Mundy was born Edmond Enright in the rural town of Birr, County Offaly. In 1993, at the age of 18 Mundy moved to Dublin to take his place on the energetic busking circuit.
It was during this period and in the midst of heartbreak that Mundy penned some of his greatest hits including, ‘Gin & Tonic Sky’ & ‘Life’s A Cinch’. These stirring tracks quickly secured Mundy a place on the roster of Sony’s Epic records as well as a publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music. Mundy’s first album ‘Jelly Legs’ was released in October 1996 to critical acclaim and went on to sell 50,000 copies.
However it was his visceral debut single ‘To You I Bestow’ that garnered most attention after it was licensed to appear on the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’, this bestselling soundtrack went on to sell 11 million copies and introduced Mundy to the world.
Mundy has since gone on to release a further eight albums creating his own flavour of acoustic, folk-based pop/rock through his own record label ‘Camcor Records’ which he set up in 2000.
His album Raining Down Arrows went straight in to the Irish Charts at number 1, he has enjoyed gold and multi-platinum record sales and has picked up a number of awards including the Meteor Music award for ‘Best Male’ and ‘Most Downloaded Song’ 2 years running for his rousing rendition of ‘Galway Girl’ featuring Irish traditional musician Sharon Shannon.
Mundy certainly has an impressive CV and his music has allowed him travel the world supporting some of the greats; Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, R.E.M, Oasis, White Stripes, and the Pogues to name just a few heavy weights.
Mundy was invited to perform for perhaps his most prestigious audience to date, in the White House for president Barrack Obama as part of their St. Patricks Day celebrations.
Support on the evening will be Novatone!
Novatone are ANN MARIE WALSH on vocals and MARK MCCORRY on vocals and guitars – originally from Kilkenny, they are based on the Wicklow/Wexford border. Mark was a member of acclaimed Kilkenny band Kaydee who signed to EMI Records, released an album and toured in the UK and Ireland. Ann Marie is a radio presenter who works in Audio Creation and Arts PR but who began her career as a musician and music booker. Novatone released their debut single ‘Spotlight’ in February followed by their current single ‘Sunny Day’ released on June 13th.
Press and radio reviews –
“Novatone capture the daydream of escape with feel-good ease & folk-pop shimmer – indie-pop resplendence” Hot Press“The duos two-piece harmonies are stunning” TheBeat.ie
“‘Spotlight’ reminds me of Rilo Kiley meets Belle and Sebastian meets Carnival era The Cardigans – very cool” Sarah Corcoran from Pillow Queens
“A brilliant debut single” 8Radio.com
“I love it” Lilian Smith RTE Radio One
Novatone have received extensive support from press and media including RTE Radio 1, 2XM, Shannonside Northern Sound, Ocean FM, Midlands 103FM, KCLRFM, Spirit Radio, Amazing Radio, Dublin South FM, Irish Independent, RTE Entertainment Online, Wicklow People, Pure M, Wexford Weekly, Bray People, TheBeat.ie, Kilkenny People, Extra.ie, Hot Press, & Wexford People.