Pat Byrne

Pat Byrne plays Artichoke Music on Friday, October 16, at 7 PM. He's an Irish singer-songwriter from Borris, Ireland, and the show is built around his album Rituals.

Byrne's music sits across Americana, folk rock, and folk, and he's a songwriter who wears his influences on his sleeve. Folk Alley described his sound at the 30a Songwriters festival as combining "the transcendent poetry of Bob Dylan with the gritty, real-world rock-n-roll storytelling that Bruce Springsteen made so famous," and then adding "a dash of the political activism embodied by Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger." If you're into that lineage—the lyric-driven folk tradition that stretches from the American South to the Irish coast—that's exactly where he fits in.

The show is part of the "Live Music @ Artichoke!" series put on by Artichoke Community Music, a non-profit music organization dedicated to building community through music. They also run classes that celebrate the folk music tradition in their store and venue, so this fits right into what they do. The set is a solo one, with Byrne as the only name on the bill.

It starts at 7 PM at Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell Blvd, and tickets start from $0.00.