Sweet Jane to headline Roc an Oir festival

 

SWEET JANE take in their final festivals of summer with a headline appearance at the new boutique West Waterford festival Roc An Oir this Saturday  August 27th, taking the     stage at 10pm, as well as playing the cool Salty Dog stage at  Electric Picnic the following week on Sunday 4th at 8.45.

After the Picnic it’s straight into Grouse Lodge with renowned producer Pat McCarthy for Sweet Jane, and we can look forward to some brand new recordings in the coming months.

Kilkenny singer/songwriter DEETRICH also performs at Roc An Oir, on the Saturday at 4.30pm. The former singer and songwriter with Dali, her country/ pop sound is enhanced with of an eclectic mix of guitar, percussion, banjo, violin and accordion in her live shows.  Deetrich has recently signed to Reekus, and is currently recording her debut album with producer Leo Pearson.

And Dublin four-piece SACCADE are gearing up for the launch their debut album on Reekus,  Force of Habit at Crawdaddy on October 1st.

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SWEET JANE at Oxegen

SWEET JANE follow up a great month supporting Suede and touring in the UK and Asia, with another career highlight when they take to the 2fm/Hotpress/Academy stage at Oxegen on Saturday at 3.30.  Their shows in Asia won the band many admirers amongst the international  industry in attendance, and many fans as well.   Plaudits  also continue to roll in for their album, Sugar For My Soul, from the UK, and the recent new RTE cookery series, Kitchen Hero made liberal use of music from that album.  While busy in the studio recording for their second album, Sweet Jane are looking forward to their appearance at Oxegen, and at Glasgowbury on July 23rd.  

While Sweet Jane’s career is very much in the ascendant, it’s great to see The Blades music kept alive 25 years after their demise, as the Readers No 1 choice in leading UK music magazine Mojo last month, and their name unexpectedly appearing in a Nike soccer ad ‘Before and After Ronaldo’,  where a mock-up of a poster for The Blades at the Baggot Inn appears among exalted company of other past geniuses, including Copernicus, Newton, and Gallilleo!!  Even more strange as the ad was made far from these shores in Argentina, and focuses on Brazilian soccer stars! Check it out at 0.35 secs 

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Sweet Jane play Temple House Festival

SWEET JANE are just back from their hugely successful stint at Asia's leading industry fest Music Matters, in Singapore where they played blistering sets on the main stage in Clarke Quay in addition to a variety of leading venues – thanks to Culture Ireland for their support for the tour.  So successful were their opening nights shows that they were invited to do a further three shows around the area, as well as appearing on the hugely popular Prime Time programme on Channel News Asia which is broadcast all across Asia. They also received invites to play at other leading music festivals around the world, and secured a release in new territories for their album Sugar For My Soul.  Immediately prior to their Asian tour they had played a very successful three nights with Suede in the Olympia and the previous weekend, a showcase at Liverpool Sound City!

Now it’s back to festivals closer to home beginning with their performance on the main stage on Sunday next at Temple House Festival at 2.15, with slots at several other festivals including Oxegen to look forward to in the coming weeks.

While Sweet Jane are in the studio recording demos for their second album, a single ‘Where’s Your Money’ from Sugar For My Soul goes to radio next week.

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Sweet Jane at The Static Gallery for Soundcity 2011

IN 2008 guitarist and songwriter Danda Paxton asked Lydia Des Dolles to provide vocals on some songs he was writing, and with the addition of Danda’ s brother Ruairi on bass and Donagh O’Brien on drums, the project evolved into Sweet Jane, and the recording of an EP ‘ Blackboots and Blackhearts’. The EP was released to very positive reviews, and things developed more quickly when the band signed to Irish label Reekus at the end ‘ 09, and a Xmas release of You’re M aking This Hard, with Sweet Jane’ s own take on the Xmas classic Silent Night, brought a greatly increased media awareness of their music. Their debut album Sugar for M y Soul was released in Ireland last July, to superb reviews, and a slot at one of Europe’ s
leading festivals, Oxegen that month. Their live set has been described as an energetic roller coaster of sleazy guitars, achingly sexy vocals, split between Lydia & Danda, and topped off with their trade mark 'dream-pop rock 'n roll'. Sweet Jane are in their element in the live arena and have been touring furiously throughout the UK and Ireland and this includes a show at the Static Gallery in Liverpool  

Sweet Jane play Sound City Festival this coming Saturday 21st at 8.10, before heading back home for three nights in the Olympia next week with Suede (24/25/26), and then jetting off to Singapore for some prime gigs at Music Matters Asia, with support from Culture Ireland,  starting off  with an open air gig on the main stage in Fountain Square Clarke Quay, at 8.30 on Saturday 28th., playing a second MM show at leading club Se7en Inch later that night, TV, radio and press on Monday 30th, and playing Singapore’s leading live music venue The Tab on Tuesday 31st.   More dates are being added too! They are the first Irish band to play Music Matters Asia,  and vocalist Lydia Des Dolles has been asked to lend her voice to the Music Matters  ‘Band Aid’ type single which is being released  during the festival in aid of Japan.

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