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RAVE reviews have followed every performance by Killarney singer/songwriter duo Greywind. The brother-and-sister team are breathing new life into the music scene, rocketing into the UK charts after a sellout performance in London recently.

Super-talented Paul and Steph O’Sullivan are based in Ballydribeen and commute to London for concerts. Their album Afterthoughts was launched by Universal on January 27 when they played a capacity concert in St Pancras Old Church. “It's been a surreal start for us and we feel really grateful for everything that has happened in the last two years,” Steph told the Killarney Advertiser.

“From signing a record deal with Universal, recording our debut album in Texas, playing some of the biggest festivals in the world to selling out our debut headline show in London last month, we've achieved so much already and we're really excited for the rest of 2017.”

Greywind have just announced two massive UK festivals for this summer that they have always wanted to play, Download Festival and 2000 Trees Festival.

So how did they first embark on a career in the music? “Kerrang! and MTV were two of the things that got us into this genre of music so it's crazy seeing our own music videos on those TV channels and in the magazines that inspired us growing up,” said Steph.

Their parents, Paul O’Sullivan and Mary Culloty O’Sullivan (a well-known classically trained soprano), also had an influence on their musical development. “Our mum is a singer herself and our dad was always playing the likes of Thin Lizzy and Ozzy Osbourne around the house so we were always surrounded by music,” said Steph.

“My biggest influences were the bands me and Paul grew up listening to such as My Chemical Romance, Jimmy Eat World and Thrice. We were lucky enough to support Thrice at their soldout show at The Forum in London last year, so that was really special for us, getting to support one of our biggest inspirations.”

Steph is a past pupil of Holy Cross Mercy National School and St Brigid’s Presentation Secondary School and Paul attended Presentation Monastery NS and St Brendan’s College.
 

 
Above: Steph and Paul O’Sullivan, Greywind.