‘After a very difficult time in my life, I needed something different from The Answer’

Singer Neeson opens up on family life and his new musical project

Cormac Neeson of Northern Irish hard rock and blues-rock band The Answer performs on stage

David O'Dornan

When it comes to juggling a rock star life and being a doting dad of three young children, Belfast-based singer Cormac Neeson has The Answer.

Today sees the release of the debut album for his new band project California Irish, a seven-piece group he describes as a “happy accident”.