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Rory Faithfield

Dance Your Own Dance

About Me

I've lived in Dublin for years but I grew up in Australia. I write songs and I'm into music, words and unseen forces. Also, I'm curious...my life started out digging up stuff in the backyard and looking under rocks by the sea for signs of life...nothing has changed...


VIDEO: Rory Faithfield - Born In Sydney Town (Live at The Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills, Sydney on 13 April 2008)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/26/2006
Band Website: faithfield.com
Band Members: I recorded my first 2 CD's with a band. My 3rd and latest CD 'Circle Dance' is just me with guitar and harmonica. These days I mostly play solo acoustic, although I just finished a new full band version of 'Sooner Or Later'.
Influences: Luka Bloom, Christy Moore, New Model Army, Bob Dylan, Colin Hay, Cat Stevens, The Ramones, U2, Bruce Cockburn, Sting, Mark Dignam, Stiff Little Fingers, Sarah McLachlan, The Kelpies, Natalie Merchant, Leonard Cohen, Paul Kelly, Billy Bragg, Semisonic, The Waterboys, David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars...and quite a few more...
Sounds Like: Luka Bloom, Christy Moore, New Model Army, Bob Dylan, Colin Hay, Cat Stevens, Del Amitri, U2, Sting, Semisonic, The Waterboys, Indigo Girls, Jewel, Tracy Chapman, David Gray, REM, Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen, Ron Sexsmith, Jackson Browne... etc.. & Rory Faithfield:.. CDBABY LINKS for BUYING RORY FAITHFIELD CD's -- RORY FAITHFIELD: Circle Dance

A solo acoustic project. The Irish Times observed that his “relentlessly upbeat folk-rock courses with positive thinking and surges with vigorous musicality.Faithfield is invigorating and inspiring.” PRICE $12.97 (US)

RORY FAITHFIELD: Blood, Bones & Soul

Energised and timeless songs. Described as "Power Acoustic" by the Irish Independent Newspaper. PRICE $10 (US)

RORY FAITHFIELD: Nowhere, Somewhere, Anywhere

Contempory acoustic rock attitude mixed with traditional Irish folk style melodies. PRICE $10 (US)

"Songs that uplift the human spirit and encourage individualism as in "Dance your own dance and sing your own song". That's Rory Faithfield in a nutshell... stadium folk for the bedroom...." John O'Regan.. Start http://MessageBot.com -- Enter your Email to join the Rory Faithfield Mailing List:
Powered by: MessageBotMusic video of 'Shed My Skin' from the Rory Faithfield album 'Blood, Bones & Soul'. (Shot by David O'Rourke on location in County Dublin & County Meath, Ireland. Starts at Bull Island, Dublin, proceeds through Ballymun, Clontarf, Malahide, Phoenix Park, and through Trim in County Meath. 2004.)
Record Label: Independent Artist: Blind Romantic Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Sooner Or Later

One of he first things they tell you in books about song-writing is not to write songs about your dead dog& Unfortunately, this is a song about my dead dog& Although, it must be said, I wrote it by ac...
Posted by Rory Faithfield on Sun, 13 May 2007 10:30:00 PST

Song For Joe

My life has always been one of reconciling opposites. When I was growing up in Sydney Australia I openly adored the Sex Pistols, but secretly, I loved ABBA&. My parents tried to bring me up as a nice...
Posted by Rory Faithfield on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:57:00 PST

Say Goodbye & Frenchs Wine Bar

Some years ago I reached a point in my life where it became necessary to refrain from further use of certain intoxicants. I've found that the longer I remain on this path, the more aware I become of ...
Posted by Rory Faithfield on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:57:00 PST

Growing up with Abba & The Ramones

My brother Andy was cooler than I was. He realised that listening to The Ramones was a far more credible option in the long term than starting out a musical education with ABBA. In all fairness thou...
Posted by Rory Faithfield on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:48:00 PST

Christy & Clonard

Last year - November 2006 - I had the most intriguing experience while I was on tour in one of my favorite areas of Germany called Frankische Schweiz (i.e.. Frankonian Switzerland - just north of Nur...
Posted by Rory Faithfield on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:24:00 PST

Burn & Leaving Australia

In 1988 I left Australia on a one way ticket with my best friend Geoff&. Our lives at this stage had been somewhat unsuccessful& Although, I must point out that Geoff, was never to be outdone and his ...
Posted by Rory Faithfield on Sun, 13 May 2007 10:14:00 PST

On My Schooling

 I had no intention of staying at my School any longer than I had to. It was full of teachers who had long since lost the desire to inspire and the kind of kids who contributed towards creating t...
Posted by Rory Faithfield on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:25:00 PST

Buried Treasure

When I was a kid, nothing interested me more than the prospect of digging things up in the backyard. It was the fragments of quartz crystals that first caught my imagination, glittering beneath the re...
Posted by Rory Faithfield on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:18:00 PST