Colm Quearney
Colm Quearney | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 December 1972 Dublin, Ireland |
| Origin | Kilbarrack, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Folk, Blues, Rock, Pop, Indie, Alternative, |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter,Writer,Musician,Educator |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Drums, Keyboards, Bass |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | What Are Records?, Strange Vibe, 1969 Records |
| Associated acts | Dragonfly, Lir, Square Pegs, The Pale, Pugwash |
| Website | www.qvibration.com |
Colm Quearney AKA Q (born 14 December 1972) is an Irish Songwriter, Writer and Musician. Quearney was a songwriter and guitarist with the Irish bands Dragonfly and Lir in the 1990’s. He is currently a member of the Irish band Square Pegs. [1]
Biography[edit]
Early years[edit]
He was a songwriter and guitarist the band Lir in 1994. The documentary filmmaker Shimmy Marcus directed a movie about Lir called Good Cake, Bad Cake[2] (2013) https://vimeo.com/83920234. In 2001 Quearney released his debut solo album ‘The World’s Not Round’ and has subsequently released two solo albums ‘Body Electric’ (2004) and ‘Root to the Fruit’ (2010) under the moniker Q.
As a session Guitarist and Bassist Quearney has performed or recorded with artists such as Cathy Davey, Damien Dempsey, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Mundy, Mark Geary, Jerry Fish, Tadhg Cooke, Bronagh Gallagher, Kíla, Pugwash_(band) and Susie Q.
As a songwriter he has co-written songs with Lir, Dragonfly, Stano, Jerry Fish, The Pale and Bronagh Gallagher.
He completed a Masters level Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Education at Middlesex Univerisity between 2012- 2014 and also studied Technology Enhanced Learning Teaching & Assessment at Dublin Institute of Technology between 2014 - 2015
Currently[edit]
Quearney is currently a member of the Irish band Square Pegs as Vocalist, Guitarist and Songwriter. Square Pegs were formed in 2010 by Quearney, Graham Hopkins and Keith Duffy.
He debuted as a writer in 2016 when his musical stage play ‘Universe of Song’ was produced by The Gaiety School of Acting (The National Theatre School of Ireland) Directed by Eoin Lynch.
He currently works as chairman of the board at IASCA[3] (Irish Association of Songwriters and Composers).
He is currently working as development and outreach officer at Roddy Doyle’s writing center Fighting Words (The Write to Right).
Discography (albums)[edit]
Solo (as Colm Quearney or 'Q')[edit]
- The World’s Not Round – Release Date: 1st May 2001 - Label: Strange Vibe
- Body Electric - Release Date: May 2004 - Label: Strange Vibe
- Root to the Fruit - Release Date: September 2010 - Label: Strange Vibe / 1969 Records
- Tralley Waggers Q/Stano - Release Date: May 2010 - Label: Strange Vibe / Loscann Records
Dragonfly[edit]
- Blame EP (New Skool Records) Release Date: June 1993
Lir[edit]
- Nest (What Are Records? - US release) - 1995
- This Appeared - EP (Velo Records - Ireland + EU only) - 1995
- 7000 Apes 600 - EP (Velo Records - Ireland + EU only) - 1997
- I Went Down: Music from the original motion picture soundtrack (Prophecy Ent.) - 1997
- 06/93 Acoustic Sessions (What Are Records? - US Release) - 2006
- Lir Live (1969 Records - UK only) - 2008
Square Pegs[edit]
- Square Pegs – Release date: August 2017 - Label: Strange Vibe
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Colm Quearney -". BIMM.
- ↑ Brady, Tara (15 March 2013). "Good Cake, Bad Cake: The Story of Lir". The Irish Times.
- ↑ "IASCA". IASCA.
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