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· Dec 16
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Your favourite musicians covering theirs.
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In the middle of an European tour supporting MJ Lenderman, Hollow Hand came back. Max Kinghorn-Mills picked a guitar, sat down and played me two new songs: 'In The Morning' and 'A Gentle Place'.
Hollow Hand
Back in 2023, I invited English band Hollow Hand into a very hot 17th-century church to record a full band session. Last year, in the middle of an European tour supporting MJ Lenderman, they came back. To the cooler office space of Gibson Europe in Amersfoort this time, where Max Kinghorn-Mills picked a guitar, sat […]
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September 10, 2026 at 7:46 AM
In the middle of an European tour supporting MJ Lenderman, Hollow Hand came back. Max Kinghorn-Mills picked a guitar, sat down and played me two new songs: 'In The Morning' and 'A Gentle Place'.
In the middle of an European tour supporting MJ Lenderman, Hollow Hand came back. Max Kinghorn-Mills picked a guitar, sat down and played me two new songs: 'In The Morning' and 'A Gentle Place'.
Hollow Hand
Back in 2023, I invited English band Hollow Hand into a very hot 17th-century church to record a full band session. Last year, in the middle of an European tour supporting MJ Lenderman, they came back. To the cooler office space of Gibson Europe in Amersfoort this time, where Max Kinghorn-Mills picked a guitar, sat […]
theinfluences.com
September 10, 2026 at 7:46 AM
In the middle of an European tour supporting MJ Lenderman, Hollow Hand came back. Max Kinghorn-Mills picked a guitar, sat down and played me two new songs: 'In The Morning' and 'A Gentle Place'.
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Die Indian Summerdaze gaat er komen eind september. Check daryll-ann.nl voor dates & tickets.
September 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Die Indian Summerdaze gaat er komen eind september. Check daryll-ann.nl voor dates & tickets.
Alela Diane returned to The Influences for a fourth time. At TakeRoot festival in Groningen in November 2025, she brought Two Runner along and played Dusty Roses and Neil Young's Comes A Time.
Alela Diane
Last week, I spent a good ten days camping in the dunes, being outside all day. So, it’s a bit of a transition going back to working and doing things behind a screen again. But, no better way to start than with these videos: Alela Diane returned to The Influences for a fourth time. At […]
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September 2, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Alela Diane returned to The Influences for a fourth time. At TakeRoot festival in Groningen in November 2025, she brought Two Runner along and played Dusty Roses and Neil Young's Comes A Time.
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August 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Get 50% off your first month if you become a paid Patron for The Influences now. Discount valid on all tiers, until the end of August. Help keep this musical archive running!
Visit patreon.theinfluences.com
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It's live now. Watch Niamh Bury cover #TheBeatles!
August 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
It's live now. Watch Niamh Bury cover #TheBeatles!
Niamh Bury - In My Life (The Beatles) | The Influences
YouTube video by The Influences
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August 7, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Johnny Delaware played three originals and a cover of Bruce Springsteen's 'Tougher Than The Rest' in the woods of Huis ter Heide, The Netherlands.
Johnny Delaware
The longer this musical archive called The Influences excists, the more extensive sessions tend to become. It’s fun to film full band set ups and to make it work in often unusual settings and circumstances. Don’t get me wrong, I love it. But, to take two cameras, a tripod, a couple of microphones and the […]
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August 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Johnny Delaware played three originals and a cover of Bruce Springsteen's 'Tougher Than The Rest' in the woods of Huis ter Heide, The Netherlands.
Irish musician @glenhansard.bsky.social has died, aged 56. Last year in Kilkenny, his friend Zoe Hayter recorded The Swell Season's 'In These Arms'. Zoe and I felt today is a fitting day to publish this raw, emotional tribute to one of the finest musicians there ever was.
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Zoe Hayter - In These Arms (The Swell Season) | The Influences
YouTube video by The Influences
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August 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Irish musician @glenhansard.bsky.social has died, aged 56. Last year in Kilkenny, his friend Zoe Hayter recorded The Swell Season's 'In These Arms'. Zoe and I felt today is a fitting day to publish this raw, emotional tribute to one of the finest musicians there ever was.
youtu.be/NnrtQC5m8Z0?...
youtu.be/NnrtQC5m8Z0?...
"I Haven’t Gone is a song about showing love through actions rather than words. It’s about the moments when language isn’t as effective as small acts of affection, care and just being there for someone."
Niamh Bury sings her new song 'I Haven’t Gone', filmed in #Kilkenny.
youtu.be/X1-xGcuxa4A
Niamh Bury sings her new song 'I Haven’t Gone', filmed in #Kilkenny.
youtu.be/X1-xGcuxa4A
Niamh Bury - I Haven't Gone | The Influences
YouTube video by The Influences
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July 30, 2026 at 11:29 AM
"I Haven’t Gone is a song about showing love through actions rather than words. It’s about the moments when language isn’t as effective as small acts of affection, care and just being there for someone."
Niamh Bury sings her new song 'I Haven’t Gone', filmed in #Kilkenny.
youtu.be/X1-xGcuxa4A
Niamh Bury sings her new song 'I Haven’t Gone', filmed in #Kilkenny.
youtu.be/X1-xGcuxa4A
4 playlists, over at the Patreon. All the releases from March, April, May and June that I loved.
For patrons or anyone willing to pay a few euros to discover > 100 great songs.
For patrons or anyone willing to pay a few euros to discover > 100 great songs.
July 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
4 playlists, over at the Patreon. All the releases from March, April, May and June that I loved.
For patrons or anyone willing to pay a few euros to discover > 100 great songs.
