INTERVIEW: Musician Damien Leith

AN INTERVIEW WITH

Damien Leith

Damien Leith first came onto our radar taking out the title of Australian Idol back in 2006. It's been almost a decade since - and this ARIA-winner sure has been busy recording a total of 7 studio albums and publishing 2 novels. This month saw Damien release his 8th studio album Songs From Ireland - which is just that.

Congrats on the new album, Songs From Ireland. Why did you decide to record this kind of album this time around?
     I’ve been meaning to record an album like this for a very long time. A number of years ago I wrote a play called The Parting Glass for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and that show features a lot of these songs – seeing the reaction the music got was definitely the catalyst for recording this album.