Kieran Halpin

Man. Voice. Guitar. Simple. Songs of war, songs of pride, songs of politics and people and songs with beautiful depth. Perfect. I think we all know when we're in the right place. It's right when it feels good because it sounds wholesome because hell, this man is the bomb.

SINCE 1979 HAS RECORDED SEVENTEEN ALBUMS AND PUBLISHED TWO SONGBOOKS. HE HAS JUST RELEASED HIS LATEST - “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.
IN JULY 2007 KIERAN WILL TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA FOR ONE YEAR WITH HIS FAMILY SO THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE HIM LIVE UNTIL JULY 2008!

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”.

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