Declan O'Rourke Festival performance in Ireland in July 2007. Snow Patrol's lead singer, Gary Lightbody, gave a very positive review of O'Rourke's second album, a preview copy of which, he revealed, the band had been listening to backstage. O'Rourke attracted praise from Paul Weller for his song "Galileo (Someone Like You)" (co-written by Seamus Cotter) which he cited in an interview with Q Magazine as the song he most wished he'd written from the past twenty years; he later included O'Rourke's recording of the song on an album of his favourite songs included with a special edition of the magazine dedicated to
Gary Williams (singer) live in 2003, it lay forgotten about until rediscovered late 2010. "Gary Williams Live in Brazil" was released in 2013. In 2015 after a successful crowdfunding appeal he released a big band Christmas album "Big Band Wonderland". In 2017 Williams released "Gary Williams at the Movies", which was awarded four stars by the "London Evening Standard" which said, "This selection of movie tunes sung with Sinatra-esque flair, will transport you down memory lane and get your serotonin levels soaring." In 2018 he released 'Treasure Seeker' his first album as a singer/songwriter. Williams hosts the weekly musical biography show "The Legends