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Saw Doctors raise €10,000 for St. Vincent De Paul

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FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS:

As a result of the Top Five Chart success of Red Cortina Acapella by The Saw Doctors, Smyths Toys, who sponsored the charity single, have donated €10,000 Euro to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.








In a novel fundraising scheme, Smyths Toys partnered with The Saw Doctors for the charity release of Red Cortina whereby the Galway company agreed to donate €1 to St. Vincent de Paul for every download of Red Cortina Acapella from iTunes throughout December.

The acapella version of Red Cortina by The Saw Doctors was No. 1 on iTunes Ireland for four days in early December and made it to Number 4 in the official Irish Charts on December 10.  Today FM and RTE Radio 1 playlisted the song for three weeks over the Christmas Period along with regional radio around Ireland.

Last week, Red Cortina was included in the Top 100 songs for 2010 as chosen by Today FM.

The formal presentation of the €10,000 Cheque by Jamie Darby, Marketing Manager of Smyths Toys, to Val McNicholas, Area President of St. Vincent de Paul, Galway took place last Friday afternoon at
the Smyths Toys Store on the Headford Road.  Leo Moran and Davy Carton of The Saw Doctors attended the cheque presentation on behalf of the Tuam band.

Reg Gordon took some pictures of the cheque presentation on behalf of The Saw Doctors.  See attached and below Jpeg Images of Reg Gordon’s photos.

The full list of people at the cheque presentation were as follows:

Henry Geraghty, St. Vincent de Paul
Val McNicholas, Area President, St. Vincent de Paul, Galway
Jamie Darby, Marketing Manager, Smyths Toys
Leo Moran and Davy Carton of The Saw Doctors

Next week, The Saw Doctors will travel to the USA at the invitation of the Governor of Maryland, Martin O’Malley, to headline his Inaugural Ball in Baltimore MD on Wednesday January 19.  Governor O’Malley
who was re-elected for a second term last November, is a huge fan of The Saw Doctors and lists Green and Red of Mayo by the band as one of his favourite songs.

http://www.sawdoctors.com
http://www.facebook.com.sawdoctors

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BAND NAME CHANGE TO NOTE FOR 2011: GARRETT WALL BAND: NOW KNOWN AS ‘TRACK DOGS!’

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NEWS:::

“…Nothing is destroyed, everything is transformed.”
The four members of the Garrett Wall Band will be known from 2011 onwards as….

There are four honorary Madrileños that comprise TRACK DOGS (the formerly known Garrett Wall Band): who were formed in Autumn of 2006. In 2007, they released their first album, Sky Pointing. Recorded live, over three days in PKO Studios with the production of Fernando Montesinos. The project was then mixed in Nashville by David Ferguson (known for his work with Rick Rubin on recordings of U2, Jacob Dylan and the American Recordings of Johnny Cash).

It was this first CD that marked a point of depar ture for future recordings: a clean and powerful acoustic concept in which each of the four mem bers – Garrett Wall (guitar/piano/voice), Howard Brown (trumpet/voice), Robbie K. Jones (cajón) and Dave Mooney (bass/doublebass) – form a cornerstone in the foundation of the group’s sound. The band as a whole, capture a sound that is very much their own: an international reaching band with roots in Madrid. While the four members are from Ireland, the UK and the USA, and Garrett’s lyrics are in English. Their second album Hands & Imperfections was released in Ireland in February 2010 and has seen two singles playlisted on RTE Radio 1.

Being a viably successful touring band, they have also followed a similar route to their counterparts in getting their music onto TV & Film. Frontman Wall, recently sang on the soundtrack to the movie “Buried” starring Ryan Reynolds and has worked on over 150 ad campaigns in Spain, as both singer and lyricist, including one for Coca Cola (which went out to 90 countries). They have also placed music in various movies last year including “The Symmetry Of Love” and “First Dog” and Wall is also a featured vocalist on Spanish animated hit “Pocoyo”. Currently working away in Serenity Studios, Madrid on their third studio album – the first release under the new name, TRACK DOGS.

Why the change?

The GWB feel they have moved on from being a singer-songwriter + band to become Track Dogs, a group whose four years working together from their base in Madrid, has lead them to developing a very distinctive and unique sound where each element is as important as the other but overall being much more than the sum of the parts.

Four part harmonies have become the order of the day in many of the new songs and the new album sees first time compositions from Robbie, Dave and Howard. Garrett is still the main songwriter in the band and they continue to use their highly distinctive logo of the 4 instruments.

2011 will see the Track Dogs release their single “Move A Mountain” in early February to be followed by the album in March. The new year will also see them embark on a highly ambitious tour of all 52 provinces and autonomous regions of Spain plus a trip to the US for their first series of dates their in support of their debut album “Sky Pointing” which was released in October on NY label Cosmic Trigger.

Links: http://www.trackdogsmusic.com & http://www.myspace.com/trackdogs

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Carosel set to return to Ireland and announce National French Tour.

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Hi Folks, Happy New Year to you all.

Please see full streaming Link below that you can feel free to paste onto any site, of CAROSELS new EP titled STAR:
CAROSEL- NEW EP “STAR” OUT: JAN 28TH 2011 by GoodSeedPR/

The band will also be in Ireland available for Interviews etc from
Feb 20th – March 2nd.

