You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !JT Songs’ is the stage-name/alter-ego of Galway-based songwriter and performer John Tully. Acclaim for his music by highly-regarded artists such as Corkonian folk hero Niall Connolly and David Berman of the legendary indie band Silver Jews has presented JT with the opportunity to tour extensively in Ireland, Europe and the US, culminating in a support slot at the New York leg of the Silver Jews’ sold-out tour in March 2006 and their Irish tour in 2008. He has released 4 studio albums to date- ‘Songs from Limbo’ (2005), ‘Songs out of Season’ (2006), 'Distractions of an Age' (2007) and 'Bound for Harbour' (2008). All albums are available on Galway-based indie label Laredo Records, which JT founded with fellow songwriter Patrick Hallinan in 2007. JT's 2009 US Tour saw him play in the legendary 'Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe' in Galveston, Texas as well as support to cult Massachusetts rocker Ray Mason. JT is also a founder member of Metaphysicians (www.myspace.com/metaphysicians).
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From ‘Inner Ear’, Galway’s Underground Music Magazine, October 2005:
‘described by David Berman of the Silver Jews as ‘an Irish Townes van Zandt’, JT’s songs and live performances are laced with a darker humour and sense of wordplay reminiscent of heroes Dylan and Cohen..’
‘Songs from Limbo is a collection of literate songs steeped in the folk tradition but strangely modern in their execution- **** ‘
From Mojo Magazine website, December 2005 Feature: ‘The best thing I’ve heard all Year’ :
Recommendations that turned up too late for inclusion in MOJO 146's Best Of The Year feature...
David Berman
Silver Jews' Pavement-approved poet
"People give me demos of their music quite often. As far as effective networking goes, this method is on the level of presenting a traffic cop with a watercolour. When I called my housesitter last month from the road, she asked if I'd mind if her cousin from Ireland could stay the last two nights of her watch. She told me he was a young doctor from Galway on the run from a soul-scarring love affair and I gave her the go-ahead. Arriving back at my house a week later I found a note from the doctor thanking me for the shelter, and a CD, just a little something he had recorded with a friend. And that's how I heard the best set of songs I heard this year. His name is John Tully. He is 26 years old and an admirable looking chap, a leading man type. He is an emergency room resident in Galway. His lyrics are ornate and encrusted and transmitted in a weaving burr. The music alternately reminds me of Richard Thompson and Rowland S. Howard. As of this writing his status remains: Undiscovered."
From Melbourne’s ‘The Age’ Culture section, May 2006:
Recommended Live
‘Irish troubadour JT Songs has been taking Melbourne by storm with his own brand of Iyrical Folk-Blues… His live shows are fast gaining a devoted following… One to watch’
From ‘Nashville Scene’ (Nashville’s leading Entertainment Guide), August 2006:
Our Critic’s Picks
‘Tully favors passion and urgency over detachment and irony- though his writing is literate, he’s more interested in making you feel something than making you think he’s clever. With his wistful voice and lilting brogue, he at times sounds like Syd Barrett reborn as an Irish folk-singer.’
