Celtic Americana is not a bad descriptor for David's music. Lyrically, his music seems contemporary and American in content, but they're built on a solid foundation of musical and thematic ideas from Ireland and David’s native British Isles and his own slightly off-kilter worldview.

“With his “spirited singing and full-bodied playing” (Dirty Linen), “Lloyd uses traditional tunes and themes where it suits his purposes” (Folk Roots, UK). David accompanies himself on the 8-stringed octar and on steel and gut strung guitars tuned differently.

In performance, he frames his songs with wry commentary and the occasional surreal narrative. He has performed in Canada, the US, Ireland and England.

His most recent album, Rivers, Kings and Curses, was named one of the best 15 CDs of 2008 by Celtic Connections, a weekly radio show broadcast on about 100 NPR stations.