ON THE ROAD . . . This year has been all go for Grainne Duffy. It started off with the band playing a tour in Norway where her music is becoming more and more popular. She returned to Ireland for a tour of Irish theatres playing to full houses all around the country. This was followed up with Grainne appearing at many of Ireland’s Blues Festivals including Warrenpoint Blues on the Bay, Castlebar Blues Festival, Limavady Jazz and Blues Festival and Monaghan Harvest Time Blues Festival. She has also had some special shows in some of her favourite venues including The Spirit Store Dundalk, Whelan’s Dublin and The Black Box Belfast. She has also headed abroad again with her band to play at festivals and clubs in the Isle of Man, Holland and Belgium. Her music is spreading further and further and the fan base is quickly growing due to the live electric energy of her songs, voice and guitar playing backed by a stellar band. |
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IN THE STUDIO . . . Also this year Grainne has been extra busy crafting a follow up to her well received debut album. Earlier this year she released her single - I Know Were Gonna Be Just Fine which received much airplay and made the BBC Northern Ireland play list and has recently received wonderful reviews from BBC Radio 2 in England including: |
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ON THE WIRELESS . . . BBC Radio 2 “Really Like that” Alex Lester BBC Radio 2 “This is a very lovely sounding record. Grainne has an Irish charm, which comes through her vocal. It sits very nicely on top of the guitars on this track.” Chris Evans producer. BBC Radio 2 “I really like this and thinking about a play on Wogan” Terry Wogan producer. Click here to hear Grainne’s single - I Know Were Gonna Be Just Fine - played in Terry Wogan show! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b014v6wm Earlier this year she appeared live on a number of local Radio 2 shows in England to promote her single playing live tracks in the studio from her debut and forth coming record. She was also asked to perform a live session for Pat Kenny on Rte Radio 1 earlier this year to coincide with her single release. The summer was spent with Grainne and her band laying down the tracks for her second album in The Hillhouse Studios in Holywood. The album which fuses together Grainne’s varied styles and love of Rock, Blues, Soul and Pop was finished in September and was sent to L.A. to be mixed by Niko Bolas who has worked with such artists as Neil Young (The Volume Dealers), Billy Joel, Rod Stewart, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock, Keith Richards, Herb Alpert, KISS, Steve Perry, John Mayer, Los Lonely Boys, Melissa Etheridge, The Waterboys, and My Morning Jacket to name but a few. http://neeks.com/ |
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ON THE COVER . . . Earlier this year Grainne was also asked this year to appear on the front cover of The Sunday Times Culture Magazine which featured a 2 page spread about Grainne’s music and her defiance to do things ‘her way’. |
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STILL AHEAD . . . Still ahead this year Grainne and her band will be hitting the road promoting her new album. All of the dates can be found at the tour section of her website. She will also be doing a radio and press campaign in both Ireland and England to follow up the release so keep your eyes and ears peeled! She will also be heading to Poland later this year on tour to bring her new album to a new frontier. She will also be releasing the record early next year in Norway where she considers is her second home. She has also been asked back again to play the world renowned Dark Season Festival in Svalbard Norway for it’s 10 year anniversary in 2012. Grainne was the first Irish band to play the most northern settlement in the world which is part of the Artic circle. She can’t wait to snuggle up with those Polar bears again! So lots to look forward to in 2011 and 2012. Hope to see you at a gig soon! Keep watching the website for more news about the new album, gigs and general happenings with Grainne and her band! |
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