For patrons or anyone willing to pay a few euros to discover > 100 great songs.
July 23, 2026 at 5:35 PM
HORSEBATH X THE INFLUENCES, part 1
After meeting some of @horsebathband at @takerootfestival last year, I was sure I wanted to film them the next chance I got, which happened to be at @kilkennyroots in Ireland last month.
youtu.be/HH6eat2o72s
After meeting some of @horsebathband at @takerootfestival last year, I was sure I wanted to film them the next chance I got, which happened to be at @kilkennyroots in Ireland last month.
youtu.be/HH6eat2o72s
HORSEBATH - Lyin' Down The Middle (Dillard & Clark) | The Influences
YouTube video by The Influences
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June 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
HORSEBATH X THE INFLUENCES, part 1
After meeting some of @horsebathband at @takerootfestival last year, I was sure I wanted to film them the next chance I got, which happened to be at @kilkennyroots in Ireland last month.
youtu.be/HH6eat2o72s
After meeting some of @horsebathband at @takerootfestival last year, I was sure I wanted to film them the next chance I got, which happened to be at @kilkennyroots in Ireland last month.
youtu.be/HH6eat2o72s
Jerry Leger plays 'Let Me See How It Ends' theinfluences.com/jerry-leger-3/
Jerry Leger plays 'Let Me See How It Ends'
'Utrecht - May 15, you around?' The subject of Jerry Leger's email was short and sweet. So, I saw the show, brought a camera and filmed a song in the dressing room afterwards. Watch Jerry Leger play…
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May 31, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Jerry Leger plays 'Let Me See How It Ends' theinfluences.com/jerry-leger-3/
"I genuinely think it’s one of the most brilliant songs written in the history of Irish music.”
@theocelots.bsky.social x #BellX1
youtu.be/MHorCSaJFSk
@theocelots.bsky.social x #BellX1
youtu.be/MHorCSaJFSk
The Ocelots - Rocky Took A Lover (Bell X1) | The Influences
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May 29, 2026 at 8:56 PM
"I genuinely think it’s one of the most brilliant songs written in the history of Irish music.”
@theocelots.bsky.social x #BellX1
youtu.be/MHorCSaJFSk
@theocelots.bsky.social x #BellX1
youtu.be/MHorCSaJFSk
Irish brothers Brandon and Ashley Watson of The Ocelots cover Bell X1 and The Killers; stripping both songs back to guitar in an intimate session for The Influences.
The Ocelots
Brandon and Ashley Watson are on the road somewhere in England when we talk. They’re staying at an old inn, “like something from an English fairy tale,” Ashley says, where the Wi-Fi barely reaches. It suits them. The Ocelots have spent most of the last decade in motion: from the open mics of Wexford and […]
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May 20, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Irish brothers Brandon and Ashley Watson of The Ocelots cover Bell X1 and The Killers; stripping both songs back to guitar in an intimate session for The Influences.
'Utrecht - May 15, you around?' The subject of Jerry Leger's email was short and sweet. So, I saw the show, brought a camera and filmed a song in the dressing room afterwards.
Watch Jerry Leger play 'Let Me See How It Ends'.
Watch Jerry Leger play 'Let Me See How It Ends'.
Jerry Leger
‘Utrecht – May 15, you around?’ The subject of Jerry Leger’s email was short and sweet. And, I happened to be around. So, I saw the show, brought a camera and filmed a song in the pretty retro dressing room afterwards. One camera, one take – done in 10 minutes. His fourth time recording for […]
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May 19, 2026 at 7:01 AM
'Utrecht - May 15, you around?' The subject of Jerry Leger's email was short and sweet. So, I saw the show, brought a camera and filmed a song in the dressing room afterwards.
Watch Jerry Leger play 'Let Me See How It Ends'.
Watch Jerry Leger play 'Let Me See How It Ends'.
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Jerron Paxton lives the music he plays, and on whatever instrument he picks up, he's one of the best you'll see. Watch his The Influences session.
Jerron Paxton
Often when I film sessions at a festival, I come away with more than I do from most live shows I manage to catch. There’s something about a musician standing in front of just me and my cameras, playing pretty much unamplified. That was true filming Jerron Paxton at Smithwick’s Experience in Kilkenny; but later […]
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May 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Jerron Paxton lives the music he plays, and on whatever instrument he picks up, he's one of the best you'll see. Watch his The Influences session.
When your friend has a new band and plays a (sold out) show at the festival you're filming sessions at. You bring your camera ⤵️
youtu.be/TEsrQnHlr2w
youtu.be/TEsrQnHlr2w
Lawson And The Racket - live at Kilkenny Roots 2026
YouTube video by The Influences
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May 9, 2026 at 12:52 PM
When your friend has a new band and plays a (sold out) show at the festival you're filming sessions at. You bring your camera ⤵️
youtu.be/TEsrQnHlr2w
youtu.be/TEsrQnHlr2w
At Kilkenny Roots 2025, Luther Russell recorded two covers for The Influences: Bob Dylan's 'It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry' and Jimi Hendrix's 'Drifting'.
Luther Russell
At Kilkenny Roots 2025, Luther Russell recorded two covers for The Influences: Dylan’s It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry and Hendrix’s Drifting. Two songs by musicians whose surname is enough to let everyone know who it is. Two songs that mean something to Russell. That part is obvious. Even […]
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May 8, 2026 at 1:44 PM
At Kilkenny Roots 2025, Luther Russell recorded two covers for The Influences: Bob Dylan's 'It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry' and Jimi Hendrix's 'Drifting'.