Name: Declan O'Rourke
Start: 2019-04-26T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2019-04-26T23:30:00+01:00
Location: The White Horse

Declan O'Rourke

“You are the music while the music lasts” - T.S. ElliotUpstairs at The White Horse is an intimate black box music venue.We regularly host national and international artists as well as theatre productions and comedy nights.It is also home to The Ballincollig Winter Music Festival which takes place every January.

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<P><EM>“Compassion, romance, a sense of mortality and a sense of history run through the songs of Declan O’Rourke. The gravity of the deliberation in their melodies, their calmly sustained phrases, their fatalistic undertone — informs his songs, whether they’re about faithful love or reckoning with elemental forces. — His calling is a balladeer, proffering re-assurance in the face of inevitable sorrow.”</EM><BR><SPAN>– Jon Pareles, The New York Times</SPAN></P>
<P><EM>“To me, Declan is not a songwriter within the ordinary definition of the word. He is a sorcerer of songs, with a Dickensian skill for finding the moment that details some aspect of our humanity.”</EM><BR><SPAN>– Brendan Graham, Hot Press Magazine (Mar 2012)</SPAN></P>
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<P>Declan O’Rourke is a highly successful Irish artist, acclaimed by his peers, and having achieved many plaudits with his five albums released to date.  Declan’s soulful music, rooted in folk and trad, has attracted the praise of countless industry giants, including John Prine, and Paul Weller, among others. The Dubliner’s legend John Sheahan, declared recently that, “after 50 years I have decided it’s time to put a lid on the ‘The Dubliners,’ but I’m sure you’ll all agree that with Declan, and Damien (Dempsey), the future is in good hands.”</P>
<P>O’Rourke’s songwriting style moves faultlessly between impressionism, and story telling, and can be at home in almost any form. A dynamic performer, he is at once as comfortable fronting a 50-piece orchestra, as playing solo with a guitar.  Songs of Declan’s have been covered by a growing list of established artists ranging from Christy Moore, to Eddi Reader, and Josh Groban.</P>
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