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Hal Willner on Rogue’s Gallery
Read more: Hal Willner on Rogue’s GalleryHal Willner writes about recording Rogue’s Gallery on the Anti-website: ‘In London it started with Bryan Ferry & Nick Cave with Kate St. John and Warren Ellis wrangling the band together, Gavin Friday in Dublin, Joan as Policewoman in New York, & the great Jack Shit trio in Los Angeles.’ Anti also provided the liner notes and an MP3 (medley).
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Interview: Gavin Friday – ‘I’m beginning to like myself’
Read more: Interview: Gavin Friday – ‘I’m beginning to like myself’From Tribune.ie by Una GAVIN Friday saunters up his steep driveway on Vico Road to the green metal sheets covering the entrance to his Dalkey home. “Bloody Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown planning permission . . . I’ve been waiting a year for new gates, ” he mutters from the other side. He turns a key in a padlock and pulls through a chain before poking his head around. “Heeeeeyyyyyyyy, ” he drawls. His dark hair is pulled back into a messy pony tail. There’s a few days worth of stubble on his chin and his eyes hide behind purple-tinted glasses. He is…
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Gavin Friday takes part in Leonard Cohen Tribute
Read more: Gavin Friday takes part in Leonard Cohen TributeIt’s a fine year for Friday-fans as hot on the heels of the news of Gavin’s solo show ‘Tomorrow belongs to me’ we are able to announce that Gavin will take part in Hal Willner’s Leonard Cohen tribute ‘Came so far for beauty’ on October 4th. Other artist on the bill are Antony, Laurie Anderson, Perla Batalla, Steven Bernstein, Rob Burger, Charlie Burnham, Nick Cave, Julie Christensen, Jarvis Cocker, David Coulter, Don Falzone, The Handsome Family, Robin Holcomb, Briggan Krauss, Maxim Moston, Beth Orton, Lou Reed, Chris Spedding, Teddy Thompson, Kenny Wollesen. The evening of Leonard Cohen songs will take…
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Gavin Friday plays Dublin, July 27 and 28
Read more: Gavin Friday plays Dublin, July 27 and 28Gavin Friday ‘Tomorrow Belongs To Me’ Thurs, July 27th & Friday, July 28th Liberty Hall, Eden Quay Dublin UPDATE 25/7: Tickets to the Fridaynight show are now sold out. Tickets for Thursday are still available through www.centralticketbureau.com. Doors 8pm. Ticket prices 39.50 (including booking fee) for reserved seats. Ticket sales start Thursday June 29, at 9am. Ireland’s most avant-garde performer, Gavin Friday, performs his new theatrical show, Tomorrow Belongs To Me, in an intimate setting in Dublin for the first time in three years. Tomorrow Belongs To Me is Gavin’s personal musical / visual tribute to 20th Century German Music,…
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Gavin joins the Irish tenors on RTE
Read more: Gavin joins the Irish tenors on RTEHere’s a bit of news to whet your appetite while we wait for our special announcement later this week. Gavin will be performing two songs on RTE’s ‘The Irish Tenors and Friends’ on Friday evening, July 21st. He will be singing ‘Peggy Gordon’ and ‘Help’. RTÉ One, Friday 21st July, 9.30pm
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Show: Gavin Friday – Tomorrow belongs to me
Read more: Show: Gavin Friday – Tomorrow belongs to meGavin Friday ‘Tomorrow Belongs To Me’ Thurs, July 27th & Friday, July 28th Liberty Hall, Eden Quay Dublin UPDATE 25/7: Tickets to the Fridaynight show are now sold out. Tickets for Thursday are still available through www.centralticketbureau.com. Doors 8pm. Ticket prices 39.50 (including booking fee) for reserved seats. Ticket sales start Thursday June 29, at 9am. Ireland’s most avant-garde performer, Gavin Friday, performs his new theatrical show, Tomorrow Belongs To Me, in an intimate setting in Dublin for the first time in three years. Tomorrow Belongs To Me is Gavin’s personal musical / visual tribute to 20th Century German Music,…
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Stand by for a special announcement
Read more: Stand by for a special announcementFriday fans, prick up your ears. We will be announcing a special performance in Dublin shortly…
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Songs from a genre almost disappeared
Read more: Songs from a genre almost disappearedRogue’s Gallery updates at the ANTI records blog on MySpace. Hal Willner: “I think this was the original punk music in an odd way. You can hear it in songs like Bully in the Alley and A Drop of Nelsons Blood. Its there.”
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Rogue’s Gallery out on August 22
Read more: Rogue’s Gallery out on August 22Billboard reports on Rogue’s Gallery: Bono, Sting, Lou Reed Fill ‘Rogue’s Gallery’ Bono, Sting, Lou Reed and Nick Cave are just a handful of the artists who have lent their voices to “Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys,” due Aug. 22 via Anti-. The double-disc, 43-song set was produced by Hal Willner, working from an idea hatched by director Gore Verbinski and actor Johnny Depp in the midst of shooting “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” “I slowly became fascinated by the idea of a contemporary reinterpretation of the sea chantey,” Verbinski says. “I imagined the artists…
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Chantey album: make it a double
Read more: Chantey album: make it a doubleThe recordings for the Hal Willner produced Chantey tribute album (see our previous report), entitled ‘Rogue’s Gallery’, will be released on two separate double CDs. The first is set for release later this Summer, the second is planned for Spring 2007. Gavin’s contributions will be divided between the two releases.