Brian McHenry
@brianmchenry.bsky.social
Who on the cold grey coast of Ireland artist/illustrator I draw record covers sometimes my printshop lives here: brianmchenry.bigcartel.com/
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To paraphrase Terry Hall, I draw because it feels like it is the only thing I can do. Some of my prints are now available through the very cool and very lovely @finelittleday
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youtu.be/tYK1-AJ4BSU?... Ten years in an open necked shirt. Happy birthday JCC
John Cooper Clarke, Celebration 1980
YouTube video by SmartArtsPlus
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January 25, 2026 at 9:45 PM
youtu.be/tYK1-AJ4BSU?... Ten years in an open necked shirt. Happy birthday JCC
The last Gaelic speaker in Ayrshire died the year Robert Burns was born
January 25, 2026 at 11:05 AM
The last Gaelic speaker in Ayrshire died the year Robert Burns was born
It’s Robert Burns’ birthday and in there somewhere in my Michael Marra, Neil Gow, Dougie Maclean, growing up in Ayr tribute to socialist folks wandering about the hills of a weekend in the 1950’s pointing at things.
January 25, 2026 at 9:16 AM
It’s Robert Burns’ birthday and in there somewhere in my Michael Marra, Neil Gow, Dougie Maclean, growing up in Ayr tribute to socialist folks wandering about the hills of a weekend in the 1950’s pointing at things.
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Joan Greenwood on the Isle of Barra in Scotland during a break from location filming for Whisky Galore! (1949)
January 22, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Joan Greenwood on the Isle of Barra in Scotland during a break from location filming for Whisky Galore! (1949)
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43 years ago today, Echo and the Bunnymen appeared on TOtP, alongside U2.
Afterwards, both of their career's would dramatically diverge.
But first, they'd have to get there. This is the story of how the Bunnymen achieved their first Top10 hit, The Cutter.
grantmcphee.substack.com/p/echo-and-t...
Afterwards, both of their career's would dramatically diverge.
But first, they'd have to get there. This is the story of how the Bunnymen achieved their first Top10 hit, The Cutter.
grantmcphee.substack.com/p/echo-and-t...
Echo and the Bunnymen – Making of 'The Cutter'Part One: Top of the Pops and U2
It’s the dawning of 1983.
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January 20, 2026 at 8:25 AM
43 years ago today, Echo and the Bunnymen appeared on TOtP, alongside U2.
Afterwards, both of their career's would dramatically diverge.
But first, they'd have to get there. This is the story of how the Bunnymen achieved their first Top10 hit, The Cutter.
grantmcphee.substack.com/p/echo-and-t...
Afterwards, both of their career's would dramatically diverge.
But first, they'd have to get there. This is the story of how the Bunnymen achieved their first Top10 hit, The Cutter.
grantmcphee.substack.com/p/echo-and-t...
I am scared of the future, I am scared of the past
January 18, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I am scared of the future, I am scared of the past
youtu.be/5UZrR4UlfoQ?... a mighty fine drawing buddy on this cold and dark January afternoon
False True Love
YouTube video by The Furrow Collective - Topic
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January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
youtu.be/5UZrR4UlfoQ?... a mighty fine drawing buddy on this cold and dark January afternoon
Scenes of a remembered intimacy set against a backdrop of bucolic indifference
January 11, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Scenes of a remembered intimacy set against a backdrop of bucolic indifference
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Scott Walker's Farmer in the City absolutely blew me away on first listen. A mere 30 years ago.
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Scott Walker - Farmer In The City (High Quality Audio)
YouTube video by That Scouse Dude
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January 9, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Scott Walker's Farmer in the City absolutely blew me away on first listen. A mere 30 years ago.
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www.instagram.com/reel/DTVo3kp... ‘Charing Cross in the last half of the Twentieth Century’ Many thanks to Fine Little Day and those words might end up in my bio :-)
Fine Little Day on Instagram: "Posters. We have them. This one hits like a quiet gut punch. Brian McHenry’s “Charing Cross in the last half of the Twentieth Century” — caught between decay and routine...
205 likes, 0 comments - finelittleday on January 10, 2026: "Posters. We have them. This one hits like a quiet gut punch. Brian McHenry’s “Charing Cross in the last half of the Twentieth Century” — cau...
