Patrick stefan

Patrick stefan is an award-winning Irish/Dutch songwriter from Co. Clare & Dublin. Patrick just sold out his album release show Wayfare (digitally released in late 2022) an urban-folk document of Patrick's unique & colourful travels from Scandinavia, Brazil, to west Africa and back home.

“…a gorgeous debut album from a hugely talented musical mind…” Totally Dublin
“Ethereal melodies from Indie-folk merchant…” 7/10 - Hot Press
“It’s in the nuanced detail that his songs slowly unfurl to reveal their real beauty” - Folk Radio UK
‘Remember that name, Patrick stefan’ - RTE Radio1
“Brilliant track” - BBC NI - Gemma Bradley, Across The Line
'One of the best releases this year' - John Barker, 98FM

A once-Fulbright scholar, Patrick opted to follow the path of his father’s folk-singing- footsteps after building up an impressive list of collaborators like Niwel Tsumbu, rising stars Aby Coulibaly & Monjola, fiddler Martin Hayes (with the award-winning instrumental group Ensemble Ériu), Loah, Lisa Canny, Fehdah and 2017 Eurovision winner Luisa Sobral.

After racking up over half a million streams on Superman - a star-studded 2020 soulful collaboration featuring Uly & Rob de Boer Patrick was tipped as by the likes of Nialler9, The Last Mixed Tape, and BBC’s Across The Line for his unique sound.

In 2022 Patrick stefan won first prize in the inaugural Night & Day festival song competition with the song Head Voices, was a ISC songwriting semi-finalist and opened concerts for Niamh Regan, Gemma Dunleavy, Kean Kavanagh & Melina Malone.