Steafan Hanvey News

US Spring TOUR DATES 2010

2010-02-08T05:32:00.000-08:00

March 12: Showcase Live, Foxborough, MA (opening for The Hothouse Flowers)
March 18: The Monkey Bar, Winooski, VT (with Mrya Flynn)
March 19: Half Lounge, Burlington, VT (with Myra Flynn)
March 20: House concert, Montreal, Canada
March 24: The Radio Bean, Burlington, VT @ 17.30-18.45
March 24: Rocket Shop Radio Session, Burlington, VT @ 20.00-20.30
March 27: The Muddy Waters, Burlington, VT (opening for Myra Flynn)
March 30: Pete's Candy Store, NY 21-22
March 31: Ceol Song Club, NY
April 1: Arlene's Grocery, NY [Full Band]
April 2: Long Island Bar, Long Island City, NY [5-6 pm slot]
April 2: Beal Bocht, (Bronx), NY
April 4: The Scratcher Sessions, NY @ 20.15

Blog up!

2010-01-20T07:54:00.000-08:00

Click here or on BLOG above. Enjoy!

2010 & A M A Z O N

2010-01-03T23:58:00.000-08:00

A Healthy, prosperous and happy New Year to you. I've almost finished my second LP, 2010 is the year where I will set my baby free. But before I do, for those of you who don't have a copy of LP no.1, go to A M A Z O N and pick it up. I'll be blogging soon about developments. But first, breakfast.

ROOM WITH A VIEW : WEBCAST FROM HELSINKI

2009-12-04T05:09:00.000-08:00

American Indie

2009-11-07T03:20:00.001-08:00

Just in:
American Indie interview

Happy Birthday Joni!

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Facebook stream

2009-10-05T09:48:00.001-07:00

Steafán Hanvey on Facebook

NEW DATE ADDED

2009-09-29T06:52:00.001-07:00

A burlington, Vermont date has been added to the tour.
I'll play at The 1/2 Lounge from 7-9 on Saturday October 10.

THE PAPILLON TOUR | October 2-14 | NY NJ VT

2009-09-24T10:48:00.000-07:00

US TOUR DATES & NEW YORK'S IRISH EXAMINER PIECE

2009-09-21T11:16:00.000-07:00

THE DATES SO FAR ARE:

Oct 3, ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL. @ 5 PM
Oct 4, The Scratcher New York, NY 8.15 PM
Oct 5, The Red Lion New York, NY 9 PM
Oct 6, Lucky 7 Showcase, Jersey City. 9 PM
Oct 7, Ceol New York, NY
Oct 8, Pete's Candy Store New York, NY 9 PM
Oct 13, The Radio Bean, VT 8.15-9.30 PM
Oct 15, The Lamb Abbey Montpelier, VT 9 PM

Do check out my piece on p.16 in NEW YORK'S IRISH EXAMINER at the "Mike Stand".

Autumn America Shows confirmed

2009-07-27T14:53:00.000-07:00

New York and Vermont shows confirmed. More to follow.
See tour for details.

Malmö

2009-07-27T14:12:00.000-07:00

Tore Johansson myself & Léo Fourastie at Tore's studio in Malmö, Sweden.

Mixing in Malmö

2009-06-24T09:42:00.000-07:00

I'm off to Malmö in the morning, well, Copenhagen first, have a look around, then to Malmö where together with the new album's co-producer, Léo Fourastie and mixer Tore Johansson, I will proceed to tweak the album until finish. That will be sometime either on Sunday or Monday. I'll be coming back to Ireland with a new record that will then be sent to Seattle for mastering. But first things first.

Wish me luck and stay well.

Steafán

New Dates-Release your Minnelli

2009-04-17T05:16:00.000-07:00

May 23 : Dundrum Theatre, Dundrum, Ireland. [Part of Alternative Cabaret Focus Theatre Group event:More details to follow]

May 30 : Whelan's, Dublin. Opening for Joe Echo.

June 20 : Roisin Dubh, Galway. Opening for Maria Doyle Kennedy.

More to come soon.

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RELISH RELEASE NEW ALBUM

2009-03-16T16:04:00.000-07:00

Downpatrick power 3 piece Relish release new album.

Check it out. It's pretty amazing.

Good luck lads.

Steafán

Here's to a wonderful new year!

2008-12-31T11:37:00.000-08:00

Dear friends and foes,
I hope 2009 is a healthy and enjoyable Year for each and every one of you.

My first Irish gig of the year was over in Galway at The Crane opening for The Guggenheim Grotto. The lads deserved their standing ovation. Thanks for having me along.

It was good to play in front of an Irish audience again after the break to tour the USA and write and record my new record which will get its release in 2009. There were nerves alright, but the audience were warm and welcoming which made it easier to play my new material. It's been a great year and I've enjoyed the most of it. Here's to another and hopefully many more.

My next show is down at The Roisin Dubh on Valentine's Day opening for Maria Doyle Kennedy. Hope to see you there.

Happy New Year.

Peace and love,

Steafán
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Shows

2008-12-15T13:01:00.000-08:00

ALBUM NEWS

2008-12-01T11:53:00.000-08:00

Dear friends,
Welcome to December.

