Marc Roberts is a singer-songwriter, originally from Crossmolina

Crossmolina

Crossmolina or Crosmolina is a town in the Barony of Tyrawley in County Mayo, Ireland, as well as the name of the parish in which Crossmolina is situated. The town sits on the River Deel near the northern shore of Lough Conn...

, County Mayo

County Mayo

County Mayo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552...

, and now based in Galway

Galway

Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...

. Prior to 1997, he fronted his own band doing own original work and American country classics. In May of that year he represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 with "Mysterious Woman

Mysterious Woman

"Mysterious Woman" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in English by Marc Roberts.The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Roberts singing about a woman he saw at an airport . He sings that he was instantly attracted to her, despite having no knowledge about...

", finishing in second place. His debut single reached number two on the Irish pop charts.

Robert's debut album was released in 1998. It highlighted his writing skills with six original compositions featured. Producers Chris O'Brien and Graham Murphy

Graham Murphy

Graham Murphy is a record producer, musician and songwriter. He was born in Dublin, Ireland.- Biography :Graham started out as a session musician/programmer working with leading Irish acts including Aslan and Whipping Boy. Around the same time he began writing with artist Perry Blake...

 produced the album in Dublin . Meet Me Half Way and Once in your Life (title track co-written with Brian Kennedy

Brian Kennedy (singer)

Brian Edward Patrick Kennedy is an Irish singer-songwriter and author, known for his ballads, and has represented Ireland at Eurovision 2006. He is the younger brother of musician Bap Kennedy.-Personal life:...

) followed.

He performed in a tribute concert to the late John Denver

John Denver

Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. , known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After growing up in numerous locations with his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success...

, who is one of his influences along with other singer/songwriters James Taylor

James Taylor

James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....

, David Gates

David Gates

David Gates is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the group Bread, which reached the tops of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s. The band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame...

, Dan Fogelberg

Dan Fogelberg

Daniel Grayling "Dan" Fogelberg was an American singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music...

, Janis Ian

Janis Ian

Janis Ian is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Ian first entered the folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-sixties; most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century...

 and Carole King

Carole King

Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...

. His shows have sold out the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Opera House, Cork and many other theatres in Ireland.

Roberts joined Galway Bay FM

Galway Bay FM

Galway Bay FM is an Irish independent local radio station and operates under a license from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. Established in 1989, the station broadcasts from studios in Galway, serving the city and County Galway.-Programming:...

 as a guest presenter. He has a three-hour afternoon show from 12pm to 3pm, Monday to Friday called the "Midday Breakaway" and a show from 12pm to 3pm on Saturdays called the "Feel Good Factor". He also presented a series on [RTE Radio One] called “Songmakers”.

Eurovision 2008

Roberts was one of six finalists in Eurosong 2008. He performed the final song of the night, his own composition, "Chances". The selection process was made by public vote during a live television broadcast from University Limerick on Saturday, February 23, on RTÉ

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...

 television. The selected entry was "Dustin the Turkey

Dustin the Turkey

Dustin the Turkey is a puppet, "television presenter" and star of RTÉ television's The Den since 1989. A turkey with a strong Dublin accent, Dustin is voiced by John Morrison, brother of Ciaran Morrison who was one of the creators of Zig and Zag. Dustin first appeared on The Den with Zig and Zag in...

".

The Promise

The Promise, The fourth studio album from Roberts was released on Friday 13 November 2010. It features 13 tracks including the title track, which he co-wrote with Darren Holden of The High Kings

The High Kings

The High Kings are an Irish ballad group. They were formed on Carick on Suir by Fibarr Clancy and Martin Furey.Brian Dunphy , and Broadway/pop/country singer Darren Holden were later recruited having wowed the world with their own solo careers on broadway in musical reviews, such as Riverdance...

.

External links

Official site