Declan O'Rourke

BORN: Dublin, Ireland

RESIDES: Ireland

PLAYING SINCE: Age 13

“When I get together with my own family…it always ends up being a sing-song very quickly. What I always find that the whole evening will go by and you feel like you're drunk or something by the end of the night and then you realize you never drank at all. It's a euphoric kind of experience."

Bio

A latecomer to the Dublin music scene, in his mid-twenties Declan O’Rourke found himself in the mix with the likes of Paddy Casey, Gemma Hayes, Damian Rice and many other Irish singer-songwriters. In 2004, Declan released his debut album, Since Kyabram. The single from that album, Galileo, has been covered by numerous artists including Josh Groban. In 2011, Declan O’Rourke joined a stellar line up of artists that included Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas and Amos Lee for Transatlantic Sessions, broadcast on the BBC. He was also a featured artist on the Transatlantic Sessions Live Tour 2012, encompassing the Royal Festival Hall in London, Birmingham Symphony Hall and Glasgow Concert Hall. We spoke with Declan while on tour in the US.