Single Release is Ahead of Sold-Out Whelan’s Show on February 10th
Started in October 2023, DUG is the new Dublin-based music project of songwriter Lorkin O’Reilly and California native Jonny Pickett.
After spending the past decade in Upstate NY, releasing 3 albums, touring and gaining 20+ million streams on Spotify, Lorkin decided to pack his bags in 2022 and move home to Dublin.
That life change came with meeting Pickett, a clawhammer banjo player and musicologist, resulting in the inception of DUG – a band that blends American old time and Irish folk, reflecting the musical heritage of both is members.
Within a few months of the band beginning, the duo sold out back-to-back headline shows at Whelan’s Upstairs, recorded their first single, produced by Belfast songwriter Joshua Burnside, had a serendipitous encounter with Conan O’Brien while filming for his upcoming travel series on HBO and have an upcoming premiere with GemsonVHS.
DUG’s first single, “Jubilee” will be released by A For Effort Records on all streaming platforms Feb 9th, 2024.
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