It's been 18 months since Cathy Davey has graced a Dublin venue with her presence, and tonight marks the beginning of a three date residency at Whelan's. One of the forthcoming shows is to be a reprise of Davey's 2008 Fringe Festival show Songs That Scare Children , the other a celebration of her favourite artists of decades gone by – but tonight's show is all about the woman herself, delving into her back catalogue to perform the best of her own material albums to date. It's a shaky start with 'Habit' and 'Reuben', the band hit [...]
Director & Cathy Davey - Where The Wild Roses Grow [Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue] | bx
Cathy Davey is this week's 'PLAY iRISH' artist which is a project set up by An IASCA [Irish Association of Songwriters, Composers & Authors] supported by Galway Bay FM, Roisin Dubh, Monroes, HMV Galway, Breaking Tunes, 2 U I Bestow, Bell Book & Candle, IMRO, & RAAP. This means for this week Cathy Davey's song 'Bad Weather' will get these fine benefits: - will be played every day at 3.35 for one week on Jon Richard's show (3.30pm) - Cathy Davey has [...]
Dubliner Cathy Davey is a captivating and charming singer/songwriter. Her bold bubbly melodies and sweet breathy voice are a magnetic combination that will prompt you to bob and skip down the sidewalk - or at least stand a little taller. Davey's third album The Nameless is out now via Hammer Toe Records. Watch the quirky animated video for "Little Red" (in which she won an Irish Music TV Video Award) where Davey plays Red Riding Hood singing to the [...]
Described as a little arts festival, Boyle Arts Festival will bring Irish acts Cathy Davey, Ham Sandwich, The Minutes, The Gorgeous Colours and Come On Live Long to Boyle, Co. Roscommon from July 22nd to 29th. The non-profit festival also includes drama, classical, trad, workshops, family and spoken word events in its lineup . It runs from 21st to the 30th of July in various venues. Friday 22nd July - Cathy Davey with Special Guests, The Gorgeous Colours Doors: 8.30pm €20 Saturday 23rd July- Ham [...]
I received an email from the nice people behind the Boyle Arts Festival taking place in a few weeks. The music line-up is pretty good and offers a wide variety of acts for the Boyle locals to enjoy; Highlights include; Saturday 23rd July- Ham Sandwich 10pm €5 Sunday 24th July - Trigger & The Hitmen FREE Tuesday 26th Juky - Saramai & The Swords FREE Thursday 28th July- The Minutes Doors 9pm ( Local support from 'Race the Flux') €5 Friday [...]
This event on Tuesday is a wonderful idea and I hope it goes well for Hamlet Sweeney & co! Taken from the facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event. php?eid=169719486415342 BIG WARM ACOUSTIC TUESDAY! Donate an instrument or pay just €5 for a superb gig to help kids in need get musical instruments to learn on. ...The Grand Social, Lower Liffey St (at Halpenny Bridge) 8pm (first act starts early, last act finishes in time for buses home) ***IF YOU HAVE [...]
The Nameless is Cathy's third album. Cathy was born in Dublin, and grew up in Monkstown. She found her way into music almost accidentally. She was signed by Parlophone's Regal Recordings after a batch of home-recorded demos caused a bit of a stir, and played her first live date shortly thereafter. Spirited away to a studio in Wales, she set to work on her debut album with producer Ben Hillier, who'd previously worked with Elbow and Blur. The result, Something Ilk , was a gorgeous collection of songs both sultry and sweet, with melodies that soared and guitars [...]
The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon and friends cover Vampire Weekend's self-titled debut album for the JD Set.
Picking Vampire Weekend 's self-titled debut as the subject of this unique JD Set concert was another example of Neil Hannon's playful brilliance. Bowie, Scott Walker or XTC all could have been in line for the covers treatment but he chose a recent classic that no one would object to hearing a supergroup of the finest musicians interpret. And so it was that flanked by red velvet drapes and beneath a chandelier, Hannon (keys, quips), Cathy Davey (percussion, autoharp), Richie "Jape" Egan (bass) and Romeo Stodart of The Magic Numbers (guitar) delivered an impeccable and [...]
The Dublin Gospel Choir have announced a very special concert on Good Friday, April 22nd, in The Olympia Theatre, Dublin. The crew will be joined Cathy Davey , Neil Hannon and Paddy Casey who will each perform their own songs with the choir for the first time in public. While Paddy Casey has collaborated with the choir in the past, this Olympia show will see him performing some new material with a gospel choir. Both Cathy Davey and Neil Hannon will be collaborating with The Dublin Gospel Choir for the [...]
The Dublin Gospel Choir will be joined by Cathy Davey, Neil Hannon, and Paddy Casey for a special Good Friday performance.
Today, in honour of International Women's Day, Rarities pays tribute to a handful of its favourite female singer-songwriters. International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. It honours the work of the Suffragettes (those who campaigned for women's right to vote), celebrates women's success, and reminds the world of inequities that still need to be redressed. You can read more about International Women's Day [...]
It's getting so you know Choice Music Prize season is upon us. Beards are stroked down to a thin stubble as the very nature of awards ceremonies is pondered aloud. You may spot some of the nominated artists on your travels around our capital looking tidy and pleased with themselves. If all this wasn't unsettling enough, ten of the best Irish LP's of the preceding 12 months are being valued in terms of bookies odds. Nine of these ten hopefuls running in the 19.30 at Vicar St are here tonight to be inspected and heard in [...]
The Choice Music Prize took place tonight at Vicar Street in Dublin and featured stellar performances from nine of the ten shortlisted acts (Imelda May was unable to attend due to touring commitments). In order of their appearance at the event: Halves Fight Like Apes James Vincent McMorrow Cathy Davey O Emperor Two Door Cinema Club Adebisi Shank Villagers The Cast of [...]
DSA Best Pop winner Cathy Davey was among the nominees at this year's Choice Music Prize.
Tonight sees the awarding of the sixth annual Choice Music Prize , with a live event at Vicar St (also broadcast on Today FM) featuring performances from eight of the ten nominees. At around 10.45pm we'll discover the winner but in the meantime State's editorial team offer their thoughts on this year's list. In alphabetical order: Adebesi Shank - This This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank (Richter Collective) Quite simply the most exciting, left field record on the list, 2010 was the year [...]
The Choice Music Awards take place in Vicar Street tomorrow night. At around the 11 PM mark the winner will be announced from this bunch of 10 shortlisted albums: Adebisi Shank This is the Second Album of a band called Adebisi Shank Richter Collective Adebisi Shank - Genki Shank by mark_hamer The Cast Of Cheers Chariot Self Released The Cast of Cheers - Tigerfox [...]
It's been over two months since I had the time to properly turn my attention to writing about music, or felt the need to. I've been busy, to put it bluntly. I have a job I like, at a great company, and one that allows for certain amazing things to happen from time to time, as I will describe here, soon enough. But anyway, enough of that, and less of that other stuff, and more talk of music. There are less songs here than in previous years, which I think means I wasn't all that impressed with 2010. [...]
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