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Oliver EP
This is the discography of the Irish alternative rock Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ... singer-songwriter, Gemma Hayes. Since first becoming musically active in 2001, Hayes has released six studio albums, one live album and five EPs. Albums Studio albums Live albums Extended plays Singles Promotional singles * "Home" (2008) B-sides * "Stop the Wheel" – ''Hanging Around'' * "Parked" – ''Hanging Around'' * "Hanging Around" (acoustic) – ''Let a Good Thing Go'' * "Pieces of Glass" (radio session) – ''Let a Good Thing Go'' * "Summers in Doubt" – ''Let a Good Thing Go'' * "Ran for Miles" (home demo) – ''Let a Good Thing Go'' * "Mama What's That Song" – ''Back of My Hand'' * "Song for Julie" – ''Back of My Hand'' * "My Friend Christian" – ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemma Hayes
Gemma Hayes (born 11 August 1977) is an Irish musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments, including the piano and the harmonica. She is also a member of The Cake Sale, Printer Clips and Trio (with Lisa Hannigan and Paul Noonan). Early life Hayes grew up in Ballyporeen, County Tipperary with her parents and seven other siblings. She was surrounded by music from an early age heavily influenced by her siblings and her father who was a keyboardist in a local band. Hayes would later move to County Limerick to attend boarding school. By this time, Hayes was proficient at piano and found that the music used to counter the boredom of living in a small village. She would later move to Dublin, Dublin City to attend University College Dublin, UCD to study sociology, psychology and history. Hayes soon dropped out of university to concentrate on her music and to gig at music venues across the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let A Good Thing Go
"Let a Good Thing Go" is the second Single (music), single by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes, released in 2002 on the Source Records label. Two versions of the single were released – incorporating slightly different covers. Track listing CD 1 All songs written by Gemma Hayes. # "Let a Good Thing Go" # "Hanging Around (Gemma Hayes song), Hanging Around" (acoustic music, acoustic) # "Pieces of Glass" (radio session) Also includes video for "Let a Good Thing Go" (Directed by Sam Brown (singer), Sam Brown) CD 2 # "Let a Good Thing Go" # "Summers in Doubt" # "Ran for Miles" (home demo) 7" # "Let a Good Thing Go" # "Pieces of Glass" (radio session) Charts References 2002 songs 2002 singles Gemma Hayes songs Songs written by Gemma Hayes Song recordings produced by Dave Fridmann {{2000s-pop-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Noonan
Paul Anthony Noonan is a songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from Lucan, County Dublin. He is best known as the frontman of the Irish group Bell X1 and as a solo artist and collaborator on various musical projects. Early years Born in 1974, Noonan grew up in Lucan, near the Dublin-Kildare border. At age nine, while attending St Mary's national school in Lucan, he was second flautist in the Lucan Concert Band, performing covers of works by composers such as John Barry. A visit by a drummer to rehearsal one day caused him to become fascinated by the instrument. He sold his flute and bought a drumkit with his parents' assistance. Noonan was brought up in a musical household, with his school principal father regularly picking out music to play for his students. His parents had a large collection of vinyl 45s which he would decorate his room with. During his early teenage years, he began writing songs and recording them on tapes. One of the most formative influences dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardwired (Gemma Hayes Song)
"Hardwired" is a song written by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes and the third single release from her sixth studio album ''Blind Faith''. The single was released on 10 May 2024. Background and release The song was recorded between 2022 and 2023 while she was working on her sixth studio album. Produced by Gemma Hayes (guitars, tambourine and vocals), David Odlum (guitars, bass, synth keyboards), and Karl Odlum (bass and sythn keywords), they also contributed to the track by playing instruments and providing vocals. Commenting on the song Hayes stated "I wanted to take a musical freeze frame of the world post-Covid,” Gemma says of the track. “A place where, according to statistics, we were more captured by our devices and social media content than ever before. ..We were sitting ducks for bad actors to misinform us in a way that felt like real information. I felt like unplugging the world, waiting ten seconds and plugging it back in again and thus was born, 'Hardwired.'" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feed The Flames
"Feed the Flames" is the second single release by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes, released on 25 January 2024. It features on her sixth studio album ''Blind Faith''. Background "Feed the Flames" is the second single from Gemma Hayes's new album, which is expected to be released in mid-2024. Promoting the new single, Hayes explained that the song was influenced by the film ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'', saying:I originally began writing the song after watching ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'' with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Knowing a bit about their relationship off screen I was really taken by the depth of their connection, it was a living, breathing fire. What I got from delving into their relationship is that you can love something or someone so much only for your human fallibility to come along and destroy it.The song was co-produced with Dave Odlum and features back-up vocals and song writing credits from Lisa Hannigan. Release It received airpla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High & Low (song)
