Fiachna Ó Braonáin

Fiachna Ó Braonáin (born 27 November 1965) plays the guitar and sings vocals with the Irish band Hothouse Flowers.[1] Born in Dublin, he received his school education at Scoil Lorcáin and Coláiste Eoin. The Hothouse Flowers were founded as a Dublin street-performance act called the Incomparable Benzini Brothers by Fiachna and his schoolmate Liam Ó Maonlaí.

Fiachna O Braonain
Born (1965-11-27) 27 November 1965
InstrumentsVocals, Guitar
Associated actsHothouse Flowers, Michelle Shocked

Fiachna appears on a duet with Belinda Carlisle on her 2007 release Voila.

In September 2007 he released an album with his other band PreNup. Fellow musicians are Cait O'Riordan (Ex-Pogues) and Dave Clarke (Hothouse Flowers). In addition to that, Fiachna also previously hosted "Poetic Champions", a radio show that aired on Today FM every Sunday night from 7-8pm with the program involving Irish musicians who discuss the various albums that had an influence on them and their careers.

Discography

With Hothouse Flowers
  • People - 1988 - UK No. 2
  • Home - 1990 - UK No. 5
  • Songs From the Rain - 1993 - UK No. 7
  • Born - 1998
  • Live - 1999
  • Hothouse Flowers: The Best Of - 2000
  • The Vaults: Volume 1 - 2003
  • Into Your Heart - 2004
  • Hothouse Flowers: The Platinum Collection - 2006

With PreNup
  • Hell to Pay - 2007

With Michelle Shocked
  • Artists Make Lousy Slaves - 1996

Guest appearance

References
  1. Huey, Steve. "Biography: Hothouse Flowers". AMG. Retrieved 9 May 2010.


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