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hello my folk friends ,foes,flakes,lunatics....all
welcome (well....meanness in a person I can,t abide)... honestly
though, who knew Switzerland was such great craic.....we kinda did,
but this time blew it all out tof the water................let,s
face it ,as a nation it doesn,t have the best reputation in the
world for crazy fun-loving........................but that,s what
I,m going to tell you.....the people we met on our tour were VERY
FUN, a little bit MENTAL even, warm and generous and LOVING THEIR
MUSIC...........................Oh we had ourselves a veritable
chocolate/cheese love affair with the place................SINGING
AUDIENCE WINNERS= BASEL (by a mile!)........SPECIAL AWARD TO SOMMERI
- inventive clapping....................... anyone going through
THUN must stay in SCHWERT- gasthaus/hotel, just beautiful.......
Special thanks to DUCHESS who travelled with us and threatened to
beat anyone who didn,t buy a cd.......................................and
MARY GOUGH( sure she,ld say Mass!) for doing all the minding at
home for us......................all combined we returned full of
energy and passion for the new songs and with some money in our
mitts......we went straight into the studio and spent the last three
days recording.........................I,m way beyond happy about
the new stuff, I can,t wait to share it and most certainly won,t
take years to get it to you this time...................... Acoustic
show in Odessa Club ,Dublin for anyone who is around this Thurs
21st Jan......if you email us your name before noon thurs we will
put you on the guest list! A New Year,s present from us.........................a
comfy place to see us but come early for swanky sofa position (
doors 9, we singing 9.30 I think)..............................more
shows end of the month away(Vienna,Olomouc ) - check site for dates/times....................................
will go in recording again beginning of Feb and I,ll keep you posted
but this seems to be as perfect a road as I,ve been on in a while
.............................play the songs live-feel them become
themselves-then hotfoot to studio with help form passing friends
and vagabonds................................hmmmmmmmm.........................excuse
me I feel a verse coming on All Hail the Tunes See ye thurs or somewhere
xmdk
GREETINGS FROM THE OCEAN BED
DEC 24TH 2009
Thanks for all the replies.....you voted overwhelmingly
in favour of me writing whenever I get around to it ( although a
few of you did saythat it wouldn,t hurt if the messages were a tad
more frequent) and ,touchingly, all said that you always read my
mails as you know they,re from me............................................and
here I am pleasing everyone( a most unusual occurance) with a quick
follow up...............I totally forgot to tell you that we,ve
recorded a Christmas song...HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS.....if
it,s good enough for Judy...! It,s a very simple version of one
of my favourite songs and if you want it it,s available on itunes.........................if
you happen to be listening to Irish radio on Christmas morning ,I
recorded the song with the RTe Orchestra and it will be part of
the Christmas miscellany show on rte radio 1 ..........................also
KK and I performed a new song on Tommy and Hector,s new tv show
which will be broadcast on Dec 27th...............I will keep in
touch in a more frequent way via twitter (mariadkennedy) and I wish
you all A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND HOPE FOR 2010.
See some of you in Switzerland ,Czech and Austria in Jan
Tabhair aire
xx mdk
GREETINGS FROM THE OCEAN BED
DEC 3RD 2009
hello my chickens
I have been missing for a while I know..........................could
you vote on that actually............many of you berate me for not
being in touch more often, but many more say they like the infrequent
but well intentioned catch up...............which is it to be? In
reality , the internet is not my medium and I find it hard to fit
in it to my day/week/life. I have set up a facebook ( with the wonderful
assistance of lovely Erin Laffin ) and I am managing to tweet once
a week(!) .............do you really need to know more about me?
Is it not better if I just check in when Iv,e somethingto tell y,all?
I got an unbelievable A in my Irish exam by the way......ha ha ,delighted
with meself.......visions of Des Bishop and I modh coinniollach-ing
away in a seisiun somewhere out west..............I loved learning
again and particularly a poem by Eithne Strong...da m,bfheidir aris
dar gcumann..........
