• TOP 10 Charting Radio Artist
"Ship of Fools (Big Enough)" on Modern AC Radio [FMQB]
• Hundreds of placements including:
• Music video won MTVu viewer contest
• Headlined at RED ROCKS to 6,500 (Denver, CO)
• Licensed to EMSTREAM & playing on AUSTRALIAN RADIO nationwide
• Top 10 Best Underground Bands The Denver Post
• Best Rock/Pop ARTIST Westword Music Showcase
Based in Denver, CO, Xiren (pronounced seer-rin) is an internationally touring Irish-American rock/pop artist cut from the same cloth as U2, MUSE, Sting, & Peter Gabriel. Packing a counter tenor, the best musicians/entertainers in CO and national level computer assisted stage production; his live show peels the paint off the walls and always leaves the audience wanting more. Xiren is also an avid Yogi and holds the rank of Shodan in a traditional style of Japanese Ninjutsu. During last year’s India and US tours he managed to keep a rigorous workout schedule while on the tour bus.
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Last year Xiren had a disastrous tour of India (READ: India scam part I | part II) followed by a coast-to-coast US tour which ended abruptly in a catastrophic tour bus accident. By hauling portable recording equipment throughout India and on the bus, he was able to capture the love, grief, rage, sensuality and hope from those experiences and translate them into a scorching pop/rock album. And it’s resonating with listeners. The first single, “Ship of Fools”, held for 6 weeks in the Top 10 on US radio (fmqb.com/Modern AC) against major label artists - extraordinary for an independent artist! Relevance is the quality he’s always enjoyed about great music - the ability to generate an experience that crosses cultures, political and religious perspectives, and always allows whatever interpretation is needed by the listener.
