Hello, my friends. 

I’ve been married to Amy for over ten years now and we have three beautiful children together. It’s with sadness I‘m announcing that our marriage has come to an end. We’ve been together for 15 years building a wonderful and full life together, family, houses, multiple musical projects. Our paths now lead in different directions.

So, I wrote a long piece about our history but I’ve decided not to post it here. There’s no blame from me, people grow and change. I’ll just skip to the end bit of what I had written…..

It’s been 6 months now. The dust is settling but emotionally it is still raw. I’m doing the best I can to be there for my children. 

There is some light and I’ve made some decisions to help me get through this difficult period. Putting myself in the best supportive atmosphere and reshaping my life by spending more time at home. Spending time with my friends and my family and creating new music has been so life affirming.

A big but necessary decision was to leave Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening. Kathryn has been amazingly supportive and will always be a close friend. She understood that touring together and living in close proximity where communication is paramount is just going to be too difficult at the current time. Maybe sometime again in the future…. who knows?

Looking forward though I’m forging ahead with new exciting music. I have been working on a new lineup of We Are The Monsters including a sax player instead of Accordion. The amazing Monster Ceilidh Band is refocusing on specifically ceilidhs for festivals and private engagements. I’ve started an education wing of MCB with Cathy where we go into schools and do ceilidh workshops. The pilot programmes are running really well. And finally there is a top secret new project featuring the return of Hannah Rickard to the music scene.

speak again soon,

Kieran