Seven years ago, Irish singer CMAT (born Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson) received life-changing advice from a fellow rising pop star. Charli xcx urged her to dump her boyfriend and take making music ...

Irish country-pop superstar CMAT has announced her new album EURO-COUNTRY, her “most important record” to date, set for release on August 29 via AWAL. It’s accompanied by the new single ...

The 29-year-old Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, who is known as CMAT - Lorne Thomson/Redferns Lesser artists would surely crumble under the pressure of being hailed pop’s latest saviour. But it was ...

CMAT, the bold, bright BRIT-nominated voice out of Ireland blending country, pop, and a flair for wit and whimsy has released a new single “Aw, Shoot” – a kitchen-sink drama with a western edge and an ...

Welcome to the 21st Songs of the Week of 2025. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Issa Nasatir, Scotty Dransfield, and Wendy Redfern helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

CMAT’s new album EURO-COUNTRY is out next month, and she’s shared the title track. ““I have certain phrases that reverberate around my head over and over again – and EURO-COUNTRY was one of them,” she ...

BBC Radio 1 premiered CMAT’s new single, Euro-Country, this week but the version that aired omitted a significant portion of the track: its Irish-language introduction. The first 40 seconds of the ...