NEWS
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Emerald Germs continued
Read more: Emerald Germs continued‘Emerald Germs’, the project with Pat McCabe involving 6 radioplays for which Gavin and Maurice will write the score is set to go ahead next year. Gavin will be appearing […]
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Harry Smith night in New York
Read more: Harry Smith night in New YorkThere will be another Hal Willner organised ‘Harry Smith Project’ on November 11 & 12 at St. Ann’s Church (157 Montague St) in Brooklyn. Gavin will play both these dates. […]
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Three Wishes for Kosovo
Read more: Three Wishes for KosovoBy Gavin Friday From: Irish Independent, September 26, 1999 “Taxi, Barry’s Balloon’s Phibsboro, then I’m off to Artane to see ‘Joe’ the magic man” ” What’s the story Bud?” “I’m […]
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Three wishes for Kosovo
Read more: Three wishes for KosovoGavin has written a piece for this Sunday’s Independent (Irish newspaper) called ‘Three Wishes For Kosovo’. Muc the flying piggy bank’s website should be online this weekend Sunday and will […]
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Artists for Kosovo documentary completed
Read more: Artists for Kosovo documentary completedThe video documentary ‘Three Wishes For Kosovo’ has been completed. The footage was filmed by Gavin Friday & crew in Kosovo earlier this summer. It will be shown on Irish […]
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Artists for Kosovo
Read more: Artists for KosovoTwo-thirds of the Kosovar refugees who fled the war in April (some 600,000 people) returned to their homeland. These people came back to find widespread destruction: over 500,000 houses were […]
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Employing the Lonesome Touch
Read more: Employing the Lonesome TouchGavin and Maurice are working on their album with fiddler Martin Hayes and guitarist Dennis Cahill, known for their 1997 release The Lonesome Touch.
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Artists for Kosovo opens in Dublin
Read more: Artists for Kosovo opens in DublinGavin Friday has just returned from a trip to Kosovo. Gavin, manager Anne-Louise Kelly and Sheila Roche were asked by Concern to go to Kosovo to shoot some footage which […]
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Great ship goes down a storm
Read more: Great ship goes down a stormOn July 2, Gavin and Maurice performed two songs at Hal Willner’s Harry Smith Project (Meltdown Festival). ‘Fatal Flower Garden’ was orginally performed by Nelstone’s Hawaiians in 1929. The second […]
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Harry Smith’s Project Meltdown; Royal Festival Hall, London: Star collective pays homage to folk collector
Read more: Harry Smith’s Project Meltdown; Royal Festival Hall, London: Star collective pays homage to folk collectorWHO IS Harry Smith, and why would Bryan Ferry, Beth Orton, Nick Cave and others want to pay tribute to him? The films shown at the start of the evening […]