John Devine

John is an exceptionally gifted multi-instrumentalist who has graced numerous Luton Irish Forum community events over the last 15 years. We were thrilled when he permitted us to use his music collection in our documentary about Luton St Patrick’s Festival, "Paint the Town Green," which significantly enhanced the storytelling. John is an approachable, adaptable, and trustworthy professional.

The Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith, the UK’s Premiere Centre for Irish Arts, has presented John Devine, as a solo artist and also with his band ‘Devines’ in concert, on many occasions and we can confirm without hesitation that John and the trio ‘Devines’ are absolutely outstanding acts. During lockdown we invited John’s acoustic trio ‘Devines’ to perform a special Lockdown concert at the ICC, in which they blended a mix of original songs, unique compositions, contemporary arrangements of folk songs and their own unique brand of Irish ‘trad’, on an array of instruments, including uilleann pipes, banjo and saxophone. This free to watch concert created a big and powerful sound it was a huge success which went global and the concert is still being enjoyed throughout the world today. As a solo artist, John is an extremely versatile, gifted multi-instrumentalist and he is also an extraordinary, unique and original singer songwriter, whose songs are poetic, deeply touching and immensely powerful. We were delighted to present the UK launch of John Devine’s album “Notions” here at the ICC in May 2022, which was a sublime concert, blending ‘Irish trad’ with rock, jazz and contemporary sounds and even incorporating poetry and the spoken word. The concert here at the ICC raised certainly the rafters and attracted a sell-out crowd. Because we consider John Devine to be a unique, high quality, musical artist, we have often invited him to be a special live guest on our monthly Irish arts Radio Show “Bright Side Of The Road” – which is broadcast on Portobello Radio, London most exciting Independent Radio station. We also invited John to be one of the special Irish musicians to perform for King Charles and Queen Camilla when they made a special Royal Visit to the ICC in 2022. We can absolutely assure you that John and Devines are top class acts who are reliable, highly professional and who always provide excellent first class entertainment.