Facts: - instrument: vocals , guitar , piano - label: emi records - occupation: singer -- songwriter , stonemason Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mick flannery .
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mick flannery -lrb- born 28 november 1983 -rrb- is an irish singer and songwriter .his debut album '' evening train '' resulted from his time spent studying music and management at colaiste stiofain naofa in cork .it featured tracks which had previously won flannery two categories at the international songwriting competition in nashville , tennessee , as judged by his idol , tom waits .he was the first irish musician to win in this event .flannery 's second studio album '' white lies '' was released on 12 september 2008 , achieving a top ten position on the irish albums chart .it later went platinum and was nominated for the choice music prize .'' the irish times '' placed him at number forty-six in a list of '' the 50 best irish acts right now '' published in april 2009 .also that year flannery won best irish male at the 2009 meteor awards .influences include kurt cobain , leonard cohen and bob dylan .