Keywest

Keywest is an Irish pop folk band formed in Dublin. Its current members are Andrew Kavanagh (lead vocals, harmonica), Andrew Glover (acoustic guitar, piano, backing vocals), Luke Murphy (electric guitar, backing vocals), and Conor Ray (drums, percussion). They are known for rising through the Irish street busking scene to the mainstream music industry.
Andrew Kavanagh and Andrew Glover are childhood friends who grew up in Artane, Dublin.
After a year busking on the streets of Galway, the band moved to Dublin to busk on Grafton Street, a busy shopping street in Dublin known for street performers. In 2015 the band was fined for breaking the decibel limit in Dublin's busking bylaw.
They signed to Marshall Records in November 2018 and released the album "Ordinary Superhero" in 2019.
As of 2025, Keywest are not signed to a label, and are funded by direct purchases of their music and Patreon.
The band released their debut album The Message through the Irish indie label Alphastar Records in 2012. The album peaked at No. 15 on the Irish charts and No. 2 on the iTunes chart in Ireland. It was self-produced and engineered by Mark Needham, who also contributed to music by The Killers, Katy Perry, Fleetwood Mac, Neon Trees, and Dan Frampton (The Script).
The album was a double CD debut release for the band, with CD1 being the main album and CD2 being the Undelivered EP, which showcases the band's acoustic side.
The Message featured the singles "Back Into Your Arms," "Feels So Cruel," "In the Fight for Love" and "Straight Through My Heart." The singles did well on Irish radio and earned Keywest the title of Ireland's most played Irish independent artist of 2012.
The Message is now a triple-platinum selling album in Ireland.
In 2012 Keywest was Nominated for Best New Act at the Meteor Music Awards and The Message was nominated for Best Debut Album in the Hot Press Hotties Awards.
The band also signed a worldwide publishing deal in Los Angeles with publishing giants Peermusic in 2012.
The band followed up their debut album with the Electric Love EP, which featured the title track and single "Electric Love."
Electric Love went straight to number one in the Irish charts and was released independently through the band's own label "Sonic Realm" records.
Keywest released their second album Joyland on 25 September 2015 which went straight to the number 2 position on the Official Irish Chart, climbing to the top spot the following week. This was the same week that they appeared on the front cover of Ireland's biggest music magazine, Hot Press.
Joyland was very popular in Ireland, containing the singles "All My Mistakes," "Carousel," "This Is Heartbreak" and "Apple Tree Hill."
2014 and 2015 saw the band win the 98 FM award for Dublin's best street artist and in 2015 the band won the Hot Press Hotties award for Ireland's most promising artist.
The band's third album, titled True North, was released on 30 March 2018. It entered the Irish charts as number 3, reaching number 1 on the Independent Music Chart.
Keywest earned three nominations at the 2018 Irish Post Music Awards for Best Song, Best Album, and Best Band.
Their fourth album, Ordinary Superhero was released 18 October 2019 and reached number 8 on the official Irish Album Chart.
The song "I'm Not Me Without You" features Irish singer Una Healy.
The title track, "Ordinary Superhero," was released at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in conjunction with Irish and UK charities supplying PPE to frontline workers. The music video for the song depicted frontline workers going to work during the pandemic.