I love music. I’ve spent thousands of hours listening to it, pondering it, practicing it, and playing it. I think music is one of the greatest flowers of humanity. I have sought to understand as much about many different musics as I can, from rock to reggae, jazz to samba, folkloric and sacred music from the Americas and India, Western classical and Indian Classical music.

“Eric’s songs are woven together by the threads of authenticity and open-heartedness.”

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At 18, I left my hometown without looking back - at first I traveled the United States, and then, South America - picking up gigs in clubs, trains, theaters, and street festivals playing everything from jazz, blues, rock, and folk music to samba, bossa nova, and reggae.

Across these many scenarios, I have honed my musical craft. This kind of inter-disciplinary, cross-cultural learning has given me a broad vision of music, and many different tools to interact with music and musicians in different contexts.

The variety of my original songs display these wide-roaming influences. Dreamy electric folk-scapes give way to driving rock anthems, a straightforward Americana ballad emerges after a hypnotic bossa nova. I connect these varying songs with my voice, which modulates from genre to genre but remains warm, vulnerable and engaging throughout.

With stints everywhere from the Detroit Jazz Fest to Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colón to the DeLaMar Theater in Amsterdam, I always aim to draw the audience into a feeling of intimacy, openness, and connection. Equally at home with just a guitar in an intimate room as fronting a full band on a giant festival stage, the strength of my songs shine through.

“Whether he's singing about heartbreak or hope, love or loss, O’Daly’s music has a way of reaching inside your soul and resonating deeply.”