- Music
- 26 Feb 09
I'll be seeing you
Irish Songsmith keeps good company
Kieran Goss’s new album boasts the kind of attractive packaging you don’t get with downloads. It’s the perfect accompaniment for a collection of collaborative compositions written with such stalwarts as Brendan Murphy, Kimmie Rhodes and Beth Neilsen Chapman.
‘One Boy’s Treasure’ evokes the downhome country charm of Don Williams; ‘The Reason Why’ is a jaunty feelgood song to keep toes and ears equally happy. That jauntiness is repeated on the charming ‘The One That Got Away’ whilst ‘Into Your Arms’ is a wistful piano-lead love song, with Goss’ voice at its most delicately expressive. ‘Line Of Innocence’ is a real country-folk gem, with Goss’ neat finger-picking underpinning a winning melody and a touching lyric. For its part, the title track offers spine-tingling harmonies from Ann Kinsella and Rhodes.
Sometimes you wish Goss might try to work up a sweat and shift up a gear or two. But he has a natural way with a melody and the enviable knack of crafting songs that never outstay their welcome and sound like they’ve been around forever.
Key Track: 'Line of Innocence'
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