Hillside Echoes presents Joshua Burnside

Northern Irish songwriter and prducer, Joshua Burnside visits the Hillside Club for the first time. Joshua Burnside has written and performed original songs for over 10 years. His work combines traditional Irish music with Americana, world music, and electronic sampling and his live performances feature acoustic arrangements and evocative, emotional lyrics. His most recent record "It's Not Going to Be Okay", written in the wake of a friend's death, was released in March of this year. Commenting on the record, Burnside wrote: "Grief has always been a big part of my music, it’s the reason I started writing songs when I was 13. And so, as I did all those years ago, I reach for the guitar, try a few chords and sing a few words and for a brief moment I feel like it’s going to be okay. Many of the songs on this record are noticeably starker in production compared to previous albums. I didn’t want to rely on weird sounds or quirky production - I wanted the songs to stand on their own two feet, and the lyrics to be the focus. The lyrics are quite straightforward as well, sometimes the best way to say it is the simplest way." Learn more at hillsideclub.org