Singer/Songwriter Josh O'Keefe at Folk Alliance
Irish Times Review by Joe Breen Many years ago the late British humorist Neil Innes released a single in which his character induced some discordant notes from his harmonica and acoustic guitar before declaring: \u201cI\u2019ve suffered for my art. Now it\u2019s your turn.\u201d That was a parody of Bob Dylan. And very funny it was too. What young Nashville-based British singer-songwriter Josh Okeefe offers on his debut album is a pastiche. From the carefully throwaway clothes on his back to the cap on his head; from the simple urgency of his acoustic guitar and harmonica to the directness of his world-weary voice; from the way his songs don\u2019t hesitate as they pick their way through the moral maze of the world as we knew it (pre-Covid-19), Okeefe evokes the spirit of Dylan circa 1963, the year he released his first album of self-penned songs, The Freewheelin\u2019 Bob Dylan. So welcome to the latest in a long line of new Dylans. Good luck with that.