Month: February 2011

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Ireland’s own Graham Miley Joins Ra Ra Riot, Melissa Auf der Maur, Flying Lotus, Jim Campilongo, Jackson Browne and David Lindley As Nominees for The 10th Independent Music Awards

SOUNDTRACK TO FEATURE FIRST TIME COLLABORATION WITH HANS ZIMMER AND RODRIGO Y GABRIELA

SOUNDTRACK SET FOR RELEASE ON WALT DISNEY RECORDS MAY 17th

After months of hints and rumours we can now confirm that one of the summer’s most highly anticipated blockbuster movies, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” will features original music by Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer and Rod and Gab.

The score for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 brings together one of the most respected and sought-after composers (an Academy Award winner with a further eight additional Oscar nominations for films such as Gladiator, Inception, The Dark Knight, Batman Begins to name but a few) and the premier guitar playing duo in the world – Rodrigo Y Gabriela.

Speaking on the creative process Zimmer recently said, 'The way we’re working, the three of us are sitting in a room, I play average keyboards and they play brilliant guitars and we’re writing cues together. There’s a force, a ferocity, about their sound.'

You will be able to hear the fruits of their labours when Walt Disney Records release the soundtrack for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides on May 17, 2011.

The movie, once again starring Johnny Depp as captain Jack Sparrow, joined for this outing by Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush and Ian McShane, will follow in movie theaters on May 20, 2011.

Australia, New Zealand and US concert Dates – April / May

 Rod and Gab will be taking to the road in April and May for a series of shows in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S..

 April 17     West Coast Blues and Roots Festival, Fremantle, WA, Australia   Tickets

 April 19     Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia Tickets

 April 20     Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia Tickets

 April 22     Blues Fest, Byron Bay, Australia Tickets

 April 24     Grassroots Festival, Aukland, New Zealand Tickets

 May 30     Sasquatch Festival, George, WA, USA Tickets

 
Live At The Hollywood Bowl – August

Not content with one groundbreaking project this summer Rodrigo Y Gabriela are also limbering up for what promise to be two of their most unforgettable concerts ever. On Friday August 12 and Saturday August 13 Rodrigo Y Gabriela will perform live at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

In a celebration of the passion and rhythm of the guitar, this extraordinary concert brings the orchestra together with Rodrigo y Gabriela in the illustrious and famous setting of the magnificent Hollywood Bowl – site of some legendary concerts through the years. These two shows will surely be added to that list. Joining Rod and gab for the two concerts will be the blistering Spanish sounds of Buikaand Javier Limón.

Visit the Hollywood Bowl website for details of their ticket subscriber system for all shows there this summer. Individual tickets for the The Rodrigo Y Gabriela shows will go on sale to the general public on May 7.

Visit the Rodrigo Y Gabriela online shop – Live in Japan CD now back in stock as well as many other great offers.  

 Music & Health Research Group
in conjunction with
Irish World Academy
present

 ‘Is there a role for Music Therapy in mental health services in Ireland?’

March 9^th– 2.30-5.00pm

Irish World Academy, University of Limerick

Speakers: Professor Jane Edwards, Tríona McCaffrey- Music & Health Research Group, Sue Baines – Music Therapist, Canada, Tommy Hayes – Limerick Mental Health Services & Dr Dominic Fannon- Consultant Psychiatrist, Recovery Team, Mayo Mental Health Services.

Professor Jane Edwards joined the Irish World Academy in 1999 after 7 years leading the music therapy programme at the University of Queensland. Australia. She is Director for the Music & Health Research Group, founded to bring together researchers from Ireland, Germany and Norway in collaborative research about the arts in healthcare. Jane is an experienced clinician, researcher and teacher, with specialist expertise in music in medical contexts, and music therapy in family centred care. She is the President of the International Association for Music & Medicine (www.iammonline.com). In 2011 she is convening a summer school "Qualitative methods in healthcare research" at UL funded by IRCHSS and in collaboration with colleagues from NUIG, and UL faculty from Occupational Therapy and Sociology.  

Tríona McCaffrey is a graduate of the MA in Music Therapy Programme at the Irish World Academy and has worked as a music therapy practitioner in mental health for four years having established a full-time position in Mayo Mental Health Services. She has worked in the areas of Recovery, community mental health and Psychiatry of Old Age and is particularly interested in service users experience of mental health services in Ireland. Tríona currently lectures on the MA Music Therapy programme at the Academy.  

