Announcement Radio 4 adopts Domestic Blues

 Radio 4's new Tuesday night programme 'Happy Tuesdays' has adopted Domestic Blues as its theme tune! 

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announcement Bap appointed as Patron of Autism NI

We are delighted to announce that Bap has been appointed as the patron of Autism NI.

 

Bap was appointed as patron on June 24th 2010 at the Autism NI VIP Celebration (20th Anniversary) in the Atrium, Ulster Museum, Belfast, at which Bap was honoured to perform with his band. He was accompanied by his wife Brenda, who has written several books about Asperger Syndrome (a form of Autism) and his stepson Kenneth Hall, who has Asperger Syndrome and has also written a book about his experiences with the condition.

 

Among the other notable people there were Arlene Cassidy, CEO of Autism NI, Sir Reg Empey, leader of the UUP; Liz Aiken MBE, a founding member of Autism NI who received the MBE in 2007 for her services to Autism; Cllr Michael Humphrey, Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast; Conall McDevitt, SDLP MLA, obo Dominic Bradley, SDLP MLA; and Jerry Newport, American author with Asperger Syndrome whose life provided the inspiration for the film Mozart and the Whale. 

Autism NI is a parent led partnership organisation having been formed to promote positive collaboration between parents, professionals and individuals with Autism to address the need for appropriate services.

This partnership ethos extends to the charities promotion of a multi disciplinary, cross agency response to issues such as assessment, diagnosis and early intervention.

The charity's mission to support parents and individuals with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder is core to its work and is based on individualised assessed need.

The charity is committed to promoting best practice, accessible to all irrespective of family circumstances.

 

RADIO TIPP FM: 26th May 2010

 Catch Bap on Radio Tipp FM on the Premier Afternoons show with Norman Morrisey from 2 pm

BBC RADIO ULSTER - 22 April 2010

BBC Radio Ulster- The Gerry Anderson Show from 11 am

Announcement RADIO U105 Sun 18 Apr 2010 - Catch Bap live

Catch Bap on Ivan Martin's show on Sunday morning at 11.30. Brenda will be there on guitar duties!

Announcement GLOBAL DOWNLOAD CHART ....Bap reaches Top 10

Bap has this week reached No. 7 in the Global Top 10 for music downloads, as measured by the Music Industry’s Airplay Direct, which delivers music to radio stations worldwide. Most significant play has been in UK, America, Australia, Germany, Ireland & Scotland.

Announcement RADIO FEILE FM 20 Dec 2009 - Bap & Brenda live

Catch Bap and Brenda live on Feile FM on Sunday 20th Dec from 4pm

Announcement RADIO ULSTER - Bap live on 18 Nov 2009

Catch Bap live on BBC Radio Ulster on Friday 18th Nov from 9:00pm

Ralph McLean Show

If you missed this program the first time, and want to listen again, please click here. Bap is on from about 1 hour 16 minutes in.

Banish the Blue Days

Official Release Date for 'Banish' !

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Announcement Brenda gets Radio 2 play

 Brenda's song Banish the Blue Days, from her album of the same name, has been receiving plays on Radio 2 for the past 2 weeks. Click here to listen to or purchase Banish the Blue Days.

announcement New radio & Irish dates announced

Bap and Brenda will be touring the Republic of Ireland as special guests of Brendan Murphy from the 26th of May to the 6th of June. They will be playing in:

announcement Brenda's Book №. 1 in Amazon

Brenda's book Parenting A Child With Asperger Syndrome: 200 Tips and Strategies is the bestselling book in its genre on Amazon.co.uk. Signed copies are currently available from here

Announcement ENERGY ORCHARD videos posted!

Bap has posted a stack of Energy Orchard videos - check it out and see the young Bap in action -

Click on the 'Laptop on the Table' Icon near the bottom of Bap's Home Page
or go to

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FBapKennedyOfficial&h=

 

Announcement ... Bap in the studio

Bap is currently recording new material for release later this year. Watch this space!

