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An Evening With Brian Kennedy

Music Live in Northern Ireland
29th April 2004, The Market Place, Armagh.

Brian Kennedy in Armagh
Brian Kennedy is one of Ireland's foremost singer songwriters. During Music Live he gave an exclusive performance for Sold On Song.
Listen to Brian Kennedy perform and talk about his songs 


With a voice of haunting beauty and exceptional range it's no wonder that Brian Kennedy can be found on CD credits of the most respected artists in the business. He's done vocal duties with Van Morrison, Tina Turner and The Corrs as well as appeared on Broadway in Riverdance.

He released his first album, 'The Great War Of Words' in 1990 but it was with 'A Better Man' in 1996 that his songwriting talents were confirmed.  Singles of the title track; 'Life Love Happiness' and 'Put The Message in The Box' all charted in the UK. In Ireland the album earned platinum sales.

These days he is a very busy man, not only writing and performing his own songs and collaborating with other artists but also presenting on radio and television.

Sold On Song presented an exclusive acoustic performance from the Belfast born songwriter and he discussed with Mark Hagen the experiences and people who have influenced his work and provided such rich material for his songs.



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