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About Me

He sounds like he's lived the life that inspired the songs" - Hotpress.Paul Byrne is a singer/songwriter from Thurles, Co. Tipperary but is now based in Cork city. His musical influences are endless and eclectic ranging from the folk music of the 60's to mordern day rock. His own music has been recently described as a cross between Bruce Springsteen and Ryan Adams. Paul plays both with his band and also solo acoustic gigs which gives him great versatilty and allows him to interact with different audiences

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Member Since: 8/1/2006
Band Members: Paul Byrne - Acoustic guitar and vocals,The Band -- Daragh Byrne - Lead guitar, Eoin Ryan - Bass, Johnny Walsh - Drums
Influences: Everything from 60's folk music to modern day rock
Sounds Like: Bruce Sprigsteen, Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Del Amitri
Type of Label: None

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"Broken Glass" EP available

Paul along with his band "The Basics" has recorded his first EP. The EP is entitled "Broken Glass" and is now available. You can get the EP of Paul or the Band and it will be available from ...
Posted by Paul Byrne on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:28:00 PST

Hotpress Demo of the fortnight

In June 2006 Paul's demo entitled "Observation" recieved the "Demo of the fortnight" in Jackie Hayden's First Cuts page in Hotpress magazine. This resulted in frequent national radio a...
Posted by Paul Byrne on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:15:00 PST