Ahead of his November UK Tour, watch Declan O’Rourke performing a unique version of ‘The Stars Over Kinvara’, from his new album ‘Arrivals’, recorded as part of a TG4 series celebrating 70 years of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann.
Whether painting small vignettes, looking inward at his own emotions or addressing wider issues, Declan O’Rourke’s “Arrivals” is an intimate listen, one that draws you into its musical and emotional orbit with the brushstrokes of a master craftsman.
On his latest single ‘In Painter’s Light’, taken from his forthcoming album ‘Arrivals’, Declan O’Rourke sings of his dream and childhood ambition of one day being a painter…rising with the dawn to mix his colours…
Experiencing Declan O’Rourke’s ‘Chronicles of the Great Irish Famine’ live is frankly quite unlike any other show I have ever seen. It is both completely engrossing and literally unforgettable.
We talk to Declan O’Rourke about his album Chronicles of the Great Irish Famine which he spent 15 years researching and developing. It will be performed live with a full band in aid of Action Against Hunger in Manchester next month.
Chronicles of the Great Irish Famine took Declan O’Rourke 15 years to put together but the result was more than worth the wait. With a 9-piece band including Dermot Byrne, Gino Lupari and Mike McGoldrick the album tells stories of the famine in both a moving and evocative way.
