'This is Kevin Doherty's third solo album, and the Donegal-born singer-songwriter just gets better and better. There are few inventive writers who have such an easy and winning way with melody, and certainly only a handful who have managed to create a signature sound so rich in Americana. The more one listens to this warm, understated album of fine detail, the more there is to hear. For instance, James Delaney's rippling piano frills in the gorgeously soulful Country Music are typical of the lightly applied but brilliant splashes of colour that enrich each song.

Doherty wrote and produced all 12 tracks, and they cover a wide area, including many topical references, not least the faux music hall of A Brief History of Our Times, and a fascinating retelling of the Irish story in the epic Tugboat. Doherty's soulful, unhurried tenor and sceptical, slightly amused attitude sets the tone throughout for what is undoubtedly one of the year's best albums.'

Joe Breen
The Irish Times

concert updates

**NEW SHOWS*

August 14th
Gonzo Theatre
Cavan

More concerts will be added in the coming days and weeks. Information will be posted here first so please check back for updates.

***New Review, HOT PRESS***

The lovely artwork for Kevin Doherty's third album makes a statement by featuring a photo of the songwriter with a guitar and a typewriter.The notion that songwriting is comparable to writing,when you look at most opportunistic stream-of-conciousness tunesmiths,is pretty laughable,but Doherty is a writer. He's remembered that,in the past,folk and country music was a vehicle for old memories and new ideas rendered prettily into words.So amid the guitar picking,sturdy backing harmonies,piano pounding,double bass plucking and to-be-expected tales of times past(like his great tale of the emigrating Irish on 'Tugboat')he drops in refreshing lyrical gems all about economic times present("there's panic on the plains of mammon" he asserts on 'Mammon').All in all,it's well above average and very close to great..

Patrick Freyne

latest news

We are delighted to announce the official release of the album 'Telegraph'. The album will be released on Friday the 26th of February through Big River Records. It will be available in all retail outlets with a digital release to follow on March 12th.

'Telegraph' is now available on itunes

New interview in the Irish Times

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0322/1224266807175.html