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Joe Philpott releases single to celebrate Rubyhorse memoir


February 18, 2026

Joe Philpott releases "All Roads Lead To Where You Are" 

Title-track single + musical companion to the memoir 

Following the success of his memoir launch last year, Irish musician Joe Philpott returns with All Roads Lead To Where You Are, a single that serves as a musical companion to his acclaimed memoir. The song carries the emotional weather of the book - tracing long miles, memories, and quiet reckonings gathered across a life lived on the road. It’s about hard-won perspective, reflection and discovering who you are along the way, offering a fresh way into Philpott’s story through sound.

Written as a reflection on years spent travelling across America, the song evokes night drives between cities, radio static, motel rooms, friendships, mistakes, and the strange intimacy of distance. It captures the slow understanding that every wrong turn and broken string still belongs to the journey.

“As with the book, the song isn't about arriving anywhere,” Philpott says, “It’s about what happens along the way - the miles, the silences, the wrong turns, and the people you become because of them.”


Musically, the single is spacious and restrained, allowing the lyrics breathe. Longtime White Horse Guitar Club collaborator Liam Óg Fitzgerald delivers lead vocals with quiet authority. The track was recorded and mixed by Philpott’s Rubyhorse bandmate Declan Lucey, with Humphrey Murphy on double bass, resulting in a recording that feels intimate, lived-in, and unforced. 

Philpott’s memoir chronicles his extraordinary journey from suburban Cork to American stages, from backroom rehearsals to recording with George Harrison. A lyrical exploration of music, migration, and memory, All Roads Lead to Where You Are captures both the exhilaration of chasing a dream and the ache of leaving home. It’s a story of risk, reinvention, and finding your way back to what matters.

A founding member of Rubyhorse, whose song “Punchdrunk” was recorded with George Harrison, Philpott has toured internationally and shared stages with R.E.M., Sheryl Crow, and Def Leppard. In recent years he has expanded his work beyond performance, developing innovative music projects in education, healthcare and community settings. Alongside his memoir, he continues performing with The White Horse Guitar Club, whose rich harmonies and reinterpretations of folk, Americana, and Irish song remain central to his musical life.

PRAISE FOR THE MEMOIR

“The book’s achievement is to make the familiar outline of dreams and ambition crashing onto rocks into a pacy, humorous and insightful story of survival... Life experience pings on almost every page.” - Tony Clayton-Lea, The Irish Times

Joe Philpott has a brilliant knack for storytelling. All Roads Lead to Where You Are, the story about his band Rubyhorse’s assault on America, totally got under my skin. It’s full of punch and laugh-out-loud humour. It captures the giddy fearlessness of what it’s like to be young and ready to eat the world with unerring accuracy. A book to be devoured.” - Richard Fitzpatrick, Irish Examiner


BOOK DETAILS

  • Title: All Roads Lead To Where You Are

  • Author: Joe Philpott

  • Genre: Memoir / Music / Irish Emigration / Travel

The memoir is available now from selected bookstores:
Waterstones
Hodges Figgis

Listen to 'All Roads Lead To Where You Are'
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ABOUT JOE PHILPOTT

Joe Philpott is a Cork-born musician and writer, and a founding member of Rubyhorse, who reached the U.S. Billboard Top 20 with “Sparkle” and recorded with George Harrison. He has toured internationally, performed on The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and shared stages with artists including R.E.M., Sheryl Crow, and Def Leppard. Joe is also co-founder of Music in Community (MIC), developing innovative approaches to bringing music into healthcare, education, and community spaces. He continues to perform with Rubyhorse and The White Horse Guitar Club, while expanding his creative voice through writing and storytelling.

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