Aoife Scott

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Aoife Scott is an Irish singer-songwriter from Dublin. She was a finalist in the Liet International song contest for minority languages in 2011. [1]

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Career

Scott's first album, released in 2016, was entitled Carry The Day. [2] [3] Scott has performed on RTÉ's The Late Late Show. [4] She has toured in the US and UK. [5]

Her recording of Grace with cousins Danny O'Reilly and Róisín O, as part of the Centenary concert, topped the Irish iTunes chart in 2016. [6] [7] [8] Her solo single All Along the Wild Atlantic Way also topped the chart. [8]

Her album Homebird, a Radio 1 "Album of the week", was released in January 2020. [9]

Scott was a guest judge on TG4's Réalta agus Gaolta talent show. [10]

Personal life

Aoife is a Gaeilgeoir (Irish language speaker). [11]

A part of the extended Black Family singers, Scott is the daughter of singer Frances Black and the sister of solo artist and producer Eoghan Scott. [12] [13] [14] [15] As of July 2023, Scott has been in a relationship with musician Andy Meaney since 2014. [16]

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  2. ↑ "Aoife Scott:Making an Album is Like Marrying Somebody". WUWM . Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Aoife: "I come from the Black family of singers, but I get so shy on stage"". BelfastTelegraph . Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Aoife Scott - 'The Dublin Saunter'. The Late Late Show. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "American horror story". TheIrishWorld.com . Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Scott, Aoife; O'Reilly, Danny; O'Reilly, Róisín. Grace . Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Townsend, Michelle (8 March 2020). "Singer Roisin O opens up about close relationship with mum Mary Black" . Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Aoife Scott in Concert". Minnesota Monthly Calendar. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  9. ↑ "Stephen Rea says people should quietly prepare for 'inevitable' united Ireland". The Irish Times . Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  10. ↑ Courtney, Kein (5 January 2020). "TV guide: 39 of the best shows to watch this week". the Irish Times . Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  11. ↑ Gallagher, Jim (12 August 2020). "'People assume I'm a fluent Gaeilgeoir' - Róisín O 'nervous' ahead of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 'Fleadh TV' gig". Irish Independent . Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  12. ↑ "Frances Black tells how she came from tenement home to Leinster House". 5 January 2020. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "Frances Black: Since I started my own recovery from alcoholism, life has been amazing ... Now I look back and see that it was meant to be". BelfastTelegraph . Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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