Gavin Friday has collaborated with British poet Jeremy Reed and Bauhaus’s David J on a the title track of Jeremy Reed & the Ginger Light’s upcoming album “Excess & Ruin”.
The new 15 track CD album from Jeremy Reed & the Ginger Light is now available to pre-order. The release date is April 4, 2019.
Jeremy Reed & The Ginger Light is the musical collaboration between the acclaimed poet and author Jeremy Reed and the musician and producer Itchy Ear.
Gavin Friday and The Gavin Bryars Ensemble will be performing Bryars’ Nothing Like The Sun at Hull’s Middleton Hall on April 4th, 2019.
Commissioned by Opera North and the Royal Shakespeare Company, this haunting, dramatic piece for chamber group and voices weaves Gavin Bryars’ music through eight of Shakespeare’s most meditative sonnets. The ensemble includes Bryars himself, tenor John Potter, American soprano Claron McFadden and cult Dublin singer-songwriter Gavin Friday. The selected poems focus on themes of time and memory, and each sonnet is spoken by Friday before Potter and McFadden sing Bryars’ setting, allowing for both close contemplation of Shakespeare’s words, and the uncovering of unexpected readings for them.
“This was no reverential reading a la BBC Radio 4…. This was hard-edged, obsidian and impermeable. Friday imbued each reading with a barely concealed rage, railing against the ink black lies and hypocrisies of fate. Bryars’ musical setting shifted similarly in tone between light and dark, each part a masterclass in endless fragile possibility. It may be over a decade old, yet Nothing Like The Sun retains its capacity to warm and delight.” – The Culture Vulture.
Date: April 4, 2019
Time: 7.30 pm (2.30 pm: guest talk by composer, Gavin Bryars. 7.30 pm: Concert)
Venue: Middleton Hall University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX
Tickets: £8 Adults / £6 Senior Citizens / £4 Students, Unwaged & Registered Disabled.
Gavin Friday features on the song “Angels of Romance” on the new album from Anni Hogan (Marc & The Mambas, The Willing Sinners) ‘Lost In Blue’, produced by Dave Ball (Soft Cell) and Riccardo Mulhall. Anni on collaborating with Gavin: “I had met Gavin sometime somewhere back in the day, but only briefly so this…… Continue Reading
U2’s ‘Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me’ has been remixed for the 2018’s eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour and features Gavin Friday and Arcade Fire’s Régine Chassagne on vocals. Originally released as a single from the Batman Forever soundtrack album, ‘Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me’ reached #1 in Ireland, #2 in the UK…… Continue Reading
Dún Laoghaire Vinyl Festival has invited Gavin Friday to talk about his own music and spin a few tracks on vinyl from his back catalogue. Irish DJ Dan Hegarty will host the event at Eblana Senior College in Dún Laoghaire on November 18, a day after Gavin’s previously announced Eno-talk with Eoin Devereux, This event takes…… Continue Reading
As part of the Dun Laoghaire Vinyl Festival, Prof Eoin Devereux will be in conversation with Gavin Friday about the work of Brian Eno as producer, collaborator and performer. This event takes place on November 17, 2018 from 1pm. Location: The Lexicon Studio, Dún Laoghaire Tickets (€13.56) are available from EventBrite now.… Continue Reading
Gavin Friday will be joining French band Atonalist (Renaud-Gabriel Pion and Arnaud Fournier) for a unique concert at Petit Bain, Paris on September 22. Atonalist released their debut album Atonalism, featuring Gavin Friday on 5 songs, back in CD: Atonalist featuring Gavin Friday. Time table: 20h30 OPEN 21h00 Machinalis Tarantulae 22h30 Atonalist feat Gavin Friday…… Continue Reading
Gavin Friday will be talking David Bowie with Prof. Eoin Devereux as part of the 2018 Dublin Bowie Festival. The event takes place on Sunday January 7 2018, at the Conservative Club on Camden Row in Dublin. Devereux is Assistant Dean for Research in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Limerick,…… Continue Reading
Don’t miss your chance to see and hear Gavin Friday narrate the Shakespeare Sonnets with the Gavin Bryars Ensemble. This October, two shows will take place in Leeds (UK) and Prague (Czech Republic) “Nothing Like the Sun”, the Shakespeare’s Sonnets set to music by composer Gavin Bryars, was commissioned by Opera North and the Royal…… Continue Reading
French duo ATONALIST (Renaud-Gabriel Pion and Arnaud Fournier) featuring Gavin Friday released their debut album Atonalism on Audiotrauma on May 10th. Order your copy (digital, CD and/or ltd edtion coloured vinyl) from Bandcamp now. Gavin Friday and Renaud-Gabriel Pion Atonalist are joined by Gavin Friday who wrote lyrics and sang vocals on five tracks: “Different…… Continue Reading