Month: December 2012

MARILYN MANSON NOMINATED FOR GRAMMY

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MARILYN MANSON NOMINATED FOR GRAMMY !!

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Marilyn Manson has been nominated for his fourth Grammy Award, this time in the category for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance for his album Born Villain’s lead single “No Reflection.”  This is his first nomination since 2004. The 55th annual Grammy Awards will take place on February 10, 2013 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.  The event will air live on CBS at 8PM ET.

“Born Villain features [Manson’s] most visceral, provocative tunes in years”

A hard-rocking album, brimming with rich imagery, visceral blowback and the glamour-meets-gutter eroticism that his best work evokes.”

“Born Villain finds a seemingly refreshed and clear-minded Manson and his band poring through a diverse set of moods and styles in songs that cut a little deeper than the deliberate provocation of many of his previous works&hellipHe’s not just, as the song says, ‘Breaking the Same Old Ground.’”

“Marilyn Manson didn’t necessarily need to wage a comeback, but if that’s what fuels his creative fire, it’s definitely working.”

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RON SEXSMITH NEW SONG ‘SHE DOES MY HEART GOOD’ AVAILABLE FREE FROM RONSEXSMITH.COM FROM 10th DEC ‘12

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RON SEXSMITH

NEW SONG ‘SHE DOES MY HEART GOOD’ AVAILABLE FREE FROM RONSEXSMITH.COM FROM 10th DEC ‘12

TAKEN FROM RON’S FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM ‘FOREVER ENDEAVOUR’

A new Ron Sexsmith original song ‘She Does My Heart Good’ will be made available as a free download from www.ronsexsmith.com on 10th Dec ’12  at 3pm GMT (10am EST).  The beautifully realised simple love song was one of the first to be written for Ron’s new Mitchell Froom produced album Forever Endeavour  which is released on Feb 4, 2013 on Cooking Vinyl.

Says Ron: “It’s pretty much a straight-up love song about the wonderful effect another person can have on your mental state.”

Forever Endeavour  is Ron’s 12th studio album and features another batch of deftly poetic, gently affecting songs that perfectly distil the pitfalls of being human.

Ron will play his biggest show to date when he headlines London’s Royal Albert Hall on 7th March ‘13.

Ron Sexsmith is from St Catharines Ontario, 20 minutes drive from Niagara Falls on the Canadian side.  He has released 11 albums to date – Grand Opera Lane (1991), Ron Sexsmith (1995), Other Songs (1997), Whereabouts (1999), Blue Boy (2001), Cobblestone Runway (2002), Retriever (2004), Destination Unknown (2005, with Don Kerr, released as Sexsmith & Kerr), Time Being (2006), Exit Strategy Of The Soul (2008) and Long Player Late Bloomer (2011) –  a body of work that very few songwriting recording artists, living or dead, can match for consistently sky-high quality.  As legendary record producer to artists from Dylan to U2, Daniel Lanois, said in the Ron documentary Love Shines (2011): ”Not a lot of people have Ron’s gift: the ability to see a tiny snapshot of a feeling, then expand upon it and deliver a beautiful song. The songs are like Polaroids.”

Among the artists who have covered Ron’s songs are: Tracey Thorn, Rod Stewart, Michael Bublé, kd lang, Nick Lowe, Feist, The Brodsky Quartet, Curtis Stigers, Anne Sofie von Otter and Mary Black.

Further info at: www.ronsexsmith.com

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Reekus Records 30 year compilation CD Perfect Gift spotlight for Christmas!

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“Too Late To Stop Now” The 30 year compilation album from ‘Reekus Records’ 1981- 2011

Ft. a rare version of Aslan’s ‘This Is’ 

“Reekus Records has been the outstanding independent label in Ireland over the past 30 years” – Hotpress

“It has proved to be not only the longest serving but also the best Irish indie label championing new artists since the early 1980s”- The Irish Times ****

Reekus Records recently celebrated their 30 years in business with this stunning flavoursome compilation that they have been threatening to piece together for some time now. With 40 tracks spanning its origins to the present and future. From the humble beginnings in the Kampus Arcadia Cork with live recordings of Nun Attax, Micro Disney, Mean Features and Urban Blitz, through to the early years with The Blades, Aslan, Big Self and others right up to the noughties; The Radio, Saville, Paul Cleary, David Hopkins, Perry Blake, Sweet Jane, and more. It has been a long and winding road with the ever-changing landscape of the music business but Reekus have stood the test of time. Consistent with their staggering level of quality acts; the label will go on and continue, but for now, let us look back retrospectively at one of the finest Irish Indie Labels of the past 3 decades.

The double album includes 20 tracks from the early years available now on cd including some unreleased Blades and Micro Disney tracks and 20 tracks from the more recent years.

The double album is available for purchase at €15.99 from the website www.reekusrecords.com and from record shops!

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Wayne Brennan new single Roots in These Lands out on iTunes now!

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Local Singer/Songwriter Wayne Brennan has had a rather busy few months from winning first prize in the Sean McCarthy ballad contest in Co. Kerry in August to winning this year’s RTE/RAAP awards in the Traditional Irish/Folk category. The competition saw hundreds of applications coming in from all over the country which were judged by a panel which included Mary Black, Fiachna Ó Braonáin Hothouse Flowers, Ciarán Tourish of Altan, Gerry O’Connor, Eamonn Lenihan, and Niall Carroll. The shortlist was announced during the week and the final competition was held in the RTE Studios and broadcast live on the John Creedon show on RTE Radio 1 Thursday 20th September.

Wayne stepped up and was the first musician to perform in his category. Along with fellow musician Andrew Healy on backing vocals and percussion Wayne played an acoustic version of his song ‘Roots In These Lands’ which won the contest. The song was written during the year on a boat travelling through Co.Offaly as a part of ‘A Grand Experience’ (commissioned by the Offaly County Council under the percent for artist’s scheme), which was screened on RTE in Mid October.

Brennan released his critically acclaimed debut album ‘In My Hands’ in May 2009 and spent 18 months opening for acts such as Jack L, Mick Flannery, John Spillane and The Gypsy Kings. He then successfully headlined his own Irish nationwide tour in 2011. His TOP 20 Debut Irish chart Single “And I Love” received over ½ million hits on YouTube to date.

Wayne took over a year out to write his forthcoming 2nd album titled ‘Live, Love, Sing and Dance’. He has travelled and written this album in Bali (Indonesia), Italy, Fuerteventura (Spain) and Ireland. This highly anticipated follow up album is due for release in early 2013. Prior to this the official release date has been set for the Song that has seen Wayne receive the well-deserved accolades his fine musical craft demands.

Links:
www.waynebrennan.com // https://twitter.com/waynebrennan

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