Torsten Goods
Love Comes To Town
ACT ***
Very much at the mainstream soul and pop end of the Munich label’s output Love Comes To Town (the title derived from a U2 song) follows earlier releases Irish Heart and 1980 by the German/Irish singer-guitarist and it’s pretty glossy undemanding stuff with a soulful flavour. Goods has penned the band arrangements along with pianist and keyboardist Jan Miserre, and together they’ve also written a bunch of decent enough songs although it’s the covers that stand out more, a jukebox selection of songs ranging from Adele to Willie Nelson and even Richard Marx (yes, it’s 1980s loved up smash ‘Right Here Waiting’ that’s made the cut). Guest vocals are provided by ACT regulars Ida Sand and Viktoria Tolstoy.
Torsten Goods above (photo: Till Brönner). Released in late-June