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Sweet Jayne

USA

SWEET JAYNE FRESH FOLK | ROOTS Jayne Pomplas is a fiddle player, vocalist, composer, and performance-maker whose music moves between Irish traditional roots, folk, and contemporary experimental sound. Classically trained from a young age, she grew up with conservatory training and later studied at Ithaca College of music. She brings the precision of classical technique to the soul and spontaneity of folk improvisation. A lifelong exponent of the New York–Sligo fiddle tradition, Jayne studied under masters Brian Conway and Tony DeMarco, developing a style marked by agility, ornamentation, and emotional clarity. Her deep connection to regional fiddle styles — continues to inform her phrasing and tone, while her improvisational instinct expands those traditions into new, cinematic sound worlds. Jayne has won multiple Fleadh Cheoil and fiddle competition awards and remains a respected interpreter and teacher of traditional Irish music. Whether leading a full band or performing solo, her sets move seamlessly from fiery reels and plaintive airs to original compositions that explore the borderlands between folk melody and modern harmony. Her performances fuse intricate fiddle playing with original song and dynamic stage presence — drawing inspiration from folk, jazz, theatre, and improvisation. With a voice described as “sweetly fierce” and arrangements that blur boundaries between genres, she creates live experiences that are both intimate and electrifying. Jayne has released five studio albums of traditional Irish music and an EP of original songs, showcasing her evolution from tradition-bearer to boundary-breaker. “Sweetly fierce vocals, bold instrumentation and inventive arrangements.” — Hot Press (2025) “She is a talented virtuoso.” — Dan Hawkins (The Darkness), Goldmine Magazine “Pomplas is an outstanding fiddle player with frenetic, seemingly boundless energy and great technical prowess.” — Irish Echo (Daniel Neely, 2020) Jayne has performed and recorded with internationally renowned artists including The Chieftains, Frankie Gavin, Fin Furey, Francesco Turrisi, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Lunatraktors, Dan Hawkins (The Darkness), Mik Pyro (Republic of Loose), Jaz Delorean (Tankus the Henge), Patrick Stefan, Bricknasty, and Ron Block, as well as experimental collectives such as Acid Granny. She has appeared at major festivals including Glastonbury, Electric Picnic, and All Together Now, and has opened for Vieux Farka Touré

SWEET JAYNE

FRESH FOLK | ROOTS

Jayne Pomplas is a fiddle player, vocalist, composer, and performance-maker whose music moves between Irish traditional roots, folk, and contemporary experimental sound. Classically trained from a young age, she grew up with conservatory training and later studied at Ithaca College of music. She brings the precision of classical technique to the soul and spontaneity of folk improvisation.

A lifelong exponent of the New York–Sligo fiddle tradition, Jayne studied under masters Brian Conway and Tony DeMarco, developing a style marked by agility, ornamentation, and emotional clarity. Her deep connection to regional fiddle styles — continues to inform her phrasing and tone, while her improvisational instinct expands those traditions into new, cinematic sound worlds.

Jayne has won multiple Fleadh Cheoil and fiddle competition awards and remains a respected interpreter and teacher of traditional Irish music. Whether leading a full band or performing solo, her sets move seamlessly from fiery reels and plaintive airs to original compositions that explore the borderlands between folk melody and modern harmony.

Her performances fuse intricate fiddle playing with original song and dynamic stage presence — drawing inspiration from folk, jazz, theatre, and improvisation. With a voice described as “sweetly fierce” and arrangements that blur boundaries between genres, she creates live experiences that are both intimate and electrifying. Jayne has released five studio albums of traditional Irish music and an EP of original songs, showcasing her evolution from tradition-bearer to boundary-breaker.



“Sweetly fierce vocals, bold instrumentation and inventive arrangements.”

— Hot Press (2025)



“She is a talented virtuoso.”

— Dan Hawkins (The Darkness), Goldmine Magazine



“Pomplas is an outstanding fiddle player with frenetic, seemingly boundless energy and great technical prowess.”

— Irish Echo (Daniel Neely, 2020)



Jayne has performed and recorded with internationally renowned artists including The Chieftains, Frankie Gavin, Fin Furey, Francesco Turrisi, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Lunatraktors, Dan Hawkins (The Darkness), Mik Pyro (Republic of Loose), Jaz Delorean (Tankus the Henge), Patrick Stefan, Bricknasty, and Ron Block, as well as experimental collectives such as Acid Granny.



She has appeared at major festivals including Glastonbury, Electric Picnic, and All Together Now, and has opened for Vieux Farka Touré

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