Originally from Cobh in Co. Cork, Bill has been playing the guitar since he was about 16. While in college in Dublin he started busking to play the bills, and has moved on to gigging all over the city in a band and as a singer-songwriter in his own right.

Hoping to release an EP in the near future, you can catch a taste of his music here.

'Offer Up The Hope' itself is a bittersweet rallying cry to the lost and disillusioned; a restless blend of jaded experience and resilient optimism that gains momentum with every uplifting chorus.

It's gotten to the point where he thinks nothing of making an 8 hour round trip in the car to play 3 songs to a room of 10 people.

BILL COLEMAN is a musician from Cork, currently living in Dublin, who has spent more than a few early mornings of late behind the wheel, returning from Cork, Galway, Belfast and many parts in between.

His music has been compared to Elvis Costello and the Cure amongst others. Finger plucked guitars abound, allied with two-fingered keyboard riffs, melodic vocal lines, a catchy turn of phrase and a refreshingly positive attitude. First released by Mango Music on their “For Your Machine” compilation (both Josh Ritter & Neosupervital were other notable contributors) he went on to release his debut EP on his own label in 2003.

Since adopted by Irish "No Disco" website irishmusiccentral.com as one to watch for the future, this year has seen him highlighted by Tom Dunne on his "Pet Sounds" radio show as a Rising Artist and appearing at the Electric Picnic, Castlepalooza & Hard Working Class Heroes festivals.

Bill is currently touring to support the launch of his debut single “Offer Up the Hope”.

BILL COLEMAN is a musician from Cork, Ireland.

He has previously played the "In The City" Festival in Manchester (launch pad for Coldplay, The Darkness, Oasis and many more) and has been adopted by Tom Dunne's "Pet Sounds" radio show on Today FM and Irish "No Disco" website irishmusiccentral.com as a rising artist. A slot at last years Hard Working Class Heroes festival in Dublin has added to the momentum.

Bill is currently putting the finishing touches to his debut album "I'll Tear My Own Walls Down", due out later this year, and he has been wowing audiences (no, really, he has, we're not lying) up and down the country with his band for the last few months.

Having first picked up a guitar in his late teens Bill soon found that writing songs was a more interesting pastime than studying for the leaving.

A move to Dublin led to busking while in college to help pay the bills and an introduction to the open mike scene in the International, rubbing shoulders with artists such as Paddy Casey, Damien Dempsey & Declan O'Rourke. The debut EP "A Long Time Coming" saw the light of day towards the end of 2003 and Bill is currently completing his first album which should see the light of day in the near future...

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Downloads from the EP available from the music page @ www.bcoleman.com

Bill Coleman began playing the guitar when he was sixteen and has perfected his addictive sound through experience. Originally from Cobh in Co. Cork, he came to Dublin for college, adventure and new musical opportunities. The energetic cohesiveness of light harmonies and suave rock in his music has ensured he is finding a niche in the singer-songwriter arena. He is planning to release his debut EP later this year, explore the sound of Bill Coleman here first with O2 Making Waves on www.podcastingireland.ie.

For the second time in recent months I found myself on the opposite end of performance, working the desk at Bill Coleman's show in the Shack this past Saturday night. To be honest, it's a nice for a change not to worry about having to perform; it's gratifying to be in a position where I'm in charge of making a performance better rather than making a performance.

Finally Bill took the stage. I have a lot of admiration for the way he keeps pushing his show in different directions. Two years ago when he played the Midland Songwriter Showcase he recorded some harmonics through a delay pedal and reversed the sound to act as a musical percussive track during one song. This time he had set himself up not just with his acoustic guitar, but with a rainbow of effects pedals, a keyboard/drum machine, an electric guitar, secondary microphone and auxiliary amplifier.

He vacillated between the instruments throughout. At a couple of points during the show he would lean down to the second mic to sample himself singing, then he'd sample himself harmonising to that first sample, harmonise again to the previous two and then, to a background of repeated three-part harmony, he would sing a counter-melody through the main microphone. Pretty agile stuff.

Athlone is pretty familiar with Bill's stuff and there was a lot of singing along to his tunes.

Sean, October 9 2006