Irish singer Susan O’Neill – along with local Nico Paulo – brings her charismatic show to The Carleton for the first time for a very special performance on Wednesday July 19th. We’ll be adding a special guest or two but show time will be 7 PM and tickets are only $18 + HST. Trust us on this one folks…

Susan O’Neill has spent the last few years honing her craft as a solo performer. A songwriter of hidden depths, with a timeless voice that is equal parts balm and blowtorch, she is audacity personified, a free spirit; a real performer. As of now she is Ireland’s best kept secret, however with the release of ‘In The Game’ her collaboration album with Mick Flannery that has all changed.

‘In The Game’ saw Susan receive nominations for the Choice Music prize and the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards for ‘Album of the Year’, ‘Female Folk Artist’ of the Year, and take home the ‘Best Original Folk Track’ award for the collaborative song ‘Chain Reaction’. Susan was also shortlisted for the ‘Vanda and Young’ Award for her song ‘These Are the Days’.  The collaboration album ended up being the biggest selling Irish independent record of 2021.

Susan’s song ‘Now you see it’ from her EP of the same name won the 2022 RTE Radio 1 ‘Best Original Folk Song’ of the year.

Nico Paulo is a Portuguese/Canadian songwriter, performer, and visual artist. She moved to Canada in 2014 to pursue her career, originally setting down roots in the vibrant Toronto arts community, and eventually moved east to become an essential part of Newfoundland’s celebrated music scene.

Paulo’s highly anticipated, self-titled debut LP, released in spring 2023, is a melodically dynamic, heart-baring collection that finds her exploring the interconnected nature of relationships and the flow of time in lush, sophisticated pop arrangements.