Damien Rice

Damien Rice is, to me, the rare artist whose biography reads like one of his songs: leaving a band, farming in Tuscany, busking across Europe before re-emerging in Ireland. That fragile, trembling voice laying love and grief utterly bare is unmistakable, and the 2003 Shortlist Prize only confirmed what listeners already felt. What I most respect is his refusal to flood the market; he releases sparingly, only when the work feels complete, accepting long silences in pursuit of something true. In an industry built on output, that integrity is almost defiant. His best songs feel less like records than like prayers, and I treasure them.

Name (English)

Damien Rice

Name (Japanese)

ダミアン・ライス

Reading

だみあん・らいす

Born

December 7, 1973 (age 52)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Ox

Origin

Dublin, County Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Occupation

singer-songwriter / street artist / singer / pianist / record producer

University

Salesian College Celbridge

Awards & achievements

• 2003 Shortlist Music Prize

• Official sitehttps://damienrice.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/damienrice/
• Xhttps://x.com/DamienRice
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien%20Rice
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311964

Tags

• County Dublin
• singer-songwriter
• street artist
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-20

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