Eugene Ryan is harmonica player based in Dublin, Ireland. He specialises in soulful treatments of jazz, Irish traditional music and blues as well as lending his harmonica to funk and country sessions. He plays and customises multiple harmonica types (chromatic, diatonic/blues-harp, bass)...

An upstart bluegrass band, local to Croydon.

Irish raconteur, Hubert, has a voice bursting from the soul. His songs feature lost loves, inner demons, compulsive liars & day dreamers, rounded out with a masterful hand over the fret board. His performances embody all that is best in modern roots music, combining energy, soul and storytelling. 

Lost in a house of mixed tapes and stacks of old blues, folk & soul records, he sifted through each one, de-composing melodies under the wings of his older siblings. By the age of 14 he was performing on stages in pubs and clubs, lying about his age just to get on stage. After ten years of gigging and busking under his belt, he moved to London, immersing himself in the folk and bluegrass world. Fronting two genre bending bluegrass/old time bands, gigging and touring relentlessly. Quickly, they gained the reputation as some of the finest players and performers in Ireland and the UK. His sound bows a head to the masters of melody and word such as; Tom Waits, Van Morrison, Lightnin' Hopkins,The Beatles, Townes Van Zandt, Kavanagh, Bukowski and Laura Marling.
“Hubert Murray is one to watch for. Both an inspiring songwriter and a fine instrumentalist. He delivers his message with conviction and passion”. Niall Toner, Roots Freeway, RTE Radio One

4/5   "An excellent songwriter" Spiral Earth

Showband Memories is the title of a radio programme devoted entirely to music and memories from those great Showband days. The programme is broadcast fortnightly on Fridays from 12-1PM on 107.8 Generate FM and is presented and produced by Chris Williams. The programme is currently on a break and will return when the station makes it's expected to return to the airwaves in the not too distant future. In the meantime I hope that you enjoy these podcasts, and please feel free to share them on your preferred social network. I hope to upload some more soon. Please also feel free to leave a comment. Thank you.

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