Wine Island press release August 2013
Brendan Gallagher media bio
BRENDAN GALLAGHER
Releases double album Wine Island OUT 16 SEPT
and announces National Tour
Funky, bluesy, gritty, a little bit country, a little bit rock n roll and 100% Gallagher, Wine Island is the highly anticipated new double album by two-time ARIA award winner and Karma County front man Brendan Gallagher.
Wine Island – Gallagher’s third album –charts its own course, tripping thematically from turn of the century imperial China to a '70s glam happening; from a Mick Taylor styled impression of a clothing shop In Bilbao to an instrumental yacht rock homage to Bondi Beach. There’s a weird-arse cover of a great Elmore James song, and a nod to Reg Mombassa with large dose of lapsed Catholicism, plus the ever present nursery rhyme ethos that mixes fluently with Gallagher’s sweet, resonant and rocking trademark poetry and wit.
Disc 1 (Bianco) is a rockin' affair with a nod to his formative years as a player, channelling ZZ Top, Kraftwerk, Chuck Berry, Roxy Music, Devo, Ry Cooder and others. Disc 2 (Rosso) is gentler, more spacious, pulling in elements from Scott Walker, Leon Russell, The Beatles (with Billy Preston), Lalo Schifrin, Springsteen et al.
Throughout his 30 years in the music business Gallagher has worked with many talented artists from the late great Jimmy Little (Messenger) to Jesse Younan and Jeremy Oxley (Sunnyboys). He’s recorded for David Bowie, authored the international bestseller The Open Tuning Chord Book for Guitar, contributed songs for popular television series Sea Change and films including Somersault, Clubland and The Boys Are Back, and composed for film makers like Warwick Thorton and Rachel Perkins.
Gallagher writes “Wine Island is always a little off shore, a few glasses and you're almost there... Sometimes the journey is worth it, sometimes not.” But the jury is in on this double album… the journey is not only well worth it, but it’s been worth the wait!
“His exemplary guitar playing has a warmth … an ease and humanity which gains your attention” (Lucky Oceans, Radio National)
“The virtuosity and maturity of a seasoned pro” (Leading Edge Magazine)
“Wine Island is his greatest album yet” (Linda Jaivan)
Media Contacts:
Carolyn Logan | 0400 441 025 | carolyn@penneyandlogan.com.au
Clare Anderson | 0407 833 089 | clare@penneyandlogan.com.au
Penney & Logan Arts & Entertainment Publicity | Social Media Advertising & Coordination | PO Box 361, Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia 3068
Releases double album Wine Island OUT 16 SEPT
and announces National Tour
Funky, bluesy, gritty, a little bit country, a little bit rock n roll and 100% Gallagher, Wine Island is the highly anticipated new double album by two-time ARIA award winner and Karma County front man Brendan Gallagher.
Wine Island – Gallagher’s third album –charts its own course, tripping thematically from turn of the century imperial China to a '70s glam happening; from a Mick Taylor styled impression of a clothing shop In Bilbao to an instrumental yacht rock homage to Bondi Beach. There’s a weird-arse cover of a great Elmore James song, and a nod to Reg Mombassa with large dose of lapsed Catholicism, plus the ever present nursery rhyme ethos that mixes fluently with Gallagher’s sweet, resonant and rocking trademark poetry and wit.
Disc 1 (Bianco) is a rockin' affair with a nod to his formative years as a player, channelling ZZ Top, Kraftwerk, Chuck Berry, Roxy Music, Devo, Ry Cooder and others. Disc 2 (Rosso) is gentler, more spacious, pulling in elements from Scott Walker, Leon Russell, The Beatles (with Billy Preston), Lalo Schifrin, Springsteen et al.
Throughout his 30 years in the music business Gallagher has worked with many talented artists from the late great Jimmy Little (Messenger) to Jesse Younan and Jeremy Oxley (Sunnyboys). He’s recorded for David Bowie, authored the international bestseller The Open Tuning Chord Book for Guitar, contributed songs for popular television series Sea Change and films including Somersault, Clubland and The Boys Are Back, and composed for film makers like Warwick Thorton and Rachel Perkins.
Gallagher writes “Wine Island is always a little off shore, a few glasses and you're almost there... Sometimes the journey is worth it, sometimes not.” But the jury is in on this double album… the journey is not only well worth it, but it’s been worth the wait!
