DENNIS McCALMONT #SoulRecall Music has been stirring in the veins of Mayo-Based Dennis McCalmont since he was a lad, but it began to course faster as soon as he heard Paul Kossoff's fiery guitar solo on Free's 'All Right Now'. As Dennis himself puts it, “That raw sound and emotion blasting out of an old radio had a great impact on me even as a child. I was immediately struck by the music bug, and for years I sang in school choirs. In my teens I played drums in a band, until I learned a few guitar chords and became the singer/guitarist in the band!”
Since then, Dennis has been pouring his seemingly limitless creative energies into his music, writing songs, playing his trusty Canadian S&P 12- string guitar, singing, recording singles and albums, doing solo gigs and performing with his band. To a broad range of original songs that cross musical boundaries from mainstream rock into funk, soul, folk, country and blues, he applies his sturdy and sensitive vocals to attract an ever-increasing number of fans both in Ireland and abroad.
The tightness of his band comes from 10 years of loyal friendship and musical explorations with seasoned musical campaigners Michael Buckton (electric guitar), Craig Donaldson (bass)
and Donald Hoban (drums). To the influences of Van Morrison, Neil Young, R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen and Sting, McCalmont and his band of troupers add their own exquisite personal
touches, as can be heard in their exuberant live performances, and on McCalmont’s most
recent recordings of his stunning compositions as 'Speeding Train' (Featured on America's 'New Driven' Radio Shows for August), 'Let The Spirit' and 'Missing Person'. These recordings feature on the soul/funksters’ New Album #SoulRecall, which has been mastered by Ciaran
Byrne, whose impressive studio CV includes Sinead O’Connor, U2, Van Morrison and Metallica.
That these guys are on the right track is demonstrated by the reaction to the songs at home
with Legendary Radio Broadcaster and Champion of Irish Artists Jon Richards Play-Listing 'Missing Person' on Galway Bay FM and from way beyond the shores of Ireland. 'Let The Spirit' was picked up by renowned Soul Music Radio Show 'Modern Soul Sauce' in May and has been playlisted on 10 Radio Stations across the Globe 'Speeding Train' has been
playlisted i