On the back of The Guggenheim Grotto having released new single ‘Waking Up In America’ coupled with their gig in Kilkenny this coming Friday night, we’re giving away two pairs of tickets for the show, one pair each to two winners.
Winners will be drawn Thursday night following the One Take Sessions in Cleere’s and will be informed by 9am Friday morning.
To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to this weekend’s gig, all you have to do is email info@kilkennymusic.com with your name, email address and telephone number, telling us you want tickets to The Guggenheim Grotto this Friday - couldn’t be simpler!
The winner of the pair of tickets to the Langtons Canadian Night Special featuring Tom Fun Orchestra and Fred Eaglesmith this Friday night is Frank Bradley.
Congratulations to Frank, don’t forget to check your email for details on picking up your tickets!
For those of you interested in going along to the gig still, tickets are priced at €20 each and are available from the festival box office over Rollercoaster Records on Kieran Street, Kilkenny. Full details on the Rhythm & Roots Festival can be found here.
Thanks to the good folks behind the Rhythm & Roots Festival, we’re giving away two tickets to the Canadian Night Special taking place in Langton’s on John Street on Friday, May 2nd. Featuring The Tom Fun Orchestra and Fred Eaglesmith, the gig kicks off at 10pm and tickets are priced at €20 each. But, you can bag yourself two tickets by doing the following.
Simply email info@kilkennymusic.com with your name, email address and contact phone number mentioning the line (in the body or subject) “I want tickets for Langtons Canadian Night Special!”. We’ll alert the winner on the morning of Wednesday April 30th.
About the acts…
The Toronto Star declares Eaglesmith as an artist who is “without doubt, relentlessly true to his craft, to his world view, and to his fans.” With 16 independent albums to his credit, Eaglesmith has won a Juno Award - the equivalent of a Grammy in his native Canada - for Best Roots and Traditional Album - Solo and the Canadian Independent Music Award. He is the subject of not one but two tribute albums of Eaglesmith’s work that have been recorded, and his devoted coterie of fans, known as “Fredheads,” follow him from show to show. In addition to “Thinkin’ ‘Bout You” in Broken Bridges, his songs have also been used in films by noted director Martin Scorsese and actor James Caan.
The Tom Fun Orchestra is a nine-piece cluster-rock ensemble from Cape Breton Island featuring an ambitious mix of electric and acoustic instruments and enough skilled musicians on stage to intimidate even the largest crowds.”My live artist pick of the weekend was undoubtably Cape Breton’s rolling party known as the Tom Fun Orchestra. This ten-piece ball of energy put on an unbelievable set of pure joy. You should not miss them.”- CBC Radio 3 , Canada.
Just a reminder that we’re giving away tickets to see Peter Mulvey in action with Clive Barnes and Chris Pureka this Friday night in Kilkenny.
All you’ve to do is send an email to info at kilkennymusic dot com (replace the ‘at’ and ‘dot’ respectively) with the phrase “I WANT TICKETS TO PETER MULVEY” in the email. Leave a contact number and we’ll draw the winners to announce them on Thursday morning.
We mentioned it on the podcast on Friday (yep, a day late and all that) but we’re giving away two pairs of tickets to see Peter Mulvey in action in Cleere’s this Friday night. Standard ticket price is €15.
Peter’s brand new album, Notes from Elsewhere (Signature Sounds) is a retrospective collection of the very best songs he has written and performed over his 15 year recording career. Recorded solo in a studio, with just an acoustic guitar, these are fresh takes on songs that have become fan and critic favorites over the years. While his previous band-backed albums showcased the songs, these solo versions allow each song to shine on its own demonstrating Peter’s strengths as a songwriter.
I think the words “fuckin’ awesome” have been used in describing Peter on stage so it’d be well worth going to see. Hailing from the US (Milwaukee, Wisconsin to be exact), he completed a tour on both sides of the water with Clive Barnes last year and Clive (now resident in Kilkenny) will be joining him later in the night. Starting off the proceedings will be Chris Pureka.
We’ve a Peter Mulvey track on this week’s podcast show, and if you want to win the tickets all you have to do is email podcast@kilkennymusic.com with the subject “I WANT TICKETS TO PETER MULVEY”, leaving your name and a contact mobile number. Alternatively, leave your name and contact email here on this post. Winners will be drawn on Thursday morning.
