Springsteen and has been called one “one of the finest writers in Ireland today.”

Glover has garnered rave album and concert reviews from across the globe and has toured extensively both as an opening act as well as a headliner. In the past calendar year his touring schedule included dates in Belfast, London, Glasgow, Copenhagen, Oslo, Edinburgh, Dublin, New York, Turin, Brussels as well as dates at the famed Hotel Café in Los Angeles and Nashville’s legendary Bluebird Café.

Glover has toured and/or performed with Vince Gill, Mickey Raphael, Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale, Mary Gauthier, Gretchen Peters and Jason Mraz. His songs have been used in feature films such as “Finding Joy,” and "Light Years," and the hit webisode series “Adults Only.” TV programs such as MTV’s "The Real World," and Sky’s “Stella” have used many of Ben’s songs and The BBC and Coca Cola have chosen his music for ad campaigns.

Ben recently finished his most personal recording to date. His new record, “Atlantic,” brought the songwriter back to his Irish roots - literally. He and several musicians set up in the living room of his childhood summer home on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean and recorded every track live. A number of the songs on the record were co-written with prominent folk/Americana songwriters Gretchen Peters and Mary Gauthier and features "Blackbirds," a duet with Peters. The result of this stripped down recording and musical homecoming is Ben's finest offering yet.

Matt McGinn has been a lynch-pin on the Irish music scene for a long time. Despite having appeared at the likes of Electric Picnic and many other major festivals backing other artists like Juliet Turner, Joe Echo and Gareth Dunlop, and having other people playing his songs on TV shows around the world, the release of Matt's new album in the autumn will most definitely make him stand on his own as a leading Irish singer songwriter. After releasing his début album 'Livin'' in 2011 to much acclaim, Matt has enjoyed much success touring worldwide, but with the birth of his son last year, he came off the road and knuckled down to making album number two. It features contributions from many friends met along the way, from Canadian born songstress Madeleine Slate to Willie Nelson's long-standing harmonica player, Mickey Raphael. As much as he loves being in the studio recording and producing it's live where the magic really happens. Because of Matt's immediate bond with an audience and surrounded by some of Ireland's best musicians, no two shows will ever be the same...