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Short Bio for event pages & such
Cuchulain is a low-voiced songwriter with a wry wit. Featured four years in a row as the NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest "Desk of the Day," the multi-instrumentalist's duets album FEAT was called "an as-yet-unpublished portion of the Great American Songbook." Cuchulain's deep baritone and clever lyrics have drawn comparisons to Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, and Randy Newman. From the Kennedy Center to the Oregon Country Fair, from Club Passim to the Cobblestone in Dublin, Cuchulain's lyrics have brought laughs and tears to audiences across the US and beyond as he shared the stage with renowned folk acts including Ira Wolf, Jeffrey Lewis, Viv & Riley, Billy Keane, Upstate, Julianna Zachariou, and more. His Sing In The Shower single release tour took him to Europe in the summer of 2022, and his nationwide My Dog single release tour criss-crossed the US in summer 2023. His latest album Minute To Win It - a visual album of 20 songs in 20 minutes - peaked at 20,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and will be featured in the 2024 Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation, & Technology. His next album of love songs, Window Seat, comes out Valentine's Day 2025. His wife says that if he gets 1,000 followers on Spotify, he can order the Oceania expansion pack for Wingspan.
Some Nice Things the Press Said About My Music
“Baritone extraordinaire.” - A Boy Named Cuchulain, Eugene Weekly, Nov 12, 2024
“Seven-time Tiny Desk Contest entrant Cuchulain, whom you might remember from some of his especially creative entries, released a new song called ‘Somehow Claire.’” - NPR Music, September 30th, 2024
“Cuchulain is an interesting artist for many reasons, but one specifically is his artistic distinctiveness. He releases music the way he wants without an interest in what other musicians are doing. He tends to release concept albums and also tends to buck musical customs or trends.” - V13, August 21, 2024
“Cuchulain and his mighty band performed among a ton of impressively healthy houseplants in Oregon.” - NPR Music, January 30, 2024
“…fresh and clean…” - NPR Music, February 22, 2022
“…gives ‘one-man-band’ a whole new meaning.” - NPR Music, June 23, 2021
“Charming and poignant americana.” - Glide Magazine
“[FEAT is] bubbly, colorful, and full of those moments of deep connection that have sustained us through this weird time.” - Oregon Arts Watch
“Cuchulain’ FEAT is timely and timeless. As I listened to the album, I felt like I was exploring an as-yet-unpublished portion of the Great American Songbook. Cuchulain clearly cares about the lyrics and narrative drive of each song as much as he cares about its musical structure and production (Paul Simon came to mind more than once as I listened).” - 25 Years Later Media
"The words transcended while encompassing a personal moment." - Matt Denis, Eugene Register Guard
"There’s a Leonard Cohen cadence and observational wit at play, filtered through Cuchulain‘s voice that recalls Evan Dando of The Lemonheads. It's a clever and lyrically impressive track that rolls along perfectly like a Randy Newman lost gem." - Post To Wire
“The cross country (and Atlantic) project therefore not only helped break the isolation of lockdown, but also reinforced the mutual relationship between creativity and human connection... What emerges is a track warm if somewhat wistful, the playful energy undercut by a lingering sadness. An awareness of time passing.” - Jon Doyle, Various Small Flames
Awards
Minute To Win It album film - Best Experimental Film, Oregon Short Film Festival Fall 2024; Honorable Mention, Portland Film Festival 2024
Weight of the World - Best Micro Short, San Francisco Arthouse Film Festival, Fall 2024
Voted WOW Hall’s Favorite Male Performer of the Year in 2022 by the kind people of Eugene, Oregon