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One of the biggest music festivals in the world was held again in Glastonbury, England with another great lineup of headline bands. The 2022\u00a0Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts \u00a0took place last weekend. On the Pyramid Stage three headlining acts were\u00a0Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamer and\u00a0Diana Ross\u00a0performing in the Legend\u2019s slot. Irish acts Imelda May and Orla Gartland were among the acts that had been added to the 2022 Glastonbury line-up, joining fellow Dublin talents Fontaines DC. Before I get to introduce you to one of Ireland\u2019s great talents I have to say that Billie Eilish was superb and gave a typically energetic performance, running and dancing across the stage, wearing a black and white graphic outfit with black striped arm-warmers and her hair in space buns. The 100,000-strong crowd sang along with her on every song from her hit albums, wow I know she is just fabulous.
So now I am going to introduce you to Orla Gartland who performed on the Avalon Stage and from all responses she was just fabulous with a stunning performance that took the crowd by storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Orla is an Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist from Dublin, Ireland who gained popularity from posting cover songs on her YouTube account. As of December 2021, her YouTube channel has received over 271,000 subscribers, and 24.3 million total views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She describes her music as folk pop, most heavily influenced by\u00a0Joni Mitchell,\u00a0Regina Spektor, and\u00a0Imogen Heap. She frequently refers to herself as a \u201cmusic makin\u2019 ginger nutcase\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August 2011 Gartland released her first EP\u00a0\u201cLaughing at My Own Jokes\u201d. The album artwork was done by a fan who won a contest. In 2012, she released her debut single, \u201cDevil on My Shoulder\u201d, which entered the singer-songwriter iTunes charts in Ireland. At the end of 2013, Gartland released her second EP,\u00a0\u201cRoots\u201d, after which the\u00a0Irish Mirror\u00a0featured Gartland in a full-page article and stated that on\u00a0iTunes, the EP had topped the main Irish albums chart while hitting number 15 on the main UK albums chart and number two on the US singer-songwriter albums chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gartland\u2019s third EP,\u00a0\u201cLonely People\u201d, was released on January 18, 2015, while her fourth EP,\u00a0\u201cWhy Am I Like This?\u201d, was released on May 24, 2019. Her fifth EP,\u00a0\u201cFreckle Season\u201d, was released on February 21, 2020 and features previous singles \u201cDid It to Myself\u201d, \u201cFigure It Out\u201d, and \u201cHeavy\u201d. Her debut album,\u00a0\u201cWoman on the Internet\u201d,\u00a0was released on August 20, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview by\u00a0Campus.ie, Gartland is quoted: \u201cI played violin,\u00a0fiddle, and\u00a0trad\u00a0and Irish stuff from the age of about five years old \u2026 my parents got me into lessons and the\u00a0guitar\u00a0at about 12 years old and it went from there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She posted her first YouTube video at age 13\u00a0about which she stated \u201cI had been playing guitar for just over a year and wailing alongside the chords. I hadn\u2019t a clue how to sing; the breathing or any of the technical stuff (still haven’t the foggiest) \u2013 so just wanted some feedback on that really!\u201d. In June 2021, Gartland publicly came out as\u00a0bisexual\u00a0on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2009, Gartland launched her YouTube channel under the name \u201cMusicMaaad\u201d. She posted covers and then started posting originals. The first original she posted was titled \u201cGreen Eyed Monster\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2011,\u00a0Broken Wall Films\u00a0made a video of Gartland\u2019s song \u201cAll The Little Details.\u201d The video was shot in a coffee shop which remained open for business during the filming. \u201cAll The Little Details\u201d was Gartland\u2019s first professionally recorded song. It was included along with two other songs on her \u201cLaughing At My Own Jokes\u201d EP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2012, Gartland opened for\u00a0Britain\u2019s Got Talent\u00a0contestant\u00a0Ryan O\u2019Shaughnessy\u00a0at\u00a0The Academy and for Scottish singer-songwriter\u00a0Nina Nesbitt\u00a0at\u00a0Bewley\u2019s\u00a0Cafe Theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her debut single \u201cDevil on my Shoulder\u201d reached No. 2 on the Ireland singer-songwriter chart. The single was launched at a sold-out show headlined by Gartland at The Academy in Dublin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March 2013 Gartland announced her first tour, headlining five shows in the UK and in Ireland during July 2013. In November 2013 Gartland released her four-song EP\u00a0\u201cRoots\u201d\u00a0on iTunes. The titular track \u201cRoots\u201d was named Apple iTunes Single of the Week in the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She toured in support of the album in February 2014 visiting ten cities in Ireland and in the United Kingdom.
