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New Album Released
Ger Wolfe's 4th Album 'The Velvet Earth' is still bright and fresh .
It's available to buy in all good record shops and at concerts and is also distributed for trade through CLADDAGH RECORDS,Dame house, Dame Street, Dublin 2.
Thank you to all of you who have supported our fledgling independent music label RAGGEDY RECORDS.
We hope to expand our services soon to encompass digital downloads and a new shop on myspacemusic as soon as possible.
You can also buy all of Ger's albums online here in the Super Online Store
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Upcoming concert dates...
FEBRUARY IN CORK- The five February Fridays
Ger is doing a whole months residency in his native town, for every single Friday in February.Its a leap year so we have five .
The venue is a brand new one called MUSICSPACE 126' which is above Meade's wine bar in Oliver Plunkett street.
These are very special nights .It is a gorgeous georgian room, complete with windows, architecture and a fireplace. The gigs are be largely un-amplified and seating is limited to 30 people.Its like a house gig only in the middle of downtown Cork on a Friday night.Expect ger's popular songs alongside some brand new ones and a few surprise cover versions!!.
The seating is limited to just 30 seats for each of the 5 performances so prior booking is strongly recommended on (021)4270475, tickets cost €10.
OTHER UPCOMING SPRING GIGS
THURSDAY 14th February (St. Valentine's day)
de Barra's folk club, Clonakilty, West Cork;
Ger returns with the Skylarks to a favourite haunt of many musicians.He will be joined this night by Paul Frost on bass, Edel Sullivan on fiddle and Martin Leahy on the drums/percussion.
A night of romantic and sweet music in this ever-loving of venues.contact no,-023-33381 and www.debarra.ie
Thursday 21st FEBRUARY
The Crane Bar, Galway city
This has become a great venue for music in the Galway area in the last few years and Ger will be there again in February.
tickets are available at the venue and enquiries at (091)587419 and www.cranebar.com
Saturday 23rd February at 9.p.m.
lISMORE wORLD mUSIC CLUB AT Rose's West End Bar, Lismore, Co. Waterford.
tickets are €10 and more info about the venue is available from their blogspot on lismoreworldmusic/blog
Friday 7th MARCH- Cleere's Theatre, Kilkenny city
This great venue is another home of good music. contact phone no. 056-7762573 and check out www.cleeres.com for other info.
Friday 14th March-ST. jOHN'S THEATRE, lISTOWEL, cO. kERRY.
PHONE 068-22566
LOOKING FRORWARD TO PLAYING IN THE KINGDOM AGAIN, GER HEADS WEST WITH THE NEW SKYLARKS TO LISTOWEL, HOME OF Some fine HORSES AND THE LISTOWEL WRITERS WEEK.
FRIDAY 25TH April- The Cobblestone, Smithfield , Dublin 1.
PHONE 01-8721799- FURTHER DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON.
Further and further dates to be announced. Please see tourpage for full details.
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Welcome to the Ger Wolfe website.
Ger has been busy with writing and composing new material including a song about homelessness entitled 'Where are the stars?'and a song dealing with
creation called 'No bird sang'.Go way furtherdown the page to read a new poem by Ger called 'To sing'.
In other news Ger was nominated as 'Best Folk Act 2007 'for Anna Livia, Dublin 102.3 f.m. on the 'Sin E' RADIO SHOW.
Ger was then voted in by the listeners as the winner at the beginning of February and said
on hearing the news-
"I'm thrilled with the award I never thought I'd win, especially considering the way my career has been going, its a real boot up the backside to get moving again"
Presenter Mick O'Brien runs a very good show there and Pol Mc Adaim from Belfast won the album of the year ,up against the likes of Luka Bloom, John Spillane and Christy Moore
Plans are afoot to record, marking ten years of recording by Ger and his band,watch this space.....
SPACE CADET IN STELLAR SONG LAUNCH
The latest and most unbelievable story from Ger Wolfe's asteroid is that his newly written song,
'A song from Earth' has become the first human song ever to be specially beamed into deep outer space.
Nobody seems to believe it but on Monday 4th Feb.there was a live link from mission control up to astronaut DAN TANI ,
who at present is part of a team manning the international space station beyond the moon.
Dan Tani has got strong links with Cork and in a special birthday party organised for him by Blackrock Observatory he spoke live from space to some of his in-laws.
