David Keenan announces National Concert Hall show

Dundalk songwriter David Keenan has announced a hugely exciting show at The National Concert Hall on 13th September 2023.

The news comes fresh from the release of his latest single ‘El Paso’ and independent release of his third album, Crude.

In the making of his new album, Keenan returned to his roots and embraced a raw, unflinchingly honest form of songwriting. The result is a challenging and poetic album which he has released independently through his own label Barrack Street Records.

“I feel like this is an opportunity to go back to the source and reclaim how I approach my music and deliver it into the world," Keenan told us late last year of Crude. "To be able to reconnect with people who have been maybe clouded or shrouded by the bigger gigs I’ve been doing.”

David Keenan. Copyright Miguel Ruiz.

The poet and musician has released two previously critically acclaimed albums - A Beginner's Guide to Bravery in 2020 - which reached No.1 in the Independent Charts - the 2021 follow up WHAT THEN?, widely received as a critical triumph.

Other works include a collection of poetry, Soundings of an Unnamed Bird, and the live album Alchemy & Prose. He has toured consistently for over five years, building a committed live following throughout Ireland, the UK, Europe and North America.

Notable performances from the Louthman include two headline nights in Dublin's Olympia Theatre, the main stage of Electric Picnic, residencies in Paris and New York's Irish Arts Centres & most recently writing the music for Evanne Kilgallon's debut play AN LÁR.

Revisit his December 2022 in-depth interview with Hot Press here.

Listen to tracks from his CRUDE BOYO EP, including 'Aldente Pasta' and ‘El Paso’, below.