Talented Kill singer David Burke launches new EP 'Hello Ocean' as he plans tour of USA and Canada

By Kim O'Leary

Talented Kill singer David Burke’s star is on the rise as his brand new EP ‘Hello Ocean’, an album featuring uplifting songs capturing his experiences travelling around Australia and South East Asia, has debuted at no.1 in the iTunes Singer/Songwriters charts this month.

David Burke is originally from Kill and he began his career in music over 10 years ago, starting out through busking and street performances around Kildare and Dublin before progressing onto selling out albums and touring around Ireland and the world.

David's debut album 'Where Colours Swim' went straight to #1 on iTunes following gits release in 2013, while it was also named 'Album of the Week' on RTE Radio 1.

Speaking to KildareNow recently following the success of his new EP ‘Hello Ocean’, David said: “I went away travelling for a few years to Australia, New Zealand and East Asia, I basically went back-packing around them all and I really enjoyed it, it was a great experience. I loved the beach lifestyle and the back-packing was very open and relaxed, you'd meet new people to hang out with every week. I raced motorcycles in Vietnam and climbed mountains in Queensland, there was so much to do all of the time and we had so many adventures, and I also drove 20,000 km around Australia's east Coast doing more than 100 performances."

Indeed, many of David’s music videos including ‘Barefoot’ were filmed were filmed around Australia's East Coast as David enjoyed the local scenery including the waterfalls. And David has also ticked off another bucket list item as last week he appeared as an extra on the much-loved Australian soap opera ‘Home and Away’ this month which is sure to have gone down a treat for his Irish fans.

Having grown up in Kill with his brothers and sisters and parents, David grew up in a very musical family, with all of his siblings and himself playing musical instruments including piano and guitar. "I was drawn to music at a young age, I loved it and I've been performing for 10 years now," said David.

He has also shared the stage with wonderfully talented musicians such as Declan O’Rourke, Hot House Flowers, Alabama 3, Wallis Bird & Paddy Casey.