PADDY HOMAN’s passionate delivery of Irish songs, and deep knowledge of the history of these songs, has attracted appreciative notice from Irish music critics, fellow musicians and an ever widening audience in Chicagoland and the USA. A master entertainer, Paddy brings to Chicago a vast repertoire of songs from Ireland in addition stories and a quick witted Cork humor. Since his arrival three years ago, Paddy Homan has performed with many of the talented and internationally known Irish musicians that make Chicago such a vibrant city. Those musicians joined him for his first American CD, entitled: PADDY HOMAN which was launched December 2009. It celebrates his integration into Chicago’s musical landscape and the larger Irish American community.

What the critics say:

• Male Vocalist of the Year & Male Vocal Album of the Year 2010 -"This is the real voice of Ireland." - liveireland.com
• “Nobody sings like this, and nobody sounds like this. The voice never, ever grates. The range is stunning. The interpretation is perfect. This is the whole complete deal wrapped up in one voice, one talent.” – Irish Music Magazine
• “Chicago’s Paddy Homan is probably the best male Irish singer I’ve ever heard. Paddy Homan is the deal. Complete. I hesitate to say the next bit. He is a tenor. Stop. Don’t roll your eyes. Everyone- and I do mean everyone – says the same thing. “I don’t like Irish tenors- but Paddy Homan is not an Irish Tenor.” Well- yes he is. But that is like saying Secretariat was simply a horse.” – Bill Margeson Irish American News.
• “The voice. Oh the voice. Clear as a bell, and gift from Heaven…… In a world of lunacy and junk, there is this voice. And it sings to every one of us, reminding us all of what could be and should be.” – American Public Radio.
• “This is a guy who can sing a very traditional ballad and just a voice like a bell. You could also picture him in a tuxedo in front of a symphony.” Bill Margeson Master of Ceremonies & Music Critic, Irish American News, launch at Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago, December 5, 2009.

Paddy has performed at numerous Irish fests including Gaelic Park’s Irish Fest Chicago 2009, the 2008 Midwest Fleadh Cheoil, Detroit, and Celtic Fest Chicago 2007. He has been a guest of Rick Kogan on The Sunday Papers, WGN Radio 720, on National Public Radio’s “Celtic Connections” and on Maine Public Radio. In addition to becoming a regular part of Chicagoland’s Irish music scene, Paddy has given over 100 concerts in New England, Milwaukee, Detroit, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. A popular performer at Universities and Colleges and in Lifelong Learning programs, Paddy has given programs at DePaul University, Northwestern University, Harvard University, The University of Southern Maine, Tufts University, Dartmouth College, Suffolk University (Boston), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and University College Cork.

Paddy's first CD, Far from the Land, released in March 2005, enjoyed receptive acclaim during Cork's European Capital of Culture celebration, followed by a debut tour in the USA. The Cork Southern Star wrote: "If you enjoy a good Irish song performed with passion and feeling, get yourself a copy of 'Far from the Land', the debut CD album of Cork tenor Paddy Homan.’

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