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Enda Kenny and guests Lindsay
Martin & Sandy Brady
June 25, 8pm
$15 Members
$20 Non-members
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BIO…
Dublin born songwriter, Enda Kenny has lived in Melbourne,
Australia since 1987. Like the seanachies and yarn spinners
before him, Enda’s songs describe stories of life, of
humour, of nature and injustice. Enda’s gift as a
performer is his ability to bring alive the individual experience
in a way his audience intuitively relates to.
Acclaimed as one of Australia’s best
songwriters, Enda has produced four albums – Twelve Songs,
Bakers Dozen, Six of One,Cloudlining, and the recently released
Here and There. All feature the masterful fiddle playing of long
time collaborator Lindsay Martin. Live performances regularly
feature Lindsay and Sandy Brady on bass, who joined them for the
recording of Cloud Lining.
His songs have been recorded by a growing
list of local and international artists including Roy Bailey,
Karen Lynne, Reel Time, Bram Taylor, Barrie Davis, Bob Eden and
Markerr.
ALBUM COMMENT…
This is an album I have travelled toward, not a straight
journey, but, like the title, one that’s taken me Here and
There through different worlds, moods and times. As always, I
sing stories in my songs and I’m attracted to the songs of
others that tell me a story. This collection includes two of my
strongest early influences, Stan Rogers and Chris De Burgh as
well as contemporary songwriters Alex Legg from Melbourne and Rod
MacDonald whom I met at Port Fairy a few years back. I’ve
been privileged along the way to be accompanied by some fine
friends and musicians, notably LINDSAY MARTIN who has
added his fiddling eloquence to my music for over a dozen years.
The warm bass of SANDY BRADY has joined us since Cloud
Lining.
REVIEW: Sydney Morning Herald review of
"Here and There"
Enda Kenny is simply the
best folk singer-songwriter working in Australia. He has a voice
that imbues every word with passion and injects just the right
level of Irish (he was born in Dublin) rebellion and
sentimentality.
Not surprisingly, this album keeps the
flames of protest and moral outrage alive. Children overboard,
Iraq, the Oklahoma bombing and religious fundamentalism are all
savaged. There's the wonderful Were You There (written by
expatriate Glaswegian Alex Legg), which points out that the
warriors in Washington, bombers in Baghdad and politicians in
London all prayed to their own Gods and believed that they were
doing God's work.
Who Built The Bomb? is structured like Who
Killed Cock Robin? with US senators, action-movie stars, shock
jocks and religious fundamentalists insisting they only ever
encourage goodness and decency. The album has some glorious
ballads, including a masterpiece about growing up in Dublin
called The Streets of Joyce.
Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning Herald
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