"High & Low" is a song written by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes and the first single release from her sixth studio album Blind Faith. The track was released on 23 June 2023. Background and release The first single from Hayes' new album was expected to be released in September 2022. The original track was to be "A Reminder of Another". However, due to ongoing delays with production and recording of the album, the label and management decided to delay any release until June 2023. Further, the debut single was changed to "High & Low". The song was co-produced with Dave Odlum. It features Sam Killeen on electric guitar and Adam Marcello on drums. Hayes stated the song is ultimately "about feeling disconnected—but desperately wanting to connect". Critical reception Despite the nine year hiatus since Hayes's prior release, Jonathan Currinn stated that "High & Low" "was worth the wait" and referred to the song as an "amazing heartfelt ballad" that "empowers the feeling of yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palomino (song)
"Palomino" is a song written by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes and the third single release from her fifth studio album '' Bones + Longing''. Background and release "Palomino" was initially scheduled as the first single to be released from Gemma Hayes' fifth studio album ''Bones+Longing''. The single release was delayed to make way for "Chasing". Upon the release of the album in November 2014, "Palomino" featured regularly on radio in Ireland. The single appeared regularly on Newstalk, Today FM and TXFM. By spring 2015, the track was released as the second track from the LP in France, Germany and Australia among other territories. It is the third single release in Ireland. The track has featured heavily on Australian music radio station Double J. In February 2015, Hayes released a video featuring an acoustic version of the track, the video recorded in London in 2014. During promos in France and Germany, Hayes performed the track to coincide with the release of the album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Making My Way Back
"Making My Way Back" is a song written by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes, and is the second single release in Ireland from her fifth studio album, '' Bones + Longing''. Background and release A preview of the track was made available during the recording process on 24 June 2014. It was revealed in Irish press reports the track would be used in the 2014 Aldi Ireland advertising campaign. In early October 2014, Gemma performed the song at a special press call for the advertising campaign in Dublin. On 6 November 2014 the advert premiered on RTÉ One. The track appeared as in the Irish iTunes iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management (MDM) utility developed by Apple. It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating s ... store on 6 November 2014. The song has been picked up by a number of radio stations in Ireland including RTÉ 2XM and News Talk. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chasing (song)
"Chasing" is a song written by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes and is the first single release from her fifth studio album '' Bones + Longing''. Background and release The song was revealed as the first single release in September 2014. It was released to fans for free who supported her Pledge Music campaign on 9 October 2014 and became available in the iTunes Store in Ireland, UK, US and Canada as part of the albums pre-orders. On 9 October 2014 the full version of the single appeared on ''Beat''s website. On 14 November 2014 a remixed version of the song was revealed through Clash Magazine ''Clash'' is a music and fashion magazine and website based in the United Kingdom. It is published four times a year by Music Republic Ltd, whose predecessor Clash Music Ltd went into liquidation. The magazine won awards including the Best New M .... The single was made available on 9 October 2014 in Ireland and it will be released worldwide on 15 December 2014. References {{aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicked Game
"Wicked Game" is a song by American rock musician Chris Isaak from his third album '' Heart Shaped World'' (1989). It was released as a single to little attention in July 1989 but became a sleeper hit when Lee Chestnut, an Atlanta radio station music director who loved David Lynch films, began broadcasting it after hearing it in Lynch's film '' Wild at Heart'' (1990). The song quickly became an American top 10 hit in March 1991, reaching No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It also became a No. 1 hit in Belgium and reached the top 10 in several other countries. "Wicked Game" has been covered by a wide variety of musicians and has been featured in numerous films, television series, and commercials, to the point that ''Dazed'' magazine questioned whether it might be the most influential love song in modern music. It subsequently received retrospective critical acclaim, being listed in the 2010 book ''1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die'' and the updated edition of the 1989 book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep Running
"Keep Running" is a song written by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes for her fourth studio album '' Let It Break''. It was the second single release from the album. Background The song was originally titled 'Tokyo' and included some lyrics from the unreleased track 'Turning.' It first appeared on her playlist while touring Ireland during 2010 and 2011, and was featured on the cultural show Imeall on 21 April 2010ref> cultural show Imeall on 21 April 2010. The song later appeared on the Let It Break track listing as 'Keep Running.' It was initially expected to be the album's first single. Hayes later explained that the track's name was changed from 'Tokyo' to 'Keep Running' as the song's direction evolved during production. Additionally, some of the lyrics could have been interpreted as referencing the 2011 earthquake in Japan, although this was not the intended meaning. Release The song was released as a download only on Friday, 26 August 2011 in Ireland. Outside Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
