“An absolute sense of sincerity in all his songwriting”
Sean Rocks, RTE Arena
"..Padraig Jack is too talented to ever veer into saccharine territory, authenticity is his hallmark"
The Alternate Root Magazine (USA)
-"We must get him in for a session after hearing this"-
Janice Long (BBC Wales)
"One of the evening’s most striking discoveries was Padraig Jack, a softly spoken bilingual singer-songwriter from the Aran Islands Gaeltacht Irish-speaking region"
Jo Frost , Songlines - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Celtic Connections
Padraig Jack is gaining a reputation as a bilingual (Irish/English) singer songwriter of substance with music and songs rooted deep in Irish history, culture, language and storytelling. The RTE Folk Music Awards nominee, billed by Hot Press as "One of Ireland's Best Emerging Songwriters", was born and raised in the Aran islands Gaeltacht, a place that has produced well known Irish writers Liam O’Flaithearta and Máirtín Ó’Direáin, and this place influences his Celtic, Folk, Contemporary music. Padraig is proudly bilingual both as a conversationalist and a songwriter and writes and sings meaningful songs on guitar and piano in Irish Gaelic and English. With influences from Enya, Emmyou Harris and The Eagles to Van Morrison, Sinead O’Connor and Richard Thompson, Padraig appreciates strong songwriting with a distinct point of view.
When 'Making Sand” was nominated for "Best Original Song" at the RTE Folk Awards, it helped establish Padraig as one of Ireland’s finest contemporary songwriters, in both languages, with plaudits from Hot Press magazine and Folking.com. On it’s release, ‘Making Sand’ spent four weeks at Number 1 on the RTE Radio 1 Airplay Chart and Padraig is a regular in Irish language media Raidió na Gaeiltachta and TG4. Padraig’s show consists of authentic Irish and English language original songs about life in the west of Ireland and his other observations. He plays either solo or with a band which sometimes includes legendary musician Anthony Thistlethwaite (The Saw Doctors, The Waterboys).
The themes of his songs translate well in regions where he has toured which share a ‘minority language’ connection such as Mid/North Wales, Friesland and Euskal Herria. On the release of his second album ‘These Shores’ Padraig spent 2025 playing Festivals such as Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Brittany, Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Folk Alliance in Montreal (representing Culture Ireland) and the St Patrick’s Day Festival in Dublin as well as playing Dublin and Kilkenny TradFest. Padraig Jack ended 2025 with a performance in Dublin's Christchurch Cathedral along with Martin Hayes and began 2026 in Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall for a unique minority language themed event 'Our Mother Tongue' at Celtic Connections along with artists including Gruff Rhys and Gwilym Bowen Rhys (Cymru) and Le Vent Du Nord (Quebec). Padraig will release new music in 2026 while recording his next album.
“An absolute sense of sincerity in all his songwriting” – Sean Rocks, RTE Arena
“You can hear traces of Van Morrison, James Taylor and Jimmy McCarthy in this album (These Shores)” – Kate Brennan Harding, Music Producer
"Making Sand sounds beautiful" - Mike Scott (The Waterboys)
"Magic, there's a deeply romantic core to Making Sand but Padraig Jack is too talented to ever veer into saccharine territory, authenticity is his hallmark" - The Alternate Root Magazine (USA)
"We must get him in for a session after hearing this"- Janice Long (BBC Wales)
“This album will be a lifelong favourite” - Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff)
"A recognizably Irish soul singer" PennyBlackMusic.com
"An assured and accomplished foundation on which to build a burgeoning career" Mike Davies (Folking.com)
"Picking up where Mic Christopher left off" - TheMacMusic.com
"One of Ireland's most exciting artists" - Hot Press Magazine
Rugadh Padraig Jack O'Flaithearta isteach i clann ceolmhar in Árainn. Mac an amhránaí Barry Ronan agus nia an file Mary O'Malley, tá sé bródúil go mbíonn sé ag scríobh ceol i mBearla agus Gaeilge ar an giotár agus an piano.
Ainmnithe mar albam an seachtain ar RTE Raidió a 1 nuair a thainig sé amach, fuair an t-albam go leor cáil ó Hot Press, Rock'n'Reel magazine, The Alternate Root agus bhí an amhrán Déanamh Gaineamh ainmnithe le gradam 'Amhrán na Bliana' ag na Gradaim Folk RTE i 2022.
Tá Padraig ag taifead a dara albam faoi láthair leis an léiritheoir John Reynolds (Sinead O'Connor, Damien Dempsey) leis an chéad singil as (It Coul Be Home) amuigh i mí Aibréan. Bíonn Padraig ag camchuairt de ghnáth in Éireann agus i Sasanna, tá sé ar camchuairt faoi láthair le Miles Hunt as The Wonder Stuff agus thosaigh sé an bliain le cúpla trip go dtí an Bhreatain Beag agus go dtí Tír na mBascach.