TOUCAN
+ Melisa Kelly
TOUCAN, aka Conor Clancy, is a pop, funk, and soul artist from Tramore, Ireland.
After releasing his debut single, he quickly gained fans from around the world, accumulating over 4 Million Spotify streams and gathering listeners from Ireland, the UK, USA, and Australia. His debut single reached the Top 10 in Spotify’s ‘Ireland Viral 50’, the Top 30 in the iTunes Singles Charts and climbed to #2 in the rock charts.
Over the last few years, he has built up a cult following of extremely dedicated fans, playing sold-out shows across the UK & Ireland in venues such as Whelan’s, Cyprus Avenue, The Islington, The Academy and the Omeara.
He has been special guest to international artists such as Nile Rodgers, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, James Blunt, and most recently Dadi Freyr on his 2023 European Tour. He has been featured at Electric Picnic, Other Voices, Love Supreme, Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul, The Cork Jazz Festival, Knockanstockan, and Meltdown, a festival curated by Nile Rodgers.
Combining a classic soulful style with modern pop sensibilities, TOUCAN’s music has an infectious feel-good factor in music that sounds timeless.
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'Brightest sound coming out of Ireland in a long, long time. It’s pleasant, it’s powerful and it’s genuine. Absolutely brilliant stuff’ - RTÉ Radio 1
‘The perfect blend of soulful funk-pop’ - HotPress
'It's got funk and soul coming out of every orifice. A hugely promising debut' - JOE.ie
'Expect to see them everywhere' - REMY
'So much jazz and funk energy you wouldn't believe it. Incredible.' - EarToTheGround
TOUCAN is the explosive ten-piece pop/soul ensemble from Ireland. The band was formed by singer-songwriter Conor Clancy and musical director Martin Atkinson Borrull, with the group consisting of top performers from all over the country.
They released their first single, 'We Fell For Miles' in early 2018 followed up with their self-titled EP in August. They've played headline shows in The Button Factory, Cyprus Avenue, Other Voices 2018 and are getting ready for their homecoming concert in the Theatre Royal Waterford.
Melisa Kelly was brought up on the East coast as part of a family of actors and singers. She was introduced to performing from a young age and began to sing at the age of five. Melisa performed as a child in various jazz festivals.
As an adult Melisa moved to Ayrshire where she was voted The Ayrshire Posts 'Best Female Singer'. She went on to form her band 'Melisa Kelly and the Harmless Thieves', who have headlined at some of the top venues in the country including the O2 Academy and the Gaiety Theatre and produced an EP and a live album from Polmont Young Offenders Institute.
Since then, Melisa has went on to become a solo act and has supported 'The View', 'Brown Bear and the Bandits', 'Alabama 3' and 'The Imagineers' and has written and recorded her new album 'The Sweet P Sessions'.
