Sonny Casey

At sixteen, folk singer-songwriter Sonny Casey began busking on the streets of Galway, before busking her way across Europe, building a unique and loyal fanbase along the way.

Raised on Springsteen and sean-nós singing, her music is shaped by the wild nature and landscape of her home in Connemara, poetry and storytelling and weave traditional Irish vocal elements into a contemporary folk sound.

In 2020, she moved to Berlin where with the support of those who’d fallen for her music along her travels, she crowdfunded over €6,500 euro for her debut EP ‘Phoebe’ and sold out her debut headline show, firmly anchoring herself in the city’s thriving music scene.

A native Irish speaker, Sonny writes in both English and as Gaeilge. In 2023 her original Irish language song ‘Leon’ won second place at the Pan Celtic National Song Contest 2023.

Sonny has since toured Ireland and Germany, opening for Mick Flannery at his sold out Irish shows, sharing stages with the likes of Susan O’Neill, FeliSpeaks and Liam Ó Maonlaí, while playing festivals such as the Galway Folk Festival and Secret Song.

The first single from her upcoming debut album is set for release in May. Produced by Kealan Kenny (Pa Sheehy, Allie Sherlock), with string arrangements by Aine Delaney (Rob Moose, Bruce Hornsby) and featuring long-term collaborator and drummer Tom Osander (Damien Rice, Lisa Hannigan), this body of work marks Sonny Casey as a compelling new voice in the evolving Irish folk scene.

Sonny is based between Galway and Berlin.