Aisling Iris

Aisling (pronounced Ashling) means  dream or  vision in Gaelic.

Born to a jazz-singing, piano-playing mother from the wilds of rural Co Cork, she set off for London in her late teens.
 
It was working at Universal Music that she met Tony Swain.
She signed to his production company and together they collaborated on an album’s worth of material together, including “Is it Over” which can be found on Aisling’s self-released E.P. “You Took The Sun Away” 
 
Her self released debut album "Night time Moves" produced by Drew Horley (Ty, Natalie Williams) and co-written with Andrew Mclean and Phil Craig has been play listed on Jazz FM, Mi-Soul, Delite and Solar radio and featured by Jamie Cullum as BBC Introducing Artist on his BBC Radio 2 show.

'Passing Clouds’ an uplifting track from the album is a collaboration with Andrew Mclean (multi instrumentalist and drummer with the Grace Jones band) has proven a firm favourite with stations such as Jazz FM, Mi-Soul and Delite radio, earning her praise from Acid Jazz heavyweights; Simon Bartholomew of The Brand New heavies mentioning Aisling as “one to watch” during an interview for Craig Charles Funk & Soul show on BBC Radio 6, while Derrick Mckenzie of Jamiroquai has called her “very inspirational” to work with as a songwriter and vocalist.

Her eclectic talents have seen her touring as support to Roots Manuva, working with such artists as Phil Asher, Ian Friday and Domu, supporting UK legends Omar and Eska Mtungwazi.