Majella Murphy’s Brave New World
You remember a while back we mentioned the first CD to be released by phone - Irish singer/songwriter Majella Murphy, with the help of o2 and Sony Ericsson, released Brave New World in Ireland exclusively in digital format on a mobile phone.
Well now Murphy’s Brave New World is available in it’s entirety from Rhapsody, Napster, and iTunes.
Most comparisons out there are of a spunky Mary Black - Majella skateboards and paints, though not simultaneously - however it was of Beverly Craven I was first put in mind of when I first listened to Brave New World. Craven of course is not Irish, but one of those English performers that Ireland just seems to adopt from time to time, as if correcting god’s musical sloppiness, like Chris Rea and David Gray.
There has been some criticism for getting publicity in releasing her album this way, but that’s rather daft, I mean what next? Take down those posters Majella, you’re only promoting yourself! Anyway I’m sure Majella Murphy isn’t Mary Black or Beverly Anybody, and impressively has the great Jimmy McCarthy on board as a mentor, as well as penning some songs.
We wish her well, and as she said herself when she stopped by Irish KC, maybe she’ll get to play in this city some day.
See Also;
• Lunasa: Sean Smyth Interview
• Liam O Maonlai and Hothouse Flowers both on MySpace
• Irish Talk Is Not Cheap
Eolaí gan Fhéile:
How are ye? uhuh.. this is Majella Murphy here in the flesh! WEll, virtually anyway…..
thank you for the support.. I’ve just come back from a sell out gig in Dublin and it’s been a pretty brillo night for me..
No.. I’m NOT Mary Black, and I’m changing the pic on the front of the album… and YES I’m 100% Irish (whatever that is!) and I do skateboard and paint; in fact, I’ve to be up in six hours to finish off two walls of murals for a business tomorrow…(yawns with exaustion)
I’ll tell you all the secret… I live my dream…. I sing, I write, I play, I work, I play etc etc etc… I laugh like a child and live every day like it’s my last….
Sony Ericsson and O2 have been brilliant to me; however, I worked full time in a bar as I recorded this album; it will be the first of many.
life is a laugh… LIfe is pretty darn good. all we have to do is live it. I’ll be over in the States some time this year… I’ve a lot of plans.
Good to see this here!
Cheers!
majella
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hey ho! seems you are all being pretty kewl to me! thanks……
I did another sell out gig in Whelans’ in Dublin last night, it was great.. I’m sitting here on friends’ comp bored (taken a few hours out! LOL)
Thanks for putting up the single on your site…
today I went for a skate and ended up swimming off the harbour in Dun Laoire, so if you smell me I apologise! It was great! Cold, but great!
Here’s to you dudes!
Cheers!