# Irish musician Damien Rice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-musician-damien-rice/192220>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 31, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-musician-damien-rice/192220 "2003-07-31T20:57:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Turin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@Turin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turin)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-musician-damien-rice/192220/1 "2003-07-31T20:57:16Z")

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So I was first turned on to his guy because I was told he was very “David Gray” like. I gound that to be true. But I must say that there is something a little bit deeper about this guy (Damien). I also happen to catch him on the Late Night show circuit, notorious for live performance criticism, and he was good there too, almost JAm band like. I guess I am just ssaying that I am impressed with this guy. My favorite song right now is ‘Cheers Darlin’"  
Anyone else think he is better than David Gray?  
Oh and props to the irish on giving us yet another great musical artist.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-musician-damien-rice/192220/2 "2003-07-31T21:05:45Z")

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I know of him because he got a lot of airplay on Dublin’s pirate radio station [Phantom FM](http://www.phantomfm.com/) (before the %&$&# government shut it down - still available streaming off their website). I agree that he’s more creative than David Gray, though not as melodic - he’s done some very weird stuff.

If you like him, you’ll also like [David Kitt](http://www.davidkitt.com/).