Kieran Doyle

From Monday June 2nd onwards, artist of the week on Tameside Radio's Local Music Spotlight feature is Kieran Doyle. Kieran was born in Beswick, Manchester and grew up in Tameside, before moving to Huddersfield. He was 56 years old when in 2018 he started writing his own songs. By 2019 he was learning the guitar, but before he could start performing live the Covid-19 Pandemic arrived. He managed to finally play his first live gig at an open mic night in 2022, and in the same year went to the legendary Abbey Rd Studios to record two tracks. Since then he's played at many shows and festivals, including Holmfirth Folk Festival, Filey Folk Festival, Cottingham Springfest in Hull, Halifax Piece Hall Band Stand, Lawrence Batley Theatre Courtyard, The Narrowboat Sessions, plus played live on several radio stations across East and West Yorkshire, leading to several performances in HMV stores. Heading into summer 2025, Kieran aims to write and record more music and play more gigs. His songs released so far include 'Mamucium', 'Why Did I Care', 'The Reaper', 'Mr Edgar', 'When You're Around', 'C'est La Vie', and 'Everybody Dance It's Christmas', all can be found on Spotify.