Sue Baines, MMT, MTA is an internationally renowned Music Therapist who has worked in mental health and long term care for many years. She teaches in the Bachelor of Music Therapy program at Capilano College in North Vancouver, Canada and is a Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery having trained at the Southeast Institute for Music Centred Psychotherapy in Atlanta, GA.  Sue completed her Masters in Music Therapy from New York University and has published a number of articles in Music Therapy and other disciplinary publications. She has taught workshops and seminars across Canada as well as in the United States and South Africa.

Dr Dominic Fannon MD, MMSc, MRCPsych, MSc (CBT) Dr Fannon is a consultant general adult psychiatrist with a special interest in rehabilitation with the Recovery Team, Mayo Mental Health Service and visiting senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. He is Chair of Faculty of Social and Rehabilitation Psychiatry, College of Psychiatry of Ireland. He trained on the western region postgraduate training scheme and at the Maudsley Hospital. His special interests include psychological treatment of psychosis and early intervention.

Tommy Hayes completed a Master’s Degree in Music Therapy from the University of Limerick in 2002. He currently works as a Music Therapist in a variety of clinical settings in the area of special needs and mental health and has extensive experience of working with adolescents.  He is in his final year of training as a ‘Guided Imagery & Music’ therapist with Professor Leslie Bunt. Tommy is also a renowned percussionist at the forefront of traditional Irish music for over 30 years, having performed and recorded with most of the great names in traditional music and beyond.  He has released two solo albums “An Ras” and “A Room in the North” and has recorded music for a number of film and theatre productions with output numbers in excess of 400 albums.  

This week sees the eagerly anticipated release of the new single from indie quintet Furlo. Your Entire Glows is another superbly crafted high-energy track from the Derry five piece in the same manner as their critically acclaimed EP’s Concussed Girls and Signature.

Since their formation in the summer of 2006, they have forged a path in the music scene via their first EP Concussed Girls. This self-release gained the band much respect from critics and press alike. 2010 saw the release of their 2nd EP Signature which received airplay support from BBC Radio and local stations alike. The band finished the year off by signing with Belfast Indie Label Yogen Records.

2011 promises to be a busy year for Furlo with the release of their debut single Your Entire Glows in February and working hard towards the completion of their debut album only to come up for air playing select shows and festivals in the UK & Ireland.

Your Entire Glows is available now through Yogen Records and iTunes.

Tour Details:
31st March – Dawsons Music, Bangor
7th April – The Empire, Belfast
30th April – Lark in the Park Festival, Moira
19th May – Northwest 200, Portrush
18th June – MacFestival, Ballymoney
30th June – Shamrock Festival, Cavan
21st July – Buncrana Festival, Donegal

For more information visit
www.yogenrecords.co.uk or www.furlo.co.uk
 

The Choice Music Prize live event is only 2 weeks away and tickets are now completely sold out!
 
The event will take place in Vicar St on Thursday 3rd March. It will be hosted by Alison Curtis and will be broadcast live on Paul Mcloone’s show on Today FM from 7-11pm.
 
Cathy Davey has just been added to the live bill, which means that 8 out of the 10 shortlisted acts will now perform.
 
The confirmed line-up is as follows (artists listed in alphabetical order):

Adebisi Shank
The Cast of Cheers
Cathy Davey
Fight Like Apes
Halves
James Vincent McMorrow
O Emperor
Villagers

In recognition of the role of the Choice Music Prize as an important showcase for Irish music, Culture Ireland is pleased to be supporting a delegation of key international music industry press, promoters and publishers to attend the event in Dublin:

Sean Adams (Sunday Times/Drowned in Sound)
Laurence Bell (MD Domino Records)
Stuart Clarke (A&R & Talent Editor Music Week)
James Foley (New Music Editor Record of the Day)
Steve Jordan (Founder & Director Polaris Prize Canada)
Craig Michie (A&R Chrysalis Publishing/BMG Publishing)
Joe Taylor (Field Recordings/Island Records)
Mike Walsh (Head of Music XFM)

The winner of the Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2010 will be selected on the night by the judging panel at the Choice Music Prize Live Event at Vicar Street, Dublin on Thursday March 3.
 
The winning act will receive €10,000, a prize fund which has been provided by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA).

All of the shortlisted acts will receive a specially-commissioned award, courtesy of the
Recorded Artists Actors & Performers Ltd (RAAP).

All of the shortlisted albums are available through retail partners HMV in their stores nationwide with the exception of The Cast Of Cheers album which is only available via download.
 
Video packages of all the acts on the night will be produced by Irish production company Old Hat.
 
