SJ McArdle
@sjmcardle.bsky.social
Irish songwriter, musician, curator and very occasional actor • Ex-Kern • Dad to 3 girls, one with #T21 • One third of Long Woman's Grave.
Info: linktr.ee/sjmcardle
Info: linktr.ee/sjmcardle
A wonderful day spent yesterday with songwriters from all around and performing with friends Keith Burke, Charlie McGettigan, Ultan Conlon, Gillian Tuite and Suzanne Savage.
Sincere congrats to Darren and Gerry at Drogheda Songwriting Festival and the ever-superb staff at Droichead Arts Centre
Sincere congrats to Darren and Gerry at Drogheda Songwriting Festival and the ever-superb staff at Droichead Arts Centre
September 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A wonderful day spent yesterday with songwriters from all around and performing with friends Keith Burke, Charlie McGettigan, Ultan Conlon, Gillian Tuite and Suzanne Savage.
Sincere congrats to Darren and Gerry at Drogheda Songwriting Festival and the ever-superb staff at Droichead Arts Centre
Sincere congrats to Darren and Gerry at Drogheda Songwriting Festival and the ever-superb staff at Droichead Arts Centre
A rainy but brilliant #culturenight in Drogheda town last night!
Thanks so much to Loaf'd and The Bare Food Company for having me, to Droichead Arts Centre for the invite and to Louth County Arts Office for the support.
And most of all to you out for coming out in the rain!
Photo: Jenny Callanan
Thanks so much to Loaf'd and The Bare Food Company for having me, to Droichead Arts Centre for the invite and to Louth County Arts Office for the support.
And most of all to you out for coming out in the rain!
Photo: Jenny Callanan
September 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A rainy but brilliant #culturenight in Drogheda town last night!
Thanks so much to Loaf'd and The Bare Food Company for having me, to Droichead Arts Centre for the invite and to Louth County Arts Office for the support.
And most of all to you out for coming out in the rain!
Photo: Jenny Callanan
Thanks so much to Loaf'd and The Bare Food Company for having me, to Droichead Arts Centre for the invite and to Louth County Arts Office for the support.
And most of all to you out for coming out in the rain!
Photo: Jenny Callanan
#culturenight tonight!
9:45 Loaf'd
11:25 Bare Food
All part of @droicheadarts.bsky.social Night Moves
Did I mention it's free??
Details on the full lineup of events for an incredible night from droichead.com
9:45 Loaf'd
11:25 Bare Food
All part of @droicheadarts.bsky.social Night Moves
Did I mention it's free??
Details on the full lineup of events for an incredible night from droichead.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
#culturenight tonight!
9:45 Loaf'd
11:25 Bare Food
All part of @droicheadarts.bsky.social Night Moves
Did I mention it's free??
Details on the full lineup of events for an incredible night from droichead.com
9:45 Loaf'd
11:25 Bare Food
All part of @droicheadarts.bsky.social Night Moves
Did I mention it's free??
Details on the full lineup of events for an incredible night from droichead.com
Drogheda friends!
Night Moves is back for #CultureNight - I have been helping book @droicheadarts.bsky.social's Late NIght Cafe series for a while and this time I'll be performing too!
I'll be in Loaf'd at 9:45 and Bare Food Cafe at 11:25.
Info and booking at droichead.com
Night Moves is back for #CultureNight - I have been helping book @droicheadarts.bsky.social's Late NIght Cafe series for a while and this time I'll be performing too!
I'll be in Loaf'd at 9:45 and Bare Food Cafe at 11:25.
Info and booking at droichead.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Drogheda friends!
Night Moves is back for #CultureNight - I have been helping book @droicheadarts.bsky.social's Late NIght Cafe series for a while and this time I'll be performing too!
I'll be in Loaf'd at 9:45 and Bare Food Cafe at 11:25.
Info and booking at droichead.com
Night Moves is back for #CultureNight - I have been helping book @droicheadarts.bsky.social's Late NIght Cafe series for a while and this time I'll be performing too!
I'll be in Loaf'd at 9:45 and Bare Food Cafe at 11:25.
Info and booking at droichead.com
Thank you @markradcliffe.bsky.social for spinning "Hesperus" on the always brilliant Folk Show on BBC Radio 2!