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January 11, 2026 at 9:36 AM
www.instagram.com/reel/DTVo3kp... ‘Charing Cross in the last half of the Twentieth Century’ Many thanks to Fine Little Day and those words might end up in my bio :-)
Study for a Gaelic Mass (Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting - After William McCance)
Just to lay the references on thicker, the wording across the boat is from Hallaig by Sorley Maclean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) and reads in English ‘The dead have been seen alive’ (chunnacas na mairbh beò)
Just to lay the references on thicker, the wording across the boat is from Hallaig by Sorley Maclean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) and reads in English ‘The dead have been seen alive’ (chunnacas na mairbh beò)
January 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Study for a Gaelic Mass (Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting - After William McCance)
Just to lay the references on thicker, the wording across the boat is from Hallaig by Sorley Maclean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) and reads in English ‘The dead have been seen alive’ (chunnacas na mairbh beò)
Just to lay the references on thicker, the wording across the boat is from Hallaig by Sorley Maclean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) and reads in English ‘The dead have been seen alive’ (chunnacas na mairbh beò)
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This is my new album.
It's instrumental, apart from some crowd chanting on Your Gold, Mr Bridger.
The average tune length is two minutes and eight seconds.
There are fourteen tunes.
It sounds like old telly music.
It's ace.
I'd love it if you listened.
I've love it even more if you shared it.
It's instrumental, apart from some crowd chanting on Your Gold, Mr Bridger.
The average tune length is two minutes and eight seconds.
There are fourteen tunes.
It sounds like old telly music.
It's ace.
I'd love it if you listened.
I've love it even more if you shared it.
Library Music, by Darren Riley
14 track album
ballardpop.bandcamp.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:28 AM
This is my new album.
It's instrumental, apart from some crowd chanting on Your Gold, Mr Bridger.
The average tune length is two minutes and eight seconds.
There are fourteen tunes.
It sounds like old telly music.
It's ace.
I'd love it if you listened.
I've love it even more if you shared it.
It's instrumental, apart from some crowd chanting on Your Gold, Mr Bridger.
The average tune length is two minutes and eight seconds.
There are fourteen tunes.
It sounds like old telly music.
It's ace.
I'd love it if you listened.
I've love it even more if you shared it.
More workings on ‘A Study for a Gaelic Mass - Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting (after William McCance)
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 AM
More workings on ‘A Study for a Gaelic Mass - Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting (after William McCance)
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Work in progress, my first wood engraving for several months. Enjoying the calm it brings. 10x10 cm lemonwood.
Looking back up the cliff path at Rubha Hunish, Trotternish, Skye. Down to the almost hidden peninsula and the birds, the Shiants, the Outers and the panoramic mainland mountains.
Looking back up the cliff path at Rubha Hunish, Trotternish, Skye. Down to the almost hidden peninsula and the birds, the Shiants, the Outers and the panoramic mainland mountains.
December 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Work in progress, my first wood engraving for several months. Enjoying the calm it brings. 10x10 cm lemonwood.
Looking back up the cliff path at Rubha Hunish, Trotternish, Skye. Down to the almost hidden peninsula and the birds, the Shiants, the Outers and the panoramic mainland mountains.
Looking back up the cliff path at Rubha Hunish, Trotternish, Skye. Down to the almost hidden peninsula and the birds, the Shiants, the Outers and the panoramic mainland mountains.
‘Study for a Gaelic Mass - after William McCance’s Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting’ The second bit of the title is a long winded nod to the artist and conscientious objector William McCances’ painting ‘Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting’
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
‘Study for a Gaelic Mass - after William McCance’s Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting’ The second bit of the title is a long winded nod to the artist and conscientious objector William McCances’ painting ‘Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting’
Study for a Gaelic Mass #3 prior to the evacuation of Hiort in 1930 all the working dogs were drowned in the waters of Village Bay
November 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Study for a Gaelic Mass #3 prior to the evacuation of Hiort in 1930 all the working dogs were drowned in the waters of Village Bay
Study for a Gaelic Mass #2
November 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Study for a Gaelic Mass #2
Study for a Gaelic Mass #1
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Study for a Gaelic Mass #1
youtube.com/watch?v=bXps... The Conjoining of Ancient Song: sacred singing from the Western Isles and African American, Native American, and white American religious song traditions.
The Conjoining of Ancient Song
YouTube video by A Tongue Of Fire
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November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=bXps... The Conjoining of Ancient Song: sacred singing from the Western Isles and African American, Native American, and white American religious song traditions.
So it seems at the minute this is turning into the draw of a background that doesn’t want to be a background.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
So it seems at the minute this is turning into the draw of a background that doesn’t want to be a background.
