The albums great, hes good live aswell. Seen him a couple times.
Ignore ECG, if he likes Damien Dempsey his taste in music cant be that good
Problem for Rice is that the album got popular here, then after a while he began to make a name for himself in England then a while after that he started to make a name in America. Which means that hes been touring 'O' for the last 3 years. But hes got new songs for the next album which should be out who knows when.
If youre going to see him a small venue is best it suits him better, saw him on the main stage at one of the festival's over here and it wasnt as good.
http://www.damienrice.com/music.html theres a link to his site where you can get some of his music for free. Click on the album covers to get some samples of his songs and live streams to get some of his live stuff.
Definitely worth a look