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Billy Kenrick

About Me

26 year-old Irish native, residing in Berlin. Play a Martin dreadnought, in DADGAD. Began in mid-teens when heard Leadbelly & then bought a 12-string. Played in various makeshift bands during school years. Toured around Ireland with a blues group as guitarist. Eventually brought myself to start singing, & dabbling in gig-scene/ song-writing. Sing these songs for my own solace.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/02/2008
Band Website: photo.net/photos/wk
Influences: ... sean nos & country blues- Bukka White, Seán Ó Riada, Aleksander Kulisiewicz, Frank Harte, Skip James, Margaret Barry, Karen Dalton, Darach O Cathain, Henry Thomas, Washington Philips, Charlie Patton, Joe Heaney, John Lee Hooker, Huddie Leadbetter, John Reilly, Jimmy Scott, Planxty, Kid Prince Moore, Van Morrison, Jeannie Robertson- get to bedrock of song- blues-ethic- guitar (basic)- sit in a room & sing: see what happens...
Sounds Like: "... you're actually just living the song as you sing it, [...] You're just singing the song to yourself. [...] what they call the cúinneach; the man who goes into the corner and sings a song, the song is heard but he's not seen"(Joe Heaney, in interview with Ewan MacColl)
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Foto Exhibition

Foto AustellungRight now in Coffee Karma, Ostkreuz, Sonntagstr 30 - I have an exhbition of photos taken during the last months here in Berlin. The exhibition was in Warsaw during March/ April- & now w...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:03:00 GMT

::: The Boxroom Tapes :::

#1 Recorded 26.03.07St James InfirmaryBoots of Spanish LeatherSun's Gone DownCold StarsDweller on the TresholdMotherless Child#2 Recorded 07.09.08Big Road Bluesthe CuckooRailroad BoyHenry My...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:19:00 GMT

Schoenlein Blues, New Song, etc.

'Schoenlein Blues' pot-shot recording sessions: interpretations of Lillie Knox's Keys to the Kingdom, Robert Johnson's Me & the Devil Blues, Andy Irvine's Blacksmith, Walter Pardon's I Wish I Wish, He...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:19:00 GMT