Gavin Glass & the Holy Shakers have released Rag Doll and Cathy Davey, fresh from her Choice Music Award, has decided to join ‘em. Gavin came to national attention for his version of Ohh La La in a recent Meteor Ad. Hopefully this follow up will lead to big things for this multi-instrumentalist.Check out the [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2008’
Glen Hansard Gets Oscar Nomination
Falling Slowly – taken form Once (performed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova) has been nominated for a shiny little gold man.It’s a heart achy angst ridden ballad type thingy it’s the sort Glen (he of The Frames fame) pens a lot these days. He probably just wants a hug. After this amount of international [...]
IM BACKING DRY COUNTY BUT BOOKIES BACK DELORENTOS FOR CHOICE
The Choice award is in its 3rd year and was set up to heap praise and cash (€10,000) on the lucky Irish artist who’s album impressed its panel of critics. It does not go on sales, focusing instead on the music so it says. I can’t imagine what they think the rest of us focus [...]
County and Corpses
As we saunter slowly into the New Year (hey start as you mean to continue) we can’t help but reflect what has passed. Yeah we know most other blogs, music rags and shows have done their “best of” jazz already but we took our time to mull over the whole 365 days……and we DO tend [...]
Album sales fall 9.5% in US
From the New York Times (vie Memex)
LOS
ANGELES (AP) — Album sales in the United States plunged 9.5 percent
last year from 2006, as the recording industry had another weak year
despite a 45 percent surge in the sale of digital tracks, according to
figures released Thursday.