I,m off to sing with SNOW PATROL this weekend if anyone around Killarney
fri 4th and Castlebar sun 6th dec.............should be a bit of
craic....they have 11 extra musicians on the road...................strings
,harps more pianos than you can shake a stick at..................it,s
an amazing sound
we are in the middle of recording which is blissful...........there
are quite a few guests popping in and I really feel it,s going to
be a beauty...............
we went to see the recent BARABBAS show about the Irish clown Johnny
Patterson..........it is going to tour next year ..make sure you
get to see it if you can, it gives you that feeling ( I think it
is the feeling I get from all artistic endeavour that really cuts
it), a feeling of being connected,plugged in,inspired .........it
gives me hope for the highest possibilities ........for all of us.
It,s a very welcome feeling...a lot of the time the world can seem
like an horrific mess where the bad guys constantly get away with
murder and most people have a very miserable time of it.
There is a wonderful line in the show (written, by the way, by LITTLE
JOHN NEE )..............lives are destroyed by the accumulation
of tiny disappointments gathering momentum.........I,ve already
told him I,m going to steal it for a song....but I was just thinking
that the corollary is also true........................lives are
made so much better by the accumulation of tiny kindnesses that
snowball into a kind-of karmic roll
be good to each other when possible....................I,m not advocating
sainthood and we all have shit days BUT many of us are at the coal-face
in a very basic way right now..........despair is the enemy..........there,s
a great BACON exhibition in the Hugh Lane
at the moment if you,re in Dublin (for the feeding of the head -excuse
the pun).................and - call me easily placated if you must-
a small act of kindness makes the world less terrifying
AND FINALLY............ON THE REPRIMAND FRONT...............................WHO
ARE THESE PEOPLE WHO TALK TO YOU WITH A MOUTH FULL OF FOOD......................................................HEAVEN
SPARE ME .......THERE IS NO MORE HORRIBLE SIGHT.......................................!!
Have a magical week
best
xmdk
GREETINGS FROM THE OCEAN BED APRIL 6TH 2009
Hola Mer-folk
What of life in 2009?I better start off with the Joy because there,s
so much doom/gloom/misery-guts about the place while here at Mermaidsville
we are ecstatic.The reason being we are going to do some recording
with the legendary and magical John Prine.Hurray say we.It has never
happened to me before but as soon as we had written "yes we
will" one of the new songs, I heard his voice on it. I managed
to get the song to him and he wants to sing it with me! We met up
for an afternoon in Ireland to work it out and are trying to figure
out our schedules ( a quality problem as Bronagh would say) so that
we can record proper. He is based in Nashville and KK and I have
never been there so that seems like an exciting possibility,I can,t
wait.
Otherwise we are working away sticking our life together with bits
of string in an attempt to fit everything in. My Oral Irish exam
is on Weds.............aaaaaaaaaaaaaagh.........deanfaidh me iarracht
maith (mhaith?) ar aon nos............other bits of Joy flying around
the place ...the tulips are up, Ben Lee,s gig in the Sugarclub last
night was great and I laughed my head off watching Bill Bailey live
at Hammersmith.
thanks to those who came to the Bantry gig
some more gigs coming up :
I,m looking forward to the shows and to seeing ye all again
Onwards ,onwards towards the SUN
xmdk
GREETINGS FROM THE OCEAN BED DEC 10TH 2008
Hello my dearest Pearl- gatherers
many helpings of yuletide joy to you all
we had a wonderful time on our little jaunt through Europe recently
,thanks to Joe and Hannibal for minding us in Vienna and the hard
pressed upon staff of the Cafe Lange for putting up with us all
till the wee hours(lovely to meet Wallis Bird and her crew over
there,and we were conscious of the fact that we had a national reputation
to maintain- my band of Maria,s doing the country proud!), to Vladamir
and the Land of the Olomouc-ians for singing and snow filled gothic
landscapes which made us feel like children/and as if we were in
a Gorky park kind-of movie; the crazy Brno-iacs......you definitely
get the party prize, and Bratislava where our lady Ambassador( I
kid you not) and her second in command ,the lovely Hilda joined
us in harmony ( once again, not kidding) and Ivy took beautiful
photos............................................it was a lot of
fun,the band of Maria children helmed by the fabulously turned out
Jens and Cristal ( I think you can see everyone in KK,s video )..................a
lot of new dance moves sprang into existence........my personal
favourite has to be The Nest,followed closely by Liverdance................................................good
to play the new tunes...........still percolating the new Album
but finding it hard to make recording time........................just
have a lot of children to attend to!!................................Next
year looming and looking lucky to me.
