HITTING THE
RIGHT NOTE
idea of what they want to
Most teenagers have only a vague
Down singer-songwriter
do with their lives, however, County
dream career was since
Triona Carville has known what her
Teconnaught, Triona
she was just a toddler. Hailing from
er to musical success and regularly
is already on the ladd
es such as at Belfast's
showcases her talents at top venu
and right here at
Duke of York, Dublin's Vicar Street
ition for you!
Queen's. Now that's raw amb
ught guitar player
As a self-ta of nine, is music
from the age
ted
something you've always wan
to be involved in?
4
llenge is really getting my music out
ld hear it so that
there and being able to let the wor
e and connect with my songs.
people can relat
The biggest cha
ted
just a few months old my Dad star
picked it up, ever yone
to learn the guitar. Ever y time he
it extremely hard
would disappear as they all found
only a wee baby, I couldn't escape.
to listen to! Being
ever y now and then
I was my Dad's only audience and
the beat of the music.
my little foot would tap in time to
tive seeds were sown
I believe this is when the first crea
and passion for music began.
and where my love
's guitar – which
When I was nine, I picked up my Dad
my Dad could he
was just as big as me – and asked
e I had mastered
show me a few guitar chords. Onc
my Dad's old guitar books
these I began to look through
. Whenever I began
for a song that I could sing and play
sly that this was
to sing and play I knew instantaneou
when I was older.
something that I really wanted to do
Yes. When I was
By Emma-Louise Gibson
At the tender age of 18,
County Down singer-songwrit
Triona Carville has big music er
al
ambitions. Her blend of
Americana country, lit-up la
rg
with an enchanting homespu e
voice, has already captured n
hearts of music fans across the
the Island of Ireland. QU Ed
ito
Emma-Louise Gibson caught r
with the stellar young songst up
for a chat about music, life, ress
Queen's University Belfast an
what it's like to perform with d
Grammy Award nominee. a
performer from a small
As a young challenges do you face
town what
sic industry?
trying to break into the mu
you supported Grammy
Last year
ading.
Award Nominee Joan Armatr
What was that like?
t feeling in the world! I got to perform
venue on the same
in front of a huge crowd in a great
elf! The adrenaline
stage as the amazing artist hers
audience were
and buzz lasted for weeks after. The
appreciative and I honestly couldn't
so attentive and
e. This has to be
have asked for a better experienc
journey!
the highlight so far of my musical
It was the bes
s
forming in Dublin's famou
After per
any local
Vicar Street, are there
such as
venues you'd love to play,
Mandela Hall?
the
d
ance was in 2011 at a local hotel calle
eone phoned me to ask if I would
La Mon House. Som
St Patrick's Day.
perform for an hour in the hotel on
knew if I had thought
I agreed immediately because I
said: "no way,
twice about it, I definitely would have
a
that!" I'd just turned 15 and I was
I could never do
being asked to
that
very shy sort of girl, however, I knew
m come true.
and sing in front of people was a drea
play
g asked to play the Odyssey
It was as though I was bein
big deal for me. I
Arena in Belfast; it was just such a
say: "yes, I'll do it!"
had to take a leap of faith and just
me would I be
After that gig, the hotel then asked
over the moon!
interested in some more gigs. I was
rent places saw me
When other people from diffe
es star ted to
performing in the hotel, other venu
r
funny, I wanted to perform but neve
book me. It's
happened!
asked if I could – somehow it all just
My first perform
as
to play some cool local venues such
play the Odyssey
even
the Mandela Hall. Maybe one day
m come tru R