- Comment: The Times article is good but there's not enough else independent, significant coverage listed here. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 21:14, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: References #1 and 4 are interviews/not-independent, and references #2 and 3 do not mention the target of "Winter Aid". The discography is also entirely unreferenced. Notability for this subject has not been established for inclusion in Wikipedia based on its guidelines for musicians. Utopes (talk / cont) 17:27, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
Shane Culloty, known by the stage name Winter Aid, is an Irish musician.[1]
Career
Culloty grew up in Kerry, Ireland.[1]
In 2013 he released his debut EP as Winter Aid, titled "The Wisp Sings". The title track would grow to become a sleeper hit[1], becoming a "viral sensation" with over 300 million streams on music services, and over a billion plays on TikTok[2][3]. The song also featured on multiple television shows.[4] Full-length album "The Murmur of the Land" would follow in 2017, with "The Night is an Ocean" as lead single[5].
In 2023, Winter Aid released "The Wisp Sings" on vinyl for the first time, with an accompanying digital edition[6]. This was followed by an EP, Inner Sunset, released in early 2024[7].
References
- ^ a b c Maleney, Ian (2017-11-27). "Growing up in Kerry, people 'acted weird and called it normal'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ Murphy, Lauren (2024-01-14). "Who needs a record deal? The Irish musicians making it on TikTok". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ Culloty, Shane. "Meet the Irishman whose song has 1.1 billion plays on TikTok". RTE.ie.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Stuart Clark. "Winter Aid's viral 'The Wisp Sings' hit gets 10th Anniversary re-release". Hotpress. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ "ATL's Track for the Day #457, Winter Aid". BBC. 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ Nialler9 (2023-11-01). "Winter Aid marks 300 million streams with new EP edition". Nialler9. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Newsdesk, The Hot Press. "New Irish Songs To hear This Week". Hotpress. Retrieved 2024-01-14.