Month: August 2011

"The Greatest Narrators celebrates a diverse collection of richly arranged pop songs and filmic scores that reflect my wide variety of musical tastes and styles".

 

"I always loved classical music and jazz and only later came to pop music. I've also always loved soundtracks. For me, I guess this album is a way of bringing all my favourite elements together".

 

Dublin multi-instrementalist Ben, is a founding member of The Thrills. After the band signed to Virigin in 2002, Ben spent the next 6 years touring the world and playing with the likes of REM, The Rolling Stones, U2, Morrissey, Oasis and Bob Dylan.
 

Ben began playing piano, guitar and drums from an early age and after leaving school went on to study at Newpark Music Centre under the instruction of renowned jazz musician and composer Ronan Guilfoyle.  Then it was onto the Cork School of Music where he studied classical percussion.  He frequently appeared with The Cork School Of Music Jazz Big Band and other ensembles at The Cork Jazz Festival.  During this time, Ben was awarded a scholarship to the prestigious Berklee School Of Music in Boston and later to The Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague.

 

The album launch takes place in Dublin’s Sugar Club on Wednesday September 28th.

 

http://bencarrigan.com

New singer Jackie Robinson has a unique rock voice that sometimes hints at Paul Rodgers and Phil Mogg. Robinson from Northern Ireland was recruited through an add on the Internet and because the rest of the band are from the South of Ireland the album was written between Jackie and the two Glyder guitarists Bat Kinane and Pete Fisher over email. Working with some home recording software and a few gmail accounts the new Glyder album took shape over Christmas 2010 and early 2011. The album was recorded in Dublin and mixed in Copenhagen.

 

Speaking of the album, songwriter and guitarist Bat Kinane said: "This new Glyder album has, I feel, my best songwriting and guitar playing to date. I've just put everything into this album and I also seem to have found a new confidence in my playing. Pete's playing is also great and he has some amazing solos – you cannot mistake that this is a great guitar album but the songwriting I feel is top notch too. Jackie, the new singer, really has a quality set of pipes and that makes it very exciting. I like the fact that we used all the modern technology available to us to write the album because Jackie lives 200 miles away. It's very much a classic rock sounding album but it was written and recorded in a way that could have not been done thirty years ago. I know in my heart we have done something very special on this album and I'm very proud to be in this band."
 
The album is like a fresh beginning for Glyder and it feels a little like the debut album, a full on classic rock style album. The stunning artwork was done by Mark Wilkinson.
 
Some older Glyder tracks with the new singer Jackie Robinson can be heard on www.reverbnation.com/glyder
 
Previously Glyder have released three albums and have opened for the likes of Metallica, Slash, Dio, Thin Lizzy, Michael Schenker, Mötley Crüe, Blue Oyster Cult. They have headlined in Spain and their own native Ireland as well as headlining to 10, 000 rock fans in India.
 

The band is lining up dates playing some festivals in Ireland during the summer and doing some dates with Y+T in Ireland in October.
 
"Backroads to Byzantium" will be released through SPV/Steamhammer in October 2011.
 
Follow GLYDER on Facebook: www.facebook.com/glydermusic
 

Official website: www.glydermusic.com

Special guests include Marti Pellow, Paul Brady, Eddi Reader, Declan O'Rourke, Carmel McCreagh, Brian Kennedy, Altan and many more soon to be announced

 

David Brophy, conductor
 

Join the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and very special guests in a programme of music to celebrate the 70th birthday of Dublin-born film composer and arranger Fiachra Trench.

Fiachra has collaborated with Paul Brady, Elvis Costello, Sinéad O'Connor, Phil Lynott, Declan O'Rourke and Carmel McCreagh.

 

This concert will feature an eclectic mix of his music from Lynott's solo hit Old Town to The Pogues' perennial classic Fairytale of New York.
 

Tickets: €11 – €38 (conc €10 – €35)
Booking: 01 417 0000 or online at www.nch.ie
10% group discount available