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. . [...]
MT 10 – Darkey Kelly’s, Dublin, April 2013. Another great evening in Darkey Kelly’s with Musicians Together Dublin. Paul Maul Park, Ciaran Brennan, Syl Burke, Chris Burke, Bobby, Gerry Maher, Valerie Bowe, Sean O’Neill, Cornelia Kindlinger (Germany), Shirley Clarke, Tony Floyd Kenna… Plenty of locals enjoying the music too and Ali from Australia made herself at [...]
HOME RECORDING with the BOSS BR series – A STUDIO IN A BOX. In simple language, by Tony Floyd Kenna. Boss produce a range of compact Multitrack Digital Recorders, full of magic. Magic? You say. Yep, you get lots of really good effects, virtual tracks for alternate takes, built in drum machine, cut & paste [...]
From The Bedroom To The Studio – Ciarán Brennan When I first uploaded a video to Youtube in late 2007 I never expected that it would be anything other than a hobby and wasn’t even so sure if I’d keep it up once started. I simply enjoyed writing songs and singing them to myself, for fear of [...]
SONGWRITERS No. 2. Ciaran Brennan (Ronb15)) July 2012 This is the second in a series where Songwriters on MT have been invited to tell a little about why they write, and to pick a personal favourite of their own. Ciaran has been a very active and hugely supportive member of MT from the start, writing [...]
Each month Ciarán Brennan’s show, “The Music Ladder” features a small selection of Musicians Together members. The show is designed to pick out artists or bands in the early stages of their musical journey and showcase their talent and potential. In this, accompanying article, Ciarán gives us a bit more information about the featured artists [...]
There are two things that have absolutely and unequivocally changed the way we listen to music today. That is the internet and social media. Not only do we now have access to unlimited amounts of mainstream music at the click of a button, but we have inadvertently created an entire subculture of underground, unreleased, original [...]
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 [...]
