Former Little Hours main-man John Doherty continues to make strides with his solo career.
Having just returned from a successful tour of Germany, the Killybegs, Donegal native has been back in the studio in Dublin with producer Cormac Butler (The Academic, Pa Sheehy, Saibh Skelly) and together they have come up with the feelgood anthem ‘Feel Alive’.
John says: “‘Feel Alive’ is a song about finding and appreciating my hometown again.
I’ve lived away from Donegal since I left school but moved back during the pandemic. It sounds rural, but the idea came to me when I was collecting hay with my father during one of the lockdowns.
It was an unbelievable summer’s day and we were in a field along the coast, overlooking the Atlantic.
A local farmer, who must have been about ninety, came over for a chat and to see what was happening.
Even at his age he wanted to get involved.
He was talking about the strange times we were in and that there was a storm coming next week.
He said the words “they’re talking about all the rain and the big winds coming” and those lines just stuck with me and were the spark for the song.
The rest of the song fell into place for me through memories of growing up here and experiences I was going through at the time.”
‘Feel Alive’ has been mixed by Peter Ashmore, best known for his work with David Keenan and Wyvern Lingo.
Having co-founded and led successful indie band Little Hours for eight years, John Doherty started to release his new music under his own name at the end of 2021.
