Gavin Friday will be talking to Barry Egan on Radio Nova 100FM’s ‘In Conversation’ this Sunday (September 12th) from 6pm to 8pm GMT.
Highlight of the 2-hour interview was Gavin’s recital of his classic song ‘Apologia’ at Egan’s request.
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“Accents and Prestige” radio documentary
103.2 Dublin City FM is airing the radio documentary “Accents and Prestige”. Produced and presented by Heather MacLeod and Gerard Counihan with support of the BCI Sound and Vision Broadcasting Funding Scheme, “Accents and Prestige” discusses and explores how accent affects our everyday lives, what accent means to us and the psychology behind recognising, mimicking and developing accents.
The programme includes insightful and interesting contributions from some of Ireland’s leading linguistic experts and personalities including Bertie Ahern, David Norris and Gavin Friday. The programme will be aired this Friday 21st August at 10am on 103.2 Dublin City FM and is available for live streaming at www.dublincityfm.ie.
Listen to the podcast:
Virgin Prunes MP3s available on Amazon.com
Readers based in the USA might be interested to learn that part of the Virgin Prunes back catalogue is available from Amazon MP3 service. Full albums available are: The Moon Looked Down and Laughed, Over the Rainbow, Heresie and A New Form of Beauty.
Songs can be purchased either individually from $0.99 or as traditional albums for $12.99 (prices correct at the time of writing). Longer songs cost slightly more, apparently rising in 99c increments for each additional 7 minutes.
At present, the Amazon MP3 store is open to customers in the USA only.
Howie B’s remix of Gavin Friday’s Singin’ in the Rain
Gavin Friday – Singin’ In The Rain (Mixed by Howie B) – Dub Plate, from the Fabric podcast, May 2008. Download it as part of Howie B’s Fabric Podcast from iTunes (UK, but available to all). Gavin’s track appears in part 2 of the podcast, dated 27-05-08.
Singin’ in the Rain was originally recorded by Gavin Friday for Lemon Magazine (mp3 download).
Last.FM: play Gavin Friday & Similar Artists
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Rogue’s Gallery reviewed: ‘salty odes’
USA Today:
“Aside from a few duds (contributions from Lou Reed and Bryan Ferry seem more suited for a cruise soundtrack), this is premium booty, especially Bono’s A Dying Sailor to His Shipmate, Lucinda Williams’ Bonnie Portmore, Sting’s Blood Red Roses and tracks by Teddy Thompson, Jolie Holland, Joseph Arthur and Rufus Wainwright. The real grog-guzzling centerpieces are a very salty tune by Gavin Friday and Loudon Wainwright III’s outrageously bawdy Good Ship Venus.”
Toronto Sun:
“But give the real props to the inspired Willner, who uncovered all this buried treasure, put together the sessions and helped this pack of scurvy dogs revamp and personalize these waterlogged work songs, drunken singalongs and stunningly salty odes to Baltimore whores, mermaids, rolling seas, cruel captains and cannibalized cabin boys. Freakiest of all: We’re already looking forward to Vol. 2 next year.”
