Damian Dempsey - Hold Your Joy [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 19802847192
Barcode: 198028471923
Release Date: 25 Oct 2024
Genre: Folk

Featuring 16 new songs, Hold YOUR JOY, marks his first album of new music since SOULSUN in 2017.
Damien’s song writing career spans more than twenty-five years and has seen him perform with luminaries such as Sinead O’Connor, John Grant, Imelda May, The Dubliners, Lisa O’Neil, Maverick Sabre as well as supporting the likes of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Morrissey and Willie Nelson on tour.
Over the course of his remarkable career, Damien has established himself as one of Ireland’s most beloved artists. His work is known for his truthful and emotive lyrics, celebrating how music can move us all. Drawing influence from the likes of Bob Marley, Christy Moore, Luke Kelly and Shane MacGowan, the chart-topping singer songwriter has crafted a unique, soulful sound, centred around his powerful voice.
In 2023, Damien performed 20 critically acclaimed sold out shows at the Abbey Theatre with “Tales from the Holywell’, where we saw one of Ireland’s great musical storytellers perform onstage like never before.
Also in 2023, Damien’s second album ‘Seize The Day’, went on to top the Irish album charts, twenty years after release, following it’s reissue on vinyl. This marked Damien’s third Irish number one album to-date.
As with his legendary Vicar Street Christmas shows, Damien’s summer evening shows in Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens and St Patrick’s day show in London have become unmissable events on the live calendar.

TRACKLIST:
Hold Your Joy 
I Can Feel Your 
Louise 
Hope Calling 
Factory John 
We are the Love 
Landlords in the Government 
Shine

Devil's Dandruff
Presence Ray of Sun
Let it Go
Good Morning
James McClean
Born to Love
Push Through the Blue
Love is the Bomb