Live Music: Newton Faulkner

Cork Opera House ****

Let’s get the honesty out of the way first, I knew one of this guy’s songs prior to this gig, ‘Dream Catch Me’, I like it a lot. That got me streaming in the revolving door, to join what turned out to be a venue packed with what looked like mostly students, more than half my age. Where to start? With the opening song, ‘Where to start’.

And what a brilliant opener from the man with signature dreadlocks, which he has had since the age of 15 — he’s now a year off 30.