All I Need by Michael Brunnock - Song Street Records

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About Michael Brunnock: Brunnock remembers clearly, the defining moment as a child, that set him on the path to a musical career. In his family's often packed kitchen, in front of an open fire at night, all assembled, were captivated by his 90-year-old grandfather (who’s name incidentally was Michael Brunnock) singing local ballads chronicling the heroics of Irish rebels during the Irish war of independence and before. The lofty goal of recreating such an energy took seed firmly with the youngest Michael Brunnock...

From here, influences as varied as Elvis, Planxty(Traditional Irish super group), Neil Young, Gillian Welch, Dead Can Dance and AC/DC, have shaped Michael's earnest intelligence, into a mesmerizing body of work to date.

Comparisons to Neil Young and Cold Play are made, and may loosely describe his contemporary acoustic folk-rock sound, but his themes are drawn from life's paradoxes; conscience vs consciousness and internal beauty vs external image. The songs and particularly live performances, are very much his own.