I write songs, play songs, play guitar. On a good day, all 3 at once..

The real Secretly Canadian, an independent record label based in Bloomington, IN.

Assembled and fronted by Co. Clare singer-songwriter David Hope in the summer of 2009, Hope joined forces with Cork based musicians, Eoin Jordan (The Céilí All Stars) and David Murphy (The Lost Brothers / John Blek & The Rats / Monorail) to form what was the original line up of the band, David Hope & The Henchmen.
David Hope and band quickly made a name for themselves on the Irish Folk / Americana scene and have played many festivals including the Shannonside Winter Music Festival, Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots Festival, The Westport Folk & Bluegrass Festival, The Cork Folk Festival, Terminal Convention Music & Arts Festival and The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival plus over 150 gigs at a host of Ireland’s top venues.

The Henchmen’s dynamic sound is steeped in vintage country blues, foot-stompin’ American mountain folk, a pinch of alt.country twang - all soaked in a distinctly Irish whiskey flavour. The band are influenced by many styles of music; the classic rural American recordings of Lightnin’ Hopkins and Hank Williams, the traditional Irish folk of Planxty, great songwriters like Tom Waits and Steve Earle, right up towards the contemporary Americana sounds of Calexico and Gillian Welch.
In 2011, the band launched their EP 'Hell or High Water' produced by the highly acclaimed musician and producer, Declan Sinnott (Christy Moore / Moving Hearts). The first single 'Hell or High Water' was released in April 2011 to great reviews and radioplay and was followed up with the band’s first music video, produced by IMTV award winning film maker, Shaun O’Connor.

Press:

“David Hope & The Henchmen are one of the very best Roots-related outfits operating at present. They seamlessly blend Folk and Roots inflections with grittily intelligent lyrics and enviably catchy choruses which simply cry out for airplay. They’ve finally got all that down on record and they’ve pulled it off in style. Game on.”
- Whisperin’ and Hollerin’ (U.K.)

“…’Hell or High Water’ is a melting pot of traditional American country, traditional Irish and rootsy Americana. The Declan Sinnott production on the track allows Hope’s vocals to breathe while surrounded by a fantastic arrangement. Subtle electric guitar licks and bass never overpower while a brushed snare rhythm drives the track on.”
-nessymon.com (Irl)

“Quality first single from the recently formed group, David Hope & The Henchmen … it’s a great introduction to the band who have a bunch of amazing songs in them!”
- 2 U I Bestow (Irl)



The new album out now: 'I Inside the Old Year Dying'

http://pjharvey.lnk.to/iinsidetheoldyeardying/

The new album 'Warpaint' is out now. Get 'Warpaint' from:
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Fighting Talk is a collection of stories by Irish writer Andy Hamilton. Andy has been working as a journalist in the west of Ireland for the last 10 years. He has written a number of short stories and is currently working on his debut novel 'Georgina'. To contact Andy email: andyhamiltonspuds@gmail.com

Gigging as "The Other Guys (Ireland)" in Walshes of Stoneybatter, Dublin on Thursday 27th Sept - Arthur's day.

Funky, Jazzy, Trip-Hop beats made in Co. Limerick, Ireland.

To date I have released three EP's:

'Stop, Start, Rewind' E.P. (2016) 
'Atoms for Henrietta (Spinning Carousels In Her Mind)' E.P. (2014) 
'A Little Understanding' E.P. (2010)

Various tracks from these E.P.'s have been played on the following radio stations:

SmoothJazz.com (USA/Global)
TCRFM 92.3 (Ireland)
BluesJazz Radio (NC/ USA) 
The Coast Radio (NJ /USA) 
Sound Fusion Radio (London UK)
XRP Radio (Birmingham UK) 
The Jazz UK (UK)
Samurai FM (Japan) 
Digest Music Radio (Montenegro ME) 
Play FM (Austria) 
Electric Lion Radio (London UK) 
Cruise FM (London UK & Spain) 
Impact Radio (Italy) 
Gaudeamus FM 93,6 FM (UK, Eastern Europe, Lithuania)
Radio Cardiff FM (Wales) 
Radio Krimi (France) 
Canora Radio (Madrid, Spain) 
Pulse FM (UK) 
Rhythm & Soul Radio (USA)


Hit me up, if you want me to send you on some of my music for your radio show / podcast.

Sincerely,
Mark Hayes.

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