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Ronan Murphy
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Jazz singer | Poet |

New single RESTLESS out now |
From album THE TEMPLE SESSIONS
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New poetry out now in HIGH RISE, an anthology from THE BROKEN SPINE
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
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New single 'Restless' out now. One of the sweetest ballads from the swing era, it was a dream to bring this to life again

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Ryan Molloy - Bass
Shugo Ishii - Guitar
Eoghan McCloskey - Drums

Recorded with Mikey Rogers @ Sun Studios, Dublin
#jazzsky
Front cover of 'Restless', the new single from Ronan Murphy's album 'The Temple Sessions,' recorded with Ryan Molloy, Eoghan McCloskey, and Shugo Ishii
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New single 'Restless' out now. One of the sweetest ballads from the swing era, it was a dream to bring this to life again

linktr.ee/ronanmurphym...

Ryan Molloy - Bass
Shugo Ishii - Guitar
Eoghan McCloskey - Drums

Recorded with Mikey Rogers @ Sun Studios, Dublin
#jazzsky
Front cover of 'Restless', the new single from Ronan Murphy's album 'The Temple Sessions,' recorded with Ryan Molloy, Eoghan McCloskey, and Shugo Ishii
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Happy Birthday Richard Whiting, composer of some iconic tunes. This one still gives me goosebumps. Billie on fire, amazing band. Happy Birthday to Jack Oakie too, who cut a delicious version with the rarely-heard verse
#jazzsky

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Billie Holiday - Miss Brown to You (Official Audio)
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November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Happy Heavenly Birthday, Oscar Peterson

Just adore this version. Beautiful cut from a beautiful record

#Oscar100 #JazzSky

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I Hear Music
YouTube video by Oscar Peterson - Topic
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August 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Montgomery Clift photographed by Stanley Kubrick, 1949
Actor Montgomery Clift — dressed in a light-coloured T-shirt, a slight tear in the fabric of the right shoulder — captured facing the camera while seated at a dining table, a bowl of cereal and glass of milk in front of him as he holds onto a spoon with his right hand and touches his left hand to his mouth, looking off-camera, in a medium-length black-and-white shot taken by then-photographer and future filmmaker Stanley Kubrick
August 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The vase https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/the-vase-1938
The vase
August 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Out today! 💋 #BeautifulLittleFools – poetry interrogating The Great Gatsby on its centenary.
An indie critique of Fitzgerald’s glittering American Dream.
Edited by @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #BookRelease #Gatsby100 #TheGreatGatsby #Poetry

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July 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Louise by Eugene Robert Richee, 1927.
July 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#PromoteIndieLit is now live—a new hub where poets & small presses can submit their work to reviewers & literary platforms for free. Brilliant initiative from the ever-inspiring @alanparry83.bsky.social
#PoetsOfBlueSky #PoetryCommunity
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July 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Two Horses, Red and Blue https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-marc/two-horses-red-and-blue-1912
Two Horses, Red and Blue
June 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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I thought a Starter Pack with #poets associated with prompts might be useful. So I put one together. If we're connected & you contribute to #poemsabout or #promptcombo please check you're here. If I've missed you, let me know. (#ItsASin of omission not commission...) & please repost #poetrycommunity
June 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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'Why Shouldn't I?' Written by Cole Porter, sung by Chris Connor—two of the many LGBTQ+ trailblazers who enriched the world of jazz. You don’t hear this one enough

Happy birthday Mr. Porter, Happy Pride Month one & all

#jazzsky #pride

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Why Shouldn't I ?
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June 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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New single 'Moose The Mooche (You Gotta Whistle Like Bacall)' out now. A vocal take on Charlie Parker's classic, with original lyrics

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Ryan Molloy - Bass
Shugo Ishii - Guitar
Eoghan McCloskey - Drums

Recorded with Mikey Rogers @ Sun Studios, Dublin
#jazzsky
Cover of 'Moose The Mooche (You Gotta Whistle Like Bacall', the new single from Ronan Murphy's album 'The Temple Sessions', recorded with Ryan Molloy, Shugo Ishii & Eoghan McCloskey
May 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Temple Gardens https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/484870
The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1987
May 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Poets: Published a chapbook, pamphlet, or collection in the last 3 months? Looking for a space that offers real critique, not just praise?

Subs now open for #InConversationInCritique interview & honest review.

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#PoetryCommunity #PoetryReview #IndieLit #PIL
Submit Your New Poetry Collection for Interview and Critique – Submissions Now Open - Alan Parry
I’m now accepting submissions for In Conversation, In Critique, a new series here on my personal author site, and part of PIL: Promoting Indie Lit. This feature offers something often missing from tod...
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May 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Monk & co in bristling form here. Glorious song, one of Gershwin's own favourites from his tunes. The verse is especially beautiful, well worth checking out, Bing Crosby's almost aria-like version includes it
#jazzsky

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Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
YouTube video by Thelonious Monk - Topic
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May 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Next single Moose The Mooche out soon, with original lyrics

This is my fave pic of Bird, with the Buddha-like eyes that Kerouac described, "The expression that says, All is well. This was what Charlie Parker said when he played, All is well"

NY, c.1947

Photo by William Gottlieb

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Photo of Charlie Parker backstage at Carnegie Hall, c.1947. Smiling, radiant. Photo by William Gottlieb
May 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Huge thank you to my friends among the #poemsabout community for their very kind feedback on rhapsody in #green . Hoping to make the open mic on May 29 if you'd like to hear the live version. Thank you especially to @alanparry83.bsky.social , artist and community builder extraordinaire
May 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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For #poemsabout #green
@alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Poem by Ronan Murphy (1 of 2) the rain sylphs  and  stills in the pine  trees pine and  the rain sylphing the wet needles the needles of rain  sylph in the dark  pine Poem by Ronan Murphy (2 of 2) triads of  rain sylphs of  rain dripping green fire of trees still green fire of pine of rain pine  and the triad sylphing incandescence of rain
May 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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I'd really appreciate your following of this showcase of me from #TheStarbeckOrion, some old and new poems and a fab interview!
April 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Ella sending an already stunning song into the stratosphere. Written by Rodgers & Hart for the show The Boys From Syracuse, based on The Comedy of Errors. Gave us Falling In Love With Love, Sing For Your Supper, and paved the way for Kiss Me Kate

#shakespeareday
#jazzsky

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This Can't Be Love
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April 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Looking for honest responses here but is there anyone out there (or anyone you know) who might have a following, however modest, in the Redhill area and might be up for playing on a bill alongside @musicofsound.bsky.social on a Saturday night in early July? 😊
April 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Ella and Dizzy, New York, 1950

Photo by Herman Leonard

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B&W photo of Dizzy Gillespie playfully embracing Ella Fitzgerald backstage in NY. Photo by Herman Leonard
April 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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If you run a blog, newsletter, podcast, or review site—and you want a regular stream of independent literature to cover—I want to hear from you.

If you're a press or writer wanting in on this network as it forms—message me.
April 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Happy Birthday Lady. "The way you changed my life..." ❤️

#jazzsky

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They Can't Take That Away from Me (Take 1)
YouTube video by Billie Holiday - Topic
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April 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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The city speaks. The poets answer. Glow drops 28 April—one of the most thrilling collections we've ever released.
#CityAtNight #Glow #PoetryAnthology
April 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM