Joseph Chester

The official channel of songwriter, composer and guitarist Joseph Chester. 

Joe Chester's albums have been written about in the books 101 Irish Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, by Tony Clayton-Lea and Buried Treasure by Dan Hegarty and featured recently in The Sunday Times list of the best Irish albums of all time.

His 5th album, The Easter Vigil, was named 2017 Irish Album of the Year by The Sun.

Jupiter's Wife, his 6th album was named “One of the greatest Irish albums of the decade,” and voted Best Irish Album of 2020 by the Irish Daily Mirror
 
He has been nominated for the Choice Music Prize for Album of the Year, the Meteor Irish Music Awards for Best Male Artist and for Best Album in the RTE Folk Awards

A producer of over 60 albums for other artists, including multi-platinum and No.1 albums both in Ireland and overseas, he is producer and guitarist for a lazarus soul, was lead guitarist of The Waterboys, toured extensively with Gemma Hayes,  & accompanied Sinead O'Connor