Keith Forde
Encyclopedia
Keith Forde is a singer-songwriter
and musician
from Limerick
, Ireland
.
Song Of The Year Award. The Lonely Ones went on to be placed No.3 in the 2003 Today FM
/ Witnness
Rising Songs of the Year, ahead of the The Libertines
and The Thrills
. The band were voted as one of the most promising new acts in the 2003 Hot Press
year end annual poll. The band also got to the finals of the O2 New Band Competition and the National Student Music Awards. They toured with acts such as Bell X1 (band), The Thrills
, The Frames
and Rubyhorse
. They toured all over Ireland and played at In the City (festival)
in Manchester. The band broke up at the beginning of 2004.
, Pyramid Clocks (2007) and Weighted Love (2007).
Blue Mirror Boy reached number 33 and Pyramid Clocks reached number 36 on the official Irish Charts.
Their album Exit Here which was recorded in Windmill Lane Studios
in Dublin and produced by Richard Rainey was released in June 2007 on Eavesdrop Music. The band toured in Ireland, the UK and North America and shared a stage with the likes of Editors
, The Wonderstuff, Sultans of Ping and Ocean Colour Scene
. They were named as 'Best Band' at the prestigious 'Indie Week' festival in Toronto, the 'Best New Musical Artist' at the MAMCA awards and "ones to watch" by the NME
. The bands songs appeared on various compilation albums in the USA, Australia, Germany, Canada and Ireland. Four of their songs were licensed to the American TV Network CBS
. The band broke up in 2009.
(ISC) in Nashville. The ISC received approximately 15,000 entries from almost 100 countries throughout the world. The judges included Tom Waits
, Jeff Beck
, Robert Smith (musician)
(The Cure), Frank Black
(The Pixies) and Kings Of Leon
. The song also received an honorable mention in the Billboard World Song Contest.
In 2010 Forde's song 'Love at the Airport' was selected from hundreds of entries to have a music video produced in conjunction with Hot Press
& Tisch/New York University
. Previous winners include: Sinead O’ Connor, The Frames
, The Coronas
, Republic Of Loose
and Laura Izibor
. He released the song as his first single in December 2010.
Sutras - An Audience with (EP - 2000)
Sutras - Princess (Single - 2001)
Sutras - The Lonely Ones (Single - 2002)
Sutras - Believe (Single - 2003)
Vesta Varro - Blue Mirror Boy (Single - 2006)
Vesta Varro - Pyramid Clocks (Single - 2007)
Vesta Varro - Weighted Love (Single - 2007)
Vesta Varro - Exit Here (Album - 2007)
Keith Forde - Pop them pills (Promo - 2009)
Keith Forde - Love at the Airport (Single - 2010)
CBS - Guiding Light
(Music)
MTV2 - Alternative Nation (Music Video)
RTÉ - DEN TV (Interview + Live performance)
RTÉ - Fish
(Interview + Music Video)
RTÉ - No Disco
(Music Videos)
RTÉ - O2 in the Park Festival
(Live performance)
TG4 - Pop TV
(Live performances, Interviews + Music Videos)
RTÉ - Top 30 Hits
(Music Video)
RTÉ - Joy in the Hood
(Music)
Channel 6 - Night Shift (Irish TV series)
(Music Video)
City Channel - City Channel
(Music Video)
Online- BalconyTV
(Live performance)
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
from Limerick
Limerick
Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
Early Career - Sutras
Forde began his musical career as a guitarist with Irish Pop/Rock band Sutras. The band exploded on the scene by winning the 1999 Heineken battle of the bands competition. They went onto release two EPs and three singles: Sutras Live (1999), An Audience with (2000), Princess (2001), The Lonely Ones (2002) and Believe (2003). Princess reached Number 27 and The Lonely Ones reached Number 40 on the Official Irish Charts. Believe was a radio release and was never officially released as a single. The B side of the Princess single, Machine won the 2002 Hot PressHot Press
Hot Press is a fortnightly music and political magazine based in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1977. The magazine has been edited since its inception by Niall Stokes. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had a circulation of 19,215 during 2007...
Song Of The Year Award. The Lonely Ones went on to be placed No.3 in the 2003 Today FM
Today FM
Radio Ireland Ltd, trading as 100-102 Today FM is an Irish commercial FM radio station which is available nationally. The station, which commenced broadcasting on Saint Patrick's Day in 1997, can be received nationally and carries a mix of music and talk...
/ Witnness
Witnness
Witnness was an Irish music festival, sponsored by Guinness, which ran for four consecutive summers from 2000 to 2003. Originally it was held at Fairyhouse Racecourse in County Meath, but it was moved to Punchestown Racecourse in County Kildare for its final year...
