Sean Kangataran is part of that newly re-minted Dublin diaspora that is taking the musical world by storm.
And he's living the life in all sorts of ways, including, according to his Tumbleresquederian bio, these ones:
...(Kantagaran) spent early 2009 assisting his good friend Glen Hansard in the production of The Swell Season’s record Strict Joy.
His own debut album, written and recorded in Ireland during the summer of 2010 was a dark lyrical affair dealing with the rage and nostalgia of heartbreak, offset by joyful arrangements of brass and percussion.
He arrived in Los Angeles later that summer without knowing anyone and began assembling a group of musicians. They have played shows in Molly Malones, Room5, Silverlake Lounge, Viper Room and Bootleg Theater.
He met a girl at his first show in Los Angeles. They got married four weeks later in Las Vegas. They now live downtown and have a pet rabbit. This means he’ll probably be sticking around for a while....
But it turns out that the Hansard connection and that strange bit of matrimonial weirdness in the desert is only one half of what made me decide to take a hard listen to his stuff....
What, you may be asking yourself, is the other half of my reason for tuning in?
Well, it turns out that Sean used to be in exactly the same business that I'm (still) in.
At least the formal teaching part of the business.
In fact, I used to send an occasional student or two his way without even knowing it.
And now he's living his dream, while I keep churning out the students.
Occasionally though I both live with my dreams and teach at exactly the same time.
Imagine that.
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You can buy Sean's entire album, which I very much dug, especially the song at the top of the post given its literary bent (and he'll even let you name your price!) here.
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