Joshua Burnside

Joshua Burnside (born 11 July 1989) is a Northern Irish folk singer-songwriter based in Belfast. His music incorporates elements of Irish folk, and Scottish folk rock, Americana, world music, sound collage and electronica. His debut album Ephrata was written in Colombia and incorporates Cumbian rhythms, as well as Colombian-inspired lyrical themes referencing the likes of Jaime Garzón. Ephrata was awarded the Northern Ireland Music Prize Best Album award in 2017. Culture Northern Ireland have compared Burnside's musical style to that of Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, and Tom Waits, all of whom he has noted as personal inspirations.

Radio success

The three singles from Ephrata, "Blood Drive", "Tunnels, Pt. 2", and "Holllllogram", have had notable success on BBC 6 Music. Burnside's music has been featured on BBC 6 Music Recommends and received spot plays and praise from presenters Lauren Laverne, Guy Garvey, Steve Lamacq, and Tom Ravenscroft, as well as from BBC Radio 1 presenters Huw Stephens and Phil Taggart.

Nominations and notable appearances

In September 2018, Burnside's single "A Man of High Renown" from the EP All Round the Light Said was shortlisted for the Northern Ireland Music Prize Best Single.

He has performed at a number of international festivals including The Great Escape Festival, Other Voices, Reeperbahn Festival, and South by Southwest. Ahead of his first-ever appearances in America at South By Southwest in March 2018, "Holllllogram" attracted the attention of NPR.

Burnside was the Artist in Residence at the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival 2018. In this role, he opened for the likes of Bedouine, King Creosote, Shirley Collins, and This Is the Kit.

Discography Albums Title Details Ephrata Release: 5 May 2017 Label: Quiet Arch Records (QA005) Format: Digital download, CD, LPWear Bluebells in Your Hat If You’re Goin’ That Way Release: 11 January 2019 Label: self-released Format: Digital download, LPLive at the Elmwood Hall Release: 24 May 2019 Label: Quiet Arch Records (QA0011) Format: Digital download, CD, LPInto the Depths of Hell Release: 4 September 2020 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, CD, LP Higher Places Release: 7 May 2021 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, LPTeeth of Time Release: 28 February 2025 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, LPIt's Not Going to Be Okay Release: 20 March 2026 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, LP

EPs Title Details The Winding Straits Release: 11 August 2012 Label: self-released Format: Digital download If You're Goin' That Way Release: 10 July 2013 Label: self-released Format: Digital download, CD All Round the Light Said Release: 5 May 2018 Label: Quiet Arch Records (QA008) Format: Digital download, CDFar O'er the Sounding Main Release: 16 April 2020 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download All Round the Light Said + Far O'er the Sounding Main Limited edition double EP re-release. Release: 5 February 2021 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, CDIn the Half-LightWith Laura Quirke Release: 16 July 2021 Label: Attic Thing Records Format: Digital downloadLate Afternoon in the Meadow (1887) Release: 18 November 2022 Label: Attic Thing Records Format: Digital download

Singles Year Title Album 2013 "Black Dog Sin" If You're Goin' That Way (EP) 2017 "Red and White Blues" Red and White Blues "Blood Drive" Ephrata "Tunnels, Pt. 2" "Holllllogram" 2018 "A Man of High Renown" All Round the Light Said (EP) 2019 "Desert Wine" Desert Wine "The Good Word (Live at the Elmwood Hall)" Live at the Elmwood Hall "Grapes (Live at the Elmwood Hall)" "Northern Winds (Live at the Elmwood Hall)" 2020 "Whiskey Whiskey" Into the Depths of Hell "The Only Thing I Fear" "And You Evade Him / Born in the Blood" "War on Everything" 2021 "Under the Concrete" "Noa Mercier" "Whiskey Whiskey (Demo)" Higher Places "Driving Alone in the City at Night (Demo)" "Taking the Wheel" In the Half-light "Far Away the Hills Are Green"2022 "Late Afternoon in the Meadow (1887)"Late Afternoon in the Meadow (1887) "Rough Edges"2024 "Marching Round The Ladies / The Good Life"Teeth of Time "Ghost of the Bloomfield Road / Good For One Thing" "Up and Down"2025 "Climb the Tower" "Burnout" (Green Day cover)In the Bath "Nicer Part of Town"It's Not Going to Be Okay "Moon High"2026 "Something Else" "The Last Armchair"