News – Keith Donald

Working at Christmas top of the most active Indie Charts in Canada

December 20, 2011 – 3:24 pm

This week’s *Most Active Indies chart in Canada has at Number One the new song, Working at Christmas, performed by Paul Brady and Terri Clark, written by Keith Donald, Ralph Murphy and Paul Brady. *Most Active Indies are the most streamed and downloaded Singles in the given period on releases not directly promoted by any [...]

IMRO, the Irish Music Rights Organisation

November 22, 2011 – 4:27 pm

I’ve long regarded people who play and write music as my extended family. When I bump into them in a recording studio or at a gig anywhere on the island or at a festival abroad, it’s like meeting cousins that you’re glad to see. I like being in a position where I can help and [...]

Burma Action Ireland

November 8, 2011 – 1:32 pm

I’d been a member of BAI for some years before I realised that Aung San Suu Kyi and I are the same age. Doesn’t she wear it with grace and beauty! Last year I was struck by the realisation that I could celebrate turning 65 any way I wanted whereas she would be under house [...]

I’m a clarinet player again

November 7, 2011 – 5:39 pm

The saxes are parked and aren’t a bit happy about it, having enabled me to make a living from my late teens until my early sixties. They keep protesting and I’ve had to outline my playing history to them: Let’s start at the beginning. The Luftwaffe did a job on the family home in 1941 [...]