This playlist contains a grouping of songs of varying demo qualities. These are songs that are completed in their structure and lyrically for the most part but  some may have older rougher demos or quick one take demos. At some point down line maybe some of these songs will find a home but for now this is where you will find anything that doesn't have a home ! 

ADF

Loose Ends (Demos & Unreleased Tracks)

North 27

Oil and Steel (Acoustic Demo)

Blood On The Floor (Electric Demo)

Black Cat (Electric Demo)

Blank Pages

I’ve been thinking bout my hometown
And the day I left
Wondering if I left a mark 
And if it’s gone away

I’ve been thinking bout the road I’ve taken
And how I got this far 
Through love and the mercy of fate
There’s an open pathway

Wow oh oh  oh oh oh oh

There’s a question that’s been answered 
Deep inside of me
Since the day I got the word 
There’s a settled feeling deep within my heart

Wow oh oh  oh oh oh oh

In my deepest thoughts I imagined every way
Just to know, one small thing, a name 
Would be enough to heal my soul 

I cannot describe the way I feel
Right now it’s all so new
To realize your deepest fears are no longer true
To hear these words from you

Wow oh oh  oh oh oh oh
Wow oh oh  oh oh oh oh


Instrumental

I can only hope
That you may write these pages with me
And one day we can look back
On the memories we made

Patience be my guide
Let love show the way
Let time show two souls healed 
In the beauty life can hold


Wow oh oh  oh oh oh oh
Wow oh oh  oh oh oh oh
Wow oh oh  oh oh oh oh

Blank Pages (Sunday Demo)

When The Darkness Comes

She comes home late at night 
pulls up into the driveway 
there’s a stillness in the air
as the night it surrounds her 

Theres an aching in her heart that she cant shake
there’s a prison in her mind that she can’t break 
there’s a struggle that only she can face 
when the darkness comes 

She turns the key into the lock 
and gently pushes open the door
the coldness wraps around her body 
as she leaves the night behind her

Chorus
Theres an aching in her heart that she cant shake
there’s a prison in her mind that she can’t break 
there’s a struggle that only she can face 
when the darkness comes 
when the darkness comes 

She illuminates the room with a fire
that she hopes will warm her  heart worn scars
she takes comfort  in a picture of her life
taken before the war 

reflections of a peaceful time 
when laughter and joy filled the days
and all that she’s left with is a memory of the day the letter came to tell her 
the guns and bombs took her husband and sons away

Theres an aching in her heart that she cant shake
there’s a prison in her mind that she can’t break 
there’s a struggle that only she can face 
when the darkness comes 

Theres an aching in her heart that she cant shake
there’s a prison in her mind that she can’t break 
there’s a struggle that only she can face 
when the darkness comes 
when the darkness comes

When The Darkness Comes (Saturday Night Demo)

ADF  is a singer-songwriter based in the northwest of Ireland blending varying hues of folk and country and presented in a melodic and folk style. Something old, something new.

The songs on the first release from ADF 'Reaching From The Dark' are representative of a journey that has been the goal of a lifetime, to release a group of songs from the heart. 

Following on from the release of 'Reaching From The Dark' in November 2018, the single 'The Rock' was released in may 2019. Backed with a cover of the Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne penned classic 'Learning To Fly' this marked the first time for an ADF styled cover. I hope in some way I did the song justice and it's my tribute to Tom, one of the master writers of our time. Equally 'The Rock' whilst not a tribute in full is a half tribute to Rory Gallagher and also to the festival in Ballyshannon held each at the beginning June. It's my tribute to the people that come here year after year from all over the world to celebrate music.

Looking towards the future an album is in the works with a tentative release date of 2020. Preceding this will be a track from the album 'Don't Give Up' which will release as a single this coming November. If all plans fall into place, which let's face it they most likely won't, two more singles will lead up to the release of the album.

Thanks for taking the time to read this if you got this far and thanks for listening. See you on up the road. 

ADF 

Click here for the EP 'Reaching From The Dark' and 'The Rock'
https://linktr.ee/adf__music