The man who has brought us ‘The Dunnes Stores Girl’ is coming to Kilkenny this weekend.
John Spillane is appearing in Cleeeres Theatre on Friday night at 9.30 where he will woe his audience with songs from his new album released earlier this year - ‘My Dark Rosaleen And the Island of Dreams’.
John Spillane will be best known for songs such as ‘Dunnes Stores Girl, ‘Hey Dreamer’ and ‘Will We Be Brilliant or What’.
John is a native of Cork, the county he lovingly describes as 'the centre of the universe' and it has been a huge influence on this singer / songwriter.
Vocally, Spillane is quite unique with an almost sean nos like element and has been described as having a voice 'full of honesty, commitment and sensitivity'.
Renowned singers and song-writers, Christy Moore, Sharon Shannon, Sean Keane, Karen Casey and others have recorded and released some of John's songs.
John released his forth solo album in April 2008 “My Dark Rosaleen and the Island of Dreams”.
“Dark Rosaleen - dark and mysterious woman of dreams, your eyes are tired from weeping, the lakes of your tears glimmer gently on the island of visions and dreams. Fairy-tale visions of childhood, the magic and the pain of growing up in this crazy, magical land, the search for love, love lost and love found, and the never-ending dream of freedom, inside and out”.. John Spillane
“My Dark Rosaleen and the Island of Dreams” entered the Irish charts at number 6 in the first week of release.
John will be performing in Cleeres on Friday night at 9.20. Tickets available from Cleeres and on the door are €20.
