Energisers wanted! (in times like the present)

The likes of Paul O’Brien, the British artist of Irish stock has covered a remarkable musical waterfront. Now he has reached Stockfisch-grade maturity. O’Brien is a courageous man. And courage it takes to leave everything behind and start a new life on Canada’s most western shores - a life in which music was initially no longer meant to play a vital part.

But an artist cannot get away from art easily. What does that mean? Paul O’Brien will tell you in "He Can Dance", a song about an artist who can dream and dance.

Dream and dance can change reality, they can transcend it – just like faith ("Romero", a song about a bishop who changed his world). This song features a children’s choir. Up-tempo songs begin and end a performance offering an eclectic best of folk, country and jazz.

Children that grow up. Old people who don’t understand today’s world while making it a better place without even realising it. Giving and receiving: „Don’t try and understand it, let it lead you through your life.“ This is the way a singer looks at the world, a singer whose broad shoulders are home to a sensitive soul.

Walk back home. „Wohin gehen wir? – Immer nach Hause.“ (In the words of the German Romantic poet Novalis: Where are we bound for – always for home.)

Collective pub-consciousness (pardon the pun): Hands clapping, fireworks – that’s the state this music will leave you in - beware: Long live the energisers!

Paul O'Brien´s website: www.paulobrien.ca