Amelia Hogan is an impeccably authentic singer of Celtic music, and her “lilting, buoyant, distinctive voice” (AM Kennedy, Irish Music Magazine) comes through in honeyed tones on Irish, Scottish, British, and American-styled vocals. She sings both contemporary and traditional music well versed in the Irish tradition of Sean-Nós, or “old style”, a highly lyrical solo a cappella style, as well as with accompaniment, plays bodhran, Shruti box, and a small 22-string Welsh lap harp, and tours internationally to global acclaim.
Hogan recently recorded and released Taking Flight, with Steve O’Neill of Foxtail Sound, co-produced by Ray Frank, under her private label. This new album showcases the artistry of traditional music heavyweights: Richard Mandel, David Brewer, Marla Fibish, Rebecca Richman, Maureen Brennan, and Christa Burch.
Current Projects include Unsafe Passage, a full length studio album featuring folklore about our human relationship with genius loci or spirits of place. She is always booking workshops, tours, and festivals for the coming seasons.
Previous recordings include her first solo project, Transplants: From the Old World to the New, released in March 2013, about ancestral immigration and identity, and
two traditional Irish music albums with Sheltering Sky, Keeping Watch Upon the Stars, and Long Night’s Journey, and Falling You’s trance electronica albums, Blush and soon to be released, Metanoia scheduled for 2024.
Hogan has toured with Molly’s Revenge, as their lead vocalist for their frequently sold-out, sensational Winterdance holiday tour and collaborates with artists including her group, Amhránaíthe, Jimmy Murphy, Richard Mandel, Christa Burch, Maureen Brennan, Ray Frank, Julie Henigan, Niamh Parsons, Shay Black, Eamonn Flynn, and Noctambule.
“Possibly the best singer of the Irish music tradition, west of the Rockies!” – R. Rodriquez, Folknik review
headliner at the SF Free Folk Festival since 2004; a sometimes host of the internationally known Starry Plough, Berkeley, Sunday night session; headliner at The Irish Club of Alaska’s Galway Days Festival; a regular at the An Goilin Singers Club in Dublin, Ireland; the Clé Club, and Sunflower Folk Clubs, a special guest and community partner with the Consul General of Ireland, San Francisco; Ongoing partner with the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco, headliner and special guest performer and regular of Hyde street Pier NPS Maritime History Museum Sea Music Festival and concert series; and a repeat special guest performer of many other renowned global festivals and events, enchanting audiences in the US and abroad.
Amelia Hogan is also a mixed media artist, singer, painter, and hosts a podcast called MixedMedia Talks which features long-form conversations with multi-disciplinary artists (at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908543 ,embedded player for episodes below), It can be found on most podcasting platforms including Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker, Deezer, and more, where she talks about all things art with other artists.
Episodes date back to January 2022.
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