Rising Songs of the Year, ahead of the The Libertines
The Libertines
The Libertines were an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty . The band, centred on the song-writing partnership of Barat and Doherty, also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career...
and The Thrills
The Thrills
The Thrills are an Irish rock band, formed in 2001 in Dublin, Ireland. The band was founded by lead vocalist Conor Deasy and guitarist Daniel Ryan, guitarist and bass player Padraic McMahon, pianist Kevin Horan and drummer Ben Carrigan. Their big break came with their debut album, So Much for the...
. The band were voted as one of the most promising new acts in the 2003 Hot Press
Hot Press
Hot Press is a fortnightly music and political magazine based in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1977. The magazine has been edited since its inception by Niall Stokes. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had a circulation of 19,215 during 2007...
year end annual poll. The band also got to the finals of the O2 New Band Competition and the National Student Music Awards. They toured with acts such as Bell X1 (band), The Thrills
The Thrills
The Thrills are an Irish rock band, formed in 2001 in Dublin, Ireland. The band was founded by lead vocalist Conor Deasy and guitarist Daniel Ryan, guitarist and bass player Padraic McMahon, pianist Kevin Horan and drummer Ben Carrigan. Their big break came with their debut album, So Much for the...
, The Frames
The Frames
The Frames are an Irish band based in Dublin. Founded in 1990 by Glen Hansard, the band has been influential in the Dublin rock music scene. The group has released six albums...
and Rubyhorse
Rubyhorse
Rubyhorse were an Irish rock band from Cork, Ireland. Their debut album, A Lifetime In One Day, was released in Ireland on 2 June 1995. In 1997 the band moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and all of their subsequent albums were released in the United States....
. They toured all over Ireland and played at In the City (festival)
In The City (festival)
In The City is an annual music industry conference and festival founded by the late Tony Wilson, formerly of Factory Records and Granada Television, and his partner Yvette Livesey....
in Manchester. The band broke up at the beginning of 2004.
Next Move - Vesta Varro
In 2004 Forde co-formed alternative/rock band Vesta Varro, again playing guitar. The band released three singles, Blue Mirror Boy (2006) which was produced by Crowded House Bass player Nick SeymourNick Seymour
Nick Seymour is a musician, painter, and record producer. He is best known for being the bass guitarist in the Australasian rock group Crowded House and brother to Mark Seymour of another successful group; Hunters and Collectors.- Biography :Born in Benalla, Victoria, Australia, Seymour studied...
, Pyramid Clocks (2007) and Weighted Love (2007).
Blue Mirror Boy reached number 33 and Pyramid Clocks reached number 36 on the official Irish Charts.
Their album Exit Here which was recorded in Windmill Lane Studios
Windmill Lane Studios
Windmill Lane Studios, also known as the "U2 studio", is a three-storey music recording studio located in Dublin, Ireland. It is located on Windmill Lane, a small street just south of City Quay and the River Liffey and a little north of Pearse Station. It was opened in 1978 by Brian Masterson who...
in Dublin and produced by Richard Rainey was released in June 2007 on Eavesdrop Music. The band toured in Ireland, the UK and North America and shared a stage with the likes of Editors
Editors
Editors are a British indie rock band based in Birmingham, who formed in 2002. Previously known as Pilot, The Pride and Snowfield, the band consists of Tom Smith , Chris Urbanowicz , Russell Leetch and Ed Lay .Editors have so far released two platinum studio...
, The Wonderstuff, Sultans of Ping and Ocean Colour Scene
Ocean Colour Scene
Ocean Colour Scene are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date.-Early days :...
. They were named as 'Best Band' at the prestigious 'Indie Week' festival in Toronto, the 'Best New Musical Artist' at the MAMCA awards and "ones to watch" by the NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
. The bands songs appeared on various compilation albums in the USA, Australia, Germany, Canada and Ireland. Four of their songs were licensed to the American TV Network CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
. The band broke up in 2009.
Going Solo
Forde went solo in 2009, writing, singing and playing his own material for the first time. His debut solo effort 'Pop Them Pills' finished in Third Place in the "Folk/Singer-Songwriter" category in the 2009 International Songwriting CompetitionInternational Songwriting Competition
The International Songwriting Competition is an annual song contest based in Nashville, TN, whose mission is to provide the opportunity for both aspiring and established songwriters to have their songs heard in a professional, international arena. ISC is designed to nurture the musical talent of...
(ISC) in Nashville. The ISC received approximately 15,000 entries from almost 100 countries throughout the world. The judges included Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
, Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...
