Tag: New Releases

Singer songwriter Tony Floyd Kenna has got together with some other musician friends from Ireland and the USA to produce a benefit album in support of the 2013 Moore, Oklahoma, Tornado relief efforts. All profits will be directly donated to OpOK Relief.

“I look at that picture of the flattened street, and think this is all that remains of people’s homes, dreams, life’s work, life… Seeing and reading about it all a few days ago I felt it wasn’t enough just to empathise or sympathise, something more needed doing, but what could I do, half a world away ? … I write and play, have friends the world over who write and play… Couldn’t we do an album, even if it didn’t raise much money it would surely help raise and keep awareness alive ? maybe even lift spirits a little…….”

Contributors included Steve Bonino (New York), Alaina Blair (California), Billy Alexander (California), Jed McConkey (Northern Ireland), John David Scrader (New York), Hetty Bryce-Lane (Northern Ireland) and John Hohnstein (Colorado).

The tracklist for Tornado 13 is as follows:

1. The Hurt’ll Go Away – Steve Bonino, New York.

2. I Dream That Way – Alaina Blair, California.

3. I Can Only Dream – Jed McConkey, Northern Ireland.

4. Picture Show – John David Schrader, New York.

5. Calling Her Name – Hetty Bryce-Lane, Northern Ireland.

6. Perfect Life – Billy Alexander, California.

7. Angels Touch – John Hohnstein, Colorado.

8. Alsion – Tony Floyd Kenna, Ireland.

The Tornado 13 album is available at: http://tornadobenefit.bandcamp.com/album/tornado-13-musicians-benefit-ep-for-moore-oklahoma

OpOK Relief opokrelief.net

Louth-based singer songwriter, Maurice Byrne, has just released a new single, “Kinda Breathless”. Maurice has been writing songs for over ten years and is a member of West Coast Songwriters, a California-based songwriter collective. In the past he has written music for cinema and TV in the USA and has had music broadcast in Ireland, the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and on Coast to Coast syndicated radio in the USA.

“Kinda Breathless” is Maurice’s first release since his five track EP, “A Few More Songs”, was released in 2012. In 2011, he released a CD called “Songs You Never Heard” which is now available on Spotify.

Kinda Breathless was recorded at Crimson Recording Studios in Duleek, Co Meath and Emerald Hills, San Francisco, California. It is now available for download from iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/kinda-breathless-single/id653554363

You can keep up to date with Maurice through his website at www.maurbyrne.com.

West of Ireland based singer/songwriter David Dee Moore has just launched his new CD titled ‘The sun, the moon, the stars… and other moving objects’ in Ireland on his own independent ‘Carrabawn’ label in CD format available on his website www.daviddeemoore.com. David Dee, originally from Belfast, is returning with a stunning collection of original songs that cross over from a country roots hybrid mix to catchy contemporary Irish melodies. Each song is delicately arranged with some of Ireland’s finest musicians hand-picked to play on the project.

‘I grew up playing with most of the people on the recording in various bands while learning my trade in Ireland. This is a collection of the many different types of music that have influenced me that all ultimately stem from my Irish roots.’

The CD is engineered and co-produced by Donal O’Connor of ‘At First Light’ fame and features Nicky Scott (Van Morrison) on double bass, Paul Harden on guitar, Peter McKinney (Waterboys) on drums, John McCullough (Waterboys) on keyboards, Neil Martin on ‘cello and Colin Henry on dobro, to name but a few.

David Dee started off as a bass player in the Belfast punk band ‘The Ex-Producers’ and regularly played with various local folk and rock bands culminating in the creation of ‘The Loose Connections’ with Niamh Parsons and John McSherry in 1991. He part wrote and arranged  the ‘Loosely Connected’ album with Greentrax Records in Edinburgh and produced and wrote the majority of the tracks on the  ‘Loosen up’ album for the USA label Green Linnet. He settled in Westport Co. Mayo in 1998 where he now regularly plays in Matt Molloy’s (Chieftains) bar.

David Dee gained a renewed taste for writing and production when he recorded his highly praised 12 track CD called  ‘The Almighty Warrior’ for his USA tour in 2010. It was never released in Ireland but will be available to download for the first time later in the year.

For more, see www.daviddeemoore.com and www.facebook.com/DavidDeeMoore