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SUMMARY:Declan O’Rourke / Robert Steven Williams
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: Declan O’Rourke / Robert Steven Williams=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441654170=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2012-11-08=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2012-11-08=0D=0A=0D=0A An Irish folk singer drawing on the Neil Young songwriting tradition. Declan is a product of the folk-rock busking tradition which produced Damien Dempsey, Mundy, and Paddy Casey, under whom O'Rourke served his musical apprenticeship, his audience-friendly brand of acoustic pop has brought him multi-platinum success in Ireland.=0D=0A=His rough vocal style contrasts neatly with his intelligent string- and piano-laden arrangements, at once differentiating him from his contemporaries and highlighting the debt he owes to the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Paul Brady, and Burt Bacharach.=0D=0A=This year Declan's been busy writing and performing - most recently with Bono, Damien Rice, Bob Geldolf and others at the Electric Burma concert honoring Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyin in Dublin.=0D=0A=Declan recorded a duet with Kate Rusby, England's top contemporary folk singer. 'Bring me a boat' will appear on her upcoming album in October. They'll also be performing together at London's Royal Festival Hall in London.=0D=0A=Paul Weller of the Jam said this about Delcan' in April's Mojo: “He writes the sort of classic songs that people don't write anymore, songs that sound like they've been around forever . . . Listen to Galileo, which is possibly the greatest song written in the last thirty years.”=0D=0A= =0D=0A=Robert Steven Williams released the critically acclaimed CD “I Am Not My Job,” featuring Rachel Z (Peter Gabriel, Wayne Shorter) and Sloan Wainwright in 2006. He's studied songwriting with Rosanne Cash, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and several top country writers.=0D=0A=His novel My Year as a Clown, will be released on the indie imprint Against the Grain Press in January 2013—one of his songs will be included in the digital version of the book. A finalist in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, his short fiction has appeared in Carve Magazine, The Orange Coast Review, and the anthology Tall Tales and Short Stories Volume II.=0D=0A=He was also the executive producer of the critically acclaimed BOOM! Studios CBGB Comic series in 2010. He wrote story seven in Book 3. The series was nominated for a Harvey Award for Best Anthology.=0D=0A=0D=0AStart time:Doors open at 7:30pm
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