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John D’Arcy

breaking strings and singing things

About Me


I am John D'Arcy.
I am a singer from Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

In between playing gigs in Belfast I go to University. In June I will be recording some of my more recent songs which might make an appearance on a new CD!
If you like my songs please add your favourite to your own page :)
PSSST... you can see videos of me on YOUTUBE
email me at [email protected]
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My CDs 'The Sarah EP' and 'The Green Room Sessions 2' are available online - click the pictures!
You can get CDs it at gigs too!
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My NEW WEBSITE is online and keeps getting better at www.johndarcy.com!
You can listen to some of my older songs over there.
To join my MAILING LIST send your email address to [email protected]
Thanks to www.itakebandphotos.co.uk , www.medialook.tv & www.keithwilsonphotography.com for taking nice pictures of me :)
Oh, and there's a wee video of me playing 'Carlo' talking a load of rubbish about songwriting here
Big thanks to Music Matters in Lisburn for supplying me with musical goodies, and to Avalon Guitars for making amazing instruments.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/16/2005
Band Website: johndarcy.com
Band Members:
Influences: Pixies, Undertones, Belle & Sebastian
Sounds Like: "...wide-eyed lyricism...where bittersweet sentiments and big emotions are painted in vivid primary colours - that shows he's cut from some quality cloth." - Colin Carberry, Hotpress magazine.

"Decently tender songs, with a little bit of abrasion" - Stuart Bailie, Rock Guru

"Effortlessly good songwriting" -Deci Gallen, ATL - Rasio Ulster

"Need an acoustic singer-songwriter? Give John D’Arcy a call. Need an exciting and dynamic indie-rock band? Give John D’Arcy a call. With a full band line-up behind him, he can rock out with the best of them." - Steven Rainey, Culture NI

"John is young and his songs are at times a little niave but there is no questioning the talent he possesses" - Ulster Star

" 'Glasgow’ is one of the catchiest tunes you’ll hear about these parts this year " - Scott Edgar, Drop-D Ezine

Type of Label: None

My Blog

john - the photographer (and clown parlour)

So this Thursday I was on the other side of the lens - taking photos of my buddies Eskimos Fall. So I thought I'd show you some my efforts!they're cold, like wee eskimoscattleprod petethe practice ro...
Posted by John D’Arcy on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:13:00 PST

vibrations

Last Saturday was the clash of the century. Two musical mega-forces going head to head for Northern Ireland's rock and roll richesIn one corner was the mighty Glasgowbury festival. The ever growing ...
Posted by John D’Arcy on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:37:00 PST

scotty is up - hear him out!

finally I am delivering on the long-running promises of new recordings! I have uploaded a rough(ish) mix of 'Scotty'It will eventually appear on my next CD, along with another 4 or 5 songs which are i...
Posted by John D’Arcy on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:08:00 PST

’Galway Girl’ video

It's very late in the evening, but youtube has finally uploaded my video so I'm going to tell you about it!Last Saturday afternoon I recorded a video of me singing Steve Earle's song 'Galway Girl'. T...
Posted by John D’Arcy on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:05:00 PST

catching up

hello again!I'm just finished with my 'studies' for the year, so I thought I should catch up with this blog by posting some photos that have been lying dormant in my computer for a while. Here's myse...
Posted by John D’Arcy on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:08:00 PST

getting fit

Not so much a music post this time.You may have already heard that I am currently on a bit of a health rehabilitation spurt. It started as somewhat of a joint deal between myself and fellow vegetable...
Posted by John D’Arcy on Sat, 24 May 2008 07:03:00 PST

it was one week ago today

I wrote a blog on my website (www.johndarcy.com) last week, and now I am going to write a supplementary blog for the Myspace. So now you get two blogs for yer buck - deal??So this blog is a catch up ...
Posted by John D’Arcy on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PST

selling buns in the name of music

or something like that...i'm on my way to actually typing a regular blog, which is good because it keeps you informed, and it keep my mind active. Next- sudoku!Today I'm telling you about a gig I'm pl...
Posted by John D’Arcy on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:36:00 PST

back in black

So I'm back on the gigging circuit! On Friday afternoon I played a little set for the OhYeah centre open day and about 12 hours later I played a set with Chris McCorry for OhYeah's Fate Awards afters...
Posted by John D’Arcy on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:40:00 PST

Caught in my Headlights

I have just uploaded the new song, 'Caught in my Headlights' which I wrote with Peter McVeigh.A pop-tastic song about wanting to take the step into a relationship - have a listen!This my recording; Pe...
Posted by John D’Arcy on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:57:00 PST