Category:
Roots / Pop / Singer/Songwriter

Try if you like:
Hot House Flowers, Josh Rouse, Paul Simon, The Citadels

Irish troubadour Cormac O Caoimh has been at the music thing for quite some time with the The Citadels. In 2006 the band played their last gig on Feb 12. This opened up a world of opportunity for Cormac. Start A Spark is the fruit of his labor and quite an impressive work as well. The music has feet in both the pop territory as well as the roots side of things. This album starts out with the title track, a catchy song with quite the mouthful for a chorus. He brings it down slightly with the bouncy "Lazy Gazing". When the Josh Rouse-like "Ghosts" comes around I am impressed even more. This is my favorite song on the Start A Spark set. "Running From The Raincloud" has a very unique feel to it. I do love Cormac's vocals. "Things Will Get" a little bouncier on this fun song. 

If you aren't sold by now, check out the closing track, "If You Feel". It's a lovely summer track that has a little Latin feel to it, almost like Cormac has a little Brazil in him. 

Unfortunately he will probably end up with tons of Damien Rice comparisons. That would be lazy. Cormac is a lot more upbeat with much more pop incorporated with Rice being a lot more in the AOR landscape. There is no reason why Cormac shouldn't be the next big export from Ireland.