Troubadour music presents:

Declan O’Rourke in his debut Australian tour 2008.

Declan O’Rourke’s much anticipated April tour of Australia is a first for the Irish songwriter but it is also a sort of a homecoming as he spent his childhood years in Victoria. It was the place where he first picked up the guitar and the inspiration for the title of his debut album ‘Since Kyabram’. For all the gold discs that a career in music may offer, having your peers praise one of your songs must rank among the greatest of accolades. Declan has had the pleasure of Paul Weller remarking that if he could've written one song in the past 20 years it would be O'Rourke's 'Galileo’, from 'Since Kyabram'. This accolade may indeed be one that O'Rourke experiences more often in the future with his second album, 'Big Bad Beautiful World’ already garnering rave reviews. Declan is a multi award winning artist who has toured with many of the finest performers around, including Paul Weller (The Jam), Snow Patrol and Paul Brady.  O’Rourke’s songwriting and storytelling skills have been compared to those of Paul Kelly and his voice has been described as a ‘velvet baritone with a killer falsetto.’

In recent times O'Rourke has swelled his sound with the Radio Telefís Éireann Concert Orchestra (as seen on YouTube) on songs like 'Save Your Soul' and 'Whatever Else Happens', songs that move and warm just as much with an acoustic guitar. Big enough for halls or small enough for clubs, it's some talent that can shrink or expand their music as the occasion demands. O’Rourke has three shows only on this tour, one each in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Find out more  at www.decalanorourke.com

See tour dates page for details.