Vyvienne's debut solo album 'Caterpillar Sarabande' is penciled to be released at the end of October. The album will be lauched with a series of gigs in Ireland, London and Paris.
The mini april tour was a great success and it looks like September will bring a new tour and album.
Vyvienne performed 'Happy Thoughts' on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show today and you can see it here. Ian's blog reveals that 'Happy Thoughts' was to be a hidden track on Vyvienne's forthcoming album 'Serenade for Caterpillars' due for release later this year but is now available for download on iTunes.
Vyvienne will be touring Ireland in April at the following venues:
16 April - Cleere's Theatre, Kilkenny (€20 at door)
17 April - The Belltable, Limerick (€18 advance sales at 061 319866 or www.belltable.ie,
€20 at door)
18 April - The Crane Lane Theatre, Cork (€19 advance sales at www.tickets.ie
or ticketmaster, €20 at door)
23 April - St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway (€19 advance sales at
Opus II, 5 Augustin St, Galway, www.tickets.ie
or ticketmaster, €20 at door)
25 April - The Village, Wexford St., Dublin (€18 advance sales at www.thevillagevenue.com,
1890 200 078, €19 at www.tickets.ie
or ticketmaster, €20 at door) .
Vyvienne appeared on The Ryan Tubridy Show. Listen to it here (skip to 34mins 40secs).
Vyvienne has announced her first solo gig of the year. She will be performing at Airfield House in Dundrum, Dublin, on February 20th at 8PM. Tickets cost 22.50 and booking can be made by telephoning +35312984301.
A new portrait image has been published on Flickr by neonpictures.
Vyvienne has announced that she will be performing at the Electric Picnic Festival in Ireland on August 30th.
New video interview with Vyvienne talking about her forthcoming debut album. This interview is from the OneMoreTune.ie blog.
Upcoming performance at the Bamboo Sessions on August 9th. Vyvienne will be performing with a string quartet, for which she has written some new arrangements for some of her songs. Other performers on the night include Íse, Robing James Hurt, Celine Carroll, Jody Trehy and Aidan Murphy. The concert takes place at the Mill Theatre in Dundrum (Dublin), with tickets costing €20.
Revolver are giving away two tickets for Vyvienne's gig in Dublin on May
31st as well as an opportunity to meet and greet with Vyvienne before the
gig. To enter, answer the following question:
What venue is Vvyienne Long performing at on 31st May?
Send your answer to Revolver
by 5PM on May 28th.
Revovler in Association with Becks Vier presents Vyvienne Long and full band on Saturday 31st May at Radio City, Store Street in Dublin (Doors 8.30pm). Also playing are: House of Cosy Cushions and More Tiny Giants.
Colm Keegan, a Dublin Poet has written a review of the Shoestring Collective where Vyvienne performed. Read it at his blog here.
Cellist Vyvienne Long and Kila's Colm Ó Snodaigh are among the artists playing at
this month's Shoestring Collective gig in the James Joyce Centre, Dublin.
Dublin's Shoestring Collective presents 'Saturday Night In', an intimate gig in the
James Joyce Centre on North Great George's Street this April 26.
Cellist Vyvienne Long heads the line-up, offering a sneak peak of material from her
debut album, which she's working on at the moment.
Multi-instrumentalist Colm Ó Snodaigh will be there playing tracks from his recently
released solo album Giving, and classical guitarist Donal MacErlaine will also be on hand, along
with up-and-coming stand-up Tomie James.
But the jam-packed line-up doesn't stop there; for the more literary among you, there will
also be poetry and short story readings with Boston native Tara Smith, award-winning poet and
writer Colm Keegan and the Shoestring Collective's resident poet Brian Conaghan.
And just in case you haven't had enough art for one night – Ciaran Cunningham’s photography
will be exhibited around the venue too.
Tickets for the Saturday Night In are €10, available from www.ctb.ie.
Vyvienne has two performances coming up. Find Vyvienne at NUI Maynooth on 20th February and at DCU on 24th Febraury.
Vyvienne performs 'The Inheritance' on RTE's 'The View'. Watch here if you have RealPlayer, or see RTE's website.
The Irish Times has a new interview with Vyvienne. Read it here.
Vyvienne will be playing at The Spirit Store, Dundlak on December 3rd, 2007.
Vyvienne will be playing at The Village, Dublin on December 4th, 2007.
Vyvienne will be playing at Cyprus Avenue in Cork on Friday October 26th. Tickets are on sale now from tickets.ie.
Vyvienne has been confirmed as the support for the Damien Rice UK tour which runs from 1 October 2007 to 12 October 2007.
The Irish Independent have a review of Vyvienne's performance at The Village, Dublin. Read it here.
Vyvienne has spoken to the Irish Times about her current solo tour of Ireland. Read it here.
