Junior Brother
{{short description|Irish folk singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Junior Brother
| image =
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| birth_name = Ronan Kealy
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1993}}
| birth_place = Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
| origin = County Kerry
| genre = alternative folk
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| years_active = 2014–present
| instrument = guitar, tambourine
| label = Strange Brew
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|juniorbrother.bandcamp.com}}
}}
Ronan Kealy (born 1993), known as Junior Brother, is an Irish alternative folk singer-songwriter from County Kerry.{{Cite web|url=http://clonguitarfest.com/artist/junior-brother/|title=Junior Brother | Clonakilty International Guitar Festival | 16 – 22 September 2019|website=clonguitarfest.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imro.ie/member-news/junior-brother-to-release-the-back-of-her-hand/|title=Junior Brother To Release 'The Back Of Her Hand'|date=7 December 2018|website=IMRO}}
Early life
Kealy grew up in County Kerry. He attended St Brendan's College, Killarney and studied English in University College Cork and Ballyfermot College of Further Education.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcfe.ie/junior-brother-electric-picnic/|title=Former BCFE Rock School student Ronan Kealy (aka. Junior Brother) making waves in Ireland, the UK and beyond this summer.|date=27 August 2019|website=BCFE}}
Career
Junior Brother moved to Dublin in 2014 to begin his career.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/culture/junior-brother-brings-his-off-kilter-alt-folk-sound-to-cork-festival-902728.html|title=Junior Brother brings his off-kilter alt folk sound to Cork festival|first=Eoghan|last=O'Sullivan|date=6 February 2019|website=irishexaminer.com}} His stage name is taken from a character in the Elizabethan play The Revenger's Tragedy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelist.ie/whats-on/show/3667-junior-brother.html|title=Junior Brother|website=thelist.ie}} He was named as one of RTÉ's Rising Irish Stars of 2018,{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0317/947939-ones-to-watch-rising-irish-stars-of-2018/|title=Ones To Watch: Rising Irish Stars of 2018|date=18 March 2018|publisher=RTÉ}} and as one of The Irish Times
Discography
=EPs=
- PowPig / Junior Brother (2019; a 4-A-side single with fellow artist PowPig)
=Studio albums=
- Pull The Right Rope (2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.totallydublin.ie/music/sound-junior-brother/|title=Sound: Junior Brother|first=Danny|last=Wilson|website=Totallydublin.ie|date=12 June 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/kerry-folk-singer-makes-excellent-debut-22773676|date=22 May 2019|title=Kerry folk singer makes excellent debut|first=Stephen|last=Porzio|website=Hotpress.com}}
- The Great Irish Famine (2022)
Awards and nominations
=[[Choice Music Prize]]=
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! Year !! Nominated Work !! Award !! Result | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2019 | Pull The Right Rope | Album of the Year | {{Nominated}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.choicemusicprize.ie/portfolio-item/2019/|publisher=Choice Music Prize|title=Choice Music prize 2019|date=2019}} |
=[[RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards]]=
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Nominated Work !! Award !! Result | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2019 | Pull The Right Rope | Best Folk Album | {{Nominated}}{{Cite news|url=https://journalofmusic.com/news/rte-radio-1-folk-award-winners-announced|publisher=Journal of Music|title=RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Award Winners Announced|date=25 October 2019}} |
References
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External links
- [https://juniorbrother.bandcamp.com/ Junior Brother on Bandcamp]
- {{Twitter|JuniorBrotherIE}}
- {{IMDb name|7647343}}
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Category:21st-century Irish people
Category:Musicians from County Kerry
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