“I will never be alone“, “deep dark Rosaleen“ and the single “love me“ which received a fair amount of radio success along with a very clever and fun video. Backing vocals for the last two Cattle Company albums and the first three solo albums was provided by Ciaran Gribbin aka Joe Echo.
In that same year of 2008 Monaghan performed shows in New York and all over Europe and the regular gigs in Ireland as well as England and Scotland.
Monaghan being a singer songwriter who is not at ease with too many labels attached to his music, when asked says his music is contemporary roots. Others have labelled his material Celtic pop.
The next album release on Brambus Records was
in 2010 and was
titled “flicker of hope“ once again recorded at Novatech studios. The title track features beautiful haunting uilleann pipes performed by Declan Plummer. “Alleluia morning“ a track written for Easter Sunday and like several other of Monaghan‘s songs there is a strong spiritual feel running through. “39 days“ a song written for a friend struggling with the problems of
alcohol and “miss those days“ dealing with the writer‘s childhood hopes and dreams. The album “flicker of hope“ like its predecessors received rave reviews along with the very substantial radio airplay. Irish journalist and broadcaster John O‘Regan wrote recently “Brendan Monaghan‘s music evokes the best elements of classic folk rock, singer songwriter artistry and Irish folk sensibilities in an attractive listenable package“ Monaghan is currently working on material for his fifth solo album due for release late 2012.
This summer sees the release of an EP featuring the first cover the singer songwriter has ever recorded. It is his version of an old song that he heard his mother singing when he was a child “I love how you love me“ plus a new song “leaving Portaferry“ and three previously released tracks.
www.brendanmonaghan.com
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