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A look back: The Blower’s Daughter
Posted on 06. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Sometimes it’s nice to just go back in time and be reminded of your favorite songs.
Here is a video of Damien performing “The Blower’s Daughter” on Live From the Basement in 2007.
Here’s a little known fact… The original release of “The Blower’s Daughter” single in Ireland in September 2001 was delayed after the first batch of CDs was destroyed in a fire on the ferry between Britain and Ireland…
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Melanie Laurent Recording with Damien
Posted on 02. Jul, 2010 by admin.
French actress Melanie Laurent has been speaking again about Damien’s influence on her musical career. Here is an extract from her interview with The Independent newspaper in Great Britain.
“Working with Damien on my first CD as a singer also makes me lose confidence, because compared to him I’m not a singer. But I think it’s important to lose confidence because if you don’t, then you risk just being the same actress all the time.”
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Damien singing in Icelandic
Posted on 02. Jul, 2010 by admin.
The Icelandic song that Damien performed in Reykjavik last night is “Sofðu unga ástin mín”. Here is the video of the performance, which also features Lara Runarsdottir, Glen Hansard, Mia Maestro, Helgi Jonsson and Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir (of Lay Low).
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Watch Damien Live Online Tonight
Posted on 01. Jul, 2010 by admin.
EskimoFriends comes live from sunny rainy Reykjavik tonight…
UPDATE 2: Damien performed 2 songs, “The Professor” and “The Blower’s Daughter. He then reappeared on stage a little later to perform an Icelandic song with Lara Runarsdottir, a group of Iceland musicians and Glen Hansard. If you missed the performance you will be able to watch it online shortly from here.
UPDATE 1: They’ve just changed the running order a bit… Damien is now scheduled to perform at 10:40PM BST… (Grazie mille Gloria)… I think we’ll forgive the timing confusion as Icelandic people surely struggle with timekeeping because they have almost 24 hours of sunshine (with a little bit of rain) every day in the summer…
In a few hours time, Damien will take the stage at the Inspired by Iceland event. You can be there too! Well, kind of… You can watch it live online from here.
The concert starts at 9PM BST, which is a bit confusing… That’s 9PM Irish time, 10PM in Germany, 4PM in New York, 1PM in LA, 2.30AM (weird) in Myanmar and 12PM in the eskimo stronghold of Kotzebue, Alaska.
Damien is due to appear on the stage at 23.10 10:40PM BST, just after one of our other favourite singers, Glen Hansard, and right before Parabólur (cool).
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Lisa on Polish TV
Posted on 28. Jun, 2010 by admin.
Lisa appeared on Polish morning TV yesterday to promote her upcoming appearance at the Orange Warsaw Festival 2010, which takes place on the weekend of August 28-29.
In addition to a short interview (translated into Polish), Lisa also performed “I Don’t Know”. You can watch the performance here.
Also performing at the festival in August are Nelly Furtado, White Lies, Mika and many more.
Thanks to ko210
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Damien Performing in Iceland Next Week
Posted on 24. Jun, 2010 by admin.
On July 1st, Damien will be amongst the performers at a free concert in Iceland. The concert, entitled “Iceland Inspires”, is part of a wider “Inspired by Iceland” campaign to promote tourism in the country, which has been negatively affected by the recent volcano ash cloud.
Taking place on July 1st, near the now quiet Eyjafjallajökull volcano at Hamragarðar, near the Seljalandsfoss waterfall, this open-air concert will also feature performances by artists such as Amiina, Glen Hansard and many more.
Fortunately, for those of us unable to get to Iceland, the entire concert will be streamed live online at 8PM.
Inspired by Iceland Video from Inspired By Iceland on Vimeo.
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Gavin Glass: Myna Birds
Posted on 20. Jun, 2010 by admin.
Gavin Glass, who you may know from playing in Lisa’s band, recently launched his third album Myna Birds.
At the album launch in Whelan’s, Dublin, Gavin was joined on stage by Lisa.
Here is a great video from that night, that we thought you would enjoy:
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Happy Birthday Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted on 18. Jun, 2010 by admin.
Today is the 65th birthday of Aung San Suu kyi. The Burmese pro-democracy leader, a Nobel laureate, has spent 14 of the past 20 years under house arrest as punishment for demanding democracy in her homeland.
5 years ago, Damien released the following track, “Unplayed Piano”, in her honor.
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Raise Hope for Congo
Posted on 10. Jun, 2010 by admin.
Damien’s track “Lonely Soldier” is to be featured on a new compilation album Raise Hope for Congo, which aims to spread awareness about the plight of women in the African nation.
Curated by KCRW DJ Nic Harcourt, the album also features songs by Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Bat for Lashes, Travis and Ozomatli.
To hear some of the other tracks on the album and view a full tracklisting, just click through to the rest of the story…
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Recommended Artist: Our Little Secrets
Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by admin.
One of the great things about EskimoFriends.com is the way people share recommendations for great new music. Today I’d like to share with you this great new Irish musician, Rhob Cunningham, AKA Our Little Secrets.
Last month, Our Little Secrets released their (his?) debut album, which you can buy on iTunes. The album features Lisa Hannigan on guest vocals on the track “Good or Bad Thing”.
For more details and video click here!
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