UPCOMING AT THE SIRIUS, COBH: Jack O’Rourke

Friday 27 April – 8pm (doors 7.45). Tickets €15, available online at www.siriusartscentre.ie or through the office info@siriusartscentre.ie / 0214813790

Whether performing his startlingly honest ballads solo or driving Spectorish rock with his band, Jack’s plaintive baritone, ethereal falsetto and piano are core. His songs speak of the human conditional with poetic flair and inventive arrangements. Flattering comparisons have been made to Bowie, Kate Bush, John Grant, Emmylou Harris and The National in his eclectic style – yet Jack has carved his own musical landscape and songwriting voice, more distinctive, with each release.