{"id":2243541,"date":"2026-01-21T09:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2243541"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:08:31","slug":"fiddler-irish-millie-maps-growing-up-on-new-single-wasted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fiddler-irish-millie-maps-growing-up-on-new-single-wasted\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiddler Irish Millie Maps Growing Up On New Single \u201cWasted\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Canadian fiddler, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Irish Millie has released her new single \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qqIox8\" title=\"\">Wasted<\/a>,\u201d a key track from her EP <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LoVBaO\" title=\"\">Between Then And Now<\/a><\/em>. The project reflects the transition between adolescence and adulthood and the changes that come with leaving home.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old artist enters this release cycle as a seven-time Canadian Folk Music Award nominee. She recently received two 2026 CFMA nominations for Young Performer of the Year and Single of the Year for \u201cYou Were There.\u201d These follow 2025 nominations for Folk Music Ontario\u2019s Performing Artist of the Year and two additional CFMA nods for her album <em>Grace<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wasted\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jdzS_MiyCYg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWasted\u201d was written during Millie\u2019s first year at university, after moving from Peterborough to Toronto. The song looks at independence, emotional distance, and renewed appreciation for family support, using everyday images such as laundry and packed boxes to frame the story of leaving home while still relying on the people who raised her.<\/p>\n<p>The recording adds piano, synth, and drums to her fiddle-led sound. Millie recorded and co-produced the track in Toronto with her professor Aaron Tsang, with guitar contributions from her father, Murray Shadgett, marking a move toward a more cinematic, experimental approach within her roots base.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Irish Millie \u2013 Photo by Mary Payne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Millie is currently studying Music Industry and Technology at the University of Toronto while maintaining an active international performance schedule. Her live r\u00e9sum\u00e9 includes crowds of more than 10,000 and endorsements from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldmusiccentral.org\/introduction-to-celtic-music\" title=\"\">Celtic<\/a> performers Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, who have praised her \u201cfresh, lively\u201d approach to the genre.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming Performance Dates:<br \/>\u2022 January 23, 2026: Market Hall Performing Arts Centre \u2014 Peterborough, ON<br \/>\u2022 February 6, 2026: Brewer\u2019s Pantry \u2014 Bowmanville, ON<br \/>\u2022 February 13, 2026: Hibernate Fundraiser, Port Hope United Church \u2014 Port Hope, ON<br \/>\u2022 March 13, 2026: The Spire \u2014 Kingston, ON<br \/>\u2022 April 9-12, 2026: Canadian Folk Music Awards \u2014 Calgary, AB<\/p>\n<div class=\"guerrillawrap\">\n<div class=\"guerrillagravatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5edbe3c3cb9eb17444f04e58aba75ae61da0785b1ad24ec34778ee48af31dd80?s=80&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5edbe3c3cb9eb17444f04e58aba75ae61da0785b1ad24ec34778ee48af31dd80?s=160&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<h4>Author: <span>World Music Central News Room<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>World music news from the editors at World Music Central&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/worldmusiccentral.org\/fiddler-irish-millie-maps-growing-up-on-new-single-wasted\/\" data-a2a-title=\"Fiddler Irish Millie Maps Growing Up On New Single \u201cWasted\u201d\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.addtoany.com\/buttons\/share_save_171_16.png?w=790&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source worldmusiccentral.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian fiddler, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Irish Millie has released her new single \u201cWasted,\u201d a key track from her EP Between Then And Now. The project reflects the transition between adolescence and adulthood and the changes that come with leaving home. The 19-year-old artist enters this release cycle as a seven-time Canadian Folk Music Award nominee. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2243542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[434282,420278,434283,311953],"class_list":["post-2243541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-canadian-music","tag-celtic-music","tag-irish-millie","tag-world-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fiddler-Irish-Millie-Maps-Growing-Up-On-New-Single-Wasted.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2243543,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243541\/revisions\/2243543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2243542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}