thanks.

Well I’m sitting here waiting to leave for the final show of the year for me. This year has been intense and wonderful. I have met so many cool people and have got to play so many cool places with fantastic talented musicians.  I know I deserve it because i work hard at what i do,but i always feel lucky and honoured to play for you and have you listen to my music.

So I just want to say thank you from the bottom of me heart.

Ok so i am going to sign off now for the rest of this year. I catch a plane back to Dublin tomorrow to sort out some things, do my laundry, eat some vegetables. Then i head to Sri Lanka and India until the new year.

I won’t be playing any shows until at least march. January and February is recording time for the next album “A fire to scare the sun”. At last!

See you all in the new year, be as happy and full of life as you can and enjoy every breath.  They are a finite resource.

Declan

polly jean

I have just watched this. I sometimes forget how much i admire PJ harvey. Out of all the artists there are out there i think i have most respect for her. There are people whose work i love more. I don’t listen to her everyday, but when i do i am reminded of her body of work and that is where i find her amazing. Nothing repeats, she remains true to her self and her songs. I love that. More power to you Polly. I would love to sing a song with you someday.

Notes from a Parisian couch

It’s monday, i’m in the office my french agent using their wifi and drinking their coffee. Today i hit the Louvre and now i’m visually exhausted. I was mentally exhausted bfore i got there. In short, Mona lisa overrated, mesopotanian collection awesome, vermeer, de goya, delacroix all knocked me socks off. Eygpytian collection reminded me that all this shit has been stolen and should be returned.

The last bunch of shows have been insane. I will fill you in. I caught a train to the base of the alps in Annemasse the show was cool, the next day drove through mont blanc tunnel in the Alps to Italy and back into french alps and down to  Nice.  nice traffic is insane.  I hung out  at Aaron show as i wasn’t playing that night. I hung out in the front row and kept trying to make them laugh and fuck up. They laughed but didn’t fuck up. True professionals. We stayed in some ridiculous boutique hotel i could never afford and would never waste the money on.  The roof top pool and techno breakfast room and Hammam made me laugh a lot.  The next day we headed north of Nice for 4 hours through more awesome countryside to Chateau Arnoux. I played well and tried some new songs. I had to split straight after i played and thanks to Laurent for driving me back to Nice airport. I hung out for an hour at nice airport and tried to sleep. at 6am i flew to amsterdam where i met Floris my cellist and we got on a plane to Lisbon portugal where we played a show in Portalegre. I snuck an hours sleep before the show. I am now like a zombie. I play at 12 for 1.5hrs and my throat hates me for lack of sleep playing late. We finish the show and i sleep for the two hours back to lisbon where i catch a plane back to Paris. On arrival i get questioned by police and i am too tired to give a fuck. A cell would mean a bed. I arrive back to the office where i am staying and fall asleep for most of the day and night.

Perpignan – hangin with the perps…

I enjoyed this night, the crowd were noisy but not in a malicious, or don’t give a fuck kind of way. By the end of my set there was silence so that was good. The people here are a little insane…I met the guy in the video at the end as i was sitting outside in the cold talking to some people. He didn’t know who i was i think so he decides to do a striptease for the girls i was talking to, as he drops his pants i discover my sticker stuck to his arse. This was the highlight of my night…I promised him some you tube action so here it is…