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The Kiss of Light (2018)

by Anthony Toner

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    The physical CD of The Kiss of Light, 22 tracks (11 poems and 11 instrumentals) in an elegant double fold digipak - with a cover picture of the lake at Annaghmakerrig in County Monaghan, taken at dawn by Anthony's wife Andrea.

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Under the Stairs (poem) 00:25
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Under the Stairs (music) 01:39
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3.
Come As You Are (poem) 00:21
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4.
Come As You Are (music) 02:17
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5.
Moving In (poem) 00:50
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Moving In (music) 01:50
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7.
My Father Again (poem) 01:24
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My Father Again (music) 02:13
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L'Orangerie (poem) 01:12
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L'Orangerie (music) 01:45
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11.
Bog Cotton (poem) 00:27
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12.
Bog Cotton (music) 01:57
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13.
Winter Offerings (poem) 01:45
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14.
Winter Offerings (music) 01:50
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15.
Cleo, Oklahoma (poem) 00:59
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Cleo, Oklahoma (music) 01:56
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17.
The Gate (poem) 01:10
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18.
The Gate (music) 02:22
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19.
A Day in August (poem) 00:48
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20.
A Day in August (music) 01:53
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21.
The Hourglass (poem) 01:05
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22.
The Hourglass (music) 03:47
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about

Anthony's eighth album release is an unusual one - featuring a collection of Frank Ormsby's poems read aloud by the author, each reading followed by an instrumental inspired by the poem.
The instrumentals were written and arranged by Anthony and feature him on acoustic guitar, with counterpoint from Neil Martin on cello and Linley Hamilton on trumpet.
The recording project (produced, mixed and mastered by Clive Culbertson at his studio in Coleraine) emerged from a friendship between the songwriter and the poet following an impromptu joint performance at No Alibis bookstore in Belfast back in 2015. It was a friendship and a project that took the pair of them (and Neil and Linley) to a host of venues as far afield as Paris, Brussels - and Enniskillen.
To find out the full story behind the album, click to be directed to a specially illustrated blog Anthony has written to accompany this release on Bandcamp:

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released June 2, 2023

Frank Ormsby reads his poems, with accompanying instrumentals written and arranged by Anthony Toner, and played by:
Anthony Toner - acoustic guitar
Neil Martin - cello
Linley Hamilton - trumpet

Poems by Frank Ormsby
Music by Anthony Toner
Cover photograph: Dawn over the lake at Annaghmakerrig by Andrea Motgomery
Design by Damian Smyth at DFined, Coleraine
Produced by Clive Culbertson

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Anthony Toner Belfast, UK

An independent singer songwriter and guitarist, based in Belfast.

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