Howard Moss (born 1 March 1975) is a British born songwriter. Howard moved to Ireland with his parents at the age of five and attended School at St. Michael's Diocesan School in Trim, County Meath, Ireland. He started playing the guitar and the age of 13 and performed in his first school band, Near Dark, at the age of 14.

In 1991, Moss moved to Dublin and began concentrating on writing his own songs. In 1994 he released a four-track EP entitled Sally Forth which was recorded at Pulse Studios Dublin. It was released under the TEL record label,^[1] an independent Company based in Meath. The E.P. peaked at position #18 in the Irish Charts. In 1995 Moss released his first album, Tempus Fugit, again under the TEL Label. The album was well received by the radio and the press and was put on regular rotation on most FM Radio Stations around Ireland. From this album came the first single, "Delilah",^[2] which, with the aid of a full music video, received numerous plays on MTV Europe reached position #11 in the Irish charts and stayed in the top 20 for five weeks.

Moss has also performed in Tribute Acts, Hotel California - Tribute to the Eagles, and founded the Irish tribute act, Born To Run^[3] - the Tribute to Bruce Springsteen which played numerous times at the Olympia Theatre (Dublin). Moss also performs with his own band, Stoneloader.

The album, Outside The Pale, was released in September 2013 ^[4] He has performed live on radio, notably an acoustic version of the new single "Need To Know Now" on the Mark Punter Afternoon Show^[5] at BBC Essex, as well as performances on local radio including the Daire Nelson^[6] show on LMFM North East Radio Ireland.

The most recent release by Moss is the February 2014 album Keep Your Enemies Close.^[7]