Watch the new video for Gavin Friday’s ‘Able’

Gavin Friday’s music video ‘Able’ premiers today, taken from his current album ‘catholic’. Click to watch Gavin Friday – Able – the video Gavin Friday enlisted the expertise of highly acclaimed and renowned director Kevin Godley and producer Ned O’Hanlon for its making. Both Godley and O’Hanlon have both worked on many creative projects in…

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‘New album next year’, says Gavin Friday

Gavin Friday was interviewed outside Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona on June 20th where he is working on the production of U2’s 360 tour, which starts on June 30th. The brief interview was broadcast in U2Valencia’s podcast. Gavin discussed his role in U2’s production, calling himself an ‘aesthetic midwife’ and in a message to the…

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‘Nothing Like The Sun’ reprises in Leeds and London

Gavin Friday will be joining the Gavin Bryars Ensemble this summer for two more performances of the Sonnet Project in Leeds and in London. Gavin Bryars’ through-composed score, ‘Nothing Like the Sun’, weaves together eight of Shakespeare’s sonnets on the subjects of time, memory and music. The project also features five sonnet settings by guest…

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Gavin Friday, Neil Hannon, Marc Almond on Jacques Brel

Gavin Friday, Neil Hannon, Marc Almond and Beirut’s Zach Condon talk to Graeme Thomson of The Guardian on the legendary Belgian singer Jacques Brel: Jacques the lad Cruel, cynical, at times impossible to understand, Jacques Brel has inspired everyone from Bowie to Westlife. Graeme Thomson talks to today’s singer-songwriters about their hero The Guardian, Friday…

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Gavin records ‘chantey’ songs with Hal Willner

Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer, Dave-id, Guggi, Bono and Andrea Corr and a full ensemble have been working with producer Hal Willner in a Dublin studio this past week. The impromptu ensemble came together to record songs for a tribute album of ‘chantey and seamen’s work songs’.

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Video: Gavin Friday – Angel

Gavin Friday – Angel. Video directed by Mike Lipscombe, released September 22, 1995. Gavin Friday – Angel as used in Baz Luhrman’s movie Romeo + Juliet (1996) Lyrics: Angel angel…. hold on to me, love is all around me angel…. hold on to me oh come…. closer to me…. don’t go, don’t leave me angel….…

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