http://www.myspace.com/onyamusic
From her biography:
"Onya, aka Aine O’ Doherty comes from Bundoran, County Donegal, a popular surf town on Ireland’s North-West Coast.
Onya’s contemporary style and irrepressible attitude have made her a very popular, original and interesting singer-songwriter.
Raised in a musical family, and falling in love with the spotlight at a tender age in the family music –bar, she became well known to Irish audiences touring the college circuit with guitar in hand. After a very successful run in an Irish TV talent competition, she became a full time musician, joined forces with Musicminders Management, and began touring. In 2005 she hit the USA, road-testing her impressive song collection to an American audience. She travelled to New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, Dallas, San Diego & Boston, performing in venues such as The Roxy, Los Angeles and CBGB’s in Manhattan , festivals and sessions, College gigs and pub appearances.
She returned to Ireland in 2007, and selected 20 songs to demo for her debut CD. She continued to perform live, touring Europe and the US again, doing a residency in Las Vegas on the way. She recorded a 20-track demo titled’Secrets and Lies’ in her home town of Bundoran. These twenty songs are the songs most requested at her gigs, and most downloaded on her myspace, bebo & sonicbids sites. She was selected as Ireland's most promising young songwriter in the RTE series 'This Note's for you'. She was also featured on Dave Fannings 'The Last Broadcast' and TG4 ' Pop4'.
In 2008 she returned to Los Angeles and selected the tracks for her debut CD 'Secrets and Lies'. Released on Indy label 'Musicminders', it is now on sale on iTunes. Onya had an excellent tour of the USA from Jan-Mar 08 including major gigs in Los Angeles, San Diego, 8 showcases @ SXSW, Memphis & New York City,
In July 2008 Onya won the Brendan Graham Songwriting award. She was also a finalist in the prestigious Clonmel Song Contest2008. THe album 'Secrets & Lies' was selected by Virgin Airlines for airplay 2009. In October 2008 she toured Europe, and went into studio in November 2008 to begin her second album, ‘Little Diva’.
She has written and recorded most of the tracks for the next album, titled with Dublin-based producer, Gareth Mannix. This album features Onya's 'Little Diva' in full pop mode, with a collection of radio-friendly chick rock. Now working with a full band, these songs reveal Onya’s potential as a serious contender for a major breakthrough in ’09.
Onya’s style combines the poetic lyricism of the Irish with a very contemporary and rock-chick attitude. The debut album 'Secrets and Lies' was written over the course of Onya’s early years, and draws from her experiences as a modern woman from a country moving rapidly from rural to celtic tiger.
The current album, 'Little Diva' excavates Onya’s experiences in America, particularly in California - the irrisistible lure of bright lights and fame, and the fine line between discovery and disappointment, the demands of the radio stations, the TV producers for instantly attractive power-pop anthems."
Phew.... check out the following:
Taken from this years SXSW!
Onya has many covers on YouTube including this Janis Joplin hit:
