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Jazz singer | Poet | New single MOOSE THE MOOCHE out now, from album THE TEMPLE SESSIONS ronanmurphymusic.com New poetry out now in HIGH RISE, an anthology from THE BROKEN SPINE @thebrokenspine.co.uk

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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · May 29

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

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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · Aug 15

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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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

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Paul Klee @paul-klee.bsky.social · Aug 12

The vase https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/the-vase-1938

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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · Jul 25

Berlioz & Berlin might've said the same

Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · Jul 24

Thanks so much Matt! Still discovering new shades and wonders in its pages—so grateful to be part of it. Truly lucky to have such a visionary leading the way—he's an inspiration on so many levels

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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · Jul 24

Thank you so much Frank! Means a lot coming from such a fine musician!

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Jul 7

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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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · Jul 3

Louise by Eugene Robert Richee, 1927.

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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · Jul 5

Thank you so much Sandro! Absolutely honoured 🙏

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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · Jul 1

#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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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Jun 30

🚨 IT'S LIVE 🚨
You can now upload your work to #PIL at promoteindielit.com
📚 Poets & presses: submit once
🎙️ Your book becomes visible to 20+ trusted blogs, podcasters & reviewers
No fees. No gatekeeping. Just visibility.
This is how you #PromoteIndieLit #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBlueSky

Home - promoteindielit.com

Welcome toPromote Indie LitA free hub connecting poets and indie presses with reviewers, podcasters, and literary platforms. Submit your recent work and let our network help amplify it. No fees. No gatekeeping, just visibility that reaches beyond your timeline. Submit Work About PILPromote Indie Lit (PIL) is a central access point, not a showcase site.

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Franz Marc @franzmarc.bsky.social · Jun 29

Two Horses, Red and Blue https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-marc/two-horses-red-and-blue-1912

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · Jun 27

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

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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · Jun 13

Thanks so much, and thank you for all the beautiful poems! Love the reading :)

Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · Jun 11

Thank you so much Bill! So grateful for the share, and for your ever-wondrous images & words! Honoured

Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · Jun 9

'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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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · May 29

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Paul Klee @paul-klee.bsky.social · May 25

Temple Gardens https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/484870

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Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · May 18

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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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · May 18

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)

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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · May 8

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

#jazzsky