Archive for 'Damien News'
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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No new studio album in June
Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by admin.
As you may know from reading the forum, HMV published a release date for a new Damien Rice studio album of June 28th 2010. However, we can confirm that this is not true – there is no new album forthcoming that soon… Good things come to those who wait…
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Damien to Perform at Film Premier in London
Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by admin.
Damien Rice will be performing at the UK premier of When The Dragon Swallowed The Sun in London on July 29th. The film, which will be the closing film of the 2010 Tibetan Film Festival, provides an inside look at the Tibetan movement to free Tibet from Chinese occupation. In February of this year, Damien performed a [...]
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Eskimo Friends has a new layout!
Posted on 24. May, 2010 by admin.
Our upgraded website is now live – we hope you like it! As you can see, the site is now blog-driven… so you should see a much higher frequency of updates, as well as a bunch of great new features. We are also now on
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Damien to play at Sommerfesten in Norway in July
Posted on 23. May, 2010 by admin.
Damien will be performing at the Sommerfesten festival in Norway at the end of July. This festival, which is free to attend, takes place on an island on the west coast of Norway.
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Second Date in Colombia
Posted on 07. May, 2010 by admin.
Damien has added a second date in Colombia, to take place tomorrow night (Saturday) in Barichara Santander. Here's the background to the gig, from Damien's official website:
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Damien Gig in Colombia!
Posted on 01. May, 2010 by admin.
Damien will be playing a spontaneous and intimate show at La Peurta Grande in Bogota, Colombia, tomorrow night (Sunday).
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Damien at TED.com event
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by admin.
Damien is presenting right now at the TED.com The Mission Blue Voyage event at the Galapagos Islands.
You can follow the event live via Twitter: @MissionBlue
Update: (via @MissionBlue) Damien Rice at #missionblue: We have 12 minutes 37 seconds to write a song. Give me a chord and name an emotion.
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Article in the Irish Times
Posted on 21. Mar, 2010 by admin.
On St. Patrick's Day, the Irish Times newspaper published an article written by Damien: A country in need of some mothering. You can read the article in full here.
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