Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys
Mon 28 Jul, 7.30pm at the Barbican in London
Baby Gramps, Martha Wainwright, David Thomas, Gavin Friday, Ralph Steadman, Robyn Hitchcock, Norma Waterston, Teddy Thompson, Martin Carthy, Julie Fowlis, Eliza Carthy, Tim Robbins, Ed Harcourt, Neil Hannon, Pete Doherty & more
Based on the extraordinary recent CD release produced by legendary Hal Willner, this concert features contemporary re-workings of traditional sea-songs and chanteys. A stellar line-up of artists take us on a trip like no other, exploring the hardships, the horrors, the lusts and lurid depths, and the crystal beauty that led men to the sea in ships for hundreds of years.
Expect songs about drinking, death, nasty crimes on the water and of course pirates… Tickets from £15. Book now.
Location: Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London
Guggi and Dave-id Busarus will join Gavin Friday to perform at Hal Willner‘s Rogue’s Gallery Dublin concert as ‘Three Pruned Men’.
‘Three Pruned Men’ recorded the song ‘Bully In The Alley’ on disc one of the Rogue’s Gallery double album.
It is first time in 25 years the three ex-Virgin Prunes will perform together ‘live’.
Rogue’s Gallery Dublin is part of the Analog festival and will take place on Grand Canal Square on July 18. Tickets are available from the festival website.
Via HotPress.com we learn that Hal Willner has confirmed the preliminary line-up for the July 18th Rogue’s Gallery concert in Dublin.
Performing songs from the Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys album are Teddy Thompson, Waterson: Carthy, David Thomas of Pere Ubu fame, Julie Fowlis, Baby Grapms, Ed Harcourt, Rachel Unthank, The Winterset and of course, Gavin Friday.
Update (June 12): Lou Reed has been confirmed for the Dublin show.
The Times reviews The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World:
“The night before, more mysticism at a Messiaen Anniversary Concert. The French composer was honoured in a performance of his Quatuor pour la fin du temps, played with robust commitment by Finghin Collins (piano), Elizabeth Cooney (violin), Richard Harwood (cello) and Carol McGonnell (clarinet). And for those players, the Belfast-born composer Ian Wilson had written a “setting” of the Gabriel Garcia Márquez short story, The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World.
With Gavin Friday as narrator, it received its UK premiere in a packed Corn Exchange: sand-ripples of meandering lines and sea-sprays of song and tremolo, in a cunning score that never upstaged, but was as impassioned as the words themselves.”
Elsewhere, Gavin Burrows says on his blog: ‘Friday read ebulliently.’
Gavin sang the Disney songs ‘Chim Chim Che-ree’ and the ‘Siamese Cat Song’ at the Stay Awake Live concert at St Ann’s in New York on Wednesday.
The New York Sun writes: “Gavin Friday gave a mournful, beautiful rendition of “Chim Chim Cheree” from Mary Poppins.” (Read the full review)
Babette R’s got some lovely pictures of Gavin and all the other artists.
Gavin will be performing a 40 minute acoustic gig for RTE’s Other Voices, presented by John Kelly. The show will be recorded in St James’ Church in Dingle, County Kerry, on December 15th for later airing. For tickets see Irish Music Central, only 60 seats are available on the night.
Gavin and Maurice will be appearing at the Interference show at Vicar Street in Dublin on June 6. Tickets are 17.50 and can be booked through Ticketmaster.ie.
A retrospective concert of the work of Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer from Each Man Kills to Disco Pig, performed at Vicar Street in Dublin on November 29, 2001.
Musicians: Michael Blair, Julia Palmer, Des Moore, Gary Hughes
Setlist
Intro (‘Is that all there is’ – Peggy Lee)
Disco Pigs (instrumental)
Apologia
You Take Away the Sun
I want to live
Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves
The Boxer (instrumental)
Oh! you pretty things (Bowie cover)
King of Trash
Geek Love
Next
Le Roi d’Amour
Kitchen Sink Drama
Falling off the Edge of the World
Caruso
Is that all there is (Peggy Lee cover)
He Got What He Wanted
Rags to Riches
Cycles (Sinatra cover)
Angel
Port of Amsterdam.
LIVE: Gavin and Maurice will be playing ‘IS THAT ALL THERE IS’ (a live retrospective of their work from Each Man Kills to Disco Pigs) in Vicar Street in DUBLIN on Thursday November 29th. Tickets are on sale now from the usual Ticketmaster outlets and website.
Gavin and Maurice will be doing 2 songs at “A Wee Night for Uaneen” in Dublin on March 4. The concert is sold out. Fortunately, we’ll be able to hear things on line on Sunday 4th March from 8-11pm GMT. Dave Fanning will be broadcasting highlights of the concert live and talking with some of the performers throughout the evening. More details on the 2FM website.
From the press release:
“A Wee Night For Uaneen” will be a unique musical and visual celebration in memory of the sparkling life of DJ, TV Presenter and Broadcaster Uaneen Fitzsimons who tragically died in a car crash on 22nd November 2000. An inspiration to all who met, watched and listened to her. This live show will be a testament to that, featuring many of her friends and admirers in the music world.
Any profits from the show will be donated in accordance with the wishes of the Fitzsimons family.
[ source: Gavin ]
