Music from Northern Ireland in Austin, Texas
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Music from Northern Ireland and it’s capital city of Belfast will be playing a major part in this year’s SXSW 2008 Festival in Austin Texas – Not only will a wealth of exciting new and emerging talent be appearing in the official showcase and party programme, but Belfast’s most famous musical son Van Morrison has now announced that for the first time he will be showcasing at SXSW on March 12th to mark the worldwide launch of his new album ‘Keep it Simple.’
It’s not well known and maybe very fitting that Northern Ireland’s ‘Music City’ of Belfast is the ‘Sister City’ of Nashville – Music City USA. With both Van Morrison and Dolly Parton showcasing at SXSW and with a special Belfast Nashville Sister City Party at this year’s event, this relationship will be celebrated in style. The Sister City party will feature performances from some each city’s finest songwriters.
As Van Morrison’s illustrious career clearly testifies, Northern Ireland has long been producing truly inspiring international music talent. This year’s SXSW will also feature an outstanding crop of emerging Northern Ireland artists who will no doubt also be attracting significant music industry and media attention. (See below for artist profiles)
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PARTIES:
WEDNESDAY 12TH MARCH – SXSW –
BELFAST NASHVILLE
SISTER CITY SHOWCASE PARTY 3:00-6:00 PM at:
Latitude 30, 512 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, Tx,
78701
Featuring artists include Belfast’s Foy Vance,
Brian Houston and
Eilidh Patterson and Nashville’s Beth
Nielsen-Chapman, Stephanie
Dosen and Justin Townes Earle plus special
guests to be announced.
FRIDAY 14TH MARCH – SXSW – NEW MUSIC FROM NORTHERN IRELAND
PARTY 12:00 NOON to 2:30 PM at:
Latitude 30, 512 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, Tx, 78701
This party line up boasts some of the hottest new bands in the UK. NIMIC
proudly present The Answer, In Case of
Fire, Driving By Night and
Oppenheimer…not to mention a great selection of fine
traditional dishes
and drinks.
SHOWCASES:
Wednesday 12th March
• Van Morrison (La Zona
Rosa, 612 W. 4th
Street, Austin)
• Foy Van (1am –
Esther’s Follies, 525
E, 6th Street)
Thursday 13th March
• Driving by Night (10.30pm
– MFI @ Soho
Lounge, 217 E, 6th St, Austin)
Friday 14th March
• The Answer (10.30pm –
Kerrang! @ Latitude
30, 512 San Jacinto St)
• In Case of Fire (12.45am –
Kerrang! @
Latitude 30, 512 San Jacinto St)
Saturday 15th March
• Oppenheimer (8pm – Time
Out NY @
Emo’s Main Room, 603 Red River St)
SHOWCASING ARTISTS:
Oppenheimer – “No.1 Most Likely To
Succeed Amongst
Irish Music
Professionals” – Alternative Ulster
“Oppenheimer are
like
the Irish Flaming Lips or Mates of
State… they’re an
incredible new band” – Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol)
Oppenheimer’s 2nd full-length album, ‘Take the Whole
Midrange
and Boost It’, is due out on Bar/None Records on May
18th.
www.oppenheimermusic.co.uk
The Answer – With over 100,000 debut album sales, award
nominations from
Classic Rock and Kerrang! and notable early success in the last 18 months
through UK, Europe, Japan and Australia. Having toured with The
Rolling
Stones, The Who and Aerosmith,
The Answer’s debut album
‘Rise’ has been hailed as a significant and
important new
contemporary classic rock album. The Answer have also
just been selected
to
be featured prominently in the next version of Activision’s
phenomenally successful Guitar Hero computer game.
www.myspace.com/theanswerrock
In Case of Fire – Equal parts Refused,
Muse and The Mars Volta, In Case
Of
Fire emerge from the blender to 5/5 live reviews and major label
A&R
managers knocking their door with increasing regularity. Tours with
30
Seconds To Mars, QOTSA and plaudits from every
corner make this a name to
watch closely.
www.incaseoffire.co.uk
www.myspace.com/incaseoffireuk
Driving by Night – have supported Keane,
The Thrills, Kings of Leon, The
FutureHeads, Faithless, and the Arctic
Monkeys. They’ve recently
played an In the City showcase a UK and Irish tour and have since been
locked away in their rehearsal studio, gigging quietly, bringing new tunes
to air, and putting the final touches to their long awaited debut album
which hits the streets in March.
www.drivingbynight.com
www.myspace.com/drivingbynight
Foy Vance – described as ‘the most important solo musician
to emerge
from Northern Ireland since Van Morrison,’
Foy Vance has a
distinctive, cracked soulful voice. His debut album
‘Hope’ was
released in August 2007 to critically acclaim. Already with two songs
featured in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, Foy
counts Pete Townshend
and Bonnie Raitt amongst his fans.
www.foyvance.com
Van Morrison needs no comment because this name is in the field of music more than half a century. His fans are numerous and his popularity is remarkable. And in his concerts where we may notice the artist is very popular. Tickets are hard to get and pricy. I do love his style very much and I always try to attend whenever I’ve time but what disturbs is prices. But lately, a friend has recommended me a site where to compare ticket prices for free before booking and I find this an interesting idea because this way one would look for the lowest prices. You may need to use it:
http://www.ticketwood.com/concerts/Van-Morrison-Tickets/index.php