Jamie O'Brien's writing is as dazed and confused as his origins. Born in England into an Irish-Italian family, he moved at a tender age to France where he met a German and moved to Austria. ... After a decade of playing Irish music in the Black Forest, he found a path that took him to the plains of Alsace and eventually the planes of TWA which took him to Pennsylvania, his adopted home.

As a Lindt chocolate fan, he had the difficult task of living in Hershey for four years before moving to The Wilds -- the part of Pennsylvania in the north marked on maps with Here be there Dragons for another four years.

Now in his civilized home in Carlisle, he sits and writes day in, day out for numerous publications. His dreams of stardom live on as he continues to play Irish music with the Laune Rangers and Old Timey with Medicinal Purpose. He is lactose intolerant and tried to strangle the doctor who told him he should avoid eating all chocolate. Including Hershey?

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Reviews by Jamie include:

Asturian Mining Company
• Patrimoniu

Tommy Basker
• The Tin Sandwich

Kevin Burke
• In Concert

Tia Carrere
• Hawaiiana

Celtic Fiddle Festival
• Rendezvous

The Chieftains
• The Chieftains Collection
• From the Beginning: The Chieftains 1 to 4

Johnny B. Connolly
• Bridgetown

Fire in the Glen
• Shout 'til the Break of Day

Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• One Endless Night

Grace Griffith
• Sands of Time

Amy Hanaiali'i & Willie K
• Hawaiian Tradition
• Nostalgia

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
• Live In Seattle

CJ Helekahi
• Ka Mahina

Daniel Ho
• Coolest Drop of Rain

EJ Jones
• The Willow

George Kahumoku Jr.
• Footprints in the Poi
• Hawaiian Love Songs (Na Mele Ho'oniponipo Hawai'i)

George Kahumoku Jr. & Bob Brozman
• Kani Wai: Sound of Water

Keoki Kahumoku & Herb Ohta Jr.
• Hawaiian from the Heart

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
• Alone In IZ World

Henry Kapono
• Henry

Kila
• Tóg É Go Bog É

Ken Kolodner
• Walking Stones: A Celtic Sojourn

I. Mihana
• Rust on the Moon

Herb Ohta Jr.
• Ukulele Dream

Old Blind Dogs
• Fit?

Bla Pahinui
• Guava Soul

Brittni Paiva
• Brittni x 3

Pali
• self-titled

Niamh Parsons
• Heart's Desire
• In My Prime

Dennis Pavao
• Keiki Kupuna

Leokane Pryor
• Home Malanai

Owana Ka`ohelelani Salazar
• Owana

Sliabh Notes
• Along Blackwater's Banks

Jesse Smith
• Jigs & Reels

Anjani Thomas
• Anjani

various artists
• The Acoustic Folk Box
• English Country Music
• Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Vol. III
• Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music

Jim "Kimo" West
• Na Lani O Maui (Maui Skies)

John Williams
• Steam

George Winston
• Night Divides the Day: The Music of the Doors

Wolfstone
• Seven


Bill Brennan
• Irish & Scottish Airs & Ballads for Acoustic Guitar

John Glatt
• The Chieftains: The Authorized Biography

George Kahumoku Jr. with Paul Konwiser
• A Hawaiian Life

Rich Kisielewski
• Da Bushes

Ian Whitcomb & His Bungalow Boys
• The Cat's Meow: Ukulele Favorites from the Roaring Twenties


Cherish the Ladies (interview)

Aloha: The Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Tour (performance)

Freedom Highway: Songs That Shaped a Century (documentary)

Natalie MacMaster (performance)

Spirit of Aloha: Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom & Willie K (performance)