I'll tell you exactly who's going to like this album. If you're a fan of the softer side of either Dire Straits (e.g. "Portobello Belle") or Tom Petty (e.g. "The Best of Everything"), give Paul Brady a listen. His tenor voice complements a diverse selection of instruments (especially among strings) and a style that can be characterized as, at times, folk with a touch of blues and country, and at others, Sting with a touch of New Age.
The one thing I didn't see in this album was much that was distinctively Irish, with the exception of "Arthur McBride," the final track and the only one not from a previous recording. Brady's voice is remarkably accent free, although he's definitely talented.
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The Phantom Tollbooth 2002Reviewed by Bert GanglBorn in Strabane, Northern Ireland, Paul Brady picked up the guitar relatively early on and, by age eleven, was meticulously applying himself to the catalogs of guitar-oriented American Rock & Roll acts like Chuck Berry, the Shadows and the Ventures. After moving to Dublin in the mid-'60s to attend college, Brady worked as a singer in a succession of Soul and R&B bands before joining up with…The Phantom Tollbooth 2002Reviewed by Brian A. SmithPaul Brady is a thirty-year veteran of the music business, starting in Ireland in the late sixties with The Johnstons, recording with Planxty, releasing solo albums, and probably best known on this side of the pond for writing songs Bonnie Raitt made famous ("Trick or Treat," "Not the Only One") Brady has a distinctive voice, best described as Sting crossed with Roger Hodgson (Supertramp). The…Similar sounding releases
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