Gavin Friday has recorded vocals for the song “Kangaroo” by Big Star (Alex Chilton) on the compilation album “Why hast Thou forsaken me” by Universal Daughters.
The band Universal Daughters, put together for the project, includes among others Mike Patton’s guitarist Alessandro “Asso” Stefana, Mamuthones’ drummer Maurizio Boldrin and members of Verdena (one of Italy’s most notorious rock groups). The album was produced by Marco Fasolo of Jennifer Gentle (Sub Pop Records), assisted by French multi-instrumentalist Jean-Charles Carbone.
A tribute to mostly Anglo-American songs from the 20’s to the 70’s, the album a fund-raiser for Città della Speranza, an organisation that aides sick children.
Other vocalists on the album are Jarvis Cocker, Chris Robinson (Black Crowes) Alan Vega (Suicide), Jerry “Swamp Dogg” Williams, Lisa Germano, Baby Dee, Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate), Mick Collins (The Dirtbombs), Stan Ridgway (Wall of Voodoo) and Mark Arm (Mudhoney).
‘Why hast Thou forsaken me’ is out on Santeria in Italy on April 19th and on Rough Trade records in the UK and Europe in September.
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Gavin Friday will team up with Republic of Loose for the fifth Barretstown Inspirations gig which will take place on Thursday April 11, 2013, 7.30pm at The Olympia Theatre in Dublin. Other acts on the bill include The Coronas, Lisa Hannigan, The Strypes, The Walls, The Frank & Walters and Maud in Cahoots.
Tickets priced €33 including booking fee are available via Ticketmaster with all proceeds going directly to the Barretstown charity.
The gig will be hosted by Ian Dempsey and all the acts will perform songs by their musical heroes along with some of their own material.
Doors open at 7pm.
Blood Rising, the documentary film featuring artist Brian Maguire, directed by Mark McLoughlin and scored by Gavin Friday premiered at the Savoy Cinema Dublin, the closing weekend of the Jameson Dublin Film Festival, on Sunday 24 February.
The original score for Blood Rising was written, arranged and produced by Gavin Friday, performed by Kate Ellis (cello) and Robson Rocha (guitars) and mixed by Michael Heffernan.
Irish President Michael D. Higgins and the cast as well as Mexican human rights defender Elia Escobedo Garcia from the film ‘Blood Rising’ attended the screening of the documentary which follows Irish artist Brian Maguire’s work with femicide victims in Mexico.
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The Big Egg Hunt 2013 is interactive public art display of 100 uniquely crafted eggs designed by Irish artists and celebrities. The eggs are placed in key locations in Dublin from the 12th February to the 15th March after which they will be brought to one central location and displayed for one week.
All eggs are on auction, with all the proceeds benefiting Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation.
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