damien o’kane

Swedish sextet West of Eden sound like a homegrown British folk band – produced by Damien O’Kane and feat. Kate Rusby and Michael McGoldrick this is really worth checking.

The Damien O’Kane Trio put on a great performance at The Met, Bury. Damien was accompanied by John-Joe Kelly on bodhran and Ed Boyd on guitar.

The hugely talented multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and painter Barry Kerr has released a beautiful new single ‘The Leaving Song’ which is accompanied by a new video. Watch it now.

Kate Rusby talks to Folk Radio UK about her new album ’20’ which features a host of well known guests including Nic Jones, Paul Weller, Dick Gaughan, Ruchard Thompson and many more!

We talk to Damien O’Kane about his latest album with David Kosky, his musical background, his involvement in Kate Rusby’s 20th Anniversary album and exciting news of a second arrival!

This week, we heard about an idea, now in fruition but spawned at Cambridge Folk Festival by Damien O’Kane, David Kosky and Joe Rusby. An Irish instrumental album called The Mystery Inch also feat. John-Joe Kelly, Danny Cameron & Carmel O’Dea.

Given his work with Flook, Shona Kipling and, more recently, his partner Kate Rusby, I expected Damien O’Kane’s debut solo album to be a collection of perfectly executed banjo tunes with the occasional song. Oh how I love to be educated. I was wrong; very, very wrong. In Summer Hill Damien has given us something rather special. Something with astute instrumentation, thoughtful arrangements and contributing musicians of the highest calibre. …