Decades is an EP of 4 pieces of music made up of two instrumentals. one spoken word piece, and one song. The overarching theme explores the idea of drawing upon previous versions of ourselves from both the distant and recent past, in search of inspiration and learning.

All tracks composed by Sharon Murphy

Engineered and programmed by Alvin Sweeney
Vocals, piano & duduk by Sharon Murphy
Violin by Anna Sweeney

Available as a digital download here: https://sharonmurphymusic.bandcamp.com/album/decades

A Hidden Door Production, supported by KCC Arts Service

DECADES EP - Sharon Murphy

'She' is the only song on my forthcoming  EP Decades, the other tracks being instrumentals. It's a reflection on an individual creative journey; on the concept that we can look to previous versions of ourselves for inspiration, and that in recognising the things that at one time came as second nature to us, we can invite them to come to the fore once again.

Written by Sharon Murphy

Engineered and programmed by Alvin Sweeney
Vocals, piano and duduk by Sharon Murphy

The EP can be preordered on BandCamp here: https://sharonmurphymusic.bandcamp.com/album/decades

A Hidden Door production, supported by KCC Arts Service.

© Sharon Murphy 2022

Twice Remembered is the second release off my new EP Decades, but the first in the running order. An instrumental, it explores the idea of reminiscence as storytelling, addressing the question of how much trust we should place in our distant memories, and how the present can oftentimes colour the shaping of the stories we tell both ourselves and others about our past. 

Written by Sharon Murphy 
Engineered and programmed by Alvin Sweeney
Piano, percussion and duduk by Sharon Murphy

The EP can be preordered on BandCamp here: sharonmurphymusic.bandcamp.com/album/decades

A Hidden Door production, supported by KCC Arts Service.

© Sharon Murphy 2022

Twice Remembered

Second in the running order of the DECADES EP, Sea Change draws heavily upon classical influences. The haunting harmonic space and ethereal sounds used attempt to capture the feelings we experience when coping with sudden difficult events in our lives. The piece explores the liminality of those particular moments where we are being propelled forward in a direction we never expected.

Written by Sharon Murphy
Engineered and programmed by Alvin Sweeney
Piano and vocals by Sharon Murphy
Violin by Anna Sweeney

A Hidden Door production, supported by KCC Arts Service.

© Sharon Murphy 2022

Sea Change

This piece is dedicated to and inspired by our daughter Anna, a wonderful musician in her own right. It emerged from a voice memo idea that she and I recorded together that reminded us a little of our favourite film Arrival, and its incredible soundtrack composed by the late Jóhann Jóhannsson. It ended up being about Anna's arrival into the world, and all that I didn't know then.

Engineered and programmed by Alvin Sweeney
Vocals, piano and duduk by Sharon Murphy

The EP can be preordered on BandCamp here: sharonmurphymusic.bandcamp.com/album/decades

A Hidden Door production, supported by KCC Arts Service.

© Sharon Murphy 2022

Arrival (for Anna)

I am a songwriter, musician and arts & health practitioner from Ireland.
My most recent output has been the creation of Embrace Music’s song cycle 'Murmurations' with my colleague Sadhbh O’Sullivan, as part of an Irish Hospice Foundation initiative, a 2022 EP of piano instrumentals called 'Decades', and my 2023 EP of songs Not the Sea

https://sharonmurphymusic.bandcamp.com/follow_me