Jack O'Rourke is one of Ireland's most exciting new emerging talents. A classically trained musician, he is a gritty yet polished songwriter. His compositions are led by the piano and his music is rootsy and edgy, peppered with baroque pop, blues and jazz. He sings in a grizzled baritone, assured yet plaintive. At home, Jack grew up listening to folk, opera, blues and country, anything from John Prine to Ella Fitzgerald, Puccini to The Rolling Stones. These influences can be heard both musically and lyrically in his writing, the final result sitting somewhere in the middle. the would-be child of Edith Piaf and Tom Waits with Cork slang, hunched over piano keys. He explores the little subtleties of his home turf, but also the greater, changing world; love and loss, nostalgia and regret and beautiful misfits are all given a voice, uniquely his own. Jack has spent the past two years recording and mixing his debut album, Dreamcatcher, in Claycastle Studios with engineer John Burke. The album contains 13 songs, centered around a beautiful old piano and his voice with many great musicians contributing their talents to enhance these compositions. From folky ballads to grungy, rock influenced, piano based anthems and ambient soundscapes to orchestral strings and muted horns, there is a lot of ground covered musically. "These songs reflect my journey from boy to man. It's a deeply personal album.."