He Knows is the debut single from Kilkenny based singer and multi-instrumentalist Ali Comerford.
Recorded at Crossroads in Kilkenny by Shane Tobler, the single is out now on all platforms and available to listen below.
Update: Watch a live performance of the single from Ali Comerford, recorded last week at Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre.
Having toured the world performing viola in classical ensembles for 14 years, Ali moved back to Kilkenny in 2020 and has recorded her debut album of original folk-based but classically influenced songs – that album is scheduled for a release later this summer.
“He Knows is a lilting song about leaving an unfulfilling relationship, the ups and downs of seeking support elsewhere and the resignation that the truth will always come out”, says Comerford.
Listen: Ali Comerford – He Knows
About Ali Comerford
Born and raised in Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, Ali started playing and studying classical music at the age of 4.
After obtaining a Masters of Violin Performance from London’s Royal College of Music, she relocated to New York, completing a Masters of Music in Viola Performance at the Manhattan School of Music on scholarship.
Ali’s journey in music has seen her grace the likes of New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Royal Albert Hall and Dublin’s National Concert Hall. She has toured the world with Lincoln Center Stage, playing sold-out shows around Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
After years as a freelance musician for various string ensembles and chamber orchestras in New York, January 2020 saw Ali come home to her native Jenkinstown in Co. Kilkenny.
Faced with her biggest stretch of free time in 14 years, Ali used her artistry to process and bring closure to the various ups and downs of life she experienced during her time travelling the world with her craft.
She has spent the last decade of her life playing other people’s music and the time has come to share some of her own.
