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. One [...]
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 [...]
LEAVING BABYLON Wayne Gilroy Reviewed by Tony Floyd Kenna. I first encountered Wayne on Facebook last year and finally got to meet him, and hear him, in person at the Pint Bar on January 4th. this year. Over the last few months I’ve got to know both the man and his songs a little better. [...]
‘Songs From The Furnace Of Life’ is a double CD album featuring 28 tracks showcasing Tony Floyd Kenna’s considerable songwriting talent. On Disc One, Tony performs his material solo and on Disc two, he is joined by a number of musical collaborators in covering, taking co-writing credits, and performing his songs. Tony’s songwriting is assured [...]
Mama Kaz Band & Allison McGrath take MRU Awards! Musicians Together members Mama Kaz and Allison McGrath walked away with number ones at the Musicreview Unsigned Awards last night. The Mama Kaz Band, including Johnny Skip Crawford, Ali McKenzie & Peter Spratt walked away with the Best Blues Rock category and Allison scooped the Best [...]
MT SUNDAYS (1) December 2nd. 2012. Darkey Kelly’s Dublin. Reports below from Brian Aherne, Rhiannah Warm, Sean O’Neill & Cornelia Kindlinger. Report from Brian Aherne ‘Tony organised an MT get together as we had 2 special guests in Dublin this weekend: Cornelia from Germany and Rhiannah from Northern Ireland. There to greet them in Darkey [...]
MESSAGE FROM THE CAPTAIN # Calling all Musicians Together Video Site Members. The MT Magazine is here primarily to help support, promote, update and educate the activities of the Members of The Musicians Together Community. If you have a CD/Album/Ep that needs reviewing get it to us. News and pictures from your latest gig/event ? send us the write [...]
‘All The Colours’ Tony Floyd Kenna – Reviewed by Murray McDowell. . All The Colours – and it really is just that ! From a moonless, inky midnight right through to that searing, white brightness they tell you to stay away from. Tony has morphed into some kind of “supermuso” here, finding time to [...]
MT Dublin – Darkey Kelly’s, Tuesday October 16th 2012. ‘On the Dark Side of the Moon little green men rush to the news stand, the latest edition of MT Magazine has just arrived. They pour over the pages like beings possessed as they read the words and look at the pictures. They pour over words [...]
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 [...]
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. One [...]
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 [...]
