Deep Heart's Core
By
Eamonn Karran
Written by
Steve Sheppard
Over the last 8 years I have watched, listened, and been
delightfully pleased with the exceptional growth of artist Eamonn Karran, from A New
World, to this latest offering Deep
Heart's Core, each and every release has sparkling gems of musical magic
contained within.
This eight track collection of sublime songs manifests
moments of pure bliss like the emotional reflections of Carrauntoohil, or the
vibrant Celtic dance of the most powerful track on the album with Fair City.
This is without doubt Celtic music with a twenty first
century twist. Harmonic convergences can also be found in abundance, as on the
piece High King of Cashel, a track
that is blessed not only with a fine performance on piano, but with some quite
haunting angelic vocalisations as well.
Albums produced and created by Karran are a journey unto
themselves; you only have to listen to moments of wonderment like March on Tara Hill, (a personal
favourite of mine) to feel the grass beneath your feet, or perhaps the scent of
salt in the air on the track Spike
Island;, wherever Karran paints musically, you are literally transported
there.
The haunting The Walls
is our memory packed and emotive penultimate offering, while the artist finishes
with a flourish with the last song off the release entitled Wings over Glenveagh.
Deep Heart's Core by Eamonn Karran is a real contender for album of the year; here is a
musician, a pianist, and keyboard supremo, who literally pours his heart and
soul into each new work, the result is musical beauty, and is an album that
contains compositions that are so beautifully produced and performed, it will
be enough to move you to tears of joy and feelings of bliss whilst listening.
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