Conceived at the Mississippi graveside of legendary bluesman Robert Johnson and created in Co. Donegal, Carpe Vita Creative finds the Glenarm-born Ben Glover in vintage form. In fact, it’s rather apt that the seeds of the opus were sewn at the final resting place of a man believed to have sold his soul to the devil – because this album is a diabolically good offering.
Birthed in the living room of a house where the tunesmith holidayed as a kid, recording saw the musicians sit in a circle beside a turf fire, with a bottle of Bushmills to hand. Inspired by Glover’s travels in America, numbers such as ‘True Love’s Breaking My Heart’ and ‘Take And Pay’ are spurred on by that distinctive Nashville sound. ‘Blackbirds’ is an absolute world-beater of a track, arguably Ben’s best effort to date. A tune about troubled people in troubling times, this duet with Gretchen Peters would put goose-bumps on your goose-bumps. It’s a stunning murder ballad, worth the price of admission alone. A must listen.