country music

Willie is widely regarded as one of the most beloved and notorious country music singers.

acoustic roots music

Phil is one of the most popular ambassadors for acoustic roots music and was also nominated for the Musician of the Year title in the 2009 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. .

jazz

A professional musician for over 40 years, Willie has been at various and often overlapping points, a solo singer/songwriter, a member of a Latin American nueva canción ensemble, a jazz musician, a member of a band which backs up a James Brown impersonator, a teacher, composer, and workshop leader.

blues

Phil writes many original songs, drawing from a diverse range of music with blues, jazz, Latin and rock influences fusing into a style of blues's own.

an eclectic musical background from classical music & jazz to prog-folk

Phil has an eclectic musical background from classical music & jazz to prog-folk.

ranging from americana to jazz to metal

Phil is a musician of several instruments and genres, ranging from americana to jazz to metal.

acoustic roots

Phil is one of the most popular ambassadors for acoustic roots music.

Phil's own genre, where Harlem nights and New York cityscapes rub shoulders with the west coast of Ireland and scenes from Werner Herzog’s films

Like all the best songwriters, Phil has created Phil's own genre, where Harlem nights and New York cityscapes rub shoulders with the west coast of Ireland and scenes from Werner Herzog’s films.

a soulful hand

Willie has come to define real country music for many, but has also lent a soulful hand to other genres and artists over the years.

rock

Phil plays a variety of rock classics including Jason Mraz, The Killers, The Calling and Guns N Roses.

Phil's own genre, where Harlem nights and New York cityscapes rub shoulders with the West coast of Ireland and scenes from Werner Herzog's films

Like all the best songwriters, Phil has created Phil's own genre, where Harlem nights and New York cityscapes rub shoulders with the West coast of Ireland and scenes from Werner Herzog's films.

from jazz, blues, rock and pop

Phil has a wide taste in music from jazz, blues, rock and pop.

as ‘Acoustic/Soul/Folk/Blues/Roots’ – which will show you just how versatile and accomplished

Phil’s music is described as ‘Acoustic/Soul/Folk/Blues/Roots’ – which will show you just how versatile and accomplished

folk, roots and acoustic music

Charming, disarming and exceptionally talented, Phil is something of a national treasure on the folk, roots and acoustic music scene.

from Ray Charles, Neil Young, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan to Shania Twain, among MANY others Wynton Marsalis, U2 and even Snoop Dogg

Deeply inspired by his hero Django Reinhardt, Willie has transcended the genre of country music with Willie's unique guitar playing and Willie's various collaborations with hundreds of other artists: from Ray Charles, Neil Young, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan to Shania Twain, Wynton Marsalis, U2 and even Snoop Dogg among MANY others.

whose influences range from the early pioneers of folk

Phil is a singer/songwriter whose influences range from the early pioneers of folk, Joan Baez, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, to modern singer/songwriters like Ryan Adams, Jason Isbell and Elvis Costello.

the distillation of old longing we attach to red dirt roads

Willie and Willie's preferred genre are the distillation of old longing we attach to red dirt roads.

dark songs

Phil sang dark songs hidden behind deceptively pleasing harmonies and were perfect interpreters of the twitchy hearts of millions of baby boomer teens coming of age in the 1950s and `60s looking to express themselves beyond the simple platitudes of the pop music of the day.

salsa

Willie's music is salsa: a blend of the Caribbean, Africa, South America and Willie's native New York City.

of pop and country

A songwriter of rare and precise elegance, Willie brought the worlds of pop and country together on the radio in the early 1960s penning evergreen classics like “Crazy” (Patsy Cline),