John Byrne Band
Season 2021 Episode 12 | 3m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
Strings, horns, and guitars escort Byrne’s vocals in songs about living in negative times.
Dublin native and Philadelphia resident, John Byrne’s new record A Shiver in the Sky (2019), shows his band of multi-instrumentalists vibrantly executing ten new originals. Strings, horns, and guitars escort Byrne’s vocals through a set of songs about living and pushing forward through negative times.
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House Concert Series is a local public television program presented by WHYY
John Byrne Band
Season 2021 Episode 12 | 3m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
Dublin native and Philadelphia resident, John Byrne’s new record A Shiver in the Sky (2019), shows his band of multi-instrumentalists vibrantly executing ten new originals. Strings, horns, and guitars escort Byrne’s vocals through a set of songs about living and pushing forward through negative times.
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