Press

“A brilliant guitarist” – Daniel Neely, Irish Echo
“One of the gentle architects of today’s Irish music sound” – The Thistle and Shamrock
“A seminal figure in Irish music” – The Rough Guide to Irish Music
“One of Celtic music’s most inventive and tasteful guitarists” – Steve Winick, Huffington Post
“Sproule has a gentle touch, evocatively delivering the music with tender loving care and no small amount of virtuosity…” – Colin Irwin, fRoots
“Pristine finger picking” – Jon Pareles, The New York Times
“Sproule’s style also possesses a graceful fluidity and sensitive shading that turns tunes into taproots of expression and even confession” – Earle Hitchner, Irish Echo
“There’s no guitarist I’d rather listen to” – Mark Sustic, Fiddleheads
“An innovator who brought the guitar and DADGAD tuning to the fore in Irish music. His playing is rich in subtlety and full of soul.” – Tim Readman, Penguin Eggs
“This is a musician in the truest sense of the word.” – Bill Margeson, Irish Music Magazine
“Beautiful, ornate and often lute-like guitar accompaniment.” – Kevin McCullagh in The Journal of Music

Dáithí Sproule Listens Back to Lost River, Vol. 1 – Episode 284 of Mother Banjo and Anthony Ihrig’s Back Catalog Listening Party
The Myth of Tragedy – Episode 47 of Shannon Heaton’s Irish Music Stories
Cuppa Tea with Dáithí Sproule – Episode 10 of Shannon Heaton’s Irish Music Stories
Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Dáithí Sproule
Dáithí Sproule – The Thistle and Shamrock

Skara Brae – Siobhan Long reports on Gael-Linn’s plans for a 50th anniversary re-release of the seminal album
The DADGAD Way – Acoustic Guitar magazine offers DADGAD insights from Dáithí Sproule, Pierre Bensusan, and Sarah McQuaid
The Widening Gyre – high praise for Altan’s 2015 release in fROOTS – by Colin Irwin
Bright and Early with Paddy O’Brien and Nathan Gourley – from the Irish Echo – by Daniel Neely
Dáithí Sproule’s found river of song – from the Irish Echo – by Earle Hitchner
Dáithí Sproule – Music on a lost river – in Irish Music Magazine – by Bill Margeson
Dáithí Sproule knows how to make a guitar sing – from the Irish Echo – by Earle Hitchner
Lost River, Vol 1 – in The Living Tradition – by David Kidman
Guitar man Dáithí Sproule trots globe to beat the band – in MinnPost.com – by Michael Metzger
Keeping the delicate beauties – A conversation with Dáithí Sproule – in The Ryder – by Seán Dwyer
Dáithí’s day in the sun – from Irish Music Magazine – by Bill Margeson
Tuned to what matters, Dáithí Sproule brings his world-class Irish music to a small stage in Amherst – in the Daily Hampshire Gazette – by John Stifler
Strong praise delivered with a side of irony in a review from Rambles.NET

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