Because Audrey Ryan's songwriting is so good, even if she is pulling and tugging on an accordion or picking on a banjo and stomping her tambourine adorned foot, the music is just as moving live as it is on her phenomenal album Dishes and Pills. You could hear T. S Eliot slur it or an eight year-old spray it, but it's still “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. ” Audrey Ryan's music is, well, perfect. She is honest, she is ready, she is the new Americana. After hardcore, emo, indie pop, a resurgence of opera rock and Kanye West, Audrey Ryan makes more sense than grunge coming back, more sense than concept rock, and more sense than conglomerate hip-hop. The apparent individuality of her music makes for timeless listening, whether in the muck of maturity or the recollection of age.

Paul Walsh gives a songwriting workshop at the Tipperary Institute for SongFest week