Damien okane tour dates follow steeped in music, damien okane grew up in coleraine, northern ireland, with a deep respect and understanding of the folk tradition, yet which also forged a healthy appetite to explore its broadest borders and test its boundaries. Hailing from coleraine, northern ireland, banjoplaying singer and arranger damien okane certainly ruffled a few feathers with his recent solo album, areas of high traffic. Crosscurrent, momentum, cd, focal music fmcd01, 2005. Summer hill damien okane irish pure records released. Wikitubia was founded on september 25, 2006, and currently has 6,594 articles. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam.
With john joe kelly, gerard thompson and kate rusby. Anthony davis areas of high traffic cormac byrne damien okane dave. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Damien is now pursuing his own solo career and also tours with kate rusby. Damien okane s second album, areas of high traffic his first for five years, is a radical departure in style from his first, summer hill. The album contains songs from northern ireland and further afield as well as self composed instrumentals delivered with unique okane flare and panache.
Damien o kane, who actually comes from this neck of the woods, the triangle area of the causeway coast, had his tenor banjo stolen recently in newcastle. Damien o kane s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Damien okane, damien okane areas of high traffic amazon. Damien o kane born in coleraine on 1 september 1978 is an irish musician he currently lives in yorkshire and is married to english folk musician kate rusby.
Summer hill damien o kane irish pure records released. Released december 8, 2017 out for sweet revenge son of erin damien okane returns. Damiens first solo album summer hill was released on 5th april 2010, working with musicians such as kate rusby, ian carr, dave kosky, john joe kelly and michael mcgoldrick. A mutual love of folk led co londonderry singersongwriter, damien okane to his future wife. Damien okanes profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. O kane graduated from newcastle university in 2005 and has been performing ever since. Join facebook to connect with damien o kane and others you may know. Thankfully for o kane, summer hill meets this bar beautifully. Join facebook to connect with damien kane and others you may know. This, says okane, is the album hes always wanted to make. Rachael mcshane, damien okane, old man in the moon, ep, private issue, 2003. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. He has performed with flook and also in a duo with shona kipling. His partner is kate rusby, whose own mercurynominated crossover folk records certainly set the bar high for their household.
Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live fashion. Since then it has been covered by his good friend damien okane on his debut solo album summer hill read our interview with damien here. This channels purpose is to provide a sounding board where we can discuss high level predictive analytics topics but in a more accessible way. Okane is best known for his exquisite banjo playing, both with accordion player shona kipling and supergroup flook, winners of. Damien o kane areas of high traffic reedit duration. Damien o kane plays on all albums of his wife kate rusby from 2008 on. Feb 01, 2012 with john joe kelly, gerard thompson and kate rusby. Barry kerr releases new single the leaving song folk radio. Damien o kane has been married to bernadette flynn since december 28, 2005. Featuring a selection of as he rightly says great songs theyre given a surprising sheen by okane and his band, while the publicity images depict very urban.
Rachael mcshane, damien o kane, old man in the moon, ep, private issue, 2003. Amid striking, sophisticated soundscapes, suffused with jazz, rock and world music, okanes profound fealty to the songs timeless essence is the ultimate catalyst. Summer hill damien okane pure records born into a musical family in county derry, 31yearold okane is an outstanding banjo player but it is superb vocal phrasings that make this solo debut such an unalloyed delight. Ahead of his belfast concert he tells una brankin that marriage to fellow musician kate rusby is. This inspirational new album from damien okane is the first solo album in five years from the yorkshirebased ulsterman, following on from summer hill 2010. Damien okane plays on all albums of his wife kate rusby from 2008 on.
Check out summer hill by damien okane on amazon music. Okane graduated from newcastle university in 2005 and has been performing ever since. Traditional songs and a couple of tunes some trad, some selfpenned. Check out summer hill by damien o kane on amazon music. His songs and compositions have also been recorded by the likes of karan casey, flook, beoga, brian finnegan and kate rusby. Damien okane born in coleraine on 1 september 1978 is an irish musician he currently lives in yorkshire and is married to english folk musician kate rusby. His solo work features songs from his native northern ireland as well as his trademark instrumentals. On the other hand, the highlight of any damien okane set has to be the breaking. A lowkey, shimmering intensity to proceedings that takes it into a different league sunday express one of the albums of 2017. Now damien o kane, a blueeyed, browneyed northern irishman, joins these ranks.
Areas of high traffic is an extraordinary album from damien o kane a provocatively original interpreter of folk song. Join facebook to connect with damien okane and others you may know. His first solo album, summer hill, was released on 5 april 2010, working with musicians such as kate rusby, ian carr, dave kosky, john joe kelly and michael mcgoldrick. Summer hill damien o kane pure records born into a musical family in county derry, 31yearold o kane is an outstanding banjo player but it is superb vocal phrasings that make this solo debut such an unalloyed delight. Teamed up with master guitarist steven byrnes treacherous orchestrakate rusby and steven ivesons damien okane band sublime and exhilirating electric guitar playing, this is a trio that take traditional irish music and song and, in the words of the the telegraph, turn it into folkpop. This double headliner gig brings two irish musicians at the top of their game to exeter. It is a rare instrument, made by phil davidson, from birds eye maple with a celtic design on the back of the neck at the body and it has his nickname dee inlayed at the back of. With a pervading theme of emigration and homeland nostalgia. Find the best clips, watch programmes, catch up on the news, and read the latest damien okane interviews. He is best known for his appearances with the philadelphia based extreme championship wrestling promotion in the mid1990s. This inspirational new album from damien o kane is the first solo album in five years from the yorkshirebased ulsterman, following on from summer hill 2010.
Aside from covers of ewan maccoll, ian campbell and barry kerr, okane matches his own strong, sinuous tunes with traditional lyrics to powerful effect. Crosscurrent, crosscurrent, ep, private issue, 2004. Damiens first two albums ably demonstrated two sides of the same coin. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Areas of high traffic is an extraordinary album from damien okane a provocatively original interpreter of folk song. Damien okane areas of high traffic mp3 album download.
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