In the merry month of june from me home i started, left the girls of tuam so sad and broke. Dempsey s fourth studio album, to hell or barbados, was also released in 2007, debuting at number one in the irish albums chart. The best of damien dempsey, including sing all our cares away and more d listen to the complete best of on youtube. The rocky road to poland is a song released in 2012 as the official anthem of the republic of ireland national soccer team for the 2012 european championships, held in poland and ukraine. Born into povertystricken dublin in the mid70s, damien dempsey has a musical outlook profoundly shaped by the traditional workingclass music he was exposed to as a child, as well as other artists who share his egalitarian social outlook. December 2007 damien dempsey live at vicar street performing the rocky road. Listen free to damien dempsey the rocky road the rocky road to dublin, schooldays over and more. Damien possesses the ability to captivate his audience through his charm, wit, humour and most of all his music. Play fulllength songs from the rocky road by damien dempsey on your phone, computer and home audio system with napster. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. With the story of an entire people to tell and a set of vocals bearing so many nuances often strong and fierce, sometimes tender, but always confident and passionate irish folk hero damien dempsey lends a voice to generations of his homeland past and present in his fifth studio album, the rocky road. He sings in english, and to a lesser extent in irish.
See more ideas about vibe studio, over dose and irish singers. Damien dempsey performs rocky road in the o2 on the eve of the emerald isle classic between notre dame and navy in the aviva stadium. Damo is just as passionate singing the rocky road to dublin as he is singing his own amazing compositions like colony or sing our cares away. Damien dempsey the rocky road to dublin by laidbackshane. The song was released for download on the 4 may 2012. Damien dempsey i need live at the shepherds bush empire with maverick sabre duration. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. The rocky road to poland the official republic of ireland song for euro 2012. For those of you who have yet to witness a damien dempsey concert i can tell you that his latest release live at the olympia is as close an experience you will get to the real thing. I hope that this is the first of many traditional recordings by damien. The rocky road is, for me, a sublime experience of both.
Damien dempsey discography collaborations irish music central. Damien dempsey official website for damien dempsey. Damien dempsey choctaw nation live at afri famine walk 2010 by wonderfulifeprods. Lyrics to the rocky road to dublin by damien dempsey. Bob marley, christy moore, luke kelly, shane macgowan, and elvis presley. Fans of damos own material should be able to understand why he should make. The rocky road damien dempsey to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Damien dempsey taobh leis an muir beside the sea as gaeilge dublin gaa by 96cambridge. An allcovers album entitled rocky road followed in 2008, including a version of the pogues a rainy night in soho as its lead single. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Download the android app to get lyrics to the songs you play. Friday, may 4th saw the release of the rocky road to poland the official republic of ireland song for euro 2012. Damien dempsey born 1975 in donaghmede, dublin is an irish singer and songwriter who mixes traditional irish folk with contemporary lyrics to deliver social commentary on the positive and negative aspects arising from irelands celtic tiger society. Bob marley, christy moore, luke kelly, shane macgowan, and.
The rocky road damien dempsey singersongwriter 2008. This is the official video which was shot and edited by the great people at. Notre dame a welcome home damien dempsey performs rocky. There are a couple others on the album which i like, but overall not that keen on the rest. Damien s voice, always amazing and gut wrenchingly passionate, delivers these songs perfectly, with the kind of intimacy and tiny edge of roughnesss that are present in a good celidh performance.
Its all good the best of damien dempsey 2014 almighty love deluxe edition 2012 live at the olympia 2006 shots 2005 to hell or barbados 2007 almighty love 2012. Damien dempsey i believe in a thing called love by irishmusiccentral. Ascolta the rocky road di damien dempsey da the rocky road. The rocky road to poland official republic of ireland. Damien dempsey the rocky road to dublin lyrics genius lyrics.
In the rocky road, dempsey endeavours to pull together a fine collection of ballads, some wellknown the rocky road to dublin, the foggy dew and others lessso schooldays over, hot asphalt, while enrolling dubliners john sheahan and barney mckenna to ensure the musicianship demonstrates familiarity and love for the songs. Damien dempsey rocky road to dublin vicar street by ciaran lehane. Damien dempsey the rocky road lyrics and tracklist genius. Damien dempsey, the rocky road 4 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Download lagu rocky road to dublin lyrics damien dempsey mp3 gratis 5. Find damien dempsey discography, albums and singles on allmusic. I first saw him in the summer of 2004 in a backroom bar on dublins north side, near his home. The rocky road, an album by damien dempsey on spotify.