Running it into Anais Mitchell's "Venus" was a very clever segue!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@bringyourownhammer.bsky.social
Running it into Anais Mitchell's "Venus" was a very clever segue!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@bringyourownhammer.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Thank you @markradcliffe.bsky.social for spinning "Hesperus" on the always brilliant Folk Show on BBC Radio 2!
Running it into Anais Mitchell's "Venus" was a very clever segue!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@bringyourownhammer.bsky.social
Running it into Anais Mitchell's "Venus" was a very clever segue!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@bringyourownhammer.bsky.social
Delighted to be the special guest at this month's online iteration of the legendary Clé Club!
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July 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Delighted to be the special guest at this month's online iteration of the legendary Clé Club!
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Delighted to kick off proceedings this Saturday for the gorgeous Gary Kelly Cancer Support Centre's Gig In The Garden and to support such a wonderful cause.
Onstage at 1pm.
Onstage at 1pm.
June 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Delighted to kick off proceedings this Saturday for the gorgeous Gary Kelly Cancer Support Centre's Gig In The Garden and to support such a wonderful cause.
Onstage at 1pm.
Onstage at 1pm.
How lucky am I? Happy Fathers Day everyone. And thank you @andreamcardle.bsky.social for giving me the best job in the world. ❤️❤️❤️
June 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
How lucky am I? Happy Fathers Day everyone. And thank you @andreamcardle.bsky.social for giving me the best job in the world. ❤️❤️❤️
A night of real magic and a huge privilege to perform the songs from PORT in the unique and beautiful setting of Drogheda Port itself, under the Viaduct
Full of gratitude to these amazing musicians, to the gorgeous audience who shared it with us and to Collette and all at @droicheadarts.bsky.social
Full of gratitude to these amazing musicians, to the gorgeous audience who shared it with us and to Collette and all at @droicheadarts.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A night of real magic and a huge privilege to perform the songs from PORT in the unique and beautiful setting of Drogheda Port itself, under the Viaduct
Full of gratitude to these amazing musicians, to the gorgeous audience who shared it with us and to Collette and all at @droicheadarts.bsky.social
Full of gratitude to these amazing musicians, to the gorgeous audience who shared it with us and to Collette and all at @droicheadarts.bsky.social
What a start to Night Moves at @droicheadarts.bsky.social last night!
@oisinleech.bsky.social and Dotts O' Connor in sublime form. And such brilliant support from our wonderful audience.
How lucky am I to get to curate on these things?? Huge gratitude to @collettefarrell__
Photos Michelle Hall
@oisinleech.bsky.social and Dotts O' Connor in sublime form. And such brilliant support from our wonderful audience.
How lucky am I to get to curate on these things?? Huge gratitude to @collettefarrell__
Photos Michelle Hall
May 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
What a start to Night Moves at @droicheadarts.bsky.social last night!
@oisinleech.bsky.social and Dotts O' Connor in sublime form. And such brilliant support from our wonderful audience.
How lucky am I to get to curate on these things?? Huge gratitude to @collettefarrell__
Photos Michelle Hall
@oisinleech.bsky.social and Dotts O' Connor in sublime form. And such brilliant support from our wonderful audience.
How lucky am I to get to curate on these things?? Huge gratitude to @collettefarrell__
Photos Michelle Hall
I am honoured to facilitate this workshop for Drogheda Songwriting Festival on May 17th.
Come talk to me about the only thing I’m any good at and I’ll see if I can help you be good at it too.
Turns out it’s not that hard : )
Only 20 spots!
www.droichead.com/show-detail/...
Come talk to me about the only thing I’m any good at and I’ll see if I can help you be good at it too.
Turns out it’s not that hard : )
Only 20 spots!
www.droichead.com/show-detail/...
April 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I am honoured to facilitate this workshop for Drogheda Songwriting Festival on May 17th.
Come talk to me about the only thing I’m any good at and I’ll see if I can help you be good at it too.
Turns out it’s not that hard : )
Only 20 spots!
www.droichead.com/show-detail/...
Come talk to me about the only thing I’m any good at and I’ll see if I can help you be good at it too.
