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Amy Meehan is a 21 year old singer songwriter from Donegal. She is finishing her final year in Ulster University studying Music.

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She always has loved to sing from an early age, listening to a variety of different music genres such as rock, pop, country, classical, jazz, blues etc.

She sings, plays guitar, piano and has recently started learning the drums. 

Some of her favourite music is from the 60s, 70s, & 80s by artists such as The Eagles, ELO, The Beatles, Fleetwood mac, Carole King.

She also loves modern music too such as The Paper Kites, Damien Rice, Radiohead, Bon Iver and Novo Amor.

In 2016 when she was 13 yrs old she won The 'Talent Northwest Competition' in Derry. Bronagh Gallagher, (Commitments Film Actress) was one of the judges and as a result she gave her the opportunity to perform in Whelans Dublin, The Empire Belfast, and The Millennium Forum Derry supporting her new album launch Tour ‘Gather Your Greatness’.

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She subsequently was interviewed on the Gerry Kelly show on two occasions in  BBC radio Ulster in Belfast and performed for the MLA’s at events throughout Northern Ireland that same year.

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For 2 consecutive years in 2015 & 2016, She was a finalist in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. This was recorded in the RTE Studios Dublin and was televised on TG4.

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Since then she has been busy supporting other artists in venues around Ireland and the UK. These included Liam Reilly's Bagatelle on their Irish Tour, Glen Campbell's daughter Ashley Campbell in Northern Ireland and Aoife Scott daughter of Frances Black.

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She challenged herself during my Transition Year in 2019 to organise a local fundraising concert in aid of our local parish Church Restoration. It was a real success and it raised 7000 euros.

Paul Carrack from (Mike & the Mechanics) contacted her in August 2019 to support his Irish tour in October 2019. She opened the shows in the Millenium Forum Derry, Bord Gais Dublin & Cork Opera House for him. She was delighted when he approached her again to be his support act on his 2020 UK Tour in the Music Hall Aberdeen, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Glasgow SEC Arena, Liverpool Philharmonic for two nights, The Sage Newcastle & ending up in the London Palladium just before lockdown. She had great positive feedback from all of these concerts both via social media and via Paul Carrack and his Managers while also gaining loyal fans who still follow her music closely on social media.

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She recorded two original songs called 'Say Goodbye' and 'For You'.

'Say Goodbye' is dedicated to her cousin Shane who died from cancer at the age of 17 in 2019. She wrote 'For You' after her Irish Tour with Paul Carrack and was inspired by all of the support that her parents gave her along her musical journey.

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Her Facebook, and Instagram pages have documented her music over the past few years.

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She continues to focus her time writing new songs with the guidance of award winning Jude Johnstone, and steadily improving her musical abilities and knowledge.

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Amy has big plans for the future and is excited to share her new music with the world.

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