KIERAN HALPIN
Tel+Fax: 00 44 (0)1750 20619
Email: kieran@kieranhalpin.com
New DVD “Live In Canberra – A
Solo Concert”
SINCE 1979
KIERAN HALPIN HAS RECORDED SEVENTEEN ALBUMS AND PUBLISHED TWO SONGBOOKS. HE HAS
JUST RELEASED HIS LATEST CD- “A BOX OF WORDS AND TUNES”, A COLLECTION OF 11 NEW
SONGS WRITTEN IN THE LAST YEAR. KIERAN HAS UTILISED THE TALENTS OF SOME
LONGSTANDING MUSICAL PARTNERS AND FRIENDS ON THIS ALBUM: CHRIS JONES ON GUITAR,
MAART ALLCOCK ON BASS AND GUITARS, ANTH KALEY ON PIANO, YOGI JOCKUSCH ON
PERCUSSION, SALLY BARKER ON VOCALS AND CHRISTINE HANSON ON CELLO.
KIERAN IS A SUCCESSFUL
SONGWRITER WITH MANY OF HIS SONGS COVERED BY OTHER ARTISTS INCLUDING DOLORES
KEANE, THE BATTLEFIELD BAND, VIN GARBUTT, NIAMH PARSONS, ILSE DE LANGE,
GERALDINE MCGOWAN, CHRIS JONES, THE JOHN WRIGHT BAND, FLOSSIE AND MANY OTHERS.
KIERAN’S SONGS ARE PERFORMED IN CLUBS, PUBS AND CONCERT HALLS THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD. HIS ALBUMS ARE EAGERLY AWAITED BY FANS AND MEDIA ALIKE AND NEVER FAIL TO
GENERATE SUPERLATIVES.
NEVER ONE TO
STAND STILL, KIERAN HAS ALWAYS LOOKED FOR NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO PRESENT
HIS SONGS. IT IS THIS FRESH APPROACH
WHICH HAS SEEN HIM RECORD ALBUMS OF VARYING STYLES ALL AROUND THE WORLD--- FROM
A TINY STUDIO IN LONDON (MISSION STREET); TO NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (THE RITE
HAND); TO DUBLIN (CRYSTAL BALL GAZING); AND ALL THE WAY TO SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
(CLOSING TIME IN PARADISE).
WHILST HIS ALBUMS ARE ALWAYS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO, IT
IS LIVE ON STAGE THAT KIERAN MAKES HIS MARK. POWERFUL, PASSIONATE, INTIMATE AND
INTENSE, HE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. KIERAN’S VOICE HAS SUCH AN EDGE TO IT THAT
HE SOUNDS LIKE HE’S LIVING EVERY SONG. HE HAS MANAGED TO MARRY HIS INTELLIGENT
AND SOMETIMES THOUGHT PROVOKING LYRICS WITH GREAT MELODIES AND HIS NOW
TRADEMARK ACOUSTIC GUITAR SOUND. ALL OF THIS IS UNDERSCORED BY AN INCIVISE WIT
AND HUMOUR IN HIS INTRODUCTIONS, VERY SARDONIC, SOMETIMES SARCASTIC, WHICH
HELPS AN AUDIENCE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE SONGS COME FROM AND HOPEFULLY HINT AT
WHERE THEY MIGHT BE GOING.
A UNIQUE WRITER
AND PERFORMER, HIS WORK IS AS INDIVIDUAL AS BILLY JOEL, NEIL FINN, JONI
MITCHELL, PAUL BRADY OR JOHN MARTYN.
ROCK ‘N’REEL SPRING ’99 – “SOLO”….”the whole
performance resonates with a compelling immediacy and freshness, proving that a
stripped-down setting is an extremely effective context for appreciating the
songs, indeed for revealing their full power.”
Q-MAGAZINE JUNE ‘00 – “JANGLE”…. “Kieran Halpin is
a serious performer. Since his 1979 debut he has produced a series of sharply
defined albums, and “Jangle” is his most ambitious since ‘93’s “The Rite Hand”.
Strong stuff”.