imeall geal – foy vance and the flaws
February 18th, 2008
Show 6 of Imeall Geal – Irish language music and culture show. I didn’t spend any time in the studio during recording so I can’t comment on how it went, or how much crap they talked in the links – all I know is that the two acts who performed are superb.
I have been meaning to hear more of Foy Vance’s music other than the two songs on the Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack; Gabriel and the Vagabond and Homebird. Both incredible songs. I have wanted to see him playing for some time now. Unfortunately while at the recording of Imeall Geal yesterday afternoon I was not able to be there at the time he was playing, though being the super-nice guy that he is he agreed to a quick photo shoot.
I returned to the Arts Centre a couple of hours later for lots more coffee and reading of the Sunday Times magazine and other top notch reading material. Then of course there was Foy’s beautiful 4-year old daughter who was running around writing down the names of everyone who was there, telling us about her cat – which it turns out she doesn’t have – and generally being a very cute and entertaining.
Final piece to the show was the performance by The Flaws, I should have asked them what song they played as I could only hear them from outside the studio, though it sounded great. I saw them when they played Auntie Annies in Belfast over a year ago now, having just released their single Out Tonight – such an energetic song, one which has always gotten me in the mood for going out.
Once they got their stuff in the van we did a short shoot in the ‘Green Room’ – the only thing green was the chairs.
The Flaws are currently touring North and South of Ireland, finding themselves in the North on 26th March for a show in Sandinos in Derry (with support from a brilliant Dublin band Saccade) and Auntie Annies in April.
This show goes out on Thursday evening at 10pm. Or watch it via the BBC iPlayer as I will.
