Briget Boyle: Truth Coming Through [Ep. 08]

Photo by Velvy Appleton

What do folk songs of the Balkans, traditional Irish music and a Metallica concert all have in common? Musician Briget Boyle can tell you. She understands and appreciates the importance of musical connections between people and how shared experiences create a culture of song—the folk music of a people. Through this lens, she has explored an incredible breadth of influences that she draws from in her solo work and expresses directly in her collaborations True Life Trio and Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble.

On a musical journey from the start, she began writing songs at the age of 12 and received an invaluable education from her parents who were both music industry professionals. Briget has long felt the call to songwriting and to use her powerful and beautiful voice to express truth through music. Briget’s album Heartbreak Residue is out April 2023.

Connect with Briget & Find Her Music:

• Website Briget Boyle

• Website True Life Trio

• Website Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble

• Facebook @brigetboylemusic

• Instagram @brigetsongs

• Website Waxsimilie Productions

Briget’s Early Musical Influences:

• Ani DiFranco

• Alanis Morissette

• Sarah McLachlan

Briget's Personal Soundtrack:

• Blue Is the Eye by Ye Vagabonds (from Nine Waves album, 2022)

• Madison Cunningham

• Brass music from Northern Greece & Southern Macedonia

• Choral music from Bulgaria & Southern Albania

References:

• Video Salty Tears by Briget Boyle (from The Next Line album, 2018)

• Movie Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory

• Songwriting Challenge FAWM (February Album Writing Month)

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Episode Music Credits:

• Intro: Great Great Lengths from Blue Dot Sessions

• Outro: Lamplist from Blue Dot Sessions

• Clip of Crimes & Misdemeanors by Briget Boyle