Ronan’s a country boy
 By Elaine
Sheridan
Looking at Ronan Keating’s career trajectory — from boy band
heart-throb to multi-platinum selling solo artist — ‘country’
may not be the first word that comes to mind.
But a look and a listen below the surface of this Irish-born singer’s
prodigious output reveals a serious and multi-faceted artist who, through
his songwriting and song choices and his massive popular appeal, has emerged
as a major international voice for country music.
He said: “There’s a great relationship between Irish music
and country music and I grew up listening to country.
“All the TV shows showed American country artists and my parents
loved the music, so I was engrossed in it as a child and it just stuck
with me.
“There is a part of my soul that is country music and that’s
why it comes out in what I do.”
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