Turns out it’s not that hard : )
Only 20 spots!
www.droichead.com/show-detail/...
Thank you so much @eveblair.bsky.social for the play on the superb Late Show on BBC Radio Ulster and for the kind words about Hesperus!
@bringyourownhammer.bsky.social
@bringyourownhammer.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Thank you so much @eveblair.bsky.social for the play on the superb Late Show on BBC Radio Ulster and for the kind words about Hesperus!
@bringyourownhammer.bsky.social
@bringyourownhammer.bsky.social
Very cool for the new single HESPERUS to hit @hotpress.com's Irish songs of the week list! Listen here: orcd.co/byohhesperus
April 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Very cool for the new single HESPERUS to hit @hotpress.com's Irish songs of the week list! Listen here: orcd.co/byohhesperus
PORT is back for one night only, right on Drogheda Port at the foot of the Viaduct.
"An impressive song-cycle, rooted in folk but coloured by expansive and imaginative arrangements" (The Irish Times)
Band includes Carol Keogh (Plague Monkeys), Graham Henderson (Fairground Attraction).
Tix in bio!
"An impressive song-cycle, rooted in folk but coloured by expansive and imaginative arrangements" (The Irish Times)
Band includes Carol Keogh (Plague Monkeys), Graham Henderson (Fairground Attraction).
Tix in bio!
April 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
PORT is back for one night only, right on Drogheda Port at the foot of the Viaduct.
"An impressive song-cycle, rooted in folk but coloured by expansive and imaginative arrangements" (The Irish Times)
Band includes Carol Keogh (Plague Monkeys), Graham Henderson (Fairground Attraction).
Tix in bio!
"An impressive song-cycle, rooted in folk but coloured by expansive and imaginative arrangements" (The Irish Times)
Band includes Carol Keogh (Plague Monkeys), Graham Henderson (Fairground Attraction).
Tix in bio!
NEW MUSIC ALERT!
New single - HESPERUS - out April 25th on Dimple Discs
Presented by Bring Your Own Hammer in partnership with the Irish Women’s Writing (1880-1920) Network.
Part of BYOH's Music & History series and inspired by the work of Irish poet Ella Young.
More info soon. Watch this space!
New single - HESPERUS - out April 25th on Dimple Discs
Presented by Bring Your Own Hammer in partnership with the Irish Women’s Writing (1880-1920) Network.
Part of BYOH's Music & History series and inspired by the work of Irish poet Ella Young.
More info soon. Watch this space!
April 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
NEW MUSIC ALERT!
New single - HESPERUS - out April 25th on Dimple Discs
Presented by Bring Your Own Hammer in partnership with the Irish Women’s Writing (1880-1920) Network.
Part of BYOH's Music & History series and inspired by the work of Irish poet Ella Young.
More info soon. Watch this space!
New single - HESPERUS - out April 25th on Dimple Discs
Presented by Bring Your Own Hammer in partnership with the Irish Women’s Writing (1880-1920) Network.
Part of BYOH's Music & History series and inspired by the work of Irish poet Ella Young.
More info soon. Watch this space!
Happy Mother's Day to my best friend and the love of my life, the incomparable @andreamcardle.bsky.social!
March 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Happy Mother's Day to my best friend and the love of my life, the incomparable @andreamcardle.bsky.social!
Lovely haul as usual from the brilliant Bigmoon Records here in Drogheda - first three @rodneycrowell.bsky.social albums in immaculate condition! Off to make coffee and get stuck into this lot.
Had the honour of having Rodney sing some harmonies on my Blood and Bones album in Nashville. A gent!
Had the honour of having Rodney sing some harmonies on my Blood and Bones album in Nashville. A gent!
March 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Lovely haul as usual from the brilliant Bigmoon Records here in Drogheda - first three @rodneycrowell.bsky.social albums in immaculate condition! Off to make coffee and get stuck into this lot.
Had the honour of having Rodney sing some harmonies on my Blood and Bones album in Nashville. A gent!
Had the honour of having Rodney sing some harmonies on my Blood and Bones album in Nashville. A gent!
COVID hair throwback. Bloody hell lads.
March 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
COVID hair throwback. Bloody hell lads.