As part of the link-up ,musicians-Colm O' Snodaigh of KILA, Edel Sullivan, Brian Hanlon and Ger Wolfe stepped forward to perform 'A song from earth' which Ger had written specially for the day that was in it.
It also happened to be the 50th anniversary of NASA , and to mark it they planned to beam 'ACROSS THE UNIVERSE' by Liverpool's THE BEATLES up into deep space.
However,Leeside does it again, and the people of BLACKROCK CASTLE OBSERVATORY managed to beam
'A song from earth' up there just ten minutes before the Beatles, thereby making Colm, Edel , Ger and Brian -THE BAND THAT BATE THE BEATLES.
.Ger's latest song, which is , as we speak, representing the entire human race in deep outer space, can be heard on terra firma as he does his Spring Tour 2008 around Ireland.
There is talk of recording the song very soon so other earthlings will also be able to hear it.
Ger's contemporary classic 'The Curra Road' appears on the latest SHARON SHANNON album 'Renegade'. A little recording history has been made in that the singer is none other than the extraordinary MIKE Mc GOLDRICK. Mike, usually known for his flute playing (and piping etc. etc.) has worked on countless albums over the years as a solo artist and also with Lúnasa, Capparcéile, Kate Rusby etc..This is his debut song on record and he does it quite good justice.It's certainly worth a listen but, as they say, don't forget the original!! Ger's own version is available on this site from our shop where it features on his second c.d.' RAGGED GROUND'.
-following the inclusion of his song on her new album Ger was invited to play at the Sharon Shannon concert on December 16th at the CORK OPERA HOUSE.He recieved a warm welcome from the Cork crowd.
See below for Ger's latest blog. Keep enjoying Ger Wolfe's music and his 'unique voice' 'She Scattered Crumbs' is still the first single from the latest album, which is available to download for free, simply click on the preferred format above.
January blog: 'The Velvet Earth
I'm just about recovering from the whole space ship episode,
its a strange life being a musician, one minute you're wondering is there anybody out there , next minute you're singing a song to him down a telephone line
I'm really enjoying the residency in Musicspace 126.Such a cosmic name, man.
The shows are good craic with plenty banter between myself and yourselves.
Each gig is different from the one before with a special guest every night and as I said, plenty of new songs mixed in with the old and a few glasses of wine, ye'll have to get the last bus home or else go on the shank's mare's.
Anyway, I'm lining up for a busy year musically and looking forward to dragging out all of the instruments, dusting them down and rocking the town!!.
bye for now,
Ger.
Edel launches solo c.d. 'In The time of It has also been a great year for Edel Sullivan , violinist extraordinaire ,who launched her solo debut album 'In the time of ' towards the end of 2006. Featuring almost all new material composed by Edel herself it has deservedly recieved great critical acclaim. The album features a great collaboration of musicians including Bríd Dunne, Donnachadh Moynihan and many more besides.It is available at all good record shops and from Edel's own website - www.edelsullivan.com .
TO SING
Threadbare words are scattered
worndown to the wordbone
Birdflown over the height and moon
Of flight because(they say)
She sang too soon
"sang out all the notes she had
and now flies silent in the world
without the notes to soothe her young
or fill the mornings up with song"
Sung from every lanterned tree of stars
Still-bright in Winter's breeze
And sharp as Summer's end again
Some kindness will remember when...
The orchestras were hedgebound
And concertos , jigs and soul were found
All feathered song inside a note
So sweet that all Creation ground
-into a halt to hear the shape
and contour of the waves relate
to shores and mountains all times deep
and into God's own throat we'd peep
To see Eternal song, now Gone? for now
Suspended
Only for
A breath
Of time
To come again
And rhyme
With all it's gong
And clang
And bell-began
To sing.
(c) Ger Wolfe 2006
Text campaigners might like to text in requests for 'She Scattered Crumbs' or any other of his compositions to their favourite deejay. Here are some useful numbers for same. Many thanks for all the support, looking forward to meeting our listeners in 2007.
Today FM: 085 4100102
RTE Radio 1: 087 6272222
RTE Radio 2: 087 7720000
Cork's 96 FM: 087 7969696
Cork's 103 FM County Sound: 087 3103103
Red FM: 086 8273336
Galway Bay FM: 086 3080900
WLR FM: 086 6000975
Spin FM: 085 7111038
98 FM: 086 6000981