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 [...]
In this thoughtful and inspiring article, Stewart Murdoch recounts his experience of learning to play a new instrument – and shows how you can too! I wish I’d taken up an instrument when I was young. The ability to create and play music is one of the most joyous things that [...]
‘ALL THE COLOURS’ by Tony Floyd Kenna – CD review by Geoff Bennett. I have already taken on the task of reviewing two of Wanman and Floyd Kenna’s albums. Now Tony has asked me to exercise my mind once more to review this latest solo collection. I have to say that I am neither a [...]
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 [...]
Dark Side Of The Night by Wanman & Floyd – Review by Geoffrey Bennett. Last time we suggested you listen to Kenna – McGuinness at speed, along any motorway with the hood down. The serving suggestion for Dark Side of the Night is no different but we advise headlights at full beam and a full [...]
It is only when you have a chance to sit down and just listen to a CD by these phenomena that you realise how versatile they are. They can take you through a roller-coaster of sound and sensation or sensational sound. ’Light Side of of the Dark’ has all the ingredients for a motorway drive, [...]
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 [...]