, Robert Smith (musician)
Robert Smith (musician)
Robert James Smith is an English musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its founding in 1976...
(The Cure), Frank Black
Frank Black
Black Francis is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black...
(The Pixies) and Kings Of Leon
Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion, Oklahoma but formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Anthony Caleb Followill , Ivan Nathan Followill and Michael Jared Followill Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion,...
. The song also received an honorable mention in the Billboard World Song Contest.
In 2010 Forde's song 'Love at the Airport' was selected from hundreds of entries to have a music video produced in conjunction with Hot Press
Hot Press
Hot Press is a fortnightly music and political magazine based in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1977. The magazine has been edited since its inception by Niall Stokes. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had a circulation of 19,215 during 2007...
& Tisch/New York University
Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University ....
. Previous winners include: Sinead O’ Connor, The Frames
The Frames
The Frames are an Irish band based in Dublin. Founded in 1990 by Glen Hansard, the band has been influential in the Dublin rock music scene. The group has released six albums...
, The Coronas
The Coronas
The Coronas are an Irish rock and indie band. They have released three studio albums, Heroes or Ghosts , Tony Was An Ex-Con and "Closer to You"...
, Republic Of Loose
Republic of Loose
Republic of Loose are an Irish funk rock band from Dublin. Formed in 2001, the band currently consists of lead vocalist Mick Pyro, bass guitarist and vocalist Benjamin Loose, keyboardist Darragh, guitarists and vocalists Dave Pyro and Darach O' Laoire and drummers and percussionists Andre Lopes...
and Laura Izibor
Laura Izibor
Laura Elizabeth Arabosa Izibor is an Irish recording artist, musician and producer. She won the RTÉ 2fm song contest while still in secondary school. She went on to win an award at the 2006 Meteor Music Awards. She also performed at that year's Electric Picnic music festival and Music Ireland 2007...
. He released the song as his first single in December 2010.
Discography
Sutras - Live (EP - 1999)Sutras - An Audience with (EP - 2000)
Sutras - Princess (Single - 2001)
Sutras - The Lonely Ones (Single - 2002)
Sutras - Believe (Single - 2003)
Vesta Varro - Blue Mirror Boy (Single - 2006)
Vesta Varro - Pyramid Clocks (Single - 2007)
Vesta Varro - Weighted Love (Single - 2007)
Vesta Varro - Exit Here (Album - 2007)
Keith Forde - Pop them pills (Promo - 2009)
Keith Forde - Love at the Airport (Single - 2010)
TV appearances
CTV - Much Music (Music Video)CBS - Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
(Music)
MTV2 - Alternative Nation (Music Video)
RTÉ - DEN TV (Interview + Live performance)
RTÉ - Fish
RTE
RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...
(Interview + Music Video)
RTÉ - No Disco
No Disco
No Disco was RTÉ's flagship music television programme, broadcast on Irish television channel, Network 2, from 1993 - 2003. It was presented by Donal Dineen, Uaneen Fitzsimons and, following the death of Fitzsimons, Lawrence "Leagues" O'Toole...
(Music Videos)
RTÉ - O2 in the Park Festival
RTE
RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...
(Live performance)
TG4 - Pop TV
TG4
TG4 is a public service broadcaster for Irish language speakers. The channel has been on-air since 31 October 1996 in the Republic of Ireland and since April 2005 in Northern Ireland....
(Live performances, Interviews + Music Videos)
RTÉ - Top 30 Hits
RTE
RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...
(Music Video)
RTÉ - Joy in the Hood
Joy in the Hood
Joy in the Hood is an Irish comedy series featuring Des Bishop. Aired in 2005 on Ireland's channel RTÉ Two as a part of its Monday-night comedy slot, it showed Bishop's antics as he travelled to impoverished areas of Ireland, such as Ballymun in Dublin, Southill in Limerick and Knocknaheeny in Cork...
(Music)
Channel 6 - Night Shift (Irish TV series)
Night Shift (Irish TV series)
Night Shift was an Irish television music show. It was one of Channel 6's Irish shows, as was Take Six, Pop Scene and its sister show Day Shift. It was launched with the network on Sunday, 30 March 2006. Night Shift was transmitted late at night and sometimes early on weekend mornings...
(Music Video)
City Channel - City Channel
City Channel
City Channel was an Irish television network that began broadcasting in October 2005, which focused primarily on local and regional television. It operated three stations: City Channel Dublin, City Channel Galway, and Channel South.-Launch:...
(Music Video)
Online- BalconyTV
BalconyTV
BalconyTV is a leading daily online viral music show that features bands, musicians and other variety acts on balconies around the world. It was founded in Dublin, in June 2006....
(Live performance)