“His exemplary guitar playing has a warmth … an ease and humanity which gains your attention” (Lucky Oceans, Radio National)
“The virtuosity and maturity of a seasoned pro” (Leading Edge Magazine)
“Wine Island is his greatest album yet” (Linda Jaivan)
Media Contacts:
Carolyn Logan | 0400 441 025 | carolyn@penneyandlogan.com.au
Clare Anderson | 0407 833 089 | clare@penneyandlogan.com.au
Penney & Logan Arts & Entertainment Publicity | Social Media Advertising & Coordination | PO Box 361, Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia 3068
BRENDAN GALLAGHER is a music all rounder – singer, multi instrumentalist, songwriter, performer, producer, composer, author - some say he was born with a guitar in his hands.
In a career spanning over thirty years he has played on recordings for artists like David Bowie, Jimmy Little and Kylie Minogue.
He has produced over twenty albums, including two ARIA award winners - Jimmy Little’s instant Australian classic Messenger (1999) and Karma County’s Into The Land Of Promise (2000). His talents extend to piano, drums, percussion and bouzouki, something that has stood him in good stead over the years as an in demand music producer.
Brendan is best known as singer/guitarist with Karma County. Over the last fifteen years the band have released five albums and toured around the world. Karma County’s double album retrospective Headland was released through Vitamin Records in 2008. In September 2006 Brendan released his debut solo album On Eve St, it was voted one of the top 25 albums of 2006 for the Australian Music Prize (AMP). In September 2009 he followed up with his second solo album Tooraloo & Tender. Third album Wine Island is set for release in September 2013.
Brendan is also the author of The Open Tuning Chord Book For Guitar. Since 1994 it has found it's way into the guitar cases of musicians like David Bowie, Peter Buck (REM), Lee Ritenour, Arlo Guthrie, David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), Daniel Johns (Silverchair), Paul Kelly, Paul Weller, PJ Harvey, Chris Cheney (Living End), Murray ‘Red Wiggle’ Cook, Lloyd Cole, Tim Rogers and guitarists from Ireland to Lithuania. In December 2008 Brendan signed an international publishing deal with Music Sales/Wise Publications. The new 3rd edition is in shops worldwide now.
Brendan’s songs have appeared in feature films like Summersault, Clubland & The Boys Are Back and TV shows like Sea Change & City Homicide. He has composed for short films by acclaimed directors Rachel Perkins and Warwick Thornton. In 2009 composed the score for Aussie feature film Subdivision.
In recent years Brendan has been building a live following as a solo performer in Europe.
In a career spanning over thirty years he has played on recordings for artists like David Bowie, Jimmy Little and Kylie Minogue.
He has produced over twenty albums, including two ARIA award winners - Jimmy Little’s instant Australian classic Messenger (1999) and Karma County’s Into The Land Of Promise (2000). His talents extend to piano, drums, percussion and bouzouki, something that has stood him in good stead over the years as an in demand music producer.
Brendan is best known as singer/guitarist with Karma County. Over the last fifteen years the band have released five albums and toured around the world. Karma County’s double album retrospective Headland was released through Vitamin Records in 2008. In September 2006 Brendan released his debut solo album On Eve St, it was voted one of the top 25 albums of 2006 for the Australian Music Prize (AMP). In September 2009 he followed up with his second solo album Tooraloo & Tender. Third album Wine Island is set for release in September 2013.
Brendan is also the author of The Open Tuning Chord Book For Guitar. Since 1994 it has found it's way into the guitar cases of musicians like David Bowie, Peter Buck (REM), Lee Ritenour, Arlo Guthrie, David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), Daniel Johns (Silverchair), Paul Kelly, Paul Weller, PJ Harvey, Chris Cheney (Living End), Murray ‘Red Wiggle’ Cook, Lloyd Cole, Tim Rogers and guitarists from Ireland to Lithuania. In December 2008 Brendan signed an international publishing deal with Music Sales/Wise Publications. The new 3rd edition is in shops worldwide now.
Brendan’s songs have appeared in feature films like Summersault, Clubland & The Boys Are Back and TV shows like Sea Change & City Homicide. He has composed for short films by acclaimed directors Rachel Perkins and Warwick Thornton. In 2009 composed the score for Aussie feature film Subdivision.
In recent years Brendan has been building a live following as a solo performer in Europe.