Adrian Crowley

Adrian Crowley
Adrian Crowley, March 2017
Background information
Born	1968 (age 48–49) Malta
Origin	Ireland
Genres	Folk,indie rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Voice, electric guitar, marxophone, mellotron, Rhodes piano, Shruti box, piano, acoustic guitar, bells
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Chemikal Underground, Domino Publishing
Associated acts	Fence Records,HalfsetAlasdair Roberts, James Yorkston,
Website	www.adriancrowley.com
Notable instruments
Epiphone Riviera Fender Telecaster

Adrian Crowley is a singer-songwriter from Galway, based in Dublin and was born in Sliema, Malta.

Beginning his career at the age of 25, Crowley has released six albums, with his debut A Strange Kind arriving in 1999. He followed this with When You Are Here You Are Family (2002), A Northern Country (2004), Long Distance Swimmer (2007), Season of the Sparks (2009) and "I See Three Birds Flying" (2012) In a 2005 Rolling Stone interview, Ryan Adams cited Crowley when asked "Who's the best songwriter that no one's heard of". The Irish Times placed this artist at number eight in a list of "The 50 Best Irish Acts Right Now" published in April 2009.

Crowley has won the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year on one occasion for Season of the Sparks and been nominated on two another occasion for Long Distance Swimmer and "I See Tree Birds Flying".

Crowley is from a multicultural background, (his father is Irish and mother is Maltese) He was born in Sliema in Malta but reared in Galway. Crowley's parents met in Africa and the family spent time in Sierra Leone, Cameroon and Malta. After his birth his family departed Malta for Cameroon. Crowley has been based in Dublin since the 1990s but has also spent time living in France.

Crowley was a late developer as a musician, having originally spent time on other pursuits, such as studying architecture, painting and photography. Alongside this he wrote songs but did not perform his first show until the age of 25, some days after finding material he had written in the early 1990s in his attic. He departed from a career in photography around 2004 to enter the music profession on a full-time basis.

Crowley released his debut album A Strange Kind independently in 1999. The song "Capricorn" was played regularly on No Disco that year.When You Are Here You Are Family followed in 2002, being recorded at the Electrical Audio studios of one of his heroes, Steve Albini, in Chicago. This successful spell in the United States inspired him to begin communicating with American record labels.