EUGENE DONEGAN - BIOGRAPHY
With his debut album Little Apples, Meath born singer-songwriter Eugene Donegan is intent on carrying the listener with him on an ambitious trip which takes in the formation of the Roman empire, the mundane everyday life of his hometown of Navan, and even to heaven.
Wherever the destination, love is seldom far from Eugene’s mind, and it’s the kind that seldom works out. Dissecting failed relationships and lamenting lost love over the course of an album is a bleak prospect, but Eugene’s stunning musical settings somehow manages to uplift the listener, or at least break their fall.
In the fragile beauty of Loved You Too Much and Martha’s Field, Eugene equals any of Ryan Adams’ haunting ballads of loss, while in the country-tinged Tonight Is The Night he echoes the honest, heart-warming delivery of his hero Kris Kristofferson. He even doffs his cap to compatriot Paul Brady in the opening bars of the ambitious The Gods Are With Us.
However under the guidance of producer and collaborator Declan O’Rourke, Little Apples’ charm lies in Eugene’s ability to confidently forge a style which is uniquely his own. Eugene Donegan’s debut marks a new voice in the pantheon of Irish storytellers, it is now only a matter of time before it is heard.
Wherever the destination, love is seldom far from Eugene’s mind, and it’s the kind that seldom works out. Dissecting failed relationships and lamenting lost love over the course of an album is a bleak prospect, but Eugene’s stunning musical settings somehow manages to uplift the listener, or at least break their fall.
In the fragile beauty of Loved You Too Much and Martha’s Field, Eugene equals any of Ryan Adams’ haunting ballads of loss, while in the country-tinged Tonight Is The Night he echoes the honest, heart-warming delivery of his hero Kris Kristofferson. He even doffs his cap to compatriot Paul Brady in the opening bars of the ambitious The Gods Are With Us.
However under the guidance of producer and collaborator Declan O’Rourke, Little Apples’ charm lies in Eugene’s ability to confidently forge a style which is uniquely his own. Eugene Donegan’s debut marks a new voice in the pantheon of Irish storytellers, it is now only a matter of time before it is heard.
LIVE DATES
Wednesday 11th Novemeber 2009 - The Sugar Club, Leeson St, Dublin, Doors 8pm
Friday 13th November 2009 - Drogheda Arts Centre, Doors 8pm
Wednesday 25th November 2009 - Whelans, Wexford St, Dublin, Doors 8pm
Tuesday 29th December 2009 - The Backroom, Navan
Friday 13th November 2009 - Drogheda Arts Centre, Doors 8pm
Wednesday 25th November 2009 - Whelans, Wexford St, Dublin, Doors 8pm
Tuesday 29th December 2009 - The Backroom, Navan
LISTEN TO TRACKS
Corpus Christi and Blueberry Wine - Eugene Donegan
It's Not My Circus - Eugene Donegan
Tonight Is The Night - Eugene Donegan
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