singer. songwriter. troubadour.
It has been a long time coming and I am happy to tell you that there is finally a video of me in The Rua Room.
Daithi Rua has quite a few stakes in the way I sound these days. He was the man who first introduced me to partial capos and was kind enough to send me the last batch of the legendary Kyser Capos with the lever.
I cherish these like the holy grail as they don’t make them like this anymore. … Continue readingWhite Lines – a video from The Rua Room
It was a humble yet sublime moment in Vicar Street last night when Glen Hansard asked the crowd to sit down for ‘Take Heart’, a song he wrote with Markéta Irglová to express his feelings about the war in Ukraine. … Continue readingPeople, take heart…
Nur Mut! – Be Brave!
The postcard in the picture above has been lying on the dashboard of my car ever since I left my hometown and hit the road in the spring of 2018, determined to live the life of a travelling troubadour without a permanent base of my own.
This wasn’t a rash decision or something I did on a whim.
It was a plan I’d had since the autumn of 2012, since I couldn’t resist the urge to write and sing my own material again
… Continue readingNur Mut! – Be Brave!
It’s been a while, again!
There will be more news here soon and this is just to let you know that I’ve given this site a bit of a facelift and that I’ve released a new single today called ‘Life Is Good’. … Continue readingLife Is Good
On Tuesday I drove from Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, to Dooagh on Achill Island, after having been live on Highlands Radio with Paul McDevitt the night before.
I took the scenic route through Ballyshannon, Bundoran, Cliffony and then turned left onto small country roads that brought me close to the mighty Benbulbin … Continue readingMore beauty than one man can take…
January, you’ve never been a friend of mine…
Yet, let me wish you all a very Happy New Year. May it be kind to you and yours.
I have too many news for you. I will need to tend to this site and change it. I would love to write more about my travels here and keep you updated, with pictures and all. … Continue readingJanuary 2023…
The view from the kitchen window here on Achill. A house with yellow windows. Well, frames at least…
I am really happy, that the song my brother Jacob Svendsen and the amazing silversmith Burton Jespersen wrote with yours truly one summer’s afternoon in Copenhagen a good few moons ago, seems to be slowly making the transition from an ‘almost hit’ to an ‘almost classic.’ … Continue readingHouse With Yellow Windows