From demos for Live From Kilmichael album
Recorded Sept 2020 on Tascam 4 track Porta 02
Traditional Donegal folk song, lyrics by Willie Gillespie, arr R J Hurt
Also performed this live on TG4 Ceol Chogaigh Na Saoirse - https://youtu.be/4Xe0UWN5R4s

JOHNSTON'S MOTOR CAR (four track cassette demo)

Legendary Irish ballad always a pleasure to sing, The melody is stunning and the story always takes me with it. 
I recorded the basic tracks on the Tascam Porta 02 in Dublin in 2015, a couple of weeks after learning to sing the song when it was still new to me, then refurbed them and added to them November 2021 in Wexford. 
The one and only rhythm maestro Ian McTigue lent his immense talent on bodhrán and drum kit.

THE GALWAY SHAWL

Anthem to emotional perseverance
Written by Pearse McGloughlin
From the forthcoming album "AND WE FOR ONE ANOTHER"
RJH : Vocals, Guitars, Slide Mandolin, Percussion, Oven Timer
Ian McTigue: Drums
Mick Morris : Bass
Jayne Pomplas : Violin
Gil Haddon : Cello

Recorded on four and eight track Tascam cassette portastudios, Kilmichael Co Wexford 2022

MORNING MIST

This is my latest show. Half the music is new while the other half is not

Declans Show

Declans Dynamix

The October 2022 DIAMC writing prompt was about displacement, taking a character either fictional or real and putting them into an alternative reality. I imagined a world where Little Red was all grown up and off to the bright lights and big city, in search of Mr Wolf.

Demo, recorded in the spare bedroom of our holiday cottage in Ackergill.



Little Red

Little Red she’s grown up proper
Little Red, nothing’s going to stop her
She’s going to shine, like the moon
Mr Wolf, big man in the city
Mr Wolf sure likes them pretty
In for a surprise, Mr Wolf
You’d better watch that back
Look both ways
She’s coming for her due
Little Red

Little Red, headed for the Hood
Telling Granny she is going to be good
She may be lying, but honest she’s trying
Little Red steps into his bar
Mr Wolf greets her with a snarl
“Hrrrrrrrr, Babe, you’re looking swell”
Little Red flicks back long hair
Walks by, ignoring his stare
“Make mine a double on the rocks 
And wipe that look, off your face,
I swapped out that blunt old axe,
For some Mace
And I’m not afraid to use it,
Don’t need a Woodcutter no more.”

Little Red, now she’s a star
Mr Wolf, he’s gone and bought her a car
And a house, and a yacht, and a ring
He fell under her spell
Little Red, she played him so well
But damn, that girl could sing
Ahoooooo, Little Red
Ahoooooo, Little Red
Ahoooooo, Little Red

“Turned out there’d been a bit of a misunderstanding. Mr Wolf isn’t all bad, you know? Last I heard…he’d gone and bought Granny…a new condo”

Ahoooooo, Little Red
Ahoooooo, Little Red

"Turns out, it had all been a misunderstanding. Mr Wolf, well, he is all bad you know. In fact, the last I heard, he'd gone a bought Granny a new condo.

Ahoooooo, Little Red
Ahoooooo, Little Red

© S Barr 2022

Little Red - Demo

THINKING OF YOU
Words - Tony Floyd Kenna
Music, Vocals - Robin James Hurt
(c) 2023 all rights reserved

Initial tracking ideas for forthcoming album!

Image by Lyla Hurt

#fourtrack #analogue

THINKING OF YOU 4 track cassette recording (Kenna/Hurt)

The Weight Of Sand

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On 9th Dec 1980, the day John  Lennon's death was made public Paul Brady and his band played The Sportsmans Inn in Dublin. The band was Paul Brady acoustic guitar and vocal, Fran Breen drums, Jimmy Faulkner electric guitar, Artie McGlynn pedal steel, Tommy Moore bass and James Delaney piano.

JOHNSTON'S MOTOR CAR (four track cassette demo)

Robin James Hurt

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