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So the big news in my creative world is that I’m back in the studio, recording a new album!! At Arad Studios in Dublin. An amazing line-up of musicians: Paddy Hopkins (drums), Pádraig Kilbride (keys), Paddy Joyce (bass) and Shane Holly (guitar). Shane is such a terrific player that I’ve made an exception to my rule of only employing musicians whose name is some variation of Patrick……….

Here’s a sneak preview of one of the tracks, from our gig at the Cat & Cage Folk Club on June 17th:

I’m also planning to include Barricade the Sky on the album, partly because it’s the closest thing I have to a hit! I wrote the song in response to something I used to witness every day on my journey into Dublin city centre, which would take me past a centre that at the time was being used as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers. A small, but bizarrely committed, group of protesters maintained a constant vigil outside it, waving tricolours and banners with scaremongering slogans referencing ‘Unvetted Military Aged Men’ and claiming ‘Ireland is Full’. No, it’s not. Ireland is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and also one of the most sparsely populated, and those of us who were lucky enough to be born here don’t get to decide who else has the right to safety. Luckily, the great majority of people are not like that, and it gladdens my heart that Barricade the Sky always gets a great response at gigs. Gigs such as The Back Room Dispatch.……..

And from our the Summer 2025 Back Room Dispatch, here’s a clip of vocal harmony group Glór Eile performing , Lay My Bible Down, also featuring on the forthcoming album.

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