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Nothing Like The Sun: The Gavin Bryars Ensemble at Hull’s Middleton Hall
Read more: Nothing Like The Sun: The Gavin Bryars Ensemble at Hull’s Middleton HallGavin Friday and The Gavin Bryars Ensemble will be performing Bryars’ Nothing Like The Sun at Hull’s Middleton Hall on April 4th, 2019. Commissioned by Opera North and the Royal Shakespeare Company, this haunting, dramatic piece for chamber group and voices weaves Gavin Bryars’ music through eight of Shakespeare’s most meditative sonnets. The ensemble includes Bryars himself, tenor John Potter, American soprano Claron McFadden and cult Dublin singer-songwriter Gavin Friday. The selected poems focus on themes of time and memory, and each sonnet is spoken by Friday before Potter and McFadden sing Bryars’ setting, allowing for both close contemplation of…
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Gavin Friday and Anni Hogan collaborate on Angels of Romance song
Read more: Gavin Friday and Anni Hogan collaborate on Angels of Romance songGavin Friday features on the song “Angels of Romance” on the new album from Anni Hogan (Marc & The Mambas, The Willing Sinners) ‘Lost In Blue’, produced by Dave Ball (Soft Cell) and Riccardo Mulhall. Anni on collaborating with Gavin: “I had met Gavin sometime somewhere back in the day, but only briefly so this was another new and special moment. I sent him a fairly complete piece, drum machine & piano, strong melodic line to suggest a vocal and strings. Gavin responded ‘I think we can do something magical’ which I jumped out of my chair in excitement and…
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Special Record Store Day release: U2 with Gavin Friday on vocals
Read more: Special Record Store Day release: U2 with Gavin Friday on vocalsU2’s ‘Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me’ has been remixed for the 2018’s eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour and features Gavin Friday and Arcade Fire’s Régine Chassagne on vocals. Originally released as a single from the Batman Forever soundtrack album, ‘Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me’ reached #1 in Ireland, #2 in the UK and #1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts in the US in 1995. The song has been remixed and used as interstitial music for U2’s 2018’s eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour and features Gavin Friday and Arcade Fire’s Régine Chassagne on…
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Gavin Friday discusses back catalogue at Dun Laoghaire’s Vinyl Festival
Read more: Gavin Friday discusses back catalogue at Dun Laoghaire’s Vinyl FestivalDún Laoghaire Vinyl Festival has invited Gavin Friday to talk about his own music and spin a few tracks on vinyl from his back catalogue. Irish DJ Dan Hegarty will host the event at Eblana Senior College in Dún Laoghaire on November 18, a day after Gavin’s previously announced Eno-talk with Eoin Devereux, This event takes place on November 18, 2018 from 3.15pm. Location: Eblana Senior College, Eblana Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland Tickets (€11.40) are available from EventBrite now. The Dún Laoghaire Vinyl Festival will be a gathering of musicians, filmmakers, writers and audiophiles talking about music and its importance in our…
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Gavin Friday and Eoin Devereux discuss the work of Brian Eno
Read more: Gavin Friday and Eoin Devereux discuss the work of Brian EnoAs part of the Dun Laoghaire Vinyl Festival, Prof Eoin Devereux will be in conversation with Gavin Friday about the work of Brian Eno as producer, collaborator and performer. This event takes place on November 17, 2018 from 1pm. Location: The Lexicon Studio, Dún Laoghaire Tickets (€13.56) are available from EventBrite now.
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Atonalist featuring Gavin Friday live in Paris
Read more: Atonalist featuring Gavin Friday live in ParisGavin Friday will be joining French band Atonalist (Renaud-Gabriel Pion and Arnaud Fournier) for a unique concert at Petit Bain, Paris on September 22. Atonalist released their debut album Atonalism, featuring Gavin Friday on 5 songs, back in CD: Atonalist featuring Gavin Friday. Time table: 20h30 OPEN 21h00 Machinalis Tarantulae 22h30 Atonalist feat Gavin Friday 00h00 DJ Sarah Bristol 01h15 DJ Arco Trauma 02h30 DJ [:S20:] 03h45 DJ l’angoisse (Etienne Bianchi Shaârghot) 05h00 END Tickets are available now from weezevent.com
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Gavin Friday talks Bowie with prof Eoin Devereux
Read more: Gavin Friday talks Bowie with prof Eoin DevereuxGavin Friday will be talking David Bowie with Prof. Eoin Devereux as part of the 2018 Dublin Bowie Festival. The event takes place on Sunday January 7 2018, at the Conservative Club on Camden Row in Dublin. Devereux is Assistant Dean for Research in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Limerick, Ireland. His main teaching and research interests are focused on Media, Popular Music and Fan Studies. Recognised internationally as an expert on media and popular culture, he co-organised the first ever academic symposium on David Bowie in 2012. Eoin is the co-editor of David Bowie: Critical Perspectives (with Aileen Dillane and Martin J.…
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Bryars and Friday reprise Nothing Like the Sun in Leeds and Prague
Read more: Bryars and Friday reprise Nothing Like the Sun in Leeds and PragueDon’t miss your chance to see and hear Gavin Friday narrate the Shakespeare Sonnets with the Gavin Bryars Ensemble. This October, two shows will take place in Leeds (UK) and Prague (Czech Republic) “Nothing Like the Sun”, the Shakespeare’s Sonnets set to music by composer Gavin Bryars, was commissioned by Opera North and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 2006. It features Gavin Friday as the narrator and performer of his own setting of Sonnet 40. Tickets for the Leeds and Prague shows are available now:
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Atonalist featuring Gavin Friday release first album Atonalism
Read more: Atonalist featuring Gavin Friday release first album AtonalismFrench duo ATONALIST (Renaud-Gabriel Pion and Arnaud Fournier) featuring Gavin Friday released their debut album Atonalism on Audiotrauma on May 10th. Order your copy (digital, CD and/or ltd edtion coloured vinyl) from Bandcamp now. Gavin Friday and Renaud-Gabriel Pion Atonalist are joined by Gavin Friday who wrote lyrics and sang vocals on five tracks: “Different to the others”, “The Road to Perdition”, “The Philosophers’ Argument”, “Gottesanbeterin” and “Our Fearless Leader”. Gavin Friday and Renaud-Gabriel Pion previously worked together on Gavin’s 1996 solo album Shag Tobacco and subsequent scores. Continue to listen to a preview of the album.
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Irish Times reviews Casement Sonata: “a strange and rare gift”
Read more: Irish Times reviews Casement Sonata: “a strange and rare gift”Malcolm MacClancy discusses Gavin Friday’s The Casement Sonata in today’s The Irish Times. He writes: “The Casement Sonata lies in a submerged tradition of modern Irish letters that includes Patrick Kavanagh’s Lough Derg as well as Eugene Watters’ The Week-End of Dermot and Grace (when will some clever radio producer finally stumble across this sonic gem from 1964?). At the same time, it reflects and expands upon Gavin Friday‘s 2011 album catholic. That album’s artwork featured Friday’s uncanny re-enactment of Sir John Lavery’s iconic death portrait of Michael Collins. It is no coincidence, for example, that the Sonata is aired…