Born in Cork, Ireland and brought up on the edge of Dublin, Phil Harrington’s youth emerged through a swirl of music; his father singing ‘rebel songs’ of the day, often focusing on Irish folklore. His mother, by contrast, classically trained, operatic and dramatic. Somewhere between the two came Phil’s constant muse, an unlikely meeting place where singers writer, acoustic, ambient dance, folk, acid jazz and celtic influences settle settle.
Born in Cork, Ireland and brought up on the edge of Dublin, Phil Harrington’s youth emerged through a swirl of music; his father singing ‘rebel songs’ of the day, often focusing on Irish folklore. His mother, by contrast, classically trained, operatic and dramatic.
Somewhere between the two came Phil’s constant muse. By the age of eight he was sitting earnestly behind the house piano, copying the songs of the day….copying the vocals from the radio. Too young to use this musicality to connect with his own feelings, he drifted from his talent.