Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and comedienne Ursula Burns has been smashing the stereo-typical image of the harp for 25 years by performing and touring the world with her music through Songwriting, Theatre, Circus and Comedy. Having played everywhere from the Albert Hall to every size and shape of venue in Ireland, Uk, Europe and a lot of Big Tops in OZ.
Her debut album in 1998 According to Ursula Burns gained her a nomination at the hot press awards for best newcomer. She has self -financed and self-released 6 solo studio albums the most recent being The Dangerous Harpist. She has composed a wealth of music for theatre and Circus the most recent being a soundtrack recording for Cahoots Ni show, The Assistants Revenge. Other shows and tours include Little Red Riding hood (lyric Theatre) The snail and the Whale (Cahoots) and (Inventors) Kabosh, Leon and the place between (Cahoots)…….
Ursula accidentally fell into comedy when she won the Irish Musical Comedy Awards 2012 and since has been touring her comedy show, I do it for the Money which got nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for comic originality on its first trip to Edinburgh festival.
Ursula is completely independent and has sustained a career in music for 25 years and funded all her projects. She was recient semi-finalist on BGT and Tedx speaker.
Burns is a perceptive writer with the ability to capture the profound and the profane with equal clarity. Hot Press
Ursula Burns has invented her own wild style of harp playing and Spell is a mini masterpiece, pitch perfect, it deserves our fullest attention. – The Irish Times
She is enchanting and funny in equal measure with a lovely lilting voice that makes the falls road sound like Brigadoon Kate Copstick Wow 27
Ursula Burns’ third outing is one of the few albums since Astral Weeks to mess with notions of temporal, spatial and cosmic displacement. Hotpress
Ursula Burns comes across as one of those original artists who defies musical barriers. She is completely unlike anybody else, especially other female singer/
