Tadhg Cooke
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Tadhg Cooke is a singer/songwriter from just outside Dublin, Ireland.
Born in Dunboyne, Co Meath in 1979, he showed musical promise from an early age and began writing his own music in school.
He obtained a degree in Computational Linguistics from Dublin City University in 2002, but chose to pursue a career in music. Sparks from his debut release, The Sparks EP, was A-listed on the alternative rock station Phantom FM. He began work on his first full album in Freiburg, Germany in 2004, and the result, Wax and Seal, was released to positive reviews in 2005. The Irish Times described it as "Eminently likeable. (4/5)", whilst Hot Press described it as "a confident, impressive debut".
Tadhg has supported the likes of Damien Dempsey, Damien Rice, and BellX1 over the past number of years and begun to establish himself on the Irish music scene [1]. His single Know You Hate Me made it to number 88 in the Irish airplay charts. In addition, he has made several TV appearances on RTE[2]. He appeared at the 2006 Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Co Laois, with David Geraghty's [3] solo project which also featured renowned violinist Cora Venus Lunny, vocalist Clare Finglass, double-bassist Dave Redmond, drummer Kevin Brady (both from the Kevin Brady Trio who have toured Ireland with Bill Carothers [4], Maria Tecce, etc.
Wax and Seal was released in Japan by Vivo Discs in November 2006 [5].