I'm very happy to announce that top Swedish Producer, Tore Johansson will begin mixing my new record in Jan 2009. Tore is renowned for his work with The Cardigans, New Order, Franz Ferdinand and a favourite of mine, Martha Wainwright. Tore has a knack of making a record sound great without it sounding over produced. He somehow manages to get all the hi&lo-fi in there in the same picture. I'm looking forward to it very much. I don't know how he does it, but I guess I'll find out soon enough.

The recording of my second album has almost finished and I can tell you that Ken and Carl Papenfus of melodic-power trio "Relish" feature heavily on this record as they did on the first. This time however, on this record there are 3 co-writes with the brothers. I'm looking forward to sharing the results with you sometime in 2009.

On the gig front, there are 2 new confirmed supports with The Guggenheim Grotto and Maria Doyle Kennedy. See tour section.

Til the next time, wrap up and stay warm.

Peace and love,

Steafán

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End in Sight.

2008-11-25T15:48:00.000-08:00

~Ken & Carl Papenfus and myself in Helsinki~

~Myself and my co-producer Léo Fourastié in Brittany~

Dear readers,
I write from my sick bed. I blame David Kitt for giving me his cold at The Tinderstick's concert in Vicar St. on Sunday night. Great gig by the way.

How and ever,
I'm sad that The Wire has come to an end, but happy that record, LP, CD, album no.2 (take your pick) is nearing completion. Backing vocals are being added as I write by Ken and Carl and mixing will begin in Jan 2009.

Great to see an O'Bama in the White House.

Wrap up and watch this space.

Love,

Steafán

Recording in Brittany: Vocals for album almost done

2008-09-11T11:20:00.000-07:00

Greetings from Brittany.

I've been down here recording vocals for the new record. It's been going well. I've had a few local musicians drop by and lay some interesting sounds down too. It's shaping up nicely and can't wait to get it mixed, mastered and out so you can hear the new songs. Feels great, a part from the cold I got mid week. Will keep you posted.

Bonne chance
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Where Was I?

2008-01-22T13:34:00.000-08:00

That was the year that was...

2007 was a busy year insofar as the writing and recording of new material was concerned.

In November I went to Helsinki to begin work on my next record. Once again, I was joined by Ken and Carl Papenfus from RELISH and i'm thrilled that this record will feature collaborations with the brothers. Jukka Jylli of Finnish cult power trio KINGSTON WALL played bass on the first session. I was delighted to team up with my good friend Léo Fourástié, who engineered and produced the session. The record will be finished this spring and released some time later in the year.

In July I made my first music video which was an interesting experience. Again the location was Finland. An opportunity arose to work with acclaimed Finnish cinematographer and director Sampsa Huttunen, director Tuomas Valtanen, and actress Saila laakkonen of Finnish TV series Salatut Elämät.

When in Helsinki recording my album I was able to open for the gothic rockers Marbleheroes. Turned out to be a great show, very intimate and a tad nervy as it was my first performance in in some time. Thanks to the lovely Sanna Helén for joining me on Viola.

Brian Bridges, half of Irish experiMENTAL industrial outfit AUDOGENIC, got his hands on the Desperation files and went about remixing it the way he always heard it. You can check it out on my blog. It's rather experimental.

The year also saw me team up with the other half of Audogenic, Phil Grier. This project was very rewarding and the results rather tasteful, if I do say so myself. See for yourself on my blog.

All said, a very enjoyable, rewarding year.

Thanks to all of you who helped make it a great one. Here's to another!
Happy New Year, and I hope to see some of you very soon.

Love, Steafán
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Long Play number 2-new songs!!

2007-11-26T13:55:00.000-08:00

Dear all,

I'm delighted to announce that my recent recording session in Helsinki bore great results. I laid down several tracks again with Ken and Carl Papenfus from Relish in tow. There are a few collaborations too which I'm pretty excited about. Jukka Jylli from Finnish cult super group Kingston Wall joined me on bass for this particular session. I'm looking forward to sharing the results in the early new year.
See blog for details...

I stepped back onto the stage after spending recent months writing, traveling and demoing the songs for this record. I opened for The Marbleheroes (my heroes!) at Liberte in Helsinki and it was really great to have the opportunity to play some new songs to an unsuspecting audience. A great night.

Making Waves

2007-04-17T10:20:00.000-07:00

Steafán makes it on to the “Best of 02 Making Waves Podcast Special”.

YOU, the public voted to ensure Steafán’s inclusion on this anniversary special podcast and also to the 02 Making Waves’ cd compilation that will see the light of day on April 18th at Radio City, where 02 Making Waves’ will celebrate their one year Birthday Party. Happy Birthday Making Waves and thanks for all your support!

Knick Knack!

2007-03-01T09:34:00.000-08:00

Paddy-Whacked Radio™ Boston
Shawn from Paddy-Whacked Radio will be featuring a song from the Honeymoon Junkies album tomorrow on his show: 9-11am. Click here for details on how to listen.

Cheers, Steafán

Rooms - Single available for download!

2007-02-01T09:40:00.000-08:00

Rooms is available for download at downloadmusic.ie - all downloads count! They might even help me get into the charts. Imagine!

Cheers, Steafán

Now Blogging!

2006-09-18T13:04:00.000-07:00

Click the Blog option on the menu above for my regular ramblings and general inanities from my perch with the great view of Dublin City.

Comments are enabled so you can give me a shout.

Steafán