Announcement BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD - Catch Bap live on Sunday 8 Nov 2009

Catch Bap live on air BBC Radio Sheffield on Sunday 8th Nov from 5.40 - 6.00 pm

Alan Watkiss Show

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Bap's blog August 09

Bap's Blog August 09

Hello to whoever is reading this blog. And if you bought “Howl On” or are about to -  then thanks for putting your money where your ears are.
The reviews have been very good so far and in fact are probably the best I’ve had as far as I can remember. My first album “Energy Orchard” by the band of the same name came out in 1990 so I’m coming up to twenty years of doing this – making records and playing the songs in far flung places. I’m currently working on new material and rehearsing songs from the new CD . I’ll be out touring later this year and coming to a town near you! Watch this space for details....
August has arrived and the 40th anniversary of the moon landing has come and gone -  but hopefully “Howl On “ will keep a flame under the greatest show on earth. The last great optimistic act of the 20th century still resonates with me and I think with a lot of other people. In my mind Apollo was a great universal moment that united mankind and gave us a chance to look back at ourselves and our world. These are much more cynical times now and I can’t imagine something as far out and exciting (or expensive) as the race to the moon happening today, but then I’m not seven anymore. Of course I know now it really only happened because of the  Cold War - but I had no idea about that then. I thought we were going to the moon because we wanted to. And I wrote the “Howl On” songs all those years later because I wanted to tap into that feeling again.  I know in my heart that time has gone forever and that all things must pass  - but I will always look back with great fondness on the couple of days in 1969 when John Kennedy’s crazy challenge became a reality and a comic book came to life.

...Also I’m hoping Gary McKinnon gets off the hook and that we all wake up after a good dream.
Love and Peace
Bap Kennedy
This blog is also on the Forum - so if you would like to respond please go to Bap's section of the Forum
 

 

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Howl On pre-release

The special Howl On pre-release CD (stamped, dated & signed by Bap) will be available from the website for another 3 days ....after which it will be officially released and available in all good record shops & outlets.

 

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Howl On Reviews

There are some great reviews coming in for Bap's new album Howl On - (due for release 3 Aug)
Check them out on the Howl On Reviews Page

 

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Website Developments - Bap gets his own area to post in!

Bap has now got his own section within the main Website Forum where he will be posting from time to time.

  .....Click on the forum and check out 'Bap's Own Forum' to keep an eye on his latest postings!

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Landscape Art

Pastels in The Yard

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Bap's blog for March 09

Confusion, fire lighters and 'Howl On'

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Bap's First Blog

Welcome to my new website...And my first blog...Lots of changes in Bap world including getting married and settling down in the beautiful County Down with Brenda. As you can see Brenda has been busy writing books, recording her debut album ( produced by me..of course! ) and making art..not to mention getting on my case to get the guitar out and write some songs...and anybody out there waiting for another record from me might be interested to know I have something new in the can...release dates to be firmed up but it could be a couple of months due to the nature of the record...the following might give you an idea of what to expect.
 
 
I was a seven year old Belfast cowboy trying to stay awake for the first footsteps on the moon. When I woke up they were already on their way home. Thirty seven years later I decided to write some songs about it because of a book called Moon Dust, that I devoured by the light of a log fire DVD at the start of a strange lonesome year in London. The Apollo missions were suddenly fresh, wonderful, insane and large as life to me, a man now in his forties - slightly older than the crew of Apollo 11 were in 1969.
What had become of these men and what had they experienced? How could such a momentous event be reduced to an MTV logo? I was lonely and crazy for love and becoming obsessed by the whole saga. I bought every book and documentary I could find on the subject and immersed myself in the lives of the chosen few who went up there and didn’t care if they never came back.
I was in love with America as a child and when I finally got to New York in 1989 I wasn’t disappointed. I’d forgotten all about cowboy suits and spacemen by then, enthralled by the 24 hour bars beside Port Authority. Gradually America wore me down and I fell out of love with the best and worst of everything. But now maybe things are changing. I’m starting to feel that good times are ahead and inspiration is flowing again, not just in me but in the world. The feeling that anything is possible if we just put our minds to it.   We went to the moon didn’t we? All of us.
 
 
Bap Kennedy  2009
 
 

AUSTIN TX USA (SXSW) - 18th March 09

Bap will be performing at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin Texas on 18th March 09

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NASHVILLE TX- 17th March 09

Bap's next gig will be in the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville on 17th March 09

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Release of debut album Banish the Blue Days late Spring 2009

Brenda Kennedy will release her debut album in late Spring 09

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New album to released early 2009

Bap Kennedy's new album will be released early 2009

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Appreciating Asperger Syndrome Released Feb 2009

Brenda's new book Appreciating Asperger Syndrome goes on sale mid Feb 2009

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