Not Wasting Away Greg Clifford’s Debut Album Review by Liam Oragh I decided to wait a while; to let the afterglow of Greg’s launch gig fade a little from my mind before stoking the embers again with his studio songs and before coming back to review his debut album which is simply titled Greg Clifford. [...]
‘Only 2 late if ur Dead’ Oragh Album Review by Templeton. It’s not often that I receive such a professional looking album in my postbox. Normally it’s a couple of mp3’s burned onto a homemade cd with no label or info on at all. So I was really impressed with this top class package. Oragh [...]
HEADSPACE – A Templeton album review by Liam Oragh This has to have been one of the most aptly titled albums and accompanying artwork that’s landed in my lap in a while (It actually arrived by registered package from Capetown adorned by some very cool South African stamps..) A perfect blend of art that [...]
‘Crossroads’ and ‘Is It Such A Crime’ by Brian Aherne. Album review by Liam Oragh. ‘Crossroads of My Life’ Towards the end of my first visit to an MT Music Session, a charming and unassuming singer-songwriter called Brian Aherne, whom I’d been enjoying all night, quietly slipped me a copy of his two CDs, and, [...]
Odibal ‘Multi Single’ E.P. review by Liam Oragh. ‘Always love me when I’m Sober’ I was delighted to be asked to review Murray McDowell’s work as I was very moved by a recent article he wrote about his personal journey and indeed by the honesty of his song-writing. In collaboration with Keni Brownlow under the [...]
VANDALS IN EDEN by Daniel Thomas. CD review by Liam Oragh When I first played Daniel Thomas’ debut album ‘Vandals in Eden’ during the recent short-lived spell of good weather I kept thinking that although this was music that was probably written during the rain, I found it to be the perfect collection of [...]
MISTER ALIVE E.P. Review by Liam Oragh. I know we should never judge a book or CD by its cover – but first impressions really can make a difference and heighten expectation; so when Gary Day’s debut E.P ‘Mister Alive’ landed on my lap for review, with its cool title and front cover of a [...]
From Sorrow to Serendipity. Oragh writes about the influences behind his debut album ‘Only 2 Late If Ur Dead’ Little did I know when I sat down beside MT Editor T.F.K. before a music journalists seminar at the recent Hot Press Music Show, slipping him the first advance copy of my debut album ‘Only 2 [...]
MT Saturdays (1) Darkey Kelly’s
MT Saturdays (1) Darkey Kelly’s May 18th. 2013. Our first Saturday afternoon MT session in Darkey Kelly’s. Music and song by Ciaran Brennan, Brian Aherne, Sean O’Neill and Tony Floyd Kenna. Book reading by Robert Craven. Poetry reading by Daniel Wade. An easy going relaxed vibe contributed to this very successful mixed media presentation. . [...]
UNDER A WESTERN SKY – The Communal Well, reviewed by Robert Craven
UNDER A WESTERN SKY The Communal Well. Reviewed by Robert Craven The Communal Well – Jules Berube (Drums), Guy Cunis (lead and rhythm guitars), Roger Hoeberichts (lead vocals and guitar), Mark Heim (Trumpet, coronet and vocals), Sylvian Herrera (Bass), Greg Kinsey (backing vocals and harmonica) and Casey O’Brien, percussion; hail from Paris. Under a western [...]
CONTEMPLATING THE MUSE – No. 2 – Linda Ibbotson with guest Ryan Cole
CONTEMPLATING THE MUSE – No. 2 – Linda Ibbotson With guest Ryan Cole. . “The idea is to write it so the people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart” Maya Angelou A warm welcome and thank you for joining me. I invite you to pull up a [...]
BANNED FOR LIFE (Paperback) by D. R. Haney, reviewed by Robert Craven
BANNED FOR LIFE (Paperback) by D. R. Haney – reviewed by Robert Craven Just as bebop was the soundtrack to Jack Kerouac, Alan Ginsberg and Neil Cassady, so the sounds of CBGB’s, The Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges, The Clash, The Sex Pistols and New York Dolls fuel D.R. Haney’s odyssey `Banned for Life’. [...]
ROBERT CRAVEN – Writer and music reviewer, in his own words.
Robert Craven is an author and music reviewer for Musicians Together Magazine. Robert lives in the seaside town of Rush in County Dublin, Ireland. . I have two novels; ‘Get Lenin’ and the sequel ‘Zinnman’, published by Taylor Street Publishing and which are currently available for Kindle download and paperback on Amazon.com and Amazon UK. [...]
SONGWRITING REFINED – Justin (Oswlek)
Songwriting Refined Justin (Oswlek) Hello everyone, welcome to my initial foray into the writing-about-songwriting realm. This will either be the first of several installments on a series of different subjects, or an experiment gone horribly wrong. Time will tell. I should admit that I have no great qualification for this role. I’m neither an acclaimed [...]
