Artist Info
Bergin O’Malley is a storyteller, weaving the threads of vulnerability, joy, love, and loss into her creative work. Her photography captures authentic moments with a keen eye for light and emotion, while her music—anchored by her rich, textured voice and effortless piano style—draws listeners into her soulful melodies and poignant lyrics.
A lifelong artist, Bergin is both a Rollie McKenna Photography Fellow and a winner of the Avalonia Photography competition. Her photographs have been featured in La Grua Arts Center Community shows and other local exhibitions. As a musician, she has released two solo studio albums, Blink and Somebody, and two children’s albums as one half of the singing duo Bergin & Melissa, performing across Southeastern Connecticut.
Bergin’s life journey has taken her from New York City to Oaxaca, Berkeley, Brussels, and London, with every summer in Stonington, and since 2012, she has called Stonington, CT, her year-round home. Whether walking the quiet village streets at sunrise, capturing the shifting coastal light through her lens, or spending time at the beach with her sons, Bergin finds inspiration in the beauty of the everyday as she continues to grow as an artist and human.
Reviews
Catie Curtis
Singer Songwriter
" Bergin O'Malley brings passion, playful melodies, depth, insight and humor to every single song she writes. Her work is universal at the same time as being personal; it's quirky and also relatable. As a bonus, she has the kind of powerful and richly textured voice you could listen to all day! I'm a fan!
Dar Williams
Singer songwriter, author
" Bergin is a wonderfully engaging writer and performer!"
Review of Blink album
Amazon review
I LOVE this album. I bought myself a copy of Blink after enjoying Bergin O'Malley's earlier albums and then immediately bought three more as gifts. Such an incredible singer-songwriter. The whole album shows real insight into the human condition, covering not just falling in love, but falling out of it, making a marriage work, watching life speed up, having children and so much more. The title song alone really sums up life as a mother in your thirties - remembering the relaxed joy of your 20s and amazed at how quickly things can change. This is really clever, grown up music that is also lilting and melodic and gorgeous to listen to.
Photography Review
Alexander B. Howard, Writer
“O’Malley’s photography captures the quiet moments of natural beauty that flash into being on a horizon line at dawn and dusk and then fade into indelible memories, bringing us back to childhood wonder. Her unique eye frames windows into worlds remade anew in unexpected, profound moments of stillness, motion, and transition.”
Review of Children's music
Amazon reviewer
A much needed, real, all-ages album. I don't usually use the words refreshing and antidote, but they're fairly accurate here - the simple production is lovely to hear after so many decades of overproduced, overdone kids' music. This is where it's at. Listening to the songs feels like Bergin and Melissa are right there in the room with you, sitting at the piano together and singing. They invite you into their creative, joyful world. Our son was captivated and we have been listening to it daily. If B & M gave a live concert we'd be in the front row.
Caveat: contains catchy, fun, singable material with some silliness.
Songwriting Review
Catriona McDonald, Singer songwriter
Bergin has an amazing ability to take a single line, a simple thought, and/or a common situation and turn it into a song that I am singing within minutes. Her words are relatable and honest, and let me hear my own story and a thousand others in her songs. Watching her sit at the piano and create is an inspiration, and she makes me want to be a better songwriter, and a better performer. Bergin has a gift, and she shares it with amazing presence, love and power."