RTÉ Choice Music Prize – Album of the Year Nomination 2024
The Quietus – Albums of the Year 2024
The Guardian – 10 Best Folk Albums of 2024
‘Rose Connolly’s debut revives the lost art of funeral keening, reprocessing some traditional scraps and slathering on layers of Bjork-ish electronics to take a slightly sexy journey into pre-Christian grief. Sample Caoine or the berserk Feel Love for the giddy vibe: something akin to Julia Holter herding the Trio Bulgarka into a burning cottage’- MOJO
RÓIS is a composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and electronic artist from Fermanagh, whose songs breathe new life into a forgotten Ireland. Blending elements of folk, sean-nós, electronics, and jazz harmony, RÓIS’ genre-bending sound transports listeners to a different realm. With shapeshifting sets, no two performances are ever the same, as audiences accompany RÓIS into her sound world. Expect twists and turns of tempo and genre, and moments of sheer magic, as she conducts the energy of the room. This is a place where the ancient meets the new.
“RÓIS is a startling singer…Mo Léan heralds an arresting new talent” – The Guardian (Folk Albums Of The Year, 2024)
“Connolly explores wider concepts of death, grief and catharsis that at times reaches astonishing potency” – The Quietus
