The Wilderness Sessions is a new video series which captures musicians playing songs in the settings where they were written and recorded. It as conceived by Shane Culloty of The Torture Garden and friends. Here, James Vincent McMorrow plays ‘This Old Dark Machine’ and ‘Follow You Down To The Red Oak Tree’ near a beach north of Dublin where the songs were conceived.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
A great idea well executed