I've been listening to Damien Dempsey 's music for several years. After Sinead O'Connor covered his song "It's All Good", I read several good reviews of his album Seize the Day , from which the aforementioned song originated. I hunted down a copy (not easy, here in the States), and have been a fan ever since. I have heard tale that he was a boxer prior to his music career taking off. I don't know if that is entirely true, but he certainly has that look to [...]
[mp3] patience - damien dempsey [mp3] factories - damien dempsey if you watched bono speaking on the late late show , about the ballad of ronnie drew, you heard him say that when damien dempsey opens his "gob" on the track "it's like the end of the world." oh, bono, ye of generous compliments. but i think he kinda meant it. the mullen jr. likes "damo", too. as does shane macgowan, sinead and well, a lot of people. even frickin' morrissey. damien's self-described northside dublin bob [...]
Here's a secret. Ireland's secret. Damien Rice ain't all he's cracked up to be. Damien Dempsey-the 'other' Irish Damien-is where it's at. Imagine if Seal was Irish. Now imagine if Seal didn't have a raspy voice, but instead had a powerful booming, spine-tingling voice that could be compared to a whole slew of alcoholic beverages (see Matt Berninger of the National). Perhaps you now have a better idea of what Dempsey's debut To Hell or Barbados sounds like. It's part Iron & Wine folky, part tribal in its immediacy and sincerity, [...]
Post-Bank Holiday back in work "can't think straight" blues. It's from the new Blue States album "First steps into.." Sounds like Air and nice soundtrack music. Photo above is from yesterday's Farmleigh affair, a great little festival in the Phoenix Park where Damien Dempsey and the Kocani Orkestar played (excellent). Photos below. Any reports from Leechrum? Blue States - The Electric Compliment Myspace Buy First Steps Into... Photos [...]
El sábado es San Patricio, patrón de Irlanda. Es una buena excusa para escuchar a Damien Dempsey , cantante y compositor irlandés. Bastante conocido en su país, ha ganado en los últimos años varios Meteor Awards, los premios de la música irlandesa. Ha colaborado con Sinéad O'Connor y ha sido telonero de Bob Dylan y de Morrissey. Aunque su último álbum es Live In Olimpia (en la foto), su disco más popular es Shots , editado en 2005 en Irlanda y Reino Unido y en 2006 en USA y en varios países europeos. A él pertenecen [...]
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