Update on Haiti Relief
By Natalie Herman
- Congratulations are in order to Glen Hansard and Mark Geary, who raised €6,526.05 with their “Talent for Haiti” house concert auction. The lucky and generous Fabio will host the pair for an unforgettable night this Friday, 29 January. Thank you to everyone who placed bids but did not win - check out Mark’s Twitter for a surprise!
- Dominic Cromie of Raglan Road, The Temp, and Clear the Battlefield has posted that $5 of every T-shirt sold from now until March 17th will be donated to a Haiti Charity.
Dominic, who is the host of the Irish interview series, “Gossip in the Garden” designed this sleek shirt which reflects his views on a unified Ireland.
Additionally, $1 of every Raglan Road Live full album download will be donated and 10 cents of every song download from Dominic Cromie, The Temp, and Raglan Road Live goes to Haiti. Order here - please write Hope for Haiti on your order. You can also make a cash donation. FOR MORE INFO EMAIL IRISHREPORT@YAHOO.COM
You can see CLEAR THE BATTLE FIELD perform at Rockaway NY, March 6th at HARBOR LIGHT [Info Call (718) 474-8119]
- The “Songs for Haiti” Fundraiser has added Brendan O’Shea and Anthony Gibney to the previous lineup of Michael Brunnock, Roesy, Niall Connolly, and Joe Whyte. The event, to take place at The Diving Bell in Sunnyside, Queens, NY on Thursday, January 28, 2010, at 8pm , is suggesting a $10 donation at the door, and a generous 50% of the drink receipts will go to GOAL Ireland, an organization that had a presence in Haiti even before the earthquake.
FairplayCollective’s channel will have a live web stream for those who are physically unable to attend to show. There is no charge for the stream, but donations to GOAL Ireland are strongly suggested.
- Mundy (who is up for a Meteor Award for Best Irish Male) posted a review of Sunday’s Whelan’s Fundraiser complete with loads of pictures. Check out the video which, in addition to Mundy, features Glen Hansard, Paddy Casey, Paul Brady, Damien Rice, and Natalie Merchant singing the traditional tune, “The Auld Triangle”. Great craic!
- ‘MEATH SUPPORTS HAITI’ on 5th Feb in Boyles, Slane, IE has announced that Fiach and The Dirty 9s will be two of the bands performing. Andrew Cassidy in Boyles has reportedly offered €300 to get started, and they hope to raise €1000 through raffles and donations. “If anyone wants to donate CDs, drinks, kidneys, t-shirts, whatever get in touch (with Peter at 2UIBestow) at mixtape4melfi[at]gmail[dot]com”
- CD Baby is doing their part by donating $1 per CD sale to Haiti Relief.
“Starting on Monday, January 25th and continuing for two weeks, we will donate $1 from every CD sale through our website, and $1 from every download sale over $8.99 on our site, to the American Red Cross and to Mercy Corps, a Portland-based relief organization with a large presence in Haiti. With your help, we hope to raise tens of thousands of dollars.”
Now is the time to pick up CDs from great Irish acts like: Michael Brunnock, Little Palace, Brendan O’Shea (and almost-Irish Jenna Nicholls and Joe Whyte!), David Hopkins, Andrew Handrick, Sheltered in Sound, Junah, Gentry Morris, I Am Not Lefthanded, Colin Smith, Fionn O Lochlainn, The Guggenheim Grotto, Mark Geary, Roesy, Driving By Night, Tadhg Cooke, Bill Coleman, Julie Feeney, Elder Roche, Caruso, Dead Can Dance’s Peter Ulrich, The Prodigals, Marty Logue, Dervish, and Q (Aka Colm Quearney) among scores of others.
Again, I want to personally thank every artist and supporter getting involved in this desperate time. You’re all heroes.
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