Wed 9 July | 21:30 | Pálás Screen 1

2025 | Ireland | 70’

Irish, English (English Subtitles)

David Keenan Ceithre bliana tar éis dó a chéad albam Beginner’s Guide to Bravery a eisiúint, tá an t-amhránaí, ceoltóir agus cumadóir ó Dhún Dealgan, David Keenan, tagtha ag crosbhóthar. Tar éis dó camchuairt fhairsing a dhéanamh agus cáil a bhaint amach mar dhuine de na taibheoirí beo is spéisiúla in Éirinn, filleann sé anois ar an stiúideo chun ceol nua a thaifeadadh. “Is furasta fearg a thaibhriú, is é an ghortú atá deacair”, a deir sé, agus muid ag scagadh cumadóireacht David thar thréimhse 500 lá.  

Portráid í seo d’ealaíontóir amháin agus é ina fhear óg, ach is portráid í seo de chuile ealaíontóir ceoil agus iad ar a ndícheall an fód a sheasamh in aghaidh anchumhacht na halgartam, agus fanacht dílis dóibh féin agus dá ngairm ar bhealach cumhachtach.  

Four years after the breakthrough success of his debut album, Beginner’s Guide to Bravery, Dundalk songwriter, musician, and composer David Keenan is at a crossroads. After touring extensively and building a reputation as one of Ireland’s leading live performers, he returns to the studio to record new music. “Anger is easy to portray, it’s the hurt that’s hard”, he says as we explore his wordsmithing over the course of 500 days.

This is a portrait of the artist as a young man, which in turn is a portrait of every musical artist as they endeavour to remain authentic, yet stand out in a world of “algorithm and blues”.

Post-show discussion will follow