Music from Dublin - Now there's something that makes me stand up and take notice when the post arrives. One of these days I'm
going to get over there and see if it lives up to all the hype, but there's something about the idea of a music bar or a club
on every corner that grabs me by the throat and virtually drags me across the water!
On this occasion I'm taking a look at "Spark", the 4 track EP from Dublin based artist Barry O'Brien. Not many
tracks to go on here, but the biography enclosed with the EP promises an artist that has performed in clubs around the
city and actually put his hand into his own pocket to buy a 4 track recorder in order to assemble a CD of demos. An artist
who takes the time and effort to get himself noticed always scores points with me - too many would be great musicians these
days honestly think that you can just sit in bed waiting for a call from a record company!
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