Thank you so much to everyone who came to our show at the Crescent Concert Hall on Friday and to Jake and all the crew for looking after us so well.
We had an absolute ball!
(Pics by Jake McGuinness and Dominic Mulvaney)
We had an absolute ball!
(Pics by Jake McGuinness and Dominic Mulvaney)
February 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Thank you so much to everyone who came to our show at the Crescent Concert Hall on Friday and to Jake and all the crew for looking after us so well.
We had an absolute ball!
(Pics by Jake McGuinness and Dominic Mulvaney)
We had an absolute ball!
(Pics by Jake McGuinness and Dominic Mulvaney)
Mr Graham Henderson (Fairground Attraction, Moving Hearts, etc etc etc) and I are hard at it, polishing up a lovely collection of songs for you all!
Crescent Concert Hall, Drogheda, this Saturday Feb 8th:
www.universe.com/events/sj-mc...
Crescent Concert Hall, Drogheda, this Saturday Feb 8th:
www.universe.com/events/sj-mc...
February 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Mr Graham Henderson (Fairground Attraction, Moving Hearts, etc etc etc) and I are hard at it, polishing up a lovely collection of songs for you all!
Crescent Concert Hall, Drogheda, this Saturday Feb 8th:
www.universe.com/events/sj-mc...
Crescent Concert Hall, Drogheda, this Saturday Feb 8th:
www.universe.com/events/sj-mc...
More coffee I suppose.
Hope you're safe out there everyone. x
Hope you're safe out there everyone. x
January 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
More coffee I suppose.
Hope you're safe out there everyone. x
Hope you're safe out there everyone. x
Hometown show alert!
February 8th sees me back at the gorgeous Purple Room at Crescent Concert Hall with ol pal Graham Henderson (Fairground Attraction) for a lovely duo night of songs and stories.
Tickets at link in bio.
S x
February 8th sees me back at the gorgeous Purple Room at Crescent Concert Hall with ol pal Graham Henderson (Fairground Attraction) for a lovely duo night of songs and stories.
Tickets at link in bio.
S x
January 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hometown show alert!
February 8th sees me back at the gorgeous Purple Room at Crescent Concert Hall with ol pal Graham Henderson (Fairground Attraction) for a lovely duo night of songs and stories.
Tickets at link in bio.
S x
February 8th sees me back at the gorgeous Purple Room at Crescent Concert Hall with ol pal Graham Henderson (Fairground Attraction) for a lovely duo night of songs and stories.
Tickets at link in bio.
S x
Traditional Nollaig na mBan birthday post in honour of my amazing partner, best friend and wife, @andreamcardle.bsky.social!
January 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Traditional Nollaig na mBan birthday post in honour of my amazing partner, best friend and wife, @andreamcardle.bsky.social!
Happy new year everyone!
This time last year we had a super hometown show at the Purple Room (at the Crescent Concert Hall, Drogheda) and I’m delighted to say we’re coming back on February 8th for a a lovely evening of songs and stories. Graham Henderson will accompany on accordion etc
Link in bio
This time last year we had a super hometown show at the Purple Room (at the Crescent Concert Hall, Drogheda) and I’m delighted to say we’re coming back on February 8th for a a lovely evening of songs and stories. Graham Henderson will accompany on accordion etc
Link in bio
December 31, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Happy new year everyone!
This time last year we had a super hometown show at the Purple Room (at the Crescent Concert Hall, Drogheda) and I’m delighted to say we’re coming back on February 8th for a a lovely evening of songs and stories. Graham Henderson will accompany on accordion etc
Link in bio
This time last year we had a super hometown show at the Purple Room (at the Crescent Concert Hall, Drogheda) and I’m delighted to say we’re coming back on February 8th for a a lovely evening of songs and stories. Graham Henderson will accompany on accordion etc
Link in bio
Tonight's office! All set for this gorgeous carols gig in Drogheda's gorgeous Church of St Augustine with the choir and orchestra of Our Lady's College Greenhills with special guests Dónal Lunny and Andy Irvine.
December 18, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Tonight's office! All set for this gorgeous carols gig in Drogheda's gorgeous Church of St Augustine with the choir and orchestra of Our Lady's College Greenhills with special guests Dónal Lunny and Andy Irvine.