Farah Elle

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Farah Elle
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Background information
Birth nameFarah El Neihum
OriginLibya
Genres
Years active2016 (2016)–present
Website Farah Elle on Facebook

Farah Elle (born Farah El Neihum; 1994) is a Libyan-born Irish singer-songwriter.

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Early life and education

Farah Elle was born in Libya in 1994, named Farah El Neihum. Her family moved to Julianstown, County Meath, Ireland, in 1996. Her mother is a consultant ophthalmologist and politician, Fatima Hamroush. Elle was raised Muslim, attending the mosque in Clonskeagh, and is fluent in Arabic. She taught herself to play the keyboard as a teenager. [1]

She attended BIMM, Dublin, graduating in 2016. [2] [3]

Career

Farah Elle played her first headline gig at Sin É, Dublin in 2016. [4] She played at the 2016 KnockanStockan music festival. [2] She collaborated with CunninLynguists on the single Oh Honey and with Bantum on Feel It Out. She performed with at the 2019 Mother Tongues festival at Rua Red. [5]

In 2019, Farah Elle released a single, Play For Keeps, with MuRli, [6] and collaborated with Bantum, Ben Bix and God Knows on the single Strongest Thing. [7] [8] She was one of the artists who performed as part of the Conservatory Sessions run by Pine The Pilcrow in 2019. [9]

For the 2020 Nollaig na mBan celebrations in EPIC the Irish Emigration Museum, Elle performed alongside Tara Flynn and Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi. [10]

Her debut album, Fatima, was released in 2022. [11]

Other activities

Elle has volunteered at the direct provision centre in Mosney, County Louth. [12]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Ryan, Jennifer (11 August 2017). "Podcast: 'My mum tried to help rebuild Libya, I respect that'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Smooth as Silk: Interview with Farah Elle". Totally Dublin . 19 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Farah Elle". State Faces of 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Farah Elle's Headline Show Live At Sin É, September 24th 2016". IMRO. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Farah Elle + Kiruu". Mother Tongues Festival. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  6. ↑ White, Stephen (25 November 2019). ""no filter between the music and the meaning" Murli feat. Farah Elle – Play For Keeps". The Last Mixed Tape. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  7. ↑ McGoran, Peter (14 June 2019). "WATCH: God Knows, Bantum, Farah Elle & Ben Bix collaborate on highly original 'Strongest Thing' video". Hotpress. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  8. ↑ O'Rne, Ellie (12 March 2020). "Making the weight in Irish electronica: Bandon-born Bantum on ten years of music". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  9. ↑ Costello, Emma (20 October 2019). "Ireland's rising stars are popping up in secret gigs around Dublin — here's how to get invited". Extra.ie. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Power, Jack (5 January 2020). "Nollaig na mBan events to take place across the country". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  11. ↑ Kane, Siobhan (30 September 2022). "An interesting, reflective and expressive debut". The Irish Times . Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "SelfMade x MNÁSOME Interview with Farah Elle". MNÁSOME. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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