Paul Sherry has been building something real. The Irish guitarist and songwriter now shares the official video for “Peace In Mind,” the title track from his fourth album, released earlier this year to widespread critical praise. The video premiered March 20, arriving as the record continues to earn serious attention on both sides of the Atlantic.
‘Peace In Mind’ has already pulled in a four-star review from RNR Magazine, coverage in Hot Press, The Irish Post, the Belfast Telegraph, and back-to-back No. 1 singles on the UK’s Future Hits Top 40 Radio. That kind of momentum does not happen by accident. It follows 2021’s ‘Let It Flow’, which earned RTÉ Lyric FM’s Album of the Week, and finds Sherry again working with producer Rocky O’Reilly, drummer Davy Cassidy, and bassist Paul McCabe on a ten-song collection full of blues-rock grit and genuine depth.
The song draws its philosophy from American writer Alan Watts. Sherry puts it plainly: “Peace In Mind is a song about how everyday we can really flow creatively and emotionally, or struggle. As we all walk our own paths in life, we are all just trying to find peace in mind wherever we can.” The video, filmed by Brendan McElroy of Pixil Media on location in County Monaghan, brings that interior search to life in haze and atmosphere.
The track lands with weight and warmth, a blues-rooted slow burn that earns every quiet moment. Sherry’s guitar work is instinctive and unhurried, the kind of playing that prioritizes feel over flash. It is the sound of someone who has spent years developing a voice and knows exactly how to use it.
Best known as lead guitarist for the Gráinne Duffy Band, Sherry has also logged sessions and collaborations with Marc Ford, Dale Davis, Arron Sterling, Jorgen Carlsson, Kenny Aronoff, and Justin Stanley.