On The Verge Featuring Relief

Joelle introduces On the Verge to Ireland’s Best Unsigned Band of 2009 when she interviews Relief frontman Botham Hawkins during the band’s trip to NYC to play the CMJ Music Marathon. Just hours before he had to catch a flight back to his hometown of Dublin, Hawkins entertained the OTV crew with two acoustic performances (”Waiting Still” and “Waves”) – played on a guitar he purchased on the sidewalks of the Big Apple for $25 on his way to our studio!

Watch as he talks about the Irish music business, how he’s bringing back DIY and more:

Find out the inspiration behind Relief’s hit, “Waiting Still” and watch Botham perform it acoustic:

Botham reveals that Jeff Buckley inspired “Waves” and then performs the song:

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