Featuring acclaimed songwriter Ciaran Gribbin (aka Joe Echo), Reuben Quinn (of Oscar Charlie fame), Moteh Parrot and Mike Nisbet.
As part of a short Scottish tour, the artists will be playing a free concert at Norscot Angling Club, Lerwick, on Saturday 14th August (doors 7pm).
At 2pm the same day, Ciaran Gribbin, who has written songs for artists including Madonna, will be hosting a free songwriting workshop and hosting a talk on his experiences in the music industry. See Ciaran’s biography below for more information.
The tour is funded by Creative Scotland's Youth Music Initiative (YMI).
Joe Echo Biography
Sample the joys of Joe Echo as he takes you on a journey of sheer mind blowing vocal power and diversification with his blend of acoustic, rock and dance with a relentless attitude and killer tunes to match. - Mid Ulster Today
Joe Echo has one of the most extraordinary voices I’ve heard in a long time. – Gary Lightbody Snow Patrol
2009/10 has been a year of building on Northern Ireland artist JOE ECHO’s foundations through continual touring, writing and recording.
His Live work includes shows with The Script, Paolo Nutini, James Morrison, Joshua Radin, Powderfinger and Eskimo Joe amongst others. Following successful 2009 summer festivals he toured Australia for the first time playing a major festival in Perth, shows with Paolo Nutini in Sydney and Melbourne and several headline club dates.
Touring in 2010 is a priority and he’s recently secured the services of one of the worlds leading live agents, X-Ray Touring’s Steve Strange. Joe says “I’m really happy to be included on Steve’s great clients list that includes Snow Patrol, Coldplay and Eminem and he’s now become an integral part of the Joe Echo team which has gone from strength to strength in the past year.” Summer shows and festivals this year include Ireland’s Oxegen Festival and a most successful recent appearance at Hard Rock Calling in London’s Hyde Park with Paul McCartney.
His writing over the past year has been as busy as it’s been diverse as he builds on his now extensive catalogue. Following writing stints with various artists from Paul Oakenfold to Groove Armada the year ended with a Grammy nomination for the Madonna worldwide hit “Celebration” which he co-wrote with Madonna and Oakenfold. His songs have appeared in various TV programmes from a US Newsweek series to Australia’s ‘Home and Away’.
Joe has written, recorded and co-produced all of the original songs for ‘KILLING BONO’, a new movie based on Neil McCormick’s memoirs of his years at school with Bono and U2 and his rather less successful rival band as they went through the 1970’s. Described as an “Irish music-based comedy”, it’s written by Ian Le Frenais and Dick Clement the screenwriters of “The Commitments” and “Almost Famous”, is directed by Nick Hamm and stars Ben Barnes and Robert Sheehan. Filming began in January in Belfast in and the movie, through Paramount, will initially open in 300 cinemas across UK and Ireland in early 2011 along with a SONY MUSIC Entertainment soundtrack album.
His other movie work includes recording, co-producing and performing the songs for Philip Ridley’s award winning dark fantasy movie ‘HEARTLESS’ starring Jim Sturgess and was released last month in the UK to five star reviews along with a UNIVERSAL Records soundtrack album and in the US in October.
Another song ‘Waves’ appears in the just released ‘Wild Target’ starring Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt with the soundtrack on SONY/EPIC Records. Two other Joe Echo songs feature in ‘Love and Suicide’, the first American movie shot entirely on location in Cuba.
He recently re-mixed tracks for Thailand’s multi-million selling female artist Tata Young.
He’s just completed the recording of his first JOE ECHO album prior to Summer shows after which there are plans to spend time in LA, Nashville and New York co-writing and showcasing followed by more touring including a return trip to Australia.
