Although now living in Dundalk, Hemingway spent her first two years in Ireland living in Ballymoney, Gorey.
Her new album, Earth & Asphalt , follows on the heels of the very well received 2017 release, Whins and Weather .
While Hemingway herself thought her Irish odyssey would result in her embracing some green-tinted folk elements into her music she admits that relocation has ironically led to her adopting an even more American sound.
The album opener, Birmingham , sets the tone for what s to follow.
A high-octane, dirty country rocker it immediately invokes images of a packed music bar on a Friday night where everyone is out for a good time.
American musicians Beki Hemingway and Randy Kerkman, who have made their home in Dundalk, spent the first lockdown recording a new album which they have now released. Earth and Asphalt is the follow up to Whins and Weather released in 2017 and it sees the couple drawing inspiration from their American roots. We thought we might be influenced by the Celtic music, but it turns out that being here has only made us sound more American, says Beki. I m a child of the eighties and grew up listening to New Wave while my husband would be more in Goth and heavier stuff. My father was a big fan of Jim Croice and Bob Dylan and female voices like Emmylou Harris, and folk and bluegrass, and I guess those roots are starting to spring up.