“He writes the sort of classic songs that people don’t write anymore, songs that sound like they’ve been around forever." - Paul Weller.
This week on JOE and Her.ie's Sunday Sessions, Declan O' Rourke performs The Children of '16, a song specially written for the Commemoration Service for the Children Killed in the Easter Rising, 1916 which took place earlier this year.
Declan's fourth studio album, Gold Bars in the Sun, is available to buy here, and includes some of his finest compositions to date.
If you want to catch Declan on the road, details of upcoming shows can be found here.
Declan O' Rourke - Children of '16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm8aksWqn5g
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