This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Darren Kiely. Darren is from Co. Cork. He’s music originates from his inherited love of traditional Irish music, intertwined with modern influences such as Noah Kahan. At 5 years old, Darren learned the tin whistle, and at 8 years old he picked up the fiddle, eventually teaching himself to play guitar. He began singing in 2019. Darren found his way to New York in 2022 to continue developing his own music. His new track debuted in the Top 40 on the Irish Singles Chart and also landed him in the Top 5 on the Irish Home Grown chart with over 6.5 million total global streams under his belt.