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Maria Byrne (born 14 April 1981) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Co. Cork, Ireland. In 2011 her cover of Two Hearts by Phil Collins was featured on a national UK KFC advertisement. and the following year her original track ‘All You Need’ featured in the film The Hot Potato starring Ray Winstone and Colm Meaney. In 2018 she released an acoustic cover of Genesis hit Follow You, Follow Me which appeared on the national Bank of Ireland advertising campaign on TV/Radio and online.

Maria has performed numerous radio live sessions including with Janice Long on BBC Radio 2, John Kennedy on XFM and Sean O'Rourke on RTE Radio 1. In 2018 she performed her version of Follow You, Follow Me on  The Ray D'Arcy Show) on RTE 1.

She has released an album 'Little Basement' in 2011, two EPs and numerous singles.