Vyvienne and her band performed 6 songs as the supporting act for Damien at L'Olympia, Paris,
including 3 which are not on Vyvienne's EP.
He
Wants to Move
Never
Leave You
Unreleased
Random
Man on the Motorway
They're
Not Waving
She
Can't Wait to Get Her Hands on the Inheritance
Vyvienne will be the support act for Damien Rice performance on 4th and
5th July at the Olympiahalle, Paris.
Also, Vyvienne will be playing at Farmleigh
House on 5th August.
Vyvienne rejoined Damien's band for the Bonnaroo Festival yesterday.
Solo Summer Tour
Friday 10 August - Dolans,
Limerick
Saturday 11 August -
St Canices Cathedral, Kilkenny (Lunchtime concert 1pm as part of the
Kilkenny Arts Festival)
Saturday 11 August - Cyprus
Avenue, Cork
Tuesday 14 August - Roisin
Dubh, Galway
Wednesday 15 August - The
Village, Wexford St, Dublin
Vyvienne plays cello on the newest Gráda album, 'Cloudy Day Navigation'.
Congratulations Vyvienne in the Hot Press Readers' Poll Results
Irish Female: 7. Vyvienne Long
Irish Most Promising: 3. Vyvienne Long
Irish Musician: 2. Vyvienne Long (Just behind The Edge)
Irish Debut Album: 8. Vyvienne Long, Birdtalk
Vyvienne will be performing two dates in Ireland next week: Monday, January 22nd, in Crawdaddy (Dublin) and Thursday, January 25th, in Cyprus Avenue (Cork).
Vyvienne appeared at the Hiro Ballroom in NewYork alongside Damien Rice. Vyvienne performed 'Cheers Darlin'' and 'Random Man'.
Vyvienne appeared on 'Later... with Jools Holland' with Damien, Lisa, Tomo
and Steve last night. The band played 'Coconut Skins' and 'The Animals are
Gone'. You can watch the entire programme here.
Vyvienne also performed with Damien and the others for KCRW's
'Morning becomes Electric' show. You can listen or view the set here.
Vyvienne performed on The View on RTE television in Ireland last night. You can watch the performance here.
A performance by Vyvienne will be featured on "Two Sounds: The Last Broadcast" on RTE 2 television in Ireland tonight at 11.20PM.
Vyvienne's EP 'Birdtalk' can be bought via Road Records from Friday, September 15th. Road Records is a great independent record store on Fade Street in Dublin.
The release date for Vyvienne's EP 'Birdtalk' is September 15th in Ireland. Vyvienne will have a new website soon here.
Vyvienne will be releasing her debut EP 'Birdtalk' later this month. The tracklisting is:
01 - They're Not Waving - 4:38
02 - Blue Carousel - 3:48
03 - He Wants To Move - 3:21
04 - Never Leave You - 3:46
05 - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part I - 3:19
Vyvienne will also be performing around Ireland on the following dates:
September 2nd, 2006 - Electric Picnic, Stradbally Hall, Co Laois. (Playing
in The Big Tree stage with full Vyvienne Long band)
September 23rd, 2006 - Dolans, Limerick
September 24th, 2006 - Roisin Dubh, Galway
September 26th, Temple Bar Music Centre, Dublin
September 27th, 2006 - Cypress Avenue, Cork
Vyvienne will be performing in Cyprus Avenue in Cork on September 27th.
Damien's official site has announced that Damien will have the following band with him for his forthcoming U.S. tour:You can watch Vyvienne's great performance on last night's episode of Other Voices here.
Vyvienne will be performing on the television programme 'Other Voices', which airs on 25th of January on RTE 1 at 11.30pm.
As well as performing at this year's Other Voices series in Dingle on December 9th, Vyvienne will be performing in Whelan's, Dublin, on December 15th.
Vyvienne will be performing a solo set in St James' Church in Dingle on December 9th as part of this year's 'Other Voices' series, filmed for RTE television.
Damien, Lisa, Tomo, Shane & Vyvienne join a host of guests on the highly
acclaimed forthcoming Herbie Hancock collaboration project 'Possibilities'.
Throughout his career, Herbie has won ten Grammy awards, an Academy Award,
had platinum selling albums, and is a pioneering recording artist in jazz,
fusion, and hip-hop.
Damien, Lisa, Tomo, Shane & Vyvienne met with Herbie in Los Angeles to record
the Billie Holiday classic 'Don't Explain'.
Possibilities is out now in all good stores.
Vyvienne will be performing a solo gig in Whelan's on July 20th. Tickets available now from Whelan's at €15/€12.
Tickets for Vyvienne's solo gig on March 31st are now available from the bar in Mother Redcaps for 10 euro.
Vyvienne is going to be peforming her first ever solo cello gig in Mother Redcaps, Dublin, on the 31st of March.