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Ronan Murphy

@ronanmurphymusic.com
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Jazz singer | Poet | New single IDLE MOMENTS out now | Album THE TEMPLE SESSIONS ronanmurphymusic.com Poetry collection forthcoming in 2026 | With THE BROKEN SPINE @thebrokenspine.co.uk

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 17/09/2026
No money? We've kept free Cost of Living Places. No proof. No forms. No sob story required. Take the place. And if you can't attend at all, repost the workshop instead. There is more than one way to help keep an independent literary community moving. shorturl.at/IZ5TX
Cream, distressed collage-style workshop poster. Large burgundy text reads “The Poetry of Cultural Debris”, followed by “A Writing Workshop with Alan Parry”. Torn-paper imagery spills across the design, including a cassette tape, vinyl record, microphone, keyboard, retro television, joystick, football, typewriter, wrestling ring, handwritten letter, lips and other fragments of pop culture and memory. The Broken Spine logo appears in the upper right.
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Cary Grant
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 14/07/2026
Happy heavenly birthday to lyricist Ted Koehler. Here's one of the many classics he wrote with Harold Arlen, sung by the scintillating Patricia Norman. Eddy Duchin's band, flipside of the legendary Ol' Man Mose #jazzsky youtu.be/rfaVTOEDWAY?...
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1938 Eddy Duchin - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Patricia Norman, vocal)
YouTube video by The78Prof
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 25/06/2026
Thanks a million, Sandro!! So kind of you to share! Huge love from Ireland, to you and all the family 🙏❤️
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 21/06/2026
Thanks so much!! ❤️🙏
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 06/06/2026
New single IDLE MOMENTS out now. Recorded this as a demo for my next album, but it caught a certain mood I was after, so I kept it as is. Music by Duke Pearson, immortalised by Grant Green. Original lyrics. Voice & uke. Produced by Mikey Rogers. linktr.ee/ronanmurphym... #jazzsky #musicsky
Front cover of Ronan Murphy's single 'Idle Moments'
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 14/05/2026
We are holding space. Not shaping narratives. If it’s yours to tell, tell it. #DoveCry #AntiWarPoetry #WritingCommunity
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Call for Submissions: Poetry That Crushes Silence and Breaks Systems - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout May 2026 | Publication Later That Year
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"I didn’t have time to be anyone’s muse... I was too busy rebelling" - Surrealist painter Leonora Carrington #womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman sitting on an interior floor crossed legged next to a broomstick
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 13/04/2026
Absolutely honoured to be part of this. Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Katharine Hepburn by Ernest Bachrach for Sylvia Scarlett (1935).
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Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · 12/04/2026
I don’t say this lightly, this has been years in the making. I’ve worked with some of the finest poets I’ve come across, building this series: ten collections in total. Three waves of three — and one final, bumper anthology that will bring the whole project together. #TheWhiskeyTree #Wave3
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 12/04/2026
Major announcement: #Wave3 of #TheWhiskeyTree is complete. Built on the work of #Wave1 + #Wave2 — writers like @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social @markantonyowen.com @eatthestorms.com et al — who laid the foundations and built this project into what it is. This is the final wave. #TheWhiskeyTree #Wave3
A vintage typewriter with “News” typed on the page, signalling a major announcement and the release of a new wave of poets.
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 11/04/2026
Write the poem that feels too large to hold. Then control it. #Firmament #Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky
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Call for Submissions: Poetry That Reaches Beyond - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout April 2026 | Publication Later That Year
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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple." — Jack Kerouac, born on this day in 1922
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 08/02/2026
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Why We Created an Anti-Prize: On Poetry Awards, Indie Presses, and the Myth of Prestige - The Broken Spine
Poetry prizes are everywhere. So are prize-nominated books, prize-listed poets, and presses (not so) quietly using awards as a marketing strategy. Ugh!
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
#BOTD 1931. Remembering actor James Dean. (d.1955) #Filmsky
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 07/02/2026
Thank you so much Sandro! Warmest greetings from Ireland back to Italy! Much love to you and yours. Grazie di cuore 🙏
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 13/01/2026
This call is about memory and refusal. What we carry. What carries us. If that’s central to your practice, submit. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
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Call for Submissions: Poetry That Remembers, Mourns, and Refuses to Let Go - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout January 2026 | Publication Later That Year
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 20/12/2025
Many happy returns to you and yours! May you all have a blessed season. Absolutely breathtaking! 😍 Grazie di cuore Sandro 🙏
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 18/12/2025
Thanks so much Sandro! Merry Christmas and much love from Ireland ❤️
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 07/12/2025
Still taking this in! Thrilled and honoured beyond belief. Congratulations to @lozzawriting.bsky.social and @belrimmer.bsky.social , and massive thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk . It's an absolute privilege, and a dream come true. So grateful 🙏 #poetry #poetrycommunity
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Helen Gahagan by Ernest Bachrach, 1935. #botd
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 22/11/2025
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
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 12/11/2025
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 youtu.be/D0xAyj74Zcc?...
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Billie Holiday - Miss Brown to You (Official Audio)
YouTube video by BillieHolidayVEVO
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 15/08/2025
Happy Heavenly Birthday, Oscar Peterson Just adore this version. Beautiful cut from a beautiful record #Oscar100 #JazzSky youtu.be/6NaUw4FKHD8?...
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I Hear Music
YouTube video by Oscar Peterson - Topic
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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
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 · 12/08/2025
The vase www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/the-va…
The vase
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 25/07/2025
Berlioz & Berlin might've said the same
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 24/07/2025
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 · 24/07/2025
Thank you so much Frank! Means a lot coming from such a fine musician!
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 07/07/2025
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 amzn.eu/d/abNnC5i
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Louise by Eugene Robert Richee, 1927.
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 05/07/2025
Thank you so much Sandro! Absolutely honoured 🙏
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 01/07/2025
#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 promoteindielit.com
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Franz Marc @franzmarc.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Two Horses, Red and Blue www.wikiart.org/en/franz-marc/two-h…
Two Horses, Red and Blue
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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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 · 13/06/2025
Thanks so much, and thank you for all the beautiful poems! Love the reading :)
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 12/06/2025
Thank you so much Bill! So grateful for the share, and for your ever-wondrous images & words! Honoured
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 09/06/2025
'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 youtu.be/I1e_yp07v2g?...
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Why Shouldn't I ?
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 29/05/2025
New single 'Moose The Mooche (You Gotta Whistle Like Bacall)' out now. A vocal take on Charlie Parker's classic, with original lyrics ronanmurphymusic.com/moose-the-mo... 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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Paul Klee @paul-klee.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Temple Gardens www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…
The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1987
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Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · 18/05/2025
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. alanparrywriter.co.uk/2025/05/18/s... #PoetryCommunity #PoetryReview #IndieLit #PIL
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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 · 18/05/2025
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 youtu.be/YCmrYNHtr-8?...
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Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
YouTube video by Thelonious Monk - Topic
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 08/05/2025
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
Photo of Charlie Parker backstage at Carnegie Hall, c.1947. Smiling, radiant. Photo by William Gottlieb
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 05/05/2025
Can't wait to hear you too!
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 04/05/2025
Thank you John, so kind
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 04/05/2025
Thank you so much Victoria!
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 04/05/2025
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
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 04/05/2025
Thanks a million Karen! I'm hoping to read it at the next open mic
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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · 04/05/2025
Thanks so much John! I'm gonna sign up for the next open mic, hope to seeya there!
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