Spokes Records new website is launched
'RISE' at Oxegen and The Isle of Wight
8 June 2009
The Brilliant Things are delighted to announce they will be playing at this years Oxegen festival in Ireland and The Isle of Wight festival UK this summer.
They are currently really enjoying promoting thier new single 'Rise' which is about the world we live in today and is due for digital release on 12th June 2009
So far they have been to KCLR 96fm, WLRfm, BEATfm, East Coast FM, Dublin City Fm, and performed their version of The Mama's and Papa's "California Dreaming" live on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show on Today FM.
More gig's and promo and photos at www.thebrilliantthings.com
The Brilliant Things having a blast on their Irish Tour
21 April 2009
The Brilliant Things are really enjoying their Irish tour. They had a return gig back at Captain America's in Tallaght, and after that to Mayo to The Royal Theatre in Castlebar supporting The Blizzards. The lively audience were shouting for more and saying "we love you" and shaking hands and taking pictures with the band after their set.
Thanks to The Blizzards and to everyone who is supporting The Brilliant Things... more gigs at www.thebrilliantthings.com
Tara Blaise in Barbados
20 April 2009
Tara Blaise is just back from Barbados where she was invited to do the play 'Seven Deadly Sins, Four Sinners' with Sarah Crowe, Sue Holderness and Belinda Lang. The director was Marc Sinden. The play is "an anthology evening of wicked comedy, heavenly drama, devishly tall tales, enchanting poetry and seductive stories, compiled from the works of nearly everyone with a sense of humour from Chaucer to Victoria Wood, from Woody Allen to Oscar Wilde via Flanders and Swann, Joyce Grenfell, Steven Berkoff and Noel Coward - by the award winning scriptwriter and author of the first six Carry On films Norman Hudis" Tara was part of The Holder's Season and performed in the garden at Holder's House - a traditional Plantation House dating from the 17th centruy, set in 5 acres of formal and park gardens.
The Brilliant Things Start an Irish Tour
30 March 2009
The Brilliant Things have started their first Irish tour and on drums with them is Geoffery French, Greg's cousin. The first two dates one in The Purty Loft in Monkstown on Friday 27th and the second on Saturday 28th was in Captian America's in Tallaght where the crowd were shouting for more and even dancing on the tables! A great weekend had by all and they are very excited to be on the road and hope to see everyone along the way.
Tara Blaise & The Brilliant Things at the Meteors Award
20 March 2009
Tara Blaise and The Brilliant Things attended the Meteor Awards and had a great night. Congratulations to Imelda May and all the other winners. It was a great night with great live performances and thanks to everyone who organised it.
Tara Blaise Nominated in Meteor Awards
28 January 2009
Ireland’s Meteor Awards are the annual music industry’s recognition of the great and the good, and Tara Blaise features in the 2009 Awards – she has been nominated in the category of ‘Best Irish Female Artist’.
Hosted by Amanda Byram, the 2009 Meteor Awards will be held in Dublin’s Royal Dublin Showground on St Patrick’s Day, Tuesday 17th March 2009, and televised on RTE 2 the following day.
Tara’s category is decided by public vote, which is live from now. Irish residents can vote by texting VOTE to 085 7114444 to receive a list of keywords and categories. (Meteor customers on plans such as Offer of a Lifetime or Free Texts for Life can text FREE). Voting is open to all Irish mobile networks and will be charged at standard text rates.
Online voting is available now at http://meteormusicawards.meteor.ie/nominees.aspx ; everyone who votes will be automatically entered into a competition to win tickets to the 2009 Awards.
19 awards in total are to be won, of which 8 categories will be decided by music fans. Other nominees for ‘Best Irish Female Artist’ are Lisa Hannigan, Gemma Hayes, Imelda May and Camille O’Sullivan, so don’t delay, vote today! Tara's latest releases are the album 'Great Escape' and the single 'Breathe'. See the column on the left to sample some music and videos.
www.spokes... A long overdue refurbishment! (and free music too!)
18 December 2008
Finally, we have a website fit for human consumption. Today sees the official launch of our new site, and the plot upon which this fine online headquarters has been located has ample room for expansion. Plans are afoot for our own 'radio station' and the whole Spokes catalogue will be available for download soon through our own online bijoux boutique.
Please register here to get email updates, including news of the launch date for the shop. When you register, you'll be able to download the track Unbearable Lightness absolutely free.
Give us your feedback too! This is just the beginning for Spokes – we'd love to know what you're thinking...
Tommy Can You See Me? Hilfiger Fashion
25 November 2008
Fans in Ireland may have seen Tara featured in The Sunday Independent as part of the launch of a new Tommy Hilfiger store. Some figures on the Irish music scene including Tara, Turlough Gunawardhana of The Chapters, Brian Darcy of Ham Sandwich and Karen McCartney of Cowboy X have been photographed in various Hilfiger outfits from a new range. See the feature and a photo of Tara’s outfit here
New site (and free music!) for Tara
27 October 2008
Tarablaise.com has been reappraised and the newly designed site is launched today. Apart from an abundance of new images, and a complete audio and video section, the site will be regularly updated with news about Tara, and via a link to the Spokes website visitors can buy all Tara's music as downloads. Register for the Tara Blaise newsletter, and download her live favourite, Unbearable Lightness, free.
www.tarablaise.com
Wogan Airplay for Breathe
22 October 2008
With the imminent UK release of Tara Blaise's single Breathe, Radio 2's Terry Wogan, arbiter of the nation's cereal munching musical taste, has taken a liking to it and has aired it several times during the past 3 weeks. With Sir Terry away this week, keep your ears peeled next week for possible further plays... Release is on December 8th and a new promo clip by Stylorouge has been filmed which you can see here