Nominated Artists & Albums

You can find out more about the nominated acts and the music from their albums at:
 
Adebisi Shank
http://www.breakingtunes.com/adebisishank

The Cast of Cheers
http://www.breakingtunes.com/thecastofcheers

Cathy Davey
http://www.breakingtunes.com/cathydavey

Fight Like Apes
http://www.breakingtunes.com/fightlikeapes

Halves
http://www.breakingtunes.com/halves

Imelda May
http://www.imeldamay.co.uk/

James Vincent McMorrow
http://www.breakingtunes.com/jamesvincentmcmorrow

O Emperor
http://www.breakingtunes.com/oemperor

Two Door Cinema Club
http://twodoorcinemaclub.com/

Villagers
http://www.breakingtunes.com/villagers

 
About The Choice Music Prize:
The Choice Music Prize was established to highlight, promote and showcase the work of Irish artists. It is unique in that it focuses simply and solely on the music in judging the releases, as opposed to sales or airplay.

The recipients of the Choice Prize thus far are as follows:
2005: Julie Feeney – 13 Songs (Julie Feeney)
2006: The Divine Comedy – Victory for the Comic Muse (Parlophone)
2007: Super Extra Bonus Party – Super Extra Bonus Party(Alphabet Set)
2008: Jape – Ritual (Co-Op Records)
2009: Adrian Crowley – Season of the Sparks (Chemikal Underground)

Multi-award winning singer/songwriter and "Piano man" Rob Burke releases new single “Reason to Fly” taken from his debut album “More than me”, now available on iTunes.

“Reason to fly” was co-written by Rob and renowned Eagles songwriter Jack Tempchin Peaceful Easy Feeling and Already Gone The download only single is small taste of what we can expect from this exciting debut album.
Rob has honed his craft in Ireland and the U.S performing and co-writing with a litany of international heavyweights including:

Paul Williams, Oscar and Grammy winning songwriter, who has penned worldwide hits for The Carpenters’ We’ve Only Just Begun, Rainy Days And Mondays, and the classic Just An Old Fashioned Love Song, also
Evergreen with Barbara Streisand, to name just a few.

Lamont Dozier, Motown Legend, and number 1 songwriter in America with over 70 hits to his name for The Supremes, the Four Tops, Phil Collins and many more, with songs such as How sweet it is to be loved by
you, You can’t hurry love and Two hearts. Angela Kaset successful Nashville songwriter Something in red, and Irish singer/songwriters Mickey Harte and Garrett Wall.

According to Burke, “Writing with these phenomenal songwriters is a huge privilege, I’ve learned so much from performing live and writing with these guys. Apart from which they are superb company, and so I have lots of great stories to tell too!”

Rob has performed and worked with a host of international stars over the years, including Christina Aguilera and Michael Bolton Rob heads back to LA next March for a promotional tour of his album and more collaboration with his legendary songwriter friend’s.

Rob's new single “Reason to fly “ and his album “More than me” are now available on iTunes – don’t miss it!
Rob and his band play the Purty Kitchen, Dun Laoghaire, every Saturday night @ 10pm
 

www.robburkemusic.com

Kildare singer/songwriter Valentine Black has no fear of his latest single, ‘Take me to your leader’, being used in any of the current election campaigns!

It’s a protest song for the 21st century, channelling the anger felt by people with the Irish establishment. However, rather than a 17 verse lament, he gets to the point in a three minute pop-rock song. The lyrics may make you think but the chorus will make you hum along!

‘Take me to your leader’ will be available as a free download from March 12th on facebook.com/valentineblack

Valentine Black is the alter ego of Kildare musician Peco Mc Loughlin. Having fronted a number of bands, most recently indie-rockers Bright Light Fiasco who enjoyed success with two top 40 singles, Peco decided to go solo in late 2008. He’s been writing songs since and is currently recording his debut album, due for release in Summer 2011. The lead single from the album, ‘Retrospect’, was released in October 2010 with some glowing reviews and his new politically charged single, ‘Take me to your leader’, is due for release in March 2011.

He has already created quite a bit of interest making the heats of The JD Set in 2009, being selected in May 2010 for youngrebel.co.uk's international playlist and playing the live heats for Phantom FM’s ‘Next Becks Thing’ in August 2010. He has recently performed a number of well received showcases at Indie Week Canada in October 2010. And only this month has been selected as a ‘Youtube Superstar’ on Today FM’s KC show for his song ‘What a Woman Can Do’.

Songs on the forthcoming album are about everything from state and church corruption to the old chestnuts of love, loss, life and even murder! The music is influenced by classic artists like Bowie, Dylan, Springsteen, Young, The Clash, and more contemporary acts like Arcade Fire, The National, Elbow, Radiohead and James to name a few.

