Dr Jill Unkel of the Chester Beatty Library, Jaime Nanci Barron of Cuckoo Savante and Jean Tormey of the Butler Gallery in Kilkenny
We spoke to Jaime from Cuckoo Savante about their upcoming album, Lovely Lily Bright.
They are looking for funding through http://www.fundit.ie/
"Twelve songs just waiting to be recorded. A concept album of Gothic, Vaudevillian pop songs.Lurid, Sensational, exciting, and most shockingly of all...True! Based around the real life murder of a young woman in 1925 Dublin, her name besmirched by those in the know to protect the men of high standing accused of the heinous crime..A much lauded Irish legend implicated in her untimely demise...it has all the trappings of an Arthur Conan Doyle yarn, and we want to tell the story..All in our own inimitable style of course!
Having investigated at length this thrilling tale, devised an entire theater show around the central characters, and written and arranged a full repertoire of authentic songs to reveal the sorry sordid tale, we now call on you to invest in the recording so that we can finally lay to rest the mystery of Lily Bright, her illegitimate child, and the shocking lives of the ladies and Gentlemen of Monto.
Who are Cuckoo Savante?
Cuckoo Savante are a beautiful collision of all that is good about jazz, blues, lounge and punk. Crawling out from under a rock in the west of Ireland at the turn of the century, they have been wowing and wooing audiences around the globe for the best part of 6 years.
The release of their critically acclaimed debut album ?Lennonstown Lies? garnered Cuckoo Savante a place on the "what's hot" list in the irish times, and saw them climb rapidly up the itunes blues chart where they sat snugly on the top ten for 16 weeks in between Irish Rockabilly Doyenne, Imelda May, and British traveling troubador Seasick Steve.
Their song "The House Of Ill Repute" was adopted by Irish Blues legend Mary Coughlan as the title track of her current critically acclaimed album, while another track "I C U Leopard" was used in a segment of the award winning docudrama "Identities" by Vittoria Colonna."
You can hear a taste of the band here
http://breakingtunes.com/cuckoosavante
PLEASE PLEDGE WHAT YOU CAN NOW. THERE IS ONLY 11 DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE END DATE, AND IF THE BAND DON'T RECEIVE THE FULL AMOUNT, THEY GET NOTHING!
SEE http://www.fundit.ie/project/lovely-lily-bright , FOR EACH PLEDGE YOU MAKE, YOU RECEIVE SOMETHING IN RETURN
We also spoke to Dr Jill Unkel of the Chester Beatty Library about their exhibition o Henri Matisse Art Books.
"The Library and Bank of America Merrill Lynch present an exciting exhibition of the art books of Henri Matisse, marking the first public display of these works in Europe. The exhibition features four of Matisse’s most artistically significant books, including the famous Jazz, on loan from the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Collection.
Two Matisse books from the Library’s own collection are also on display: Poèmes de Charles d’Orléans (1950), which is inscribed from Matisse to Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968), and a copy of Matisse’s illustrated version of James Joyce’s Ulysses (1935), which was acquired by the Library in 2009."
For details on events taking place to coincide with the exhibition see http://www.cbl.ie/Exhibitions/Temporary-Exhibitions.aspx
Another Fund it Project we included on this week's show was, What is Art?
Educational Curator for the Butler Gallery, Jean Tormey explained what it was all about.
"What is Art? is a journal created by Alan, Clara, Clodagh, David, Donna, Feidhlim, Ferdia, Jamie, Jesse, Maggie, Niall, Niamh and Roisin - young people from our Solas programme, to encourage and inspire people of all ages to experience and respond to contemporary art in a more fulfilling and refreshing way. Bring it with you when you visit galleries – there’s room for you to add your own thoughts and doodles as you go!"
http://www.fundit.ie/project/what-is-art-childrens-publication
http://www.butlergallery.com/