Please advise if you would be interested in doing anything with them while they are here.
They then return to France for a National Tour. Prior to that they are officially launching their EP in The Irish Embassy in Paris, which should be an exciting evening! On Feb 10th!
Currently they are receiving National airplay and are featuring on various TV and online, press and radio platforms in France. They look forward to returning to Ireland!

Radio dj’s will be serviced the Single ‘STAR’ this week and the band are also available for radio interviews from Feb 20th to March 2nd.
If you are interested in having them in, please feel free to contact me.

If you need any other info please feel free to let me know.

Linda@goodseedpr.com

All info on the band below::::

Release: Star Via iTunes Jan 28th 2011
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR STAR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsTPp8SB0I0&feature=player_embedded
Tour dates in London/Scotland/France & Ireland to follow

Catchy and instant, the music of bubbly pop duo ‘Carosel’ has a nicely retro charm and infectious feel good vibe to it. Michelle Phelan & Pete McGrane cherish melodies that linger in the mind. The lively rhythms and clear sounds of “Star,” “Something I Need,” “Easy” and “Take Me” are delicate and lighthearted like four soap bubbles that flutter. Think of Feist, Regina Spektor, Dionne Warwick or Lily Allen. (But Lily Allen without the sarcasm). The glamorous duo believes in the feeling of love and sings in the vein of entertainment!

Michelle Phelan & Pete McGrane are Irish, and history recalls that the duo formed ‘on stage’ in front of many witnesses. While Michelle attended a concert where Pete was performing, she was asked to join him on stage, for an impromptu rendition of the Al Green classic “Let’s Stay Together”.There was a magical catalysis and the audience was captivated, Carosel was born
Before this wonderful episode of fate, Michelle – from a small town south of Dublin – has much to dream of while listening to Burt Bacharach, The Carpenters and The Beatles on the jukebox in the dining room of the restaurant that her parents ran. As for Pete, a teenage rock bohemian, he discovered the guitar at school and went on to study classical and folk guitar styles. With the six-string slung over his shoulder, the years that followed took him to India and all over the world. Settling a while in Andalusia, he developed his guitar skills and harmonious melody that has nurtured Carosel’s beautiful arrangements.

They are touring and working on finishing off their 2nd album (yet to be titled).
NB. Michelle talks about her life in Paris and her passion for food in her nicely illustrated blog : www.greenteaandbiscuits.wordpress.com

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Happy Christmas!!

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Just in time for the holidays, we’d like to take moment and thank you for making 2010 such a fantastic year for us here at GSPR & For our Clients too.

Thank you for all the support, encouraging emails, tweets, facebook banter and comments. Please know that they are very much appreciated!

Enjoy the holidays, stay safe and see/hear you in 2011!

Have a very special Christmas and a Happy New Year!

From Linda & all the gang at GSPR xx

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Video exclusive: Eleanor McEvoy: Sophie

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Here’s a nice little Christmas treat from Eleanor. A video of Eleanor performing ‘Sophie’ is now up on You Tube. ‘Sophie’, from Eleanor’s third album ‘Snapshots’, has come to be an anthem for many who suffer from eating disorders. It has been used as the soundtrack for scores of videos across the internet with over a million viewings on You Tube.

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Nell Bryden : new single: Glory to the day

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Everyone’s favourite New Yorker with the big voice, Nell Bryden is excited to enter the New Year with the release of her 5th and final single from her current album ‘What Does It Take?’ Glory To The Dayis released on January 3rd, 2011 through Cooking Vinyl. Nell’s new single is now the SIXTH single from her album that has been playlisted by BBC Radio 2!

This single contains a radio remix by Danny Kirsch (Charlotte Church, Katie Melua, Freemasons, Happy Mondays, Andy Abraham), and also beautiful acoustic and instrumental versions, plus the original album version.

Bryden is fast becoming one of the most talked about and sought after new artists, building the buzz the old-fashioned way with word-of-mouth endorsements of her live shows. With four international tours (and 500+ shows) in the last 2 years under her belt, including sharing the stage with KT Tunstall,  The Counting Crows, Imelda May & JLS. Going from strength to strength, her self-released debut UK single, What Does It Take, spent 7 weeks on the BBC R2 A-list (Second Time Around spent over 2 months on the RTE Radio1 playlist and was Song of the Week on Today FM)- she is definitely one to watch. Bryden also appeared on RTE TV’s the Late Late show on her first Irish single release; Second Time Around.

Like Nell on Facebook:: http://www.facebook.com/nellbrydenmusic

Interested in talking to Nell??

Contact: Irish Publicist:

Linda Coogan Byrne

e: linda@goodseedpr.com

p: +353 851659065

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rubberbandits..ah jesus

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I dont ever- ever- do things like this but after today, what the hell…

after all it was perhaps the most surreal thing I’ve ever heard on the radio never mind Liveline with Joe Duffy. Former Minister of Defence and Limerick TD Willie O’Dea defends the Rubberbandits’ ‘Horse Outside’ against a disgruntled caller and actually says the line “It portrays me as selling hash, and swearing on my tache that it’s good hash” from the Bandits song about him. At one point someone says “what is a bag of yokes?”. Then Blindboy Boat Club from Rubberbandits comes on the line to explain subtext in art. RADIO GOLD!

Caller: “It’s an absolute joke.”
Blindboy Rubberbandits: “Exactly, it’s an absolute joke, you put it well there yourself kid.”

legendary I kid you not.

listen back- if you are brave enough, http://soundcloud.com/rubberbanditsiv/rubberbandits-willie-odea-on-rte-liveline

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