A beautiful tribute to Anas. Pease read & share. Uplift the truth-tellers in Irish media. We need them. "Many Western journalists do not regard Palestinian journalists as colleagues and that’s why those reporting from Gaza can be killed by Israel with impunity." Thank you @barrymalone.bsky.social

And just like that, season 7 of Book of Leaves is back! Kicking off the 6th year of the podcast is activist & musician @sivemusic.bsky.social. Sadhbh has years of experience using music to improve well-being. More recently she's been adding her voice to the Palestinian cause 🍉✊ pod.fo/e/2cab6a

What it was always all about.

A lovely afternoon performing 'In Cloak & Womb' at Tallaght University Hospital yesterday. The final performance of the run is a Dublin City University #DCU lunchtime concert today, 1.10pm on St Pat's campus, free entry and open to the public! Thanks to Tommy Walsh/Medical Photography for the snap 📸

Only 10 tickets left for our Pals For #Palestine #fundraiser in FLUX #Dublin next Sunday! Even more reason to come along if you're nervous about singing - you'll have lots of other voices blend in with 🙃 Proceeds going to teacollective.ie #SpeirGorm www.tickettailor.com/events/sive/...

My new psychotherapy and training practice 'Decolonised Minds' decolonisedminds.ie

And here's a song I wrote as a nod to the #Cailleach, also known less commonly as Beira. A song about darkness and light as two sides of the one coin, a tribute to the misunderstood Hag of Winter. Filmed on a January day with cold fingers and cold vocal cords! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBjB...

Beannachtaí Imbolc, Lá Fhéile Bríde shona daoibh. The start of spring in the Celtic year, when the #Cailleach, goddess of winter, melts into #Brigid, goddess of light. I haven't been active on #Substack lately but I wrote this little piece to mark it last year 🐍 sadhbhosullivan.substack.com/p/imbolc

Little Owl in the Old Oak #owls #birds #ukwildlife

'Demon in the Form of an Old Woman Fleeing with a Severed Arm' from the series 'New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts' - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1889. #FolkloreThursday #yokai #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe

We're bringing 'In Cloak & Womb', my song cycle for three voices inspired by the legacy of #Brigid the saint, the goddess and the woman, out for another spin this spring. I love getting to bring these songs to life with Clara Rose & @sharonmurphymusic.bsky.social ♡ #Imbolc

Reminder: 'Wired Our Own Way', an anthology of work from autistic Irish writers, is available for pre-order now from @dubraybooks.bsky.social. Please pre-order if you can - it counts toward first-week sales and does wonders for our chart placing. www.dubraybooks.ie/product/wire...

Playing a Songwriters in the Round show with Megan O'Neill and Heidi Talbot at @riverbankarts.bsky.social this Friday 31st. I love this format for a gig and will be road testing some new songs...tickets below ♡ www.riverbank.ie/event/brigid...

Writing a fantasy novel where everyone likes me and wants to be my friend

Me and some Pals are organising this #fundraiser for teacollective.ie in FLUX #Dublin on Sun 9th Feb. No experience required ∞ All welcome ∞ Let's join our voices in #solidarity, sing our collective love, rage, grief & hope together and build resilience through song 🍉 tinyurl.com/singinsolidarity

From Ireland to #Palestine, Occupation is a crime. #FreePalestine

Do you (or someone you know) live in #Kildare or surrounding counties & have something to say about your relationship with your voice & how it shapes your identity & impacts upon your daily life? We would love to hear from you! #SpeirGorm #ArtsandHealth #Voice www.artsandhealth.ie/2025/01/08/t...

This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.

"Unfortunately, actions have been few and far between. In an effort to keep it this way, Israel acts as a diplomatic bully, never quite addressing the substance of its policies or engaging with arguments over the factual record." www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...

No words left, except rest in peace and in power, Khaled Nabhan, grandfather to so many. I'm sorry this world failed you and your beloved Reem, the soul of your soul. #soulofmysoul #freepalestine www.youtube.com/shorts/EycYm...

I have a #Patreon which I often forget to mention! Latest post is a short song inspired by the concept of Active Hope. "If we hold in mind the best that could happen as well as the worst, what could we do to make better scenarios more likely and worse ones less so?" #JoannaMacy patreon.com/sivemusic

While you're waiting for the next print run of #IfIMustDie, listen to this beautiful rendition of the poem put to music by @sivemusic.bsky.social - sivemusic.bandcamp.com/track/if-i-m.... @dropsitenews.com

It's #BandCampFriday I wrote these 2 songs with my son & they raise a small amount for charity each year. Proceeds go to the #UNICEF #Ukraine Emergency Appeal. #MusicSky #MusicianSky #SpeirGorm https:/sharonmurphymusic.bandcamp.com/album/persevere-another-year-with-bonus-demo-track-not-a-love-song

Today is the 1st anniversary of Refaat Alareer, the Palestinian poet who wrote the beautiful & now iconic 'If I Must Die'. It's also #BandcampFriday. To make the date, I've gathered a collection of songs & launched a fundraiser which will run through December: sivemusic.bandcamp.com/album/ceol-d...

We had a beautiful, moving evening celebrating Palestinian culture last night to mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. Huge thank you to our brilliant MC, speakers, performers, readers, dancers, artists, our fantastic IPSC stall, door, organising teams

In the lead up to this #GeneralElection I've seen more conflicting posts than ever about how far down the ballot you should vote. There's a lot of confusion out there about how transfers actually work. This article explains it really clearly #ge24 #speirgorm jackkennedy.ie/2020/02/07/h...

Ganavya's opening act at Dublin Unitarian Church last night was Ellie O'Neill, who I hadn't heard before. I'm now totally enamoured with her voice and her writing! #irishmusic #speirgorm www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FuH...

When I was floundering, a friend reminded me that in the #socialchange ecosystem, the role of the storyteller and the musician matters. So here's a work-in-progress inspired by a recent protest at Shannon. I'm running out of ways to say this is not ok, but I'll keep saying it anyway. #freepalestine

I got to witness the incredible voice of Ganavya in Dublin Unitarian Church last night. Transcendental, life-giving, many tears and deep sighs. My heart is better for it today! I said to someone afterwards "This music thing...it's good isn't it?" Sometimes you forget ❤️‍🩹 youtu.be/FrqdESG9rLs?...

After a week of feeling completely overwhelmed and like nothing I do is enough, working through @deepaiyer.bsky.social's Social Change Ecosystem this morning is giving me life. None of us can be everything, but we all have something to weave into the tapestry of change. #socialchange #socialjustice

Myself and Talha Wise Wolf will be performing our collaboration at Palestinian Culture Night in the Teacher's Club Dublin next Friday 28th alongside some brilliant artists including Leen, Latif & Blue Niall. (little snippet below!) Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/palestinia... @ipsc.bsky.social

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Reminder to anyone who needs it today: Dreaming is resistance. Kindness is resistance. Art is resistance. Make art. Make hope. Dream a better world. Resist.