A classically trained musician, Jack O’ Rourke 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's first single, Naivety, was released on the 29th October. The track, a bittersweet ode to love lost with bite and drive sits somewhere between Johnny Cash, Bowie and The National. His second single, Shining For You, is released on the 20th of February 2015. As well as being a songwriter and performer, he has also composed music for a number of theatre productions including "Dark Week" (Cork Midsummer Festival 2005) and the critically acclaimed "The Goodfather" (Meantime Theatre Company.) www.jackorourkemusic.com