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19/09/2015

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Hozier reflects on his career since the success of his first release Take Me to Church.

Singer-songwriter Hozier reflects on what has happened since his first release Take Me to Church went viral in 2013, including his first TV appearance at the Other Voices festival.

An seinneadair agus bàrd Èireannach Andrew Hozier-Byrne, fear a chluicheas iomadh ionnsramaid agus a dh'ionnsaich dha fhèin an giotàr agus a' phiàna a chluiche aig aois 15 - agus aig a bheil dlùth cheangal ri ceòl folk agus blues. Thòisich e air ceum ciùil ann an Colaiste na Trianaid ach dh'fhàg e sa chiad bhliadhna.

'S ann aig Feis Other Voices ann an Dingle a thaining e gu aire luchd-amhairc telebhisean airson a' chiad uair. Bhon uairsin tha an t-oran Take me to Church air sgaoileadh air an eadar-lion.

B' e an t- òran a bu mhotha ris an deach èisteachd air Spotify ann an 2014. Nochd clàr eile, From Eden, as t-earrach 2014 agus san t-Sultain dhen bhliadhna sin, chur e air bhog a' chiad albam aige, le ainm fhèin mar thiotal. Ràinig an albam sin àireamh a dhà ann an clàr Billboard 200 anns na Stàitean Aonaichte. Chaidh Hozier ainmeachadh airson duais aig na Duaisean Grammy ann an 2015 agus cuideachd airson Duais Ciùil MTV na h-Eòrpa.

Irish singer-songwriter Andrew Hozier-Byrne, a unique multi-instrumentalist, taught himself to play guitar and piano at 15, focusing on folk and blues. He dropped out of Trinity College to record demos for Universal Music. 

His appearance at the Other Voices festival in County Dingle was his first TV appearance. In this programme he reflects on that experience and what has happened since his first release Take Me to Church went viral in 2013. The track was the most-shared song on Spotify in 2014. A second EP, From Eden, appeared in the spring of 2014 and in September of that year, he released his self-titled debut album, which reached No 2 in the US Billboard 200 chart. He became the second highest-charting new artist of 2014 in the US and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2015 and also for an MTV Europe Music Award.

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