WE  are very pleased to announce the release of :

EDITH PIAF: AT CARNEGIE HALL 1957

RELEASE SEPT 10^TH (FUTURE NOISE)

For the First time on CD, this release includes extensive biographical notes and track-by-track commentary by Spencer Leigh, acclaimed BBC radio presenter and journalist. Unusually for concert recordings, it features Piaf speaking and singing in English on occasion.

There is a memorable photograph of Edith Piaf performing at Carnegie Hall in January 1957. She is a tiny figure, not five foot tall and perhaps seven stone, wearing a simple, dark dress on a vast stage and we can see hundreds of people intently watching her. Her records were great, still are, but it was on stage that she truly revealed her compelling personality. Piaf’s concert at the Manhattan venue was a triumph on a par with her famed concerts at the Paris Olympia. She was working with her regular conductor, Robert Chauvigny, and Piaf could choose from over 100 of his arrangements for orchestra and choir.

Sometimes intentionally, sometimes accidentally, her songs often reflected the tragedies in her life and Piaf poured her feelings into them. No other performer, not even Billie Holiday, Judy Garland or Shirley Bassey, has performed with such intensity. You can appreciate the feelings in her songs even if you don’t know the language, but for this concert Piaf speaks and sings in English on occasion, making this album (first released in 1977) one that is particularly cherished by her many fans worldwide. Now, for the first time, the entire album can be purchased on CD

CD1

1            C’est pour ça

2            Je t’ai dans la peau

3            Les amants d’un jour (Lovers for a day)

4            Les grognards

5            C’est a Hambourg

6            Miséricorde (Heaven have mercy)

7            La goualante du pauvre Jean

8            Padam…Padam

9            Les feuilles mortes (Autumn leaves)

10            Mariage

CD2

1            Un jeune homme chantait (The highway)

2            La fête continue

3            Heureuse

4            Le petit homme (One little man)

5            L’homme à la moto

6            Je n’en connais pas la fin (A merry go round)

7            Télégramme

8            L’accordeoniste

9             Hymne a l’amour (If you love me, really love me)

10             Bravo pour le clown

11            La vie en rose

12            Monsieur Saint Pierre

Eleanor McEvoy is about to release her most eagerly awaited studio album titled: I’D RATHER GO BLONDE on the 17th September.

She invites you to join her at her intimate Dublin show on Oct 8th in The Sugar Club. (Tickets cost €15 are available HERE )

“This absolutely stunning album, has been a real find – one of the most compelling female singer-songwriters I’ve heard in a long time.” – MAVERICK*****

The album features eleven new songs, nine of which were penned by McEvoy, one co-write with former Beautiful South man Dave Rotheray and, finally, there’s a cover of “Good Times” by Sam Cooke. It is the eighth album in a twenty year career that has seen McEvoy establish herself as one of Ireland’s most accomplished singer / songwriters. The album has been mixed by Ruadhri Cushnan’ who did the breakthrough Mumford & Sons record of this year and has a willfully contemporary relevance. McEvoy is back is Top form with this new stunning release. Definitely not one to be missed. You can also tune into TODAY FM on Ian Dempseys Breakfast Show onSept 7th at about 8:30am to hear Eleanor perform the lead track “Look Like Me” from the album LIVE on air. You can also listen back to her MOONEY performance here on RTE radio1:

She will also undertake a headline tour of her own in October/November where she will be playing tracks from throughout her career but also of course from “I’d Rather Go Blonde”.

See www.eleanormcevoy.com. For all updates + full list of gigs.

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PR contact: Linda Coogan Byrne @ linda@goodseedpr.com

For press/media passes to the gig please contact Linda.

taken from pg 9 of todays Irish Independent.

We are deeply saddened to hear about  the most untimely departure of Charlie Haddon of Ou Est Le Swimming Pool over this weekend.

an official band statement:

“We are all so deeply saddened to confirm that our friend Charlie Haddon passed away yesterday, Friday 20th August. The singer had just performed with his band, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, at the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium. He was 22 years old.

Charles Alexander Haddon R.I.P.

Thanks for all your messages of support. x”

you can see the band at a recent Oxegen 2fm performance here,

we had so much fun with them doing promo on the day, we are just so terribly sad to hear this news.

what a true gentleman and a talented soul.

Rest in peace Charlie. Linda & gang

NEWS:: UNKLE are wasting no time with another release on September 10th, this time The Answer EP which includes two new songs, ‘The Run Away’ featuring Lupe Fiasco (who previously used UNKLE in one of his tunes ‘Hello/Goodbye’) and a remix from Tim Goldsworthy.

The Answer is a limited of 3000 pieces worldwide and is available in a “soft pack”

UNKLE’s new single ‘The Answer’ is the follow up to ‘Follow Me Down’ and is taken from the critically acclaimed new album ‘Where Did The Night Fall’. It is also the lead track from new EP titled; ‘The Answer’, a collaboration with improvisational Baltimore-based band Big In Japan, who have been touring as the backing band for UNKLE since 2007, is a towering anthem and an album highlight. Stadium in size, the lush, layered vocals sound all encompassing when set against epic, Middle-Eastern tinged strings, tumbling drums and a fuzzy bassline. Oscillating between quiet lulls and soaring highs, it once again sees UNKLE alight on entirely new ground to exhilarating effect. The video for the Big in Japan-featuring title track was directed by John Hillcoat. Ray Winstone features in the video talking about a big thing that happened to him that changed his life. There’s actually a separate new video for the same song directed by Ross Cairns below which features footage from the ‘Lives Of The Artists’ documentaries of snowboard free-riders Jeremy Jones and Xavier De Le Rue.

Pre-order The Answer EP on limited edition 12″ vinyl and CD now at unkle.com/shop

Irish date: ELECTRIC PICNIC DATE FRIDAY 3^RD SEPTEMBER

Check out the video here: UNKLE – The Answer – John Hillcoat director, Ray Winstone starring from UNKLE on Vimeo.

To celebrate the release of “I’d Rather Go Blonde”, her eighth studio album, Eleanor McEvoy announces her Irish Tour dates.

The Album was mixed by Ruadhri Cushman, who did Mumford and Sons breakthrough album.

She will be doing a headline tour in October and November where she will play tracks from throughout her career and of course the new album material from I’d Rather Go Blonde.

Eleanor Mcevoy Tour Dates

Sat 2nd Oct: Wexford Arts Centre – €15
Fri 8th Oct: The Sugar Club, Dublin – €15
Fri 15th Oct: Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork –  €18
Sat 23rd Oct: McHugh’s Bar, Drogheda, Co. Louth – €15
Mon 25th Oct: Thurles Halloween Arts Festival, Co Tipperary – €5
Fri 5th Nov: The Errigle Inn, Belfast – £12

www.eleanormcevoy.com / www.twitter.com/eleanormcevoy

Currently touring stateside and flying the flag: Tonight The Saw Doctors play a sold out concert in the 2200 capacity Melody Tent in Cape Cod, MA.

They return to Ireland to embark on a media tour later this month to celebrate the release of their new single Takin The Train (Aug 20th) and in September they play Dublins Olympia Theatre.

All details here: BUY TICKET