Thursday, November 14, 2013

NPR WORLD CAFÉ "NEXT" ARTIST DECLAN O'ROURKE TO HEADLINE THE CUTTING ROOM DECEMBER 6 ON WAVE OF ACCLAIM FROM USA TODAY, SPIN, TRAVEL + LEISURE

JOHN PRINE CALLS HIM "A GREAT SONGWRITER"

Next artist on NPR World Café and Irish singer-songwriter Declan O'Rourke will headline the Cutting Room December 6. His US debut album 'Mag Pai Zai' (Rimecoat / Missing Piece) has earned acclaim from the likes of USA Today, SPIN, Travel + Leisure, and beyond. NPR World Café host David Dye says, "It is definitely time for this music to cross the ocean... O'Rourke has a penchant for writing about love and history with equal amounts of ease and gravity."

Watch the "Time Machine" video.

The legendary John Prine – for whom O'Rourke has opened – said this month, "Declan O' Rourke is a great songwriter. He is a fine fellow too and I believe the missing link to the Inkspots."

WHO: Rimecoat / Missing Piece Records Artist Declan O'Rourke
WHAT: Headlining Concert
WHEN: 6:30pm, December 6, 2013
WHERE: The Cutting Room, 44 E 32nd St, NYC
TICKETS: TBA

"Compassion, romance, a sense of mortality, and a sense of history run through the songs of Declan O'Rourke… his calling is as a balladeer, proffering reassurance in the face of inevitable sorrow." – Jon Pareles, NY Times

"Declan O'Rourke is long overdue for a stateside breakthrough." – Luke McCormick, SPIN

"The Irish balladeer's storytelling skills shine." – Edna Gundersen, USA Today,

"Warm, enveloping voice." – Eric Danton, Wall Street Journal

"Classic crooning sound." – Nate Storey, Travel + Leisure

"Greatness... A listen to a song like 'Time Machine,' 'Caterpillar DNA' or 'Langley's Requiem' is to feel a biting wind blow right through you, and have you reaching for the first warmth available. Heaviness has never had a better home."– Bill Bentley, Morton Report

"Be warned: O’Rourke isn’t just another balladeer with an acoustic guitar. His voice, lyrics and arrangements have distinct impact." – Chuck Campbell, Knoxville News-Sentinel

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