About Me
Mike Finnegan is an international music journalist, artist promoter, creative copywriter, arts and culture reporter, screenwriter, and travel writer. Most of his early life was split between New York and Galway, Ireland. He went on to earn a degree in Creative Writing with Arts from The University of Galway where he was personally mentored by some of Ireland’s most renowned contemporary writers and journalists.
Mike began his journalism career as a freelancer while studying in Galway, where his fearless approach to high-profile, controversial, and daring projects as a budding writer earned him a position as a reporter with the New York Press Association just two years into his BA degree in Ireland.
Since then, Mike has combined his passion for writing, music, travel, and the arts to pursue a career as an international music journalist, artist promoter, arts and culture reporter, and creative marketer. He has been published throughout North America, Central America, Europe, and Asia, and has promoted artists from six continents.
While Mike takes pride in scouting and promoting up-and-coming artists around the world, his work to-date largely consists of high-profile interviews with industry giants and an array of public figures.
Some notable interviews of his include: Bob Marley's Wailers; Junior Marvin; Fatboy Slim; Zucchero Fornaciari; controversial former Provisional IRA volunteer-turned-Belfast Project Oral Historian Anthony McIntyre; John Butler (John Butler Trio) and Nicky Bomba (John Butler Trio, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Bustamento); Grammy Award-winning DJ Roger Sanchez; Hollywood director Jon Cassar (24, Medici, The Orville); Irish Rock staples David Keenan and Mundy; American indie-rock and reggae artists Trevor Hall, and Nahko (Nahko and Medicine For The People); Burning Man's 'Robot Heart' founder, Jason Swamy, among many others.
Mike is also an award-nominated screenwriter, a versatile creative marketing copywriter, and a Cambridge University-certified English teacher, having taught students in Sliema, Malta; Madrid, Spain; Lisbon, Portugal; and Bali, Indonesia.
