Jack O' Rourke hails from the city of steps and steeples, Cork. He is a piano based singer/tunesmith and has some great help in the form of glorious cellist, Aisling Fitzpatrick, the empress of mandolin, Lorraine, saxophonist and jazz maestro, Gary Baus and the silky tones of Lee and Lorraine... Check out upcoming shows if you'd like to hear some music that's real. When asked who he sounds like... The answer is "me"! However influences include: A hearty laugh, my mama's pancakes, jumping in puddles, sensational people Elvis Costello, Mahler, Tom Waits, Bill Monroe, Smashing Pumpkins, Gram Parsons, Talking Heads, The Ronettes, Ian Dury, Radiohead, The Boss, The Shangri-Las, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Sarah Vaughan, Led Zepplin, Seamus Begley, Bjork, Emmylou Harris, Tchaikovksy, Salif Keita, Sibelius, Paul Simon, Rickie Lee Jones, Joni, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Tim and Jeff Buckley, The McGarrigles and The Wainwrights, David Bowie, Nirvana, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Bartok, Georgio Moroder, Daniel Lanois, Luke Kelly, Richard Thompson, Randy Newman, Stevie Wonder, Aretha, Marvin Gsye, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, Marianne Faithfull, Lucinda Williams, Kate Bush, The Louvin Brothers. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jack+O+Rourke">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.