Inspired mainly by her own spirit, and Bjork, Aldous Harding, Judee Sill, Paul Simon; and with the limbs of a young David Byrne, Irish artist Ae Mak (Aoife McCann) has been creating what her friends describe as “nursery rhymes for adults”, producing genre-defying other-worldly pop music with industrial beats and charging them into visceral - kinetic stage shows.
She has performed across Europe & the UK; supported bands such as Ye Vagabonds, TuneYards, Django Django, Warpaint and performed at festivals such as Fusion, Reading & Leeds, Latitude, KEXP; Icelandic Airwaves and Electric Picnic. Her songwriting led her to signing a worldwide publishing deal with BDI Music UK in 2019.
Having released a plethora of self-produced EPs, having done the Berlin and the L.A, thing, made a couple of tangy cartoon albums, and after a period of knock-backs and breakthroughs;
She is back.
And will release a new body of work this year,
Her debut record “Folk Songs For Mama & Papa” will be out on May 29th, 2026 via Wipeout Music
A cosmical, spiritual - folk work.
A “return to voice”.
| 23rd July 2026 | 18:30 | AE MAK at The Workman's Club, Dublin | More details |