Junior Brother

Junior Brother is the moniker of Kerry singer-songwriter Ronan Kealy, one of the most distinctive voices to emerge from Ireland's alternative folk underground. Singing in his own unapologetic accent and wielding a percussive, almost feral guitar style, he crafts songs that feel ancient and immediate all at once - part myth, part confession, part fever dream. Raised in rural Kerry and steeped in the rhythms of Irish storytelling, Junior Brother has carved out a sound that sits far outside the folk mainstream: raw, dissonant, emotionally unguarded, and defiantly original. His debut 'Pull The Right Rope' earned a Choice Prize nomination, while 'The Great Irish Famine' and 'The End' pushed his vision into darker, more experimental territory, cementing him as a singular force in modern Irish music. His latest album "The End" was nominated for 'RTE Choice Music Prize' Irish album of the year, and came in at #4 in Hotpress Magazine's albums of the year ahead of Florence and the Machine and Lily Allen, and #7 in Time Out London's albums of the year for 2025 Onstage, he's magnetic - stamping out rhythms with a foot-tambourine, bending melodies into strange, beautiful shapes, and delivering performances that feel ritualistic, vulnerable, and utterly alive. This is a standing show