Bryce Dessner puts down his guitar and reveals his love of Cork and the Safe Harbour festival

As he gets ready for the Safe Harbour festival, Bryce Dessner tells Ed Power about his plans for the event, his love of Cork, and life in The National.

EVERY two years, rock star Bryce Dessner steps outside his life as guitarist in The National. He flies from his home on America’s west coast to Cork, for the Sounds From A Safe Harbour festival. To the Irish music-going public this is a singular opportunity to give themselves over to a weekend of horizon-expanding music. For Dessner it is both an escape from the tumult of The National and also, in a sense, a journey home.