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SHANE WALSH

About Me


I was born in the Irish heartland in the City of Limerick, later moving to Plymouth, England where I spent the duration of my adolesence. My father, a Connemara man was a Sean nós singer (Irish sung stories), whose first language was Gaelic. This influence of the Irish mystic and Celtic tradition can be found running like a river throughout my music.

I moved to Los Angeles in 2003. It was the furthest point west I could go without falling off the face of the earth. I quickly became embedded in the local music scene and after six weeks ran into legendary KCRW DJ Chris Douridas while getting merry at a bar. Having no idea who Chris was, I told him he should come and see my show the following week at Molly Malones. Said 'show' was actually nothing more than one song at an open mic. I told him to come at 9pm, he was there on the dot but the God's had already pulled my name out of the hat, so he missed the performance. I apologized to Chris and asked to go on again but they wouldn't let me. 'We'll do it on the street outside then', says I. And that's where I ended up showcasing for one of the top DJ's in America.From there Mr Douridas brought me down to Time Warner studios for my first ever recording session. Five songs and half an hour later we were done. Chris started playing one of those songs 'Never Let You Down' on his KCRW show 'New Ground'. That song went into rotation for the year and also ended up on the Fox series 'Roswell".Cut to 2007 and I was invited into KCRW for my first ever live radio interview and performance on 'New Ground'. This session became my debut release on iTunes, entitled KCRW.com Presents: Shane Walsh live. You can hear the interview if you click on the link below.Since arriving in LA I have also been played by other KCRW luminaries including 'Morning Becomes Eclectic's' Nic Harcourt and 'The A Track's' Anne Litt.I have opened for Robyn Hitchcock, Peter Buck (from REM) and Grant Lee Buffalo and headlined at The Troubadour and my regular haunt The Hotel Cafe. In late 2007 MTV licensed 15 of my tracks for use on various shows such as 'The Hills' and 'Newport Harbor'.My influences range from Hank Williams, U2 and Nirvana through to The Beach Boys and Big Star but my main influence is my heart.
Check me out on iTunes here


Click the image below to listen to me live in session on KCRW's New Ground.
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My Interests

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Member Since: 17/06/2005
Band Website: www.shanewalsh.com
Band Members: The Dude - bass Graham Roby - drums
and meI've also been fortunate enough over the past few years to have played with the following outstanding musicians: Brian Irwin - drums, Stefan Sigerson - bass and piano, Ziggy Zigmund - guitar, Joel Sigerson - Guitar, Marc Godfrey - conducting, Danny Saber - guitar and bass, Dave Raven - drums, Daniel Dempsey - drums, Sam Gallagher - drums, Scott Zant - bass, Paul Reid - drums, Greg Marshall - drums, Richard Burge - bass, Lee Parker - guitar, Colin Sangster - guitar and Dave Gillespie - drums.
Influences: Williams, Wilson, Presley, Richards, Jagger, Young, Chilton, Cobain, Lennon, Bowie, Bolan, Bono, Geldof and all the common people of the world.

Check out my video for 'Work For A Living', filmed by Casey Anderson during the 2006 May Day Immigration March in Los Angeles.

Sounds Like: Ireland's finest...

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Record Label: Ceoil Agus Craic

My Blog

Download 'Falling Apart' as heard on MTV's 'The Hills' above this message through Snocap.

Hey kids,If you heard Falling Apart on 'The Hills' and dig the song you can download it underneath my music player for the very good price of $1.39. Wow!The 'Falling Apart EP' will also be available ...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:37:00 GMT

'Falling Apart' will be on the season premiere of MTV's 'The Hills' on Monday

Hey everyone,Awesome news!  My song 'Falling Apart' will be on the season premiere of MTV's 'The Hills' on Monday April 6th, in the first act of the second show. Tune in, kids!There may have to be a '...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:03:00 GMT

Live session/interview Sat Jan 10th, 7-10pm on 5150fm.com

Hello, The band and I will be live in session on www.5150fm.com on Saturday night between 7pm - 10pm. We will be broadcasting from Boxeight (www.boxeight.com)  studios in Downtown LA. Join the ot...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:27:00 GMT

The best DJ in the world...

Hey everyone, Did you guys hear 'Ride West Again' on KCRW today?  Leave me a comment if ya did! The legendary Chris Douridas played it on his show 'New Ground' and he also took the time to promot...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:48:00 GMT

Bordello, Jan 14th, Join me at the den of iniquity...

Hello all, First off, Happy New Year to everyone!  I hope 2009 brings much joy to you all.  To kick off the year, myself and the band will be playing at the very sexy Bordello bar (for...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:07:00 GMT

KCRW giveaway!!! Shane Walsh tix for Bordello, Jan 14th

Hello, hello! KCRW are giving away tickets to see me at Bordello on January 14th. Listen in to Chris Douridas' show on the airwaves at 89.9FM both Saturdays before the show an...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Huge show! New band debuts at Air Conditioned, Venice, Nov 20th

Greetings lovers! The new Shane Walsh  band will be making it's official debut at Air Conditioned, Venice on Thursday November 20th, 2008. We are super excited to be playing with the amazing...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:40:00 GMT

New band! New shows! New awesomeness!

The Shane Walsh line up has evolved much over the last few years but the current line up of Patrick Taylor on bass and Graham Roby on drums is absolutely blowing my mind!  I see very ex...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:29:00 GMT

First record on the way...

Hello everybody, I am currently in pre-production for my first full length record which I will start recording early 2009.  This is very exciting as it's been a long time coming!  I've...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:18:00 GMT

Weiland Brewery Bar. Downtown. FREE shows Wednesdays in January

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Posted by on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:07:00 GMT