Over the years he has shared the stage with a number of major artists, supporting acts like The Waterboys, Mundy, Bell X-1, Damien Dempsey, Duke Special, The Blizzards, The Coronas, Luka Bloom, Gerry Fish, Dirty Epics, Aslan and Something Happens to name a few. With the release of his debut album shortly he hopes to take the next step up on the bill!

www.facebook.com/valentineblack
www.reverbnation.com/valentineblack
 

The Contemporary Music Centre and the Irish Composers’ Collective have joined forces to present a Night of New Music in the Kevin Barry Room of the National Concert Hall on 23 February and 30 March 2011. Each night begins with The Contemporary Music Centre’s new music::new Ireland salon series, followed by the Irish Composers’ Collective monthly concert, with a special offer on wine and tapas in the National Concert Hall during the break.

The Contemporary Music Centre’s new music::new Ireland salon, 6pm – 7pm, 23 February is entitled Ich ruf’ zu Dir  and curated by Ergodos, a music production company and record label. It features Cora Venus Lunny (violin), Kate Ellis (cello), David Bremner (piano), Michelle O'Rourke (mezzo-soprano) performing works by Irish composers, Benedict Schlepper Connolly, Garrett Scholdice and Jonathan Nangle.

The new music::new Ireland salon series aims to encourage newcomers and enthusiasts alike to engage with the music of Irish Composers. Each performance takes place in an informal atmosphere with dialogue encouraged between composers, performers and audience. This is the Centre’s eighth series and this year to celebrate 25 years of the Contemporary Music Centre and as part of a series of events planned for 2011, the salons will take place across the year on the last Wednesday of each month, apart from the summer months. (June, July and August)

The Irish Composers’ Collective concert, 830pm – 930pm, 23 February 2011, begins with a pre-concert talk at 8pm. It features soprano Elizabeth Hilliard and cellist Kate Ellis performing works by Irish composers Alyson Barber, Joanna Heraty, Gráinne Mulvey, Natasa Paterson, Dylan Rynhart and Matthew Whiteside. 

The Irish Composers’ Collective, founded in 2003, is a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing Irish composers with a community for information, education and the pooling of resources in order to create concerts of their music with professional musicians.

Admission is free for the new music::new Ireland salon but booking is strongly recommended. To book please contact the National Concert Hall on tel: 01 4170000 or email: info@nullnch.ie.

Admission to the Irish Composers’ Collective concert costs €10 / €5. Ticketsmay be purchased from the National Concert Hall Box Office, www.nch.ie , in person, or  tel: 01 4170000.

Nights of New Music, 30 March 2011, Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, features the Contemporary Music Centre’s new music::new Ireland salon, 6pm – 7pm, with Therese Fahy, pianist and the Irish Composers’ Collective monthly concert, Maunuela Meier, accordion and Nick Roth, saxophone, 830pm (pre-concert talk 8pm). Wine and tapas, €10, John Field Room, National Concert Hall, during the break.

Project Arts Centre 7th- 12th March 2011.

The Link Project presents S E N S O R I U M, a weeklong, multidisciplinary music festival curated by Judith Ring, Angie Atmadjaja and Emily Kalies. The festival will showcase and promote music in innovative curatorial arrangements encompassing works including contemporary music, improvisation, electronic music, electro-acoustic music, audio-visual works, music and dance, and physical theatre.

The Cube space will be configured in a variety of different ways throughout the week. The creative use of the performance space for the main events on Friday and Saturday will allow the flow of the programme to move from one piece to another without interruption by defining multiple areas within the space. We wish to invite the audience to be more active and stimulated during the events by altering their position and point of view throughout the evening.

During the week there will be various workshops, talks, mini-concerts, improv sessions and two main concerts on the Friday and Saturday nights.

Artists featured include Irish and international composers Angie Atmadjaja, Enda Bates, Linda Buckley, Jane Cassidy, Donnacha Dennehy, Roger Doyle, Alex Harker, George Higgs, Laura Hyland, Emily Kalies, Jonathan Nangle, Judith Ring, Garrett Sholdice, Jürgen Simpson and Radek Rudnicki, with works performed by musicians such as Enrico Bertelli (percussion), Joe Browning (shakuhachi), Kate Ellis (cello), Suzanne Fatta (voice), Michelle O’Rourke (voice), Matt Postle (trumpet), Malachy Robinson (double bass) and Simon Roth (percussion) among others.

S E N S O R I U M aims to provide the public with a diverse mixture of events to excite the senses. 
Funded by The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon through a Music Project Award.
Supported by Project Arts Centre and The Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland.

For more information please visit:
www.the-link-project.com
Booking: www.projectartscentre.ie   / (01) 8819613