Gemma Hayes is a much loved and respected Irish singer songwriter. Her debut album, Night On My Side, was released in 2002, for which she won Best Female Artist at the Hot Press Awards and a Mercury Prize nomination.
After relocating from London to West Cork in 2020, Gemma Hayes reignited her creative spark and began writing what would become her sixth studio album, Blind Faith.
“Songs began to murmur, distil and rise up in my mind,” she explains. “I would lock myself in the room, usually late at night when the world was asleep. I knew I needed to capture them before they left me.”
Blind Faith, released in September 2024 to critical acclaim, has been called “the album of her career” by Mojo Magazine. The record has delighted long-time listeners and brought Gemma a wave of new fans.