So sorry but the gig in Ballycotton is cancelled this coming weekend....................nothing
to do with us and can,t be helped but really apologise to anyone
inconvenienced...................if you have made arrangements to
travel please let us know and we will try to make it up to you sometime
later..........................................
We would like to give all ye faithful a little Christmas present.................a
free album of your choice..............hurray! The offer is open
till Dec. 19th and we will do our best to have them sent out quickly.
If you want one just go to the shop page on the website,click the
button that says special offer -mailing list only.......choose your
album and we will need your credit card details just to charge 1
euro for postage and packing........................HAPPY CHRISTMAS
to all. I hope it,s magical in some tiny way ( not being mean about
the magic,just if it,s a huge type you have to shout about it,if
it,s tiny you can just notice it and smile and hold on to a laugh
inside)
I thank you for your good wishes and encouragement
In the countdown to turkeydom I am going to try to do one extra
thing for someone else every day..........if anyone wants to join
in I would love to hear if it leads you to any unexpectedness............the
good -but boring - stories we can keep to ourselves!
Will we go,now we,re here, on to the next thing
Will we take just one more hill
Will we go now we,re here, onwards and over
Will we take it ,Oh yes we will
Oh yes we will
See you next year........
Amores
xmdk
GREETINGS FROM THE OCEAN BED NOV 14TH 2008
Cen chaoi a bhfuil sibh?
Truely settled back now- my Flamenco dress at the back of the wardrobe
and much of my week consumed with the mastering of my native tongue-
BACK IN SCHOOL- who.ld have thought,certainly not me. The buzzing
of the Spanish words and music in my head set off a huge desire
to dig deeper into my own culture and so I am beginning with the
language - studying for the honours Irish leaving cert paper next
June - HOLY SHIT - what have I let myself in for - and of course
my standards are so bloody high I am looking for a serious result............watch
this space.............it is really stimulating and I have been
lucky enough to find a gifted teacher in my local VEC but it is
also REALLY HARD to get my clunky brain up to speed.......ahem..............................
thank you Parterre(ers), BASEL for your singing - current leaders
in the MDK harmony contest!
Looking forward to some more gorilla gigging this week and onward
Fri Nov 14th Portlaoise - Eist music,Kavanaghs ,Main St 9pm
( I,m getting an award earlier that night in the Mansion House so
will be jumping into a speeding vehicle to go directly to gig-how
glamorous is my life!)
thurs 20th Nov AUSTRIA- Porgy and Bess,Riemergassa 11,Vienna- 7pm
fri 21st Nov CZECH -Jazz Tibet Club,Olomouc-7pm
sat 22nd Nov CZECH-Stara Pekarna, Brno- 7pm
sun 23rd Nov SLOVAKIA - Heineken tower Stage,Pribinova 25,Bratislava
- 7pm
Dec 31st and Jan 1st Bellinter House Hotel,Co Meath
A few new songs peacocking around the place at the shows
And how are we finding ourselves in Sept.....?
I know it,s still raining but it,s sort of romantic rain.........................
Our going out time absolutely precious due to the minding of smallies
so making sure it is crammed with mind/soul nourishment including..................No
Man,s Land at the Gate Theatre..............everybody in it is great
but David Bradley is astonishing........................also just
heard about an Art Raid on at the end of the month.....Iv,e never
been to one before but apparently the deal is that you buy a ticket
and at the end of the evening a siren goes off and you get to steal
the art...........sounds like a good chance to release your inner
cat burgler...............it is being run by this great young dublin
graffiti artist and he has gathered alot of interesting pieces ......it
is on 24th and 25th sept and you can buy a ticket from the graffitti
shop in temple bar......................unfortunately could not
get to see My Bloody Valentine at the weekend but will make sure
to see them somewhere else as they continue their tour
the new songs are coming on sprightly
a chance to hear one or two this month...Friday 5th sept Ballinamore,Co.
