An album that certainly flew under my radar until April, Early in the Morning is a superb debut album from Ireland’s answer to Bon Iver – deep, delicate, folky, James possesses a beautiful falsetto and this album definitely deserves more listeners. Thankfully, James has uploaded it onto Soundcloud. He has gigs coming up around Ireland. Listen, if a dirgefest like Mick Flannery can get a Choice Nomination, then this should be a shoo-in.
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.
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