Dallahan frontman and founding member Jack Badcock will unveil his debut solo album this May, fulfilling a long-held ambition and putting his diverse and arresting songwriting skills centre stage.
Lead vocalist and gifted guitarist with the acclaimed quartet Dallahan for the past decade (dubbed ‘the flying aces of Celtic folk’ by BBC Radio’s Mark Radcliffe), Jack was born in Ireland’s Co. Kilkenny, raised in Yorkshire and now hails from Glasgow.
A former finalist in the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year he has travelled around the world with Dallahan, the multi award-winning band he originally founded with instrumentalist Ciaran Ryan. His songwriting has increasingly come to the fore, most recently when he penned songs for the band’s critically acclaimed 2023 album Speak of the Devil.(4* MOJO).
Known for his soulful, stand-out tenor voice, and enigmatic, thought-provoking songwriting, he released an EP – The Driftwood Project – in 2021, which was nominated for Original Work of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards while in 2022 he was commissioned by Celtic Connections to write, arrange and perform a prestigious New Voices concert at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall, writing new songs and rearranging older ones for a large ensemble of musicians.
Having supported Eddi Reader on tour last year, Jack is now on the brink of his first full album release, Cosmography, a collection of 10 evocative and eloquent original songs produced by Euan Burton at Glasgow’s GloWorm Studios.Cosmography is a contemplative album that effortlessly hops the genres and tugs at the push and pull of life – its fragility and rolling cycle. A glowing galaxy of songs that prove an inspired and impressive first solo outing for one of Scotland’s most talented music makers. It will be showcased on a 16-date UK tour through May.
