Kerry Fearon
Kerry Fearon shows
Kerry is a country singer hailing from Jonesborough in Northern Ireland. She produces and presents The Boots ‘n’ Roots show on Dundalk FM which airs every third Saturday of the month (www.dundalkfm.com) and it includes music such as Americana, Roots, Folk, Bluegrass, Ameripolitan, Alternate Country, Traditional Country and Honky Tonk and she features a range of special guests / interviews. Kerry has now made her show available for Saint FM which debuted on March 19th 2024.
Kerrys career kicked off as a result of Kerry losing her dad to MND in 2013.
Kerry Fearon is no stranger to the country music circuit & Americana circles. Having presented the Homegrown hour & Ireland’s Hot 7 chart on Downtown Country & Downtown Radio for 4 years , the qualified Business Studies turned Special Needs teacher has picked up Horizon award for the most successful British & Irish country act 2016, the Johnny Loughrey award at the Hot Country awards 2018 and she also reached the final of glór Tíre on TG4 in 2016.
Since competing in Glór Tíre, the hard working singer has had the opportunity to work with Merle Haggard’s son Marty, and other USA artists such as Joni Harms, Ron & Leona Williams, and Will Banister. One of her career highlights to date was getting to go on tour in the UK with one of her favourite country artists; Kelly Willis from Texas. Kerry has also toured with Johnny Cash’s grandson Thomas Gabriel on his Cash legacy Ireland tour 2018 and also in 2019.
Kerry has also become somewhat of a music journalist during the past few years. For 2 years she hosted Kerry’s Gold Country on Keep it Country TV which she utilised to bring a wide range of artists to TV screens which included interviews and live music sessions and some of her special guests ranged from the legendary Albert Lee to Marty Stuart, Jenn Bostic, Ashley Campbell, Jarrod Dickerson, Margo Price, Gallagher & Lyle to the Dead South & lots more. She throughly enjoyed putting this together and as a result was invited to several events including being part of the international discussion panel at Canadian Country Music Week in Hamilton Ontario in September 2018.
Kerry released her debut album in July of 2018 and ‘Honky Tonk Girl’ has been successful so far and was even album of the month on Denmark radio!
Kerry Fearon possesses a great voice oozing warmth and intimacy that makes you believe the lyrics of each and every song that she sings….Together these songs are the essence of what country music should be and Kerry Fearon is simply a masterful interpreter of these classic country themes.