Matt McGinn

Grained with both aching and joy, ‘Behind Every Door’ is a heady, quietly intoxicating work that may well stand as Matt McGinn’s finest album to date.

Taken from his new album, Behind Every Door, Co. Down singer-songwriter Matt McGinn shares his touching new video for ‘The Turning of the Tide’, his latest single – a tribute to Belfast busker, Willie Campbell.

We don’t know how he found the time but during lockdown, Matt McGinn recorded a new album. ANNIE (Many Moons Ago) is the beautiful first single.

Whether it’s a full choir or just a man and his guitar, the passion of Lessons of War cannot be denied. Matt McGinn’s collection of songs deserves to be heard again and again, until we finally learn the lesson and begin to find new ways to resolve the problems that confront us.

Our Song of the Day is from Matt McGinn. Watch the accompanying video for Bubblegum featuring friend and fellow Co. Down songwriter Ciara O’Neill. The single is taken from his forthcoming 4th studio album ‘Lessons of War’.

Part Four of our Best Folk Albums of 2018 includes Sam Sweeney, Siobhan Miller, Hannah Rarity, Iona Fyfe, Phillip Henry, Trembling Bells, Jackie Oates, Eddi Reader and more.

The big-voiced Belfast-based singer-songwriter Matt McGinn returns with his third studio album ‘The End of the Common Man’, his strongest and most confident step forward to date.

The latest in our Lost in Transmission Series features new music from Lisa Knapp, Brigid Mae Power, Sam Amidon, Holy Modal Rounders, Toby Hay, David Allred, Peter Broderick and more.

Alasdair Roberts reveals new song from his forthcoming self-released ‘Missed Flights and Fist Fights’ with Brad Gallagher and Warren William Lowman (also featuring Matt McGinn). Listen to Rocking the Cradle here.

Latter Day Sinner is the latest offering from Co.Down singer-songwriter Matt McGinn who has enlisted an impressive line-up of Northern Ireland musicians for this release. He also shares his name with one of Scotland’s greatest songwriters and a leading figure in the British folk music revival of the late fifties. With albums like this, he could easily achieve the same reverence.