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Gavin Friday and Crash Ensemble perform sold out concert at The Barbican
Read more: Gavin Friday and Crash Ensemble perform sold out concert at The BarbicanGavin Friday and Crash Ensemble perform a sold out show at the Barbican’s weekend celebrating Nonesuch Records on May 17. Entitled “Explorations: The Sound of Nonesuch Records”, this curated marathon weekend marks Nonesuch Records 50th anniversary year. Crash Ensemble will perform two concerts of work from Nonesuch artists, including Frederic Rzewski’s Coming Together, featuring Gavin Friday. SESSION ONE (SOLD OUT) Saturday 17 May 2014 / 13:00, LSO St Luke’s Two pioneering ensembles invite you to a feast of minimalist classics and new chamber music. Crash Ensemble present Philip Glass’s Beckett-inspired Company (1984), John Adams’s Shaker Loops (1978) and Frederic Rzewski’s…
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Gavin Friday and Howie B’s unique take on Shakespeare
Read more: Gavin Friday and Howie B’s unique take on ShakespeareGavin Friday has collaborated with Howie B on a song called ‘The Summer’s Flower’. Recorded last summer in Dublin, it is their unique take on a Shakespeare Sonnet. The song is featured on Howie B’s new album ‘Down with the Dawn’, out April 7 on HB Recordings. Listen to the song on Spotify. For more info, check www.howieb.com.
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Gavin Friday scores Patrick McCabe’s “Country & Irish”
Read more: Gavin Friday scores Patrick McCabe’s “Country & Irish”Starring Stephen Rea and with original music by Gavin Friday, Patrick McCabe’s radio play “Country & Irish” airs this Saturday, at 9.45pm GMT on BBC Radio 3. In the Irish Midlands – where sentiment and psychopathy do an old-time waltz, and no-one gets out of the ballroom alive, Donie ‘Jellybelly’ Burris’s life is in free-fall. When one of his deepest, darkest secrets is revealed and he is betrayed by those closest to him, Donie decides its time for revenge. Tune into BBC Radio 3 this Saturday, or listen online.
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Gavin Friday’s ‘catholic’ released on triple tri-coloured vinyl
Read more: Gavin Friday’s ‘catholic’ released on triple tri-coloured vinylGavin Friday’s album ‘catholic’ has been released on triple tri-coloured vinyl. This signed, numbered deluxe pressing is a limited release of 500 copies and includes an 8-page booklet.
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Lou Reed – ‘The Door’, by Gavin Friday
Read more: Lou Reed – ‘The Door’, by Gavin FridayTransformer was my introduction to Lou Reed — by way of Mr Bowie, of course. I bought the album in late 1972 when I was thirteen years old. I immediately fell in love. It was typical teenage musical love: not understanding everything but knowing everything instinctually. Ziggy had an even ‘weirder’ friend who lived in New York and spoke-sang of things I’d never even heard of. These were times when music and sexuality were truly new, both exciting and dangerous. They were life-changing times for me and many, many others. Then along came Berlin . . . From Transformer’s dark…
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Gavin Friday opens Amárach, an exhibition of high end jewellery
Read more: Gavin Friday opens Amárach, an exhibition of high end jewelleryGavin Friday will be opening Amárach, an exhibition of high end jewellery by Irelands’ most acclaimed goldsmiths in Cork this Thursday (September 19th) at 6.30pm. The opening will be hosted by Tuula Harrington of Designworks Studio. Amárach is an Exhibition of High-end Jewellery by Irish Goldsmiths with a dual sense of value, emphasizing more than the valuable materials used, but also skilled workmanship and creativity. Working together on a common theme of depth and beauty, we aim to showcase a collection that will blow away the public and many misconceived ideas of hand crafted jewellery. Says Gavin: “When approached by…
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Gavin Friday to appear at SensoriaPro 2013
Read more: Gavin Friday to appear at SensoriaPro 2013Gavin Friday will be a special guest speaker at SensoriaPro. Interviewed by Ian Neil (Sony) Gavin will discuss his compositions for film and media, including In the Name of the Father, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge, plus Blood Rising and Anton Corbijn documentaries. The SensoriaPro Industry Day on Friday 27 September features an array of sessions and informal networking for composers, labels, filmmakers, agents, managers and more. Other guests include Chris Watson, one of the world’s leading recorders of wildlife & natural phenomena, plus musician, producer and multi-instrumentalist Nitin Sawhney. The industry day is part of the wider Sensoria Festival,…
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Gavin Friday celebrates the music of Bob Dylan
Read more: Gavin Friday celebrates the music of Bob DylanGavin Friday joins the line up of Dylan Fest, a night to celebrate the music of Bob Dylan, at the Academy in Dublin on August 9th. Hosted by the Cabin Down Below Band, the evening will celebrate the music of Bob Dylan, featuring performers from America, the UK and Ireland, including The Strokes’ guitar duo Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond, Jr., as well as Fran Healy of Travis, Bell X1’s Paul Noonan, Gemma Hayes, Boz Scaggs, Jape, Conor & Neil Adams from Cast of Cheers, Butch Walker, James Vincent McMorrow, Heathers, Cathy Davey, Gavin Friday, Ruby Amanfu and Jerry Fish.…
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Gavin Friday to perform with Amanda Palmer
Read more: Gavin Friday to perform with Amanda PalmerGavin will be performing with Amanda Palmer next Thursday, 18th July, at The Academy in Dublin. Tickets (20 Euro) are available from Ticketmaster.ie.