Leitrim
Sat 20th Sept Late Lounge, Kildare (full Band)
Fri 26th Sept Bally bofey, Co. Donegal
all acoustic shows except for Kildare..................................................have
a huge desire to upsticks and move again so the little jaunts around
the country will keep me happy for now.....................................................thank
you to the folk who came out to see us in Drogheda and to the Spook
of the Thirteenth Lock who opened up and to Sandra for looking after
us...................................................
soon my pretties
xmdk
GREETINGS FROM THE OCEAN BED JULY 16th 2008
Hola and goodday
We have been invited to play in the salubrious surroundings of Bantry
House,West Cork this coming Saturday July 19th ( further info available
from mdklive@eircom.net ) it will be an acoustic show featuring
my new flamenco dress.....for those of you who are feeling classy..................!
Otherwise all well. i did promise to write at the beginning of the
month so I,m nearly on the timing...............settled back into
Irish ways with the knowledge that as soon as we can coax all the
family into a moving vehicle we will be off again................travelling
suits us , and even more than just moving, settling somewhere for
half a year suits us perfectly. Of course the days go by as days
do,some more slowly than others, but the chunk of time is the blink
of an eye.
One of the most interesting things about the move was the idea of
identity..................it was inspiring ( also challenging and
sometimes isolating) to be somewhere out of your (one,s ) normality.
The people you meet have no preconceptions about you , there is
no preassigned role to play.The Spanish people we became closest
to had a particularly strong sense of place..............firstly
they were from their town,secondly Andalucian,thirdly Spanish,fourthly
European..............and many other subtle distinctions of course........it
has been roaming around my brain and pushing me to look at Ireland
through a different lens.....................also a big part of
going away I suppose.....................
we,ve been asked to do a couple more shows that I fancy over the
summer ( I,ll send word ) ...............
tangentially ( spelling looks dodge, too tired to look for dictionary,
answers in an relpy email please..)
1. Cormac McCarthy- The Road - is huge
2.everyone needs to laugh HAVE YOU SEEN NAPOLEAN DYNAMITE YET? It,s
been around for a while but even second viewing is a positive vibration
3. If you are in Ireland right now you should really try to see
Bill Viola,s show in the Galway Arts Festival. I haven,t seen it
yet but can,t wait
Amores Amigos
xmdk
GREETINGS FROM THE OCEAN BED 17TH APRIL 2008
Hola Compadres
I am sitting looking across at the (my) mountain as I write and
consider myself one of the luckiest of people. We have moved to
Andalucia, Spain for a while seeking a simpler life and inspiration
from a culture
we adore.
We have found much to hold on to.
Life is never simple for long but we have less of the distractions
of home and are surrounded by beautiful countryside and enough sunshine
to enjoy the beauty.
Arriving somewhere and not knowing anyone has meant we have been
each others company.Time it,s hard to make or find at home and a
great way to get to know the newest member of our family.
Hard to describe really how beautiful it is here or how friendly
the people, but it,s not a lyrical or whimsical beauty, it,s a practical
industrious place, but one where the people still have time for
themselves and for each other. Long may it last.
The new album is cooking nicely in the Andalucian frying pan -
a joyful one.
Much more to tell ,of the majestic flamenco music we are seeing
and hearing; KK,s newest obsession
(Picasso ,of course) ;that we can sit on a balcony and see the Earth
revolving (not feel it, Gregory,s Girl anyone?) but see it because
the stars move across the mountain in front of us; the overwhelming
beauty of the Alhambra……………………
Nothing is surer than that everything will change , and what are
we saving ourselves for anyway….
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