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David Keenan is an Irish Singer / Songwriter, Poet & Composer.

A working-class kid from Dundalk, Keenan has spent his life forging his own artistic path driven to write lyrical songs that play out like stories, soulful outsider anthems that celebrate the sacred and profane and aren’t afraid to cut to the core of things.

His live shows are praised for their soaring ability to uplift and connect audiences whether solo with guitar and piano or with a full band he’s one of those rare raw voices to be heard and felt.

Focla ar Chanbhás [Words on Canvas] is a new documentary about David’s life that premiered at the Chicago Irish Film Festival earlier this month and made appearances at Craicfest (NYC), LA Irish Film Festival & Solas Nua (DC). It will have it’s European premiere at Krakow Film Festival in May.

Released to incredible acclaim in November, ‘Modern Mythologies’ is ‘an anthology of songs, stories and people. Musically and lyrically it is most inspired thing I’ve done”

With his unmistakable voice, literary lyricism, and uncompromising honesty, David Keenan once again proves why he’s one of Ireland’s most compelling modern troubadours.