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Fionn is an Irish Session Drummer, Recording Artist & Songwriter.

 

Having spent the best part of 10 years extensively touring with various different artists, Fionn’s playing has taken him all over the US, UK, Europe & UAE.

 

He has a wide range of experience as a recording artist having worked with top producers including Ian Davenport (Radiohead, Stereophonics, Supergrass), Black Mountain Studios (Hozier, Kodaline), Christian Best (Mick Flannery, Jack O Rourke), Brendan Fennessy (O Emperor, Marlene Enright, Anna Mitchell), Kelly Grey (Queensryche, Candlebox) and Brian Casey (Wavefield Studios).

 

Fionn's drumming can be heard on recordings from many different artists, including: Rowan, Pa Sheehy, Little Hours, TOUCAN, Tiz McNamara, Clare Sands & Mark Daly to name a few.

 

Over the years Fionn has performed on some of the biggest stages including; The MTV Awards, The RDS, Trinity College Series as well as sharing stages with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Snow Patrol, Kodaline, Picture This, The Coronas, Gavin James, Van Morrison, Shane MacGowan, Imelda May, JP Cooper, Clean Bandit, Queensryche, The Real Thing and Jason Derulo among many others.

 

2022 saw Fionn recording and touring extensively with different Artists such as; Pa Sheehy, Stephanie Rainey & Rowan. Including a recorded RTÉ special on Other Voices with Pa Sheehy, and with Rowan; recording and releasing their debut album 'Does It Makes You Happy?' to critical acclaim in May (reaching No. 2 in the Irish Indie charts) - With their title track featuring Ariel Posen.

 

Fionn is currently on a sold out tour with Cian Ducrot across Europe, UK & Ireland. Followed by a support tour with Ed Sheeran.

 

Fionn endorses Premier Drums.

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