The Albums Of David Mackin
The three original albums that I have released in my music career are finally becoming available. Through the amazing evolving of the internetI have finally been provided with a fantastic window to display my work and allow people to explore it. I will occasionally perform these songs in concerts of my original material and pp the occasional song into my David Mackin Music Show gigs. My albums explore the many genres that I have covered and, as I stress in my Music Manifesto, those boundries can be crossd regularly. I am not an artist to confine myself to a particular style
You can explore the albums in more detail on the dropdown menu of this page
The Hermitage Suite
Originally released in 1997, this celtic album was a tribute to my late father Laurence Mackin who I lost in 1987 when I was only 18. The album aimed to capture the sentiments of this great man and dealt with the emotional trauma I faced in losing him. The album was re-released in 2023 with new embelishments and enhancements in sound quality. I am very proud of this release and I am currentky finallising stunning videos that I have created for each song.
The Poetry Pot
Released in 2006, this album is an eclectic blend of
electro, jazz, indie rock/folk and a perfect showcase for my
songwriting. I am currently thinking about how to repackage
this album for release in the future.
Murder In The Rain
Released in 2018, this album revisits songs written when I
was 18 and starting out in the musical world. It should have
been my first album and the process of recording the songs
as intended in 1988 was a real joy. The album has had 70,000
world wide streams to date and isis currently available on
all digital stores and streaming sites
The Ring Of Gullion
I have almost completed the writing of my next album and
hope to start recording it at this summer. This
album will be epic. It journals my family's journey from
Mullaghbawn in Northern Ireland to Witton Park in Durham and
then onto South Bank in Middlesbrough. It is a story of
steel and spirit peppered with good Irish and North East
English humour. Each song is enriched in the style of music
from the era in which each story is set. I have already
performed some of these songs in solo shows but some of the
titles include Roy Roger's Horse, Eleven Men Of Iron, Matty
Innes Cuts, The Shadow Of St Peter and Paddy's Next Pint. I
have scheduled the recording of them in the sumer of 2025. I am very excited about the video developments I have researched and hope to bring the towns of Mullabawn, Witton Park and South Bank back to times when they were in their prime. These technological developments will be discussed in my blog.