Hundreds upon hundreds of entries have flooded into HOTPRESS HQ over the last few weeks, as bands and solo artists across the country bid to win a slot on the Sennheiser Live Stage at Music Ireland ’07 this Saturday, Octber 6th. Not only that, but the winning band is set to receive €5,000 worth of Sennhieser gear!
The judges have gone through the entries at length and have whittled it down to 19 hopefuls. Now, YOU get to decide the two finalists who’ll play off The Sennheiser Live Stage @ Music Ireland, RDS, Dublin on Saturday 6th October.
24 hours. 19 acts. A place of the Sennheiser Live Stage is at stake… And €5,000 worth of Sennheiser gear. You decide the TWO Finalists.
Scroll down on the media player (using the controls on the bottom right) to listen to all the tracks. Then select your favourite and click VOTE - warning you can only vote ONCE so choose wisely
The TWO acts with the highest number of votes will play on the Sennheiser Live Stage @ Music Ireland on SATURDAY and the winner will be chosen by a panel of judges
You’ve got to be registered on Hotpress to vote. If you already have a subscription to the magazine you should be sorted but there’s a special registration just for voting in this competition as well (eliminates anonymous voting, or tries to!). Some great bands there as well that would be familiar to Kilkenny fans - 79Cortinaz, Kill City Defectors, Rob Cunningham, Noise Control, Suddyn and more.
And to think that someone suggested we don’t promote gigs? Pfft! The blindingly brilliant Clive Barnes takes to the stage this Friday night in Cleere’s Theatre in Kilkenny and we’ve got two pairs of tickets to the gig to give away (tickets normally €12 each). What this means is that by Thursday morning we’ll be announcing TWO winners who will each receive a pair of tickets to the show where you’ll catch Clive, supported by the terrific Fiona Melady.
We featured Clive on last week’s Sound System Podcast and he’ll be dropping in in the future for a hookup with KilkennyMusic.com. To be in with a chance to score tickets this weekend, all you need to do is leave a comment here that says “I WANT TICKETS TO CLIVE BARNES”. Simple as that!
More on Clive with some music to listen to during the week.
The winners for the two pairs of tickets to Dave Browne in Cleere’s tomorrow night (worth 80 euro over all) are
Ray O’Brien
Evan Prendergast
Enjoy the gig lads, we’ll be passing your details on with your tickets available for collection on the night. We’ll be giving away two pairs of tickets next week to see the legendary Clive Barnes in action, a gig certain to be sold out. Check it out from Monday.
Don’t forget, if you want to get your hands on (or a chance to get your hands on) a free pair of tickets to see Dave Browne (worth €40 and we’ve two pairs to give away), just leave a comment with your name here!
On Saturday 22nd September Dave Browne and his band including a string quartet will perform live in Cleere’s, Kilkenny.
Dave will release his live EP “Prelude” in October. “Prelude”, will be a taster to Dave’s forthcoming solo album “Windows To The Soul”, which is scheduled for release in the Spring of 2008.
One of Ireland’s most respected musicians, Dave Browne up to this point is best known for being the lead singer and driving force behind The Picturehouse from the band’s inception. He is highly thought of by his peers as a unique vocal and songwriting talent together with being an outstanding piano and guitar player. “Windows To The Soul” is a very personal work and a project which Dave has being working on for the last two year.
“Windows To The Soul” represents a unique fusion of two art forms, Dave Browne and Mieke Vanmechlen – an Irish / Flemish lady who is regarded as one of the finest contemporary artists at this time and whose work has been exhibited on the continent and the USA.
Dave had been familiar with Mieke’s work for some time and Mieke his. Following a casual catch up meeting, Dave gave the artist a copy of his work in progress album. On listening to same, Mieke went into her studio and created a painting for each track she had listened to. He loved her paintings on first viewing and knew immediately that he wanted these pieces to be the artwork foundations for his “Windows To The Soul” album project.
The good stuff!
We’re giving away two pairs of tickets for this Saturday night, thats 80 quids worth of tickets people! All you have to do is leave a comment here. Its simple - you leave your name and thats it. Winners will be drawn at random on Friday afternoon. No strings attached!