Gartland contributed the song \u201cCast Your Stone\u201d on the album\u00a0\u201cSimple Things\u201d, a compilation album released in November 2013 by\u00a0Niall Breslin\u00a0in support of suicide prevention in Ireland. She participated in a group performance of \u201cSimple Things\u201d musicians on\u00a0RT\u00c9\u00a0program\u00a0\u201cShow\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Irish Daily Star\u00a0selected Gartland as one of \u201c20 music acts to watch in 2014.\u201d The\u00a0Irish Independent\u00a0selected Gartland as one of \u201cIreland\u2019s most influential teens.\u201d Golden Plec selected Gartland as their \u201cPlec Pick\u201d of 2014, chosen as one of the best solo artists in Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gartland, along with Greta Isaac, performed the song \u201cHave Yourself A Merry Little Christmas\u201d which they contributed to the compilation album\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s Coming on Christmas\u201d. The album raised funds for the breast cancer charity,\u00a0CoppaFeel!.
Gartland has played alongside\u00a0Dodie Clark\u00a0in all three of her EP release tours, and acted as a supporting act in Clark\u2019s 2019 \u201cHuman\u201d tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gartland\u2019s second EP,\u00a0Lonely People, debuted in 2015 and was described by\u00a0Atwood Magazine\u00a0as an \u201cundeniable triumph\u201d that \u201ccaptivates\u201d by combining\u00a0funk\u00a0and\u00a0alt-pop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2019, Gartland released the single \u201cDid It to Myself\u201d, followed by \u201cFigure It Out\u201d in November, and \u201cHeavy\u201d in January 2020, all of which appear on her EP\u00a0\u201cFreckle Season\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFigure It Out\u201d is described as being about a relationship between individuals where neither can escape from it and the idea of needing space from someone you still care about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHeavy\u201d featured in the\u00a0BBC Three\u00a0trailer for the 2020 adaptation of\u00a0\u201cNormal People\u201d, with \u201cDid It To Myself\u201d featuring directly in the TV series. She was also a co-writer of K-pop boy band\u00a0BTS\u2019s song \u201c134340\u201d from the album\u00a0\u201cLove Yourself: Tear\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, Gartland was part of an\u00a0Irish\u00a0collective of female singers and musicians called \u201cIrish Women in Harmony\u201d, that recorded a version of the song \u201cDreams\u201d in aid of the charity Safe Ireland, which deals with\u00a0domestic abuse\u00a0which had reportedly risen significantly during the\u00a0COVID-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gartland also released her fourth and fifth EPs,\u00a0\u201cWhy Am I Like This?\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cFreckle Season\u201d\u00a0respectively, as a vinyl in 2020 titled\u00a0\u201cWhy Is Freckle Season Like This?\u201d. The vinyl included the tracklist of both EPs in addition to a currently unreleased song, \u201cDon\u2019t Fall in Love with A Musician\u201d and an acoustic version of \u201cFigure It Out\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October 2020, Gartland released a single called \u201cPretending\u201d. The song discusses the difficulty and trouble of pretending to be the person someone else wants, in order to be a \u201cpeople pleaser\u201d. This was the first single released from\u00a0\u201cWoman on the Internet\u201d, her debut album. The second single, \u201cMore Like You\u201d, was released in January 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Gartland herself, the song deals with identity, jealousy, and the desire to have the life of someone who seems to have everything easy. The third single, \u201cZombie!\u201d, was released in April 2021. It deals with the topic of\u00a0toxic masculinity\u00a0and with Gartland entreating another individual to open up about their emotions and stop repressing their true feelings. The song was produced alongside Pete Robertson, a producer for\u00a0beabadoobee\u00a0and\u00a0The Vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am telling you now that you are going to be hearing quite a lot from her in the near future. <\/p>\n

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