Paul O'Brien

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Paul O'Brien

Paul O'Brien (* 1966 ) is an English singer, songwriter and instrumentalist.

biography

Paul O'Brien was born in England in 1966 and raised an Irish Catholic. He spent the first 20 years of his musical career in pubs, festivals and private concerts and brought his traditional Celtic music to England, the USA and the Middle East.

In 2004, burned out creatively, he turned away from music, left the United Kingdom with his family and emigrated to northwestern Canada.

In Victoria , British Columbia , he initially taught history as a teacher again, which he gave up after a long artistic break in order to devote himself completely to his music career. O'Brien wrote his own songs again. In addition to his regular appearances in and around his homeland Vancouver Island, O'Brien started his international career.

In 2005 the album Sacred Lines was released and in 2008 the album Plastic was released .

The latter was listed in the top ten of Penguin Eggs Folk Magazine , BBC Radio (Folk Roots) and CBC Radio .

After touring England, Scotland and Ireland in early 2009 , he was signed to a German label, Stockfisch Records . He traveled to Germany to record another album with Günter Pauler as producer. For this Uli Kringler could be won as a guitarist. Walk Back Home was published in autumn 2009 and presented on a very successful tour of Germany.

His Spring Tour 2016 Where Do You Find Your Wonder led Paul O'Brien throughout Germany and Switzerland.

tape

In addition to his solo appearances, Paul O'Brien appears with German band members. The band's songs are a mixture of traditional Irish music, pop, jazz and Canadian sounds.

Band members are:

Discography

  • Sacred Lines (2005)
  • Plastic (2008)
  • Walk Back Home (2009)
  • Live in Hamburg (2011)
  • Long May You Sing (2012)
  • Solobrien (2012)
  • Solobrien (2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jens Hausmann: Paul O'Brien - Plastic (CD review) . Ed .: acoustic guitar . No. 4/09 . Acoustic Music GmbH & Co. KG, April 2009 ( celtic-music-net.com [accessed on May 19, 2016]). Paul O'Brien - Plastic (CD review) ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.celtic-music-net.com
  2. ↑ Penguin Eggs | Canada's Folk, Roots & World Music Magazine. In: www.penguineggs.ab.ca. Retrieved April 22, 2016 .
  3. ↑ I leave the leaves behind. In: www.paulobrien.ca. Retrieved April 22, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Anna Reimers: Paul O'Brien inspires audiences. In: WAZ. Retrieved April 22, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Concert with Paul O'Brien from Canada - myMDR-Klassik.de. (No longer available online.) In: my.mdrklassik.de. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016 ; Retrieved April 22, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / my.mdrklassik.de
  6. ^ Paul O'Brien - Spring Tour 2016. (No longer available online.) In: www.paulobrien.ca. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016 ; Retrieved April 22, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.paulobrien.ca
  7. ↑ Lars Hansen (bass). In: images.google.de. Retrieved April 22, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Heinz Lichius (drums). In: images.google.de. Retrieved April 22, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME O'Brien, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English singer, songwriter and instrumentalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH England