George Murphy in conversation with Lar Flynn for Irish Music Magazine

Irish Music Magazine Official Podcast with Lar Flynn

George Murphy is an Irish singer songwriter who hails from the Dublin suburb of Beaumount. He exploded onto the Irish music scene after his memorable appearances on the RTE Television show “You’re a Star”. Just out of secondary school at the age of 17 he very quickly took over the Irish music scene. He signed to Sony Ireland and his debut album ‘Dreamed A Dream’ went to No.1 in the Irish charts. The album eventually went on to gain triple Platinum status. George had made a big impact with insiders on the Irish Music scene, Phil Coulter was quoted as saying that George “Is the most exciting vocal find in Ireland”, The late Ronnie Drew was quoted saying “A voice beyond his years”, Peggy Seeger was quoted saying “A very honest approach to the songs, kept them true to their Origin” and Hotpress magazine described him at the time as “A serious contender”. And now....something new for George..The Rising Sons. "In an industry full of ups and downs sometimes you have to follow your heart and so that's what I am doing" "The Rising Sons is made up of friends, neighbours and family all from the local area and all who met at a session for the love of playing music. To take the session to the main stages around Ireland and release new singles and albums with a group of friends is my proudest achievement in music to date" 2020 has been a difficult year for all musicians but George and the Sons turned a negative into a positive and released their first Dublin Ballad entitled 'Dublin Inspires' as well as a song for all the publicans and musicians out there who lost their livelihoods hoods over night 'Give Us Our Good Times Back'. Both songs have been very well received and the band made videos for both capturing the beauty and history of Dublin in the first and